Went to the beach tonight!

Dinner, simple chicken and greens with fetta, very basic very tasty!

 

Sunbaking earier today

 

Back on track! Ive been to the gym for the first time since I got sick and it went all right, I enjoyed it and hadnt lost any strength! This week will be somewhat squashed as the gym isnt open on New Years and I will be danced out Saturday! Summadayz are coming up! New Years Eve wont be exciting as I want to save myself for Friday!
Been spending a lot of time outside and I have finally some tanlines :) The temperature will be about 39+ tomorrow!

The move - Well I have been going thru and sorting out my documents, sorting out what needs to be canceled and what needs to be address updated etc, I have also packed the first box! Its massive and heavy LOL I have a feeling it will be more than 40 kg when Im done... ah well..

I hope you have a great relaxing holiday!!!

Quick update and some pictures. I still have a cold and a slight sore throat so resting this week is a good thing. I have started to go thru my papers and sorting out stuff. Im starting to slowly get myself organized, one thing at the time. I cant really do much at the moment as everything is closed till Tuesday and then it will be very busy in stores but I can at least do some phone calls etc. Im doing a bit of sunbaking to get my skin used to it but I think I might have overdone it today, I guess ill know tomorrow. I spent about 1.5 hours in the sun and then met up with Jenny for a coffee in Glenelg we sat outside on the grass and that was really nice but I can feel my shoulders…

Christmas was great, the best one I have had here! Everyone was really nice, we had Donald duck (Swedish tradition) herring lunch and a proper Christmas dinner. Lots of Swedish lollies and great company! It was a bit funny seeing the sun outside tho! We played Swedish beach cricket (kubb) and that was fun, managed to get some bruises lol Didn’t drink to get better but I think the kubb didn’t help as it was quite windy and cold when the sun was setting. Ah well it was great fun!!

Herring lunch

Gingerbread house :)

Awesome Food

(proud to say I made the meatballs)

And who could say no to the lollies!

Christmas present from work! Very cute :D
loooooooooove the lindt mint chocolate!!! mmm

Not very well at all, it has gone down to my chest now and its painfull :(
Well guess there will be plenty of resting coming up! Going to go to the Christmas lunch but I wont be going out. Dont think thats a good idea... Not happy

I do wish you a Merry Christmas :) I hope it will be fantastic for you!!!!

I woke up this morning with a stuffed nose and sore throat and tickle in my throat. A winter cold in 30 degree heat... just my luck... so I don't think there will be any training now and I'm going to try to get rid of it for the 24th so I can enjoy all the nice smells, food and Glogg!!!
Certainly are coughing more as the day progresses...
And what do you know, good timing with Aunty coming today LOL
Saw a black cockatoo on the walk this morning :) First one in the wild!

Had a great night last night, awesome starter, great steak and a yummy pudding for desert! Kept to the white wine, got perfectly drunk, not to much, just perfect, danced the night away (feet hurting haha) and just enjoyed everything! The people where in good mood and everyone was happy! Awesome! Got a ride in and a ride home and spent like $20 the entire night. Perfect lol
I feel it today tho, slight chewy feeling and had icecream for breakky haha topped with a kinder egg :p
Not much going on today, just relaxing infront of the tv, enjoying being mellow and tired and the good feeling from last night! XXXXXXXXXXX to ya all

I know I've said this before but I can't help it, it's like everything is going to good and something will go wrong. I guess its self doubt and scary feelings that makes one think like it... terrifying..
Ill try to disconnect all those feelings tonight tho as we have the Christmas party on and I'm looking forward to getting out and about! I like my big boss, he has suggested that I get the 3 days off that I was going to work, depending on what my manager says, if he doesn't need me that is. at first I thought it was because he didn't want to pay for the public holidays but he said he will. My manager said that if we have no work I get them off, paid :D Got to love that!!

Just scored another work-interview!!! Excellent! And it seems like a great company too!

Made a beautiful stir-fry last night. fry chow mein noodles (fresh), chicken, mushrooms, toss with fresh lettuce, cheese in a sweet and sour based sauce. MMMM
Also bought and tried a new strawberry spread for the oats I'm having after gym, very nice, not to sweet and chunky strawberry bits in!

Not dieting enables a little bit more creativity in the kitchen :)

Mum called last night and we spoke about the apartment, apparantly the colours in the lounge is gray green and she reckons I wouldn't like it so we decided to repaint it white. I do like white :)

She also reckons the floors needs some attending to, I'd love to have a light coloured wood looking flooring and possible tiles (laminate) in the kitchen/hallway. But we'll see how much it would cost if i can afford it. I can't believe its 6.5 weeks till I leave. it's getting close! I'm soo relieved to have told everyone at work and that I don't have to pretend anymore!! Phew!

Some pictures of the apartment :D

Dad sent me an email about my with a load of picture of the apartment and I love it!!! LOVE IT! I cant wait to get back home and move in! Its just perfect! I’m so happy!
Resigned today and it’s just nerve-wracking doing this.. I still have my heart fluttering and all shook up. Everyone understands tho and it does feel good to have it out there so to speak!

Bought a new spread for my oats after gym. Hopefully it will taste okay! I’m getting and allergic (or some sort) reaction of the cinnamon in my oats and I get rashes around my mouth, they disappear after a couple of hours but I don’t want to push it… odd..

Getting new computers today at work, windows 7 and office 97. good to waste some time setting everything up lol

Nervous.... have decided to resign tomorrow and its a big step (feels big anyway) towards going home. Its still scary and I still think what if I cant get a job and what if i get a job and then cant do it. Belly ache scary :7

Having a thing with my ex, Ive asked him to remove my friends from Facebook and now he's been going thru my friends adding my brother amongst other people (even tho he agreed to delete my friends, I have removed his). Emailing my dad and I think its a bit odd. Apparently Im the silly one. *GAH* feels like he's invading and I know that he's going on peoples pictures and looking at everything. But apparently Im the silly one... Hmmm I've had to block my friends viewing my friends and that doesn't feel right either, I'm thinking I might just delete him altogether, why should I limit my profile because of him??? Am I right or am I silly??? Its not like he's been hanging with my friends that much and I think he met my brother like 2 times...

Diet evaluation
Im finishing the diet today, These additional days will be unnecessary and hard to measure (plus I have tricky work now) I have proven to myself that I can do this and that I.F. is a good strategy that works for me. I have also realized that I need a little bit of starchy carbs in the diet and that overall if I don’t get enough sleep it’s a lot harder to meet my caloric goals. Ive also learned that it can be done eating out – I guess there is a bit different to comp dieting and at the end of a comp diet eating out wont work… but for this its fine!
Since the 10th of November (5 weeks) I have lost 3kg, most feels like fat since I have maintained most of my strength. From now on ill keep the maintenance until I have moved back to Sweden!
I think most of me is sore today except what im training tonight. But properly fuelled I’m thinking it will be okay anyway!

I'm resigning on Thursday!!! Only 7 weeks till home time now!

Since this friday and the coming weekend is going to be off limits for training, not much point in training if your going to drink that night... pretty pointless if you ask me... so I've mashed things together and went today instead. Good shoulder session and I quite enjoyed it. Very quiet and good crisp air! This week will be hot too so going now had a lot of benefits! After gym and food I went to colonnades, sheeesh... Christma shopping blerg loud people... I realized I dont have a bikini and since I've got Chrissy off and nothing to do I'm probably going to head to the beach - so a bikini feels pretty important.. tried a few ones on, had enough (absolutely hate buying bikinis and had nooooooooo shopping mood whatsoever) and bought one without trying lol happy with it tho! Fit perfectly when I tried it on at home! Also found the most adorable lizzards for my new apartment, not big maybe 15cm long :)

58 kg this morning, went for a long nice walk in the cool weather. Quick gym session that went good, 100 deads again lol hopefully when I start eating a bit more I'll be able to move past it.
Headed to Linda's and Izzy got to meet Brian (her dog) and they made friends sort of. Izzy accepted Brian lol but wasnt overly impressed with the kisses, she should say nothing haha since she's normally doing the kissing...
Taking it very easy this weened as next weekend is the work do then the week after its Christmas and of course new years!

Im so happy its Friday, just one more full week of work then holidays! Will be great! Gym has quieted down to, apparently the pre-season training has started for the youngsters and I LOVE IT! Easy sailing from now on! My crazy hand last night... just crazy, I was just reading... Not sexy lol

To be honest I’m quite happy that I’m quitting this job. The work force here has some issues and there is tension around and a co-worker of min has very little sense of what’s appropriate and what’s funny. She can sit and say – you don’t fit in here your not Australian or You cant spell, your English is soo bad, she also told one guy at work – what’s your excuse for being short… (whatte)
I understand that she thinks she is funny but she is quite offensive at times and it’s spreading bad emotions around. I also suspects its because she’s not happy with herself or her situation but she’s making everyone unhappy and it certainly makes me feel bad.
Its so important to try to keep a happy environment and not backstab, bullshit or try to put people down.

Back and biceps yesterday and I am still managing the same weights and I’m h Anyway, nuff with the rant… happy with how the diet is going. This has been a good productive diet experiment and I’m happy with the results so far. I have learned a fair bit about IFing and dieting and carbs in relation to this. (not doing the refill thing ever again lol)

An Australian coastal website just posted satellite images of hundreds of sharks cruising around Bondi Beach REALLY CLOSE TO SHORE. If you live in Bondi, you might not want to see this…
http://www.australiancoastalwatch.com.au/news/bnshark14432tx.article.html

The plan after the dieting is finished:
Keep the IF routine going but increase fat and carbs. Change the training schedule to 6-8 rep’s and maybe 10’s rather than the heavy 4’s I’ve been aiming for this period. Ill keep the 4 days a week.
To be honest I’m a little sick of either going up or down in weight and I think ill stay maintenance for a while and the reassess when my life in Sweden is up and running.
Some of the philosophy and research of IF is that you can make gains even if your eating at maintenance since your providing the body with a lot of food around training this will be interesting to experience too. Is dieting when fasting and bulking around training so to speak :D

I guess it will be some resting and slight out of the loop because its Christmas and new years and there will be dinners and parties coming from left and right. (oh yeah)

One week Left of dieting – since the 18th is Christmas function for work and there will be plenty of food and plenty of drinks and that’s pretty much why I chose this day to finish the dieting. (especially since Saturday will be spend doing nothing and eating popcorn haha)

One week Left before I can resign – I have decided to leave it till this day and work one week after Christmas holidays to ensure that I get my pay for the holidays…

Training yesterday went great, good soreness today lol
Mum and dad are heading to my apartment next week and have promised to take loads of photos – I shall keep you posted!!!

Someone at work did this to an admin girl’s car yesterday…
Lol

Happy humpday!
I had a great session at the gym, shoulders, triceps and abs. I managed to get the edge trimmer up and running and finished off the front and backyard work I did in the weekend. I also took Izzy for a luxury walk after dinner. Such a lovely evening with perfect weather. Work is actually picking up now and even tho it’s a new manufacturer and it’s a bit of a head**** its making the days pass quicker.
Hopefully I have time to get up to waterfally gully this weekend as we have had some rain and it would be nice to have some photos from there. Im also contemplating on doing a shark dive with great whites before I leave for Sweden, its about $500 and would be awesome!!! Lot of money tho… ill keep you posted.
http://www.calypsostarcharter.com.au/

Ah! What a proper sleep will do for the mood eh! Im a new person today, went home had some food slept for 3 hours then had some more food and back to bed again.
Im all for the gym and finishing the diet, its only about 11 days left and I should be able to suck it up lol

Lunch on Sunday was great, cosy little place and good food! The bloody drinks was insanely expensive tho… a large diet coke (tap) was 6 dollar… my food (squid salad w extra squid) was 14 lol but mmmm tasty! One of the guys had a traditional beef and guiness pie. Amazing!

I am in such a bad mood today, slept really bad!!! And don’t want to diet and don’t want to go to the gym! blerg

Im just going to go home today and hopefully Ill feel better tomorrow. No gym and I shall have a big dinner too! Ha ;)

Good morning! we are having a beautiful Sunday morning here in Adelaide. Me and Izzy just came back from a massive walk and Im going to get ready for the Christmas lunch - well I guess it will be breakky for me lol Martin Berkham has posted a new study about meal frequency that proves again that you do NOT have to eat every couple of hours to lose fat. I dont have access to the whole study but he has posted some highlights if you want to read them here
Im off to the shower in a tick and Ill bring the camera to the lunch and see if I can get some photos.

The movie wasnt great lol filmed with a handy cam and not to scary either... ah well.. told Jess I'm resigning and she told me that they had changed the contract and that I only have a weeks resignation time so I might not resign Monday rather wait till I get back in January and work one extra week, more money... depends on the contract (cant find my copy so some research is needed)
Jess's dog was adorable and a licky dog lol she licked my pants (???)

Since I lost a kg I'm having a bit extra today, a couple of pumpernickel sandwiches with salmon and cheese mmm should probably have save it for tomorrow but I was a tad bit hungry... and Wallander is showing on seven! I cant believe they are showing a Swedish movie on one of the major channels on a Saturday night, if that doesnt deserve some pumpernickel I dont know what haha

Quick update before I head out to the movies, weight this morning landed at 58.5 kg and I have received 2 more emails regarding work interviews! They both want me to call them when I land! That makes it 4 interview's and 2 prospects (not counting the dude that called, he never called back and emailed and said that his clients wasnt looking at the moment - sooo odd)

Ah Friday again! Great walk this morning, nice cool crisp day and a great weekend planned. How much better can it be! Gym was crazy busy yesterday but I managed to move my share of iron. Felt good! Watched GI Joe when I came home. Not to bad, a lot of action and fancy boy toys lol but good enough to relax on a Thursday with.

Other than that I and my body are great friends, we are sleeping well, feeling good and happy with each other. I have taken the suggestions my body has brought to my attentions under consideration and I have added more carbs as you know and some stretching after each gym session, yes I know I have been bad previously. I have been repaid greatly with a happier more compliant and well adjusted body and I am greatly appreciatory of this. I am thinking I might give my body a treat for Christmas and see the good physio too. Maybe do that when I have time off to be able to relax the day after and do nothing to reap maximum benefit from this.

I hope all you dashing little santa's helpers get a great day today! tada!

I have decided to stop reporting my calories as I feel I’m repeating myself. Its another couple of weeks of dieting and ill keep them pretty much the same. I guess this Sunday will be over as we are going out eating.
The cockatoos have started to pass over Adelaide and they are everywhere. Almost like snow! Its only 3 weeks left till Christmas now, it doesn’t really feel like it tho…




Christmas decorations when its 30-40 just doesnt feel right to me (sorry) however the chritsmas lights that people are putting on their houses are adorable

Calories for yesterday, 1450, 181g protein, 70g carbs and 46g fat. I’m happy to say that I didn’t spill anything of my Post WO shake and I did my squats and I didn’t like it just like always lol but had a good session anyway! 2 Months on the date till my flight, I cant believe how quickly time flies! I guess its still a long time to go but its getting closer!

Since im eating a lot more fish oil now (at least 110g of salmon a day) I'm finding that my nails have become a lot harder. Since this is the only thing ive changed I'm assuming this is the case and googling it suggests that this might be the case :) Gotta love it!