Totally not dragging

Okay, if I see more Carte D’Or in the house, I will seriously eat it all!

That’s right – Mozart!

And I am not even a fan of Marzipan! But it landed in my house today and I cannot help but wonder….

Regardless of ice cream temptations, I have been eating like crazy this past weekend. I am so hungry all the time! I guess it is because I have really increased my mileage (I covered almost 70 KM this week) but all I want is more apples and more cereals and more wasa cracker and more cottage cheese and mostly, MORE STEAMED VEGGIES!

So I barely got out of bed this morning. But I had to because class was pending (last weekend seminar! YAY!) 

I also knew that I would have to do some abs at the end of my workout and I wasn’t looking forward to that. Of all muscle groups, I hate working my abdominals. I have no idea why, but such is the case. Perhaps its a phase or something.

So I wanted to do 12 laps, or basically 10.7 KM, but something was not working. It was like forcing myself to move, making my leg to go one infront of the other. What got me through was saying to myself “I can do this, I am strong!”

Anyhow, I decided to cut it one lap shorter and got inside to do some strength.

Oh, here are my stats in case you are interested:

Time	Average HR	Highest HR
1 hour, 6 minutes	162 BPM	178 BPM

 

I did a mixture of Gina’s lower body moves and some abs:

• Leg Raises and Leg Lifts  – 3 x 15
• Bicycle crunches – 3 x 30
• Russian Twist – 3 x 15 holding 2 kg dumbbells
• Toe Touch – 3 x 15
• 1 leg Plank – 30 seconds per leg. these are hardcore!
• Side Plank – 30 seconds per leg. lost balance quite often
• Romanian Deadlift – 1 set of 45 reps
• Walking Lunges – 60 reps (about 30 per leg)
• Sumo Squat and Leg Raise – 1 x 20 per leg

So Kim Kardashian recently told PEOPLE magazine that she is getting ready for the summer. She said:

"I am eating well and I go to the gym every day and I already see a difference."

I don’t like how she changes her statements regarding her diet and workout regime every couple of months. But she does seem cute and healthy! Here are some pictures of her I found on Skinny Versus Curvy

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Stalk me on Twitter!

Damage is done! I am into the Twitter thing too!

 

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Holy Bikini Body – Day 20

Breakfast

• 1 whole wheat tortilla (160 kcal)
• 1 slice gouda
• 350 grams brussel sprouts (frozen then steamed in microwave)
• some ketchup +  mustard
• baby spinach leaves
• 2 pickles
• 1 small apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)

Morning Snack

• 1 small apple
• Coffee (+milk + sweeteners)
• 100 grams egg whites (+cinnamon+sweeteners)
• 1 low fat strawberry yogurt

Lunch

• 7 wasa cracker
• 3/4 container cottage cheese (100 kcal)
• 50 grams egg whites
• 450 grams steamed cauliflower florets
• tons of ketchup; some mustard
• 3 turnips in vinegar
• tons of dairy: about 100 kcal worth of FAGE Total, low fat cheese, radish cheese spread
• 2 small apples
• Coffee (+ milk + sweeteners)

Dinner

• 41 grams dried oats cooked in water (+cinnamon + sweeteners)
• 1 large apple
• 1 low fat strawberry yogurt
• 50 grams egg whites

She’s Back!

Hi guys!

Wow aren’t I glad the weekend is here! This week has been insane, and I have also been getting up 30 minutes earlier because I wanted to increase my mileage, which got me extra tired I suppose. Well, more on that later!

This coming up week is officially my last week of school. I still have my dissertation but after my finals (June 1st and 2nd) I am out! Which means, I will have a Bachelors degree in international business and frankly no idea what I want to do next. Growing up is hard to do!

So today was a long day run!15.3 KM!

I was not sure how it will go; on each of the last three days I have run 10.7 KM, and on the last day (Friday) I actually did this in intervals which means I was driving my body crazy! Oh and I should also mention that I ran it without earphones. Can you believe it? I used to have a life dependency on my iPod!

Anyways, I woke up at 6.45 and headed outside.

My run went by extremely well. I actually did not feel like I was going to die and the mental game I had to play last week was not really necessary today. I guess all these 10 KM runs are helping!

Time	Average HR	Highest HR
1 hour, 37 minutes	165 BPM	182 BPM

I am still not sure what I will do tomorrow because I am mainly dependent on my body, the weather and my tiredness level. That said, I also have my bikes and roller skates ready for usage. I cannot stand biking – it hurts my knees like crazy. But roller skating is fun. But at the end of the day I am still a running addict and I want to run!

No strength training today, but I have an ab-filled plan for tomorrow and I still need to do Gina’s lower body strength routine!

I had some pains at the back of my left knee (which was there for the last 5 days or so) so I did some of Polly’s yoga. I LOVE her videos! She makes me like yoga!

As ya’ll can probably tell from my food posts, I am eating a ton because I am so hungry. Well, it changes really. One day breakfast will leave me super food (thank you, broccoli + tortilla) and the next day I will feel like I need to eat again as soon as I am done!

I have been mainly craving apples and veggies….but today my mother came home with these:

Guys, Creme Caramel is basically Dulce de Leche in its European format. This was SCREAMING my name! My ma and sister just took a teaspoon each and started eating and eating! I had to get up and leave the table because I knew I would not be able to stop once I got started. I am waiting till I get to Israel and have the light version

Well, don’t take it the wrong way either. I wanted to eat it but not too bad. I don’t deprive myself of foods, but I found that my biggest craving at that moment was another portion of steamed veggies. Since I couldn’t be bothered to make those, I just left.

So I found these online today!

New Moon – Official Poster

(really???)

Okay. Bella looks strong and determined. She should be looking desperate and highly dependent on Jacob. I think Taylor Launter  is the only one who sort of resembles his character in this poster. What I don’t get is why he is between Edward and Bella?

Robert Pattinson Edward is of course not the Edward Cullen I have in my head. Yes, I know, Robert Pattinson is the hottest thing on this planet (after all, his kiss was auctioned for €20,000 – HAHA!!!), but he is siknnier than the Edward Cullen who I imagined!

But I still HEART them all! LOL I am such a positive individual, aren’t I?

So some more New Moon goodness:

I will leave you with THAT!

See you tomorrow!

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Holy Bikini Body – Day 19

Day 19

I honestly felt like I could eat everything in sight during the last half of the day!!

 

Run – 10. 7 KM interval training

2 laps warm up – easy pace

8 laps interval speeding:

• 200 meters easy pace
• 250 meters 3/4 speed
• 50  meters easy pace
• 150 meters 3/4 speed
• 250  meters easy pace

 

Eats

 

Breakfast

• 1 whole wheat tortilla (160 kcal)
• 4 slices chicken pastrami
• 350 grams broccoli florets (frozen then steamed in microwave)
• some ketchup +  mustard
• baby spinach leaves
• 2 pickles
• 1 small apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)

Morning Snack

• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)
• 1 small apple

Lunch

• 5 cherry tomatoes
• 4 wasa crackers
• Cottage cheese (about 60 kcal)
• 2 small apples
• Coffee (+ milk  + sweeteners)
• 300 grams steamed cauliflower
• tons of ketchup; some mustard
• 100 grams egg whites

Afternoon Snack

• 1 small apple
• snacked on veggies at my brother’s performance (some cucumbers, carrots and yellow peppers)
• 10 strawberries

Dinner

• 8 wasa crackers
• 2 small apples
• Low fat cheese spread
• Radish cheese spread
• Turnip in vinegar
• Coffee (+milk+sweeteners)
• Ketchup + mustard
• 100 grams egg whites
• 1 container cottage cheese (150 kcal)

Holy Bikini Body – Days 17 + 18

Hi guys!

I am so sorry I haven’t posted during the last two days! I have so much going on right now it is insane! Definitely expect a long post from me this weekend filled with Celeb Rambles and hopefully some Yummy Goodness!

Day 17

Run – 10. 7 KM

Eats

 

Breakfast

• 1 whole wheat tortilla (160 kcal)
• 1 slice cheddar cheese (40 kca)
• 400 grams broccoli florets (frozen then steamed in microwave)
• some ketchup +  mustard
• lettuce
• Smear of low fat cheese Cheese
• 1 large apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)

Morning Snack

• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)
• 1 large apple

Lunch

I was rushing and running errands all over town! Grr no proper eating!

• 1 medium red pepper
• 1 medium green pepper
• Low fat plain yogurt

Afternoon Snack

• 20 grams dried oats (cooked in water + cinnamon + sweeteners)
• Coffee (+milk+ sweeteners)
• 65 grams egg whites

Dinner

• 8 wasa crackers
• 1 medium apple
• Low fat cheese spread
• Radish cheese spread
• Salad: cucumbers, red peppers, tomatoes, onions
• Coffee (+milk+sweeteners)
• Ketchup + mustard

Day 17

Run – 10. 7 KM

 

Strength

• Dumbbell Pullover – 1 set of 45 reps
• Lying Wide Dumbbell Curl – 1 set of 45 reps
• Double straight leg lowers – 3 x 15
• Ts Ys and Is – 3 x 11 (each rep was T-Y-I-Y-T)
• Good Mornings – 1 set of 45 reps

Eats

 

Breakfast

• 1 whole wheat tortilla (160 kcal)
• 1 slice cheddar cheese (40 kca)
• 400 grams broccoli florets (frozen then steamed in microwave)
• some ketchup +  mustard
• lettuce
• Smear of low fat cheese Cheese
• 1 large apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)

Morning Snack

• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)
• 1 large apple

Lunch – Part 1

• Activia Grapefruit yogurt drink (130 kcal)

Lunch – Part 2

• 6 wasa crackers
• 1 container chili cottage cheese (180 kcal)
• Low fat cheese spread + radish cheese spread
• Ketchup + mustard
• Coffee (+milk + sweeteners)
• 2 baby apples

Dinner

• 1 whole wheat tortilla (160 kcal)
• 4 slices chicken pastrami
• sweet and sour pickles
• 450 grams cauliflower florets
• low fat ketchup + some mustard
• baby spinach leaves
• Coffee (sweeteners + milk)
• 2 baby apples
• 4 cherry tomatoes

Holy Bikini Body – Day 16

Breakfast

• 50 grams dried oats
• 1 raspberry Yoplait
• cinnamon + sweeteners
• large coffee (+ milk + sweeteners) 

Morning Snack

• 1 small apple
• coffee (+sweetener + splash of milk)

Lunch

Zucchinis and Eggplants were on sale today! You know this is my paradise, so I got about 700 g worth of  zucchinis and another 1.3 kg worth of eggplants. I chopped them and stuck them in the microwave (topped with nothing but salt!)

I ate all the zucchinis and maybe another 400 g of the eggplants. I am not sure how would these convert into post-microwave weight, but I would estimate the entire calorie quantity to add up to 300 kcal at most

I also had:

• 1 massive apple
• 1 coffee (+ milk + sweeteners)
• Mixed dairy – low fat yogurt (1/2 container), cottage cheese (1/2 container), low fat cheese (60 kcal in total)
• 2 wasa crackers
• Ketchup 

Dinner

• 6 wasa crackers
• 3 slices chicken pastrami
• 1 massive apple
• Salad: cucumbers, feta, tomatoes, red peppers, spring onions
• 1 container cottage cheese
• Low fat cheese spread + radish cheese spread

The Underdog

So a nice someone (read: my celebrity loving sister) told me ED WESTWICK will star as HEATHCLIFF in an upcoming remake of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, which is my very favourite book! WOW! I am telling ya’ll, this is my kind of guy exactly.

My teachers always thought I favoured the “underdogs”….and Heathcliff fell under that category. I don’t know why, but injustice infuriates me to the core. I really go insanely mad when I see somebody mistreated for no apparent fair reason.

Honestly, if I weren’t studying International Business, I would be taking law.

WOW! So this morning, I actually went out to run in the rain.

I know! ME + RAIN = NO WAY!

Well, I am starting to discover that I am much more determined about the whole running concept than I used to be. Of course, you have to realise that fact that whenever summer and warm temperatures are concerned, I am pretty much up to anything. It’s those cold freezing winter months that get me all SAD!

Surprisingly, I also ran the same distance in the exact same time as yesterday! Go me!

Time	Average HR	Highest HR
35 minutes	165BPM	184 BPM

 

I am off to study now! I have FINALS coming up and I need to cram!

Long run tomorrow (I hope!). Peace out!

Holy Bikini Body – Day 15

Breakfast

• 50 grams dried oats
• 1 raspberry Yoplait
• cinnamon + sweeteners
• Coffee (+ milk + sweeteners) 

Morning Snack

• 1 medium apple
• 1 black tea (+sweetener + splash of milk)

Lunch – Part 1

• 60 grams apple cinnamon rice cakes (230 calories)
• 1 medium cucumber
• 400 grams salad (cabbage, shredded carrot, 1 medium tomato)

Afternoon Snack

• 42 grams high fiber cereals
• Milk (100 grams)
• 1 small apple
• Coffee (+ milk + sweeteners)

Dinner

• 400 grams cauliflower florets (steamed)
• 1 whole tortilla
• 1 small apple
• 3 slices chicken pastrami
• Tons of ketchup; some mustard mustard
• lettuce
• 1 slice gouda

Somebody is moving faster

Afternoon!

I was off to get some FAGE this afternoon but the store was out. Since it is SO freaking scarce in this country (only ONE store sells it, as far as I know, and I know well!) I really depend on them! But they were out and the delivery from the UK didn’t get here yet. Which means I have to drag myself to the store again tomorrow. Or the next day. I will see.

I wasn’t sure how my body legs were going to take a run after those sweet 16.3 KM yesterday. I think my head was also somewhere else this morning cause I was willing to do a quasi-speed workout and I ended up outside with my iPod.

So mentally I divided the “lap” I normally run and split it into sub-sections which I would run at 3/4 of full speed. Impossible to run full speed with those annoying earphones that keep falling.

I ended up speeding up on each of the seven laps and running an uphill section at the faster pace too.

Furthermore, I ended up running the whole thing in 35 minutes which is my fastest time yet.

Time	Average HR	Highest HR
35 minutes	166 BPM	186 BPM

 

Because I had some extra time at hand I took a tiny de-tour and jogged a mini lap around some houses in my neighbourhood.

By that time I was sweating buckets….so I run home and hit the showers!

I am really tight on time this evening but I was determined to do Gina’s Shoulders, Chest and Triceps strength moves. She is so amazing! I am so grateful for all her efforts in this challenge; the strength moves are even adapted for the non-gym-member such as myself!

I did:

• Dumbbell skull crusher  (laying down) – 1 set of 45 reps
• Push press – 1 set of 45 reps
• Push ups – 3 x 25
• Elbows out extension – 3 x 15
• Cable crossover (with dumbbells, standing up) – 3 x 15 these were so hard for me today!
• Dumbbell frontal raise – 1 set of 45
• Crunches- 2 x 50

Alright. I’m out!

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