yup

I'm sick... went home and slept yesterday and thats what I'll do today too. Still at work, see how we go tomorrow.

... oh no ...

I think I’m catching something, all clogged up in my head and throat. Nothing broken out but I can feel it looming in the shadows at work. No gym tonight, see how I feel tomorrow.

Rediscovering salad

Ive rediscovered the chicken walnut salad with a dash of balsamic vinaigrette. Its very tasty and tangy and the only thing missing was avocado. Its so easy to do and versatile :D Speaking of salads there is a “new” restaurant in Marion that is like a wok place only with fresh salad. It has a fantastic range of anything that you might want. Beans, nuts, meats, seafood anything! Yum!

Had a good session at the gym yesterday, chest, bicep and calfs, managed to do incline presses with 55lbs (25kg) dumbbells. Happy with that!

Spent the night watching the final of the biggest looser, the guy who won deserved it :) Old fella that lost an amazing 52+% of his body, his daughter in law was also quite amazing and so pretty. It’s a bit funny cause most of the people hadn’t changed much, they lost 20+ kg but still quite big… it’s a bit sad too.. the biggest disappointment was one of the brothers (this was a couple show) he was in until the last week and over the 3 months he was home he only lost 1 kg… that’s no good! I expected more of the “alpha” male… ah well…

Odd weekend

Where supposed to do so much but didn’t… BF didn’t feel good and I was really tired. Must be the stormy rain and cold weather. Slept a lot and read a lot.. Did go to the wrestling but someone didn’t think that it was worth the 20 dollar and we sat outside. No comment..
Didn’t end up going to the BB show, BF didn’t want to see the ex (haha) she was actually on TV 2 days before, and I happened to see it of course. Allow I to be a tad bit mean but she had a fair bit to do, the TV show was filmed about a week ago and whilst she looked trained and fit for a normal person and yes she did a good job in losing about 30kg, ill give her that but nowhere near competition hard.
Woke up this morning and the rain was pouring hard down on the windows, I let the dogs out (they were NOT) happy and didn’t even want to go for a walk. That has never happened before, so we didn’t :D
Im alos very old hehe went out for a friends say goodbye party to the Holdy and man, I couldn’t hear a thing.. definitely old, the bar scene does not interest me at all… lol
but yes, if a certain person that turns 30 soon can convince my dear BF to get drunk I will to (haha nooooooot going to happen – the challenge is up)

........ sooooo tired...........

I’m so tired today for some reason. Last nights training session was crap, didn’t want to be there and boy was it heavy… *GAH* I guess I’ve been on a good roll for the last couple of weeks and one cant be on top all the time… I have a feeling that aunty flo has something to do with the matter as well. Don’t really feel like doing much tonight… but we’ll see how I feel later on. I have downed 2 rockstars already… not that it helped much at all… Thank god its Friday!
Atleast work is looking better, I have a game now! YAY something decent to do!
Yawn, I hope you have a happy Anzac day and I will be sleeping in that’s for sure…

Wrestling???

Were going to see wrestling on Friday LOL BF works for a wrestler/security company and he’s got a show on (not the bf but the boss) Friday and haha were going. Ill try to take some photos :p
Wayne is actually a really sweet big teddy bear – all show ;)

No BBQ yesterday, I fell asleep :D crazy! I’m sleeping quite a bit right now for being me. Going to bed around 9ish and then up at 6, BF always sleeps or tries to sleep more than 9 hours (he gets worn otherwise) But I can normally only sleep around 7. Must be the chilly weather and the body needing it.

Back

Great session, really focused on my lats yesterday, however I didn’t do chins! But that’s all good anyway :D

We have rain expected tomorrow, finally! Lets hope they come good with their forecast, the weather people don’t really get the rain forecasts right that often… its going to rain and be chilly for the next couple of weeks.

I’m going to for a BBQ tonight, really feel like some burgers and since we wont be able to do anything like that for a while why not! Today is my resting day so I’ll just pop past the shops on the way home. BF is working today and wont be home until late so that might be a great surprise too.

Its 14 weeks (on the day) left till I start my holidays, I cant wait! Ill start my dieting in a month, cant wait for that either… its such a head f**k this lol but its necessary… ah well… its my choice really so I shouldn’t complain should I…

On Saturday it’s Anzac day, when everyone remembers the army lads that fought all those years ago. We haven’t really discussed if BF wants to go, they have a big parade in the city. Then on Sunday there is the bodybuilding show that runs, I’m not sure if we have time to go, maybe on the night show… would be good (maybe maybe not as BF’s x is competing) to go and get some inspiration… but its all about time isn’t it…

Funny stuff at the gym

I did chest, biceps and calf’s yesterday. Managed to bench 2 threes with 50kg by myself :D

There are some odd characters at the gym when I'm there. One guy who looks like he just came out of a prison, tattoos (even on his head) looking all tough and raw. He trains hard and screams a lot. The poor fellow that happens to spot him (he normally does half range moves) has to take the screaming in his face. LOL I cant help it but I always start to giggle when he starts “RAAAAH COME ONE EEEEEER RAAAAAAAAAH GHHHHHHHHN” hahaha sooooo loud. I guess people have gotten used to it but its still too funny. BF reckons that he is a nice guy.

The we have this lawyer that comes in (someone told me he is a lawyer) and he always trains in slacks and polished shoes and a singlet (hmm) he starts his set (on the lightest weight) with a “ARRGH” then continues the rest quiet even tho the weight is heavier. Hehehehe

We also have a Goth gang, four boys with tats, earrings, black hair and odd clothes (pre workout smoke is customary) how odd.......

When we got out this morning the sunrise was beautiful, you can’t really see it but it was bright red and a perfect morning. Please note my newly washed and clean car ;)


Breakky this morning was 3 toasts (the fab rye) with eggs, soooo freaking good, managed to get the yolk perfectly runny. MMM

I’m also off the soft drinks (again) it just doesn’t feel right drinking the amounts of unnatural stuff that we have been doing. BF’s still on it but I’m over it and hopefully it stays that way… the only thing ill drink is my beloved rockstar (who have a new flavour out – unfortunately not sugar free) since I’m only having one can every now and then – compared to soft drink that I had all the time… Not having any sweetener either, except for what’s in my protein powder. Hopefully this will work (easier when its not so bloody hot) and I reckon its part habit to…

The coming weekend will be quite busy too. We have a dinner on Saturday, then a say goodbye thing after. Sunday we will be going to BF’s parents and look at their new kitchen and new car : ) We’ll also pick their old oven up for Justin Crescent and are dropping that of. Phew :D

Hurt :(

My arm is getting worse, I finished the project this weekend and I didn’t think and used my arm more than I should have. It’s a muscle strain and it didn’t feel good during training last week. I have put some support on it so well see if it gets better. I’ll be doing some relaxing and resting from now on, no more work.

Form check (I’m “lucky” storing fat on belly and around back so my arms looks pretty good) opti light tho haha



We went to IKEA too! And I bought a shake and bake thing and it turned out awesome! I added 300g of eggwhite to the mix to make it high protein and it tasted yum! I have not seen this in Sweden but if you see it try it! Its excellent!

Dinner on Saturday was awesome! The pizza is fantastic and the company was great! We went to a cocktail bar after and my my yum yum very nice! We had some chocolate ones that where great! Cant remember what they where called, Toblerone? And maybe berry something. :) yum anyway!

BF did the lawns yesterday and Jackson have been digging in the backyard, bf took a piece of wood and put it on top, that did stop the digging but hehe now we have a massive square of dirt in the middle. So the solution, putting the bbq on top so he cant reach but the grass have a chance to grow. We’ll see how it goes, both of us are away today and cant stop him if he tries…

And yes… I bought the bag….

What is it Friday again??? Unbelievable!

Good training yesterday, however the squatting made pulled in my knees a bit, just short quick pain feeling but I kept going and after that it was fine, odd… did 9 sets of squats, 3 sets of plie/sumo squats and seated extension, not counting warm-up sets. I did a PB of 20kg on each side in the extension : )
Then on to hamstrings, dead lifted 8 sets – 2, 2’s of 100kg (wrapped my hands this time so I didn’t get any marks) and 3 sets of seated and standing hammy curls.
I feel it today : )
Shoulders, triceps and abs today (the fun Friday session)


A friend is having a birthday dinner at Good Life Organic pizza, they make excellent pizzas there, loads of toppings and thin crust. MMM I know what I’m having! The chicken one : ) Looking forward to it : )

In colonnades there is this Lonsdale bag that I have had my eyes on for a long time, I’m sooo tempted to get it… its $100, light pink (hehe) and in leather. Perfect training bag… me wants… I also “need” some new jeans since my wardrobe has been reduced to 2 pairs of jeans that I can use… hmm we’ll see if I have the time (payday yesterday) to scoot of to get some stuff tomorrow.

Still 15 Weeks out! Goddammit – can the time go any slower???

Training yesterday was great, did back and managed to do chins (well not that great since I’m sooooooo heavy now ;) and I can only do 6’s sigh…) standing row, dumbbell row (personal best of heavy 70lbs – around 32kg :D lats pull down narrow and wide grip. Finished off with a straight arm pull down sort of exercise.

Izzy was still walking like a cheesedoodle and I tried to straighten her out – not that nice she said… so I figured, if she’s stiff she needs to warm her muscle up to get movability back, as we humans do and know and can push ourself. She wouldn’t of course, who would if you didn’t understand why…
So I gave her a dog massage, neck, back and side and she is so much better now. I did force her a little but it seems like it worked. Jackson got a tad bit jealous but he’ll survive…

Doing some initial planning and I (want) think that we will rent 2 segways and do the older parts of city, where you normally walk around. I reckon its great! They look awesome!

:D

I cant impress enough how good it feels to have booked the flights! Im so excited and it feels sooo good! 15 weeks to go ;)
So anyone who wants anything special from here better let me know : ) I do have about a week off before we leave to sort the dogs out and the packing and everything else!
If you have any ideas about what the must sees are let me know, preferably not walking a lot as BF can’t really cope with that.
I cant wait to see everyone and drink a lot of coffee and meet a lot of kids ;)
There will be Vaxholm, city, the castle, maybe rent a bike and go for a ride! Fly up to grandpa (o-vik) and drive to grandma and cousin in Orebro. Well do gyms in Stockholm and Taby :p got to drag him down to Tibble hallen! Hihi
You better believe there will be hysteric shopping too HAHA Im saving like crazy LOL You better believe it!!!!!!!
The flights are from Adelaide thru to Kuala Lumpur – were staying there for a day then straight to Stockholm (how good is that – no London, Helsinki or Amsterdam)

Training yesterday went really good surprisingly enough! Personal best of 50kg in benchpress : ) whoot whoot! Do feel it today haha but I’m thrilled!
Tried horley’s carb less bar with the delicious taste of rocky road. OMG very very veeeeeery nice! Me like! A lot!

Izzy has been really bad lately, she’s getting worse and it does not feel very good when I take her to the vet and they cant find anything wrong. I still think its early arthritis as she only does it when she’s running off the lead and stretches herself. So she’s got to stay on the lead from now on I think…

finally!

the tickets are ordered and paid for! We are coming the 8 of august and leave the 8 of September. It feels so good and me and Bf has sorted everything out and it feels a lot better! Cant wait!

Weekend

I’m very tired (from working hard) and exhausted and a bit frustrated with the BF, he does not understand how important the trip back home is. Even tho he says he does. Right now I’m sick of everything and I do not want to be here. Maybe its me overreacting because the weekend has been tough and I’m tired. Anyway.
Im booking the ticket tonight end of story.
Im also fat, I have the fat feeling (maybe because everything is tight right now) but it might be because I haven’t been to the gym for a while and the Easter bunny has some sort of part in it…
Ill tighten my diet up for this week and not go surplus and then see how I feel at the end of the week. I can still see the veins on my underarms and slight shoulder/bicep separation so im not all blubber regardless of the feeling..

happy easter!

i hope you all have a great easter and a lot of eggs! I sure am! Going to order the tickets tomorrow! So happy about that! I've got a little project to work on this weekend and its taking a lot of time, some great friends have helped me and bf too! So good! Taking the weekend off gym and will be back in business on Tuesday!

The muscle crunch guy was great! Straightened my legs out, bloody hurt like hell but felt really good after. Amazed! I'm probably going to keep this up cause the difference is amazing!

Tuesday

I have Wednesday and Thursday off and “my” internet has been killed so now I have to either toughen it out or get me a new one… hmmmmm hard……. Training yesterdays was good, although busy, I was there later than usual cause I had to pick some keys up after work.
Did chest, bicep (have pulled a muscle in my underarm and I hurts when I do bicep, heck it hurts when I squeeze dishwashing liquids out of the bottle “cry cry”)
Im going to see the physio tonight and hopefully he wont have to much to say about my crooked bones…
Its getting so cold now, I have to wear both hat and jacket on my walk with the pups (who are constantly being mongrels and misbehaving… although this morning I met a dog that as soon as he saw me and the mongrels he laid down and refused to move until (10 min later) we passed then he tried to jump us)
Lunch *the lazy version* is 2 slices of bread and quark mixed with cottage cheese and vanilla protein powder, yeah, don’t look to yummy but it is! It’s like a thick creamy French vanilla ice creamy like feel. It’s like having desert for lunch and it’s the quickest ever to make. Takes all of 2 second, mix and stir and your all done.
I think I’m in a cottage cheese period right now, having it for brekkie lunch and post workout! Its just mmmmmmmmmmmm (plus I get to keep it for my self cause BF isn’t a big fan of cottage cheese)

My Godness!

I’m 61 kg LOL That’s a bit quicker than I thought, I’ve only been about 300 Cal over my daily maintenance, or I’ve totally miscalculated! Doesn’t matter tho, BF got a comment the other day from the gym owner, that trains at the same time as I do. He reckons I look a lot more muscular but still lean :D Best Comment Ever. (and that's what its about - not some random number)
I might have to get my ass in gear and get some bulking photos :D Show off that muscle I’ve gained so far!
I know that some of what I’ve gained is fluids since I jumped from 58 to 59-60 fairly quickly and I am eating a bit more carbs :p But don’t want it to go to quickly as i want to keep doing this for another 2 months! I do feel great and not uncomfortable in any way – so ill keeeeeeeeeeeep on eating ehm going I mean ;)

on Saturday we went and saw Nicolas Cage’s new flick, KNOWING, lol well uhm, sort of started good, I liked it, very intriguing in the beginning then the end was another story… wont ruin it for ya lol but rent it rather than see it on the movies :D

Did actually try to use a toner on my hair, epic blond, but looks more like light brown on the packet. Had it in for 10 minutes (started with the back/under part) and tada - darker when wet but NOTHING when dry Hahahaha ah well better luck next time ;)

Blond or dark

Im thinking I might tone my hair darker... Im sort of in that time now (every 2 year i get the dark hair itch - dont like it and go back) so this time its probably a good idea to either buy a wig HAHA or tone it (as in i can wash it out).... hopefully...

PB

BTW ;) Someone dead lifted two 2's of 100kg yesterday! Managed to get marks on my hands cause my skin is soo sensitive... when i do heavy calf presses i get blood looking stripes along my shoulders where the weight is resting...

Had the worst day yesterday, spoke to origin (electricity) and they still stuffed up again and after 3 other calls of swearing and crying and god knows what its sorted. Well at least I think it is… happens to be that there was a reading done when I requested it first and that they have sent me on a wild goose chase.
Had the car in for service and the bf (sick and had stuff to do) went there and handed it in on time and they told him he was to wait for 4-5 five hours. (They where under staffed) I went to pick him up and he dropped me off. I got one of my work colleges to drop me off at the car service people. Phwe……………………..
Training was average, got a headache when speaking to the origin people and that staid… ah well a new day today!!!!

Fluffy Mousse Muffin

Happy first of April and I hope that you all will have lots of funny jokes happening around you today (better not be on me that’s for sure ;) )

Training yesterday was good, feel really strong at the moment (duh – eating like a mad man haha) Spent about 45 min doing back yesterday and I’m really happy with the progress I’m making.
I did pop on the scales this morning (LOL just couldn’t) tipping the old scale at about 60 and the new scale about 58 (now – who do I trust HAHA)

Got an idea from a work college to whip the egg whites before adding the ingredients to the bread. It did not work for the bread but for the muffins!
try this:

230g (7) egg whites
50g unprocessed bran
10g Cacao
30g Sweetener
35g protein powder
10g baking powder
10g psyllium husk

Whisk the egg whites until hard, fold in (I used a spoon) add the dry ingredients and fold until evenly distributed.
Put into form (I would use paper ones cause this sticks to the paper/silicone forms. (storage is a bit of an issue too, they need to be standing up separately as they go a bit sticky in the fridge)
The muffins will be very light and it will be about 12 of them.

Calories: 140/100g Per fluffy Mousse muffin 43 Cal
Fat: 1/100g less than 1g
Carb: 13/100g 4g
Fiber: 7/100g 2g
Protein: 18g/100g 6g