oooh ranking and result from this weeks comp! Im more motivated than ever!

I love this hahaha

Me and dad went sort of long distance ice skating yesterday only the ice was really bad so it wasn't long distance or even ice skating hehe most of the time we had to use the ice picks to cross-country skiing style push ourselves forwars. bubbly ice... haaard work haha good weather tho :)
since I wasn't sore I went to the gym and did a bit of chest/biceps and calves. Good contact, practising a bit on the bench with stop in the lowest position. I'm thinking of doing a program to get stronger in bench. I reckon that's my weakest one.
belly is good, I guess I have to get used to the fact that its really sensitive when it comes to playing around with carbs and such.
Im having my awesome girls over for dinner in the weekend since I'm turning *gaah* 32 and really looking forward to it, I've started to plan what to create ;) ive not decided yet but it will be meat hihi

One thing that happened Friday that was ehm interesting... we have test coffee break every Friday and we play a card game (UNO) great fun! All of us have a week and we bring some sort of biscuits or cake. This week a guy bought chocolates, fair enough, he looks at me and says, if you don't have a piece ill get hurt. LOL why would you get hurt if I don't eat anything??? No I didn't have any ;) funny and interesting how people think sometimes :)

I didnt learn apparently, I went home and had a big feed and carbs, I had some carbs during the comp and I think afterwords wasnt the best idea... sigh... Note to oneself, next time you empty go easy on the carbs - especially the refined ones after... It will not be pleasant otherwise... I think I might have pushed the de-load/de-hydrating a bit to much to and the body didnt really manage. Lessons learned, hopefully, next time I don't have to go as hard + I know that my scales at home are accurate!
Ive been spending quite some time in the loo... at least its starting to settle now. Its not near as bad as before tho so thats good :D

YAY!  i did it! what a rush! This was way more fun that the fitness comp, it actually gave me a craaaaaaazy rush! Im extatic and tired haha
110k dead-lift, 52.5kg benching and 70kg squats, that's a total of 232,5kg (511,5 pounds i think)! I managed to qualify for the Swedish championship!!!! At weight-class 57kg (weighed in at 55.9)

:) Weight did good! Happy! Hopefully my home scale isnt to far off... fingers crossed! Also I hope Ive not over done it (dropped the fluids yesterday at 4 and AM THIRSTY)
Ive got re-hydrating fluids and 2-3 hours before competing so hopefully I can be normal in that time! Weigh-in in 30 minutes!

Hmmm nop doubt this will work, my body is not cooperating at all! 58 kg with carbs drop AND kcal minus.. ah well I do have a few more tricks but really don't want to stress it since it will make weaker and it might not work! There is a second shot at AN tho in may and hopefully that's timed a bit better hehe
Got the worst pains too... and nervous as hell, one might argue that I've been on stage in front of loads if people in barely anything but on stage you don't actually see anyone (now its like 10m away) plus your all messed in your head cause the dieting, garb drop/load and not been drinking for a day so you are in a bit of a different place haha
Anyways hopefully ill get a nice sleep and drop a lot over night...
And a massive thanks to everyone that said they'd come, a LOT more people than I would have ever thought. I am also grateful that all of you understood when I said I'd rather you didn't as I'm so nervous and have no idea how all this will work! I have such great friends <3

Training yesterday was okay although, since I've not been to Delta for a while, I chatted more than I like... guess its fine anyway since I needed to take it a bit easy!
Got a cute purple cover for the phone as well :) love it! (had to get a silver one too haha) it has a better texture than the other slippery one, its "räfflad" (cuts in the back, can't remember the English word of it ATM)
Will do some long distance ice skating Sunday too, so need to go to a sports store and get a face cover, the icy winds hurts a bit much and if you use a scarf it gets wet cause it doesn't breathe... have a great friday!

(pictures from HTC outlet)

Hmmm weight is not behaving 57.5 despite the drop in carbs... keep your fingers crossed it will behave Saturday! Gym at home will be getting a facelift next week, will look nice :) so ill be training in the city I reckon.. the air won't be nice and training will be limited..
After the comp on Saturday ill be catching up with some of the girls from team Delta for dinner at saddle and saber :D sweet! Hopefully a tasty end to a good day ;)

:) Managed 3 sets of 2 reps 110kg deadlifs today! However the belt wasn't as much help as I would have thought it would be. Not on a massive high either LOL But feels good! Really light training tomorrow I think. My entire body is sore :)

Now its official! I have resigned from my consultant position and taken a permanent position at the company that I’ve been since this summer. I love working here and its just such a great bunch of people and work assignments are interesting and challenging. I love the fact that I'm now an employee and wont be assigned a new assignment somewhere else with nothing to say about it. The official start date is 1 April 2011! Very happy about this!

I'm still in a very good mood :) even tho I didn't get much sleep, one of the neighbours did something very noisy in the staircase at 5.30 and probably woke the entire house up... wish people could use their brain sometimes... we don't care that you have a bad morning... banging your door repeatedly won't make it better...

Weight is all over the place, 2 days ago 58.4 today 57.3 that's great (not that its all over the place haha) but since I'm starting to drop carbs today I reckon I've got no problem getting below 57 even tho its that time if the month...

Feeling a little bit if pressure since more and more people are comin to watch and I find it hard to focus on the commands as it is haha but I guess it doesn't matter. If I don't make it this comp there is another one in may :) same goes for the weight!

Today I'm going to give deadlifts with belt on a try to see if I can break the 100kg pb!

on a cloud! Its amazing, Im a new person! From being a depressed, angry biatch (well almost) to a excited, happy girl! Heavy squatting does wonders for PMS HAHAHAHAA
Im thrilled and inspired for the comp now. Crazy how good I feel considering. Anyway, hopefully Ill be able to sleep tonight. ;)
Managed 80 kg deadlifts and then rep's on 60kg raw squats! Im over the mooon!

PMS anyone? Shitty mood and don't want to train or compete blerg..
Everything annoys me at the moment and not in a good way *GAAAAH* sick of not feeling content when eating or even content when full.


Rant over......

It's amazing what a good nights sleep can do! It never stops surprising me! I'm still slightly sore in my ankles and REALLY sore in my chest - didn't expect to be this sore haha but the rest of my body feels good :)
I'm training legs today, squats with bro to get the proper comp technique in. Really appreciate him taking the time to show me :D
I think the weight class will be hard to reach unfortunately, its pretty bad timing, that time of the month starting a few days before Saturday (and me finding it hard to drop kcal hehe) ill cut the carbs starting Wednesday tho to give it a chance, only problem is that I tend to cramp a bit, ill buy some rehydrate powder that I can take after weigh in to minimize it:)
I guess the first comp will be a learning experience.
The realestate when was really nice (and very tall) and gave me a good evaluqtiib. Now I just have to decide if its worth the pain to move... well see... I don't really have to... anyways...
have a great day!
oh and yes, I've stopped worrying about eating LCHF... Its not for me... ill try to keep the effin sweetners low tho...

Super mega tired ATM! Crazy... everything is hurting and I'm bloated and wanna go back to bed! I certainly feel its time for a resting day..... I'm even sore in the outside of my hips...
Self inflicted I know :) take away the bloated (gained a kg over night) and the tiredness and is be ecstatic!
Git the feedback from the judges and I'm a bit thrown... frame is good, that's the bone structure, need to be harder (now this is funny, I hate to say it... I SAID SO, haha next time ill listen to ME) good muscle on quads and Ned more back. Not a lot of feedback but ill certainly take it onboard if/when I compete again!
Today I'm just going to work (probably have to many low carbs cans of Monster. Then home to see a realestate agent, he's going to evaluate my apartment. Might move but probably not... want to .live more central (täby) but its no big deal. Would be nice with a lift too hehe anyway he's doing it for free so why not!

Full on early sunday!!! been ice skating with dad. Perfect day, sunny, not to cold, sort of okay ice and not a lot of people. We did 14 kilometers, about one hour of skating. Feel it in my legs, perfect first ride! Loved it! It was very pretty when the sun hit the snow on the ice. Then home for a quick meal and heading to the gym. I trained chest - mainly bench - biceps and a bit of calf's. Benching is the hardest part in the power lifting comp. Not the actual lift but you have to listen to the commands, when to start, press and unload. I kept forgetting ALL THE TIME!! well see how I do on the comp haha. Managed 50 kg bench presses at least haha would have wanted to do more as I have done more before but I guess the ice skating made me a bit tired :)

 

Had to rearrange the training session yesterday. I need to practice my benching and might be able to get some help on Sunday so I did shoulders/tricp and abs. Gosh Im sore today. Didnt feel much in my shoulders until the end but today... thats another story. HAHA
Was in a strange mood yesterday, it might have something to do with me not sleeping but I dunno.. anyway... did go out with Louise for a short while, drove into the city. We went to east and a little pre-go-out bar that is on stureplan (brats area haha) it was good, chatting and getting out. At East we sat outside, they had radiator heat but my legs got really cold... Maybe not the smartest thing. I hope I didnt manage to make myself sick again... well see. It was a early night anyway. Back to normal mood today ;) Im heading out to get my powerlifting gear in a second. Ive ordered the all sexy powerlifting suit HAHA and a proper belt. After that Ive got a "gym" date, were training legs.

Ive prepared a mint chocolate panacotta and a mango panacotta. I think I used a bit to much gelatin in the mint chocolate one so thats why Ive got two haha.
The mint one is based on mint chocolate ;) light cream and coca. The mango one is light cream, light quark, vanilla and mango pieces. A bit lighter and fluffier than the mint one. This is for dads 60th dinner tonight. The starter, thats also my responisbility Im "making" moose with lamb cheese, balsamic reduction and a

Had a real shirt sleep, kept waking up thistsy... real odd and of course then because I had to go to the loo..
Sore today too even tho the session after the deadlifts wasn't to great (all the power went out from me)so real tired and as a result real hungry too lol
Going out tonight as well, Louise managed to get a babysitter and wanna go shake some bootay :p won't be a full on night as I've got dad's 60th birthday dinner and (did I mention I'm tired) have a few things to sort out during the day.

2 set of 100 kg raw deadlifts (only gloves) 4 repetitions :D

Harry Potter part 1 ess 2 and a half hours long, great movie, as usual but they had dragged it out just a little bit to much. The near end was a bit slow but I loved it :) it was also great being able to chat with my brother face to face a bit since I normally see him at the gym or online.
So training today, chest, tricep and abs. Haven't decided where. Probably tibble and ill try working late since it would be good leaving early tomorrow.
And now our train died lol it had a death jump and all the lights went out. We stopped... hmmm will they let us off or.. best part is, while I got a heart jump and started coughing no one else have moved haha wish me luck on getting to work ;)
10 minutes later, we are moving :) however without aircon but with lights yay!

whohooooo! Im going to see Harry Potter, part 1 with my brother tonight! Wohooo! Have wanted to see it for a while!! So hehe no training today :D! Soo excited all of a sudden!!!

Felt quite tired when going to the gym yesterday but had q great session anyway! Squats with my brother and he thought me how to use the knee straps! Loved them! Didn't have to have them very tight, just a bit of support and my knees didn't protest or hurt at all! Not even when I did lounges! Fantastic! Managed 65 kg squats hihi I also learned how to spot a bit for bench, interesting! Not as sore as I thought I would be but I've got a feeling it will come lol
Today I've got a lunch date with Alexandra at Texas longhorn, the best steak house :)

The weight class I want to compete in is 57 kg so I need to take it a bit easy n the food since I'm over that... not sure how the weigh in works but i might need a margin... hmmm... well its apparently not very important now but good to know... the next class uppdaterar is 63 so that's quite a jump...

My brother has gotten me a license! Im doing my first power lifting comp the 29th of jan in bench/squat and deads!
HIHIHI

Super tired yesterday and hungry, they are linked for me... listened to my body and ate a massive dinner and the rest of the panacotta and went to bed... got up around 10 ish and ate some more and backto bed. The tired feeling is fine and my body feels better :) I reckon I might have pushed it a bit with training to early... too easy to do...

It's freaking cold at the moment, a couple of degrees above 0, everything is melting so humidity is high and the cold wind is pushing coldness in you... not so nice.
Tron was good, didn't expect anything lol but just love 3D and it was different not seeing a kids movie but if it was normal I wouldn't have seen it in the movies...
Training was good, shoulders biceps and calves. I might move calves to Saturdays tho :)
Seeing Louise was great! Time flew and I was a bit late to the city. Met up with Rikard and wa had a hunt for chocolate for my desert creations, a hunt for coffee (sandy's) is not a good place... and chatted a lot! I even managed to buy myself some jewelry! No training today! Still stuffy and coughing a bit *gaaah*

LCHF thoughts
+ side
no cravings for sweet stuff
interesting food
no water retention
happy belly
- side
to much focus on carbs

I do feel Im getting snowed in on the grams part of the carbs... its not a good thing for me, I do love the fact that the sweet tooth is gone and the tight feeling in my body. I am worried about the "not allowed" to part. Its not that I eat a lot of carbs in processed form but its getting silly when your  nitpicking the foods your eating for carbs. Seeing that Im a bit disturbed in the food sense this is a major thing.

Sore in my hamstrings today and in my back (you arch your back a lot when squatting)
Training will be a bit different now and Ill be doing legs 2 times a week (probably did mention this) but one day will be heavy on the quads and butt and the other day will be heavy on hamstrings. Mainly to focus on getting real deep in squats and focus on building good solid technique. So yesterday i did squatting, getting a different kind of contact and ace if that makes sense. I think I have some tightness in my hip area so that when going deeper the muscle protests.
Ill be doing deadlifts 2 times a week, once with the heavy hammy session and once with the back session. Different kinds of deadlifts. However since squatting does train your back a fair bit the back session will be deadlifts and then mainly upper back/wings. Well see how that goes. Training will be on weekends and Tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday.

Ive taken the liking to philadephia cheese :) the current favourite is the garlic and herbs.

Happy Saturday!
I have been to the gym, realized that its pretty good having fridays off and training in the weekends! I did quads (light) and hamstring (heavyish) felt really good. It was also some nice looking fellows around to brighten my day up lol

I do feel the low carb a bit when training -maybe its the sickness, but ill see how the next week goes and if it is then stuff it LOL I wanna lift HEAVY! My brother is trying to convince me to compete for the girls team in strong man. Im considering it :)

Ive been doing my cooking, lunches for the next week (except Wednesday :D When Ill be having lunch with my team mate Alexandra at a steak house) will be the miracle noodles, creme fraiche, game and cabbage with garlic and game spices. I just had a serving of it and its absolutely delish!
I was supposed to go see a friend tonight but cant get a hold of her so Ill be having a quiet night after all. Probably good so Ill be getting 100% soon!

Tomorrow Ill be heading to the city to meet up with a friend and hear everything about his date :) And then were going to see TRON in 3D! Yay!!!

thank god I worked a bit extra the other day and can leave at 3.30 pm... Im so freaking tired...

Tired today and I am really sore from training even tho I'm weaker than normal. Probably cause I've been sick/am sick dunno... quite hungry too. Happy its Friday. Busy weekend ahead :) only time I've got nothing to do is Saturday night LOL

Slowly starting to feel normal :) still got a very runny nose but my body is a lot better. Went to the gym yesterday anyway, light session of back and a little shoulders, its just to get the body back in business, today will be a light session too.

The phone was acting up because there was something wrong with one of my calendars and it couldn't update it properly so I just removed it and now its a lot smoother!

Dinner last night was cheese crackers and Lindt chocolate lol very tummy and I just couldn't be bothered to cook properly... snacks today is mozzarella and almonds hihi lunch will be miracle noodles, game in a garlic sauce if creme fraiche.
Google miracle noodles :) basically doesn't contain anything but takes in flavour pretty good and feels like noodles!
Have no cravings at al, hardly use any sweetners and belly is feeling great!

Have also decided not to buy a actifry, I don't think I would use it that much... a meat mincer however! :)

Not the smartest thing I've done training yesterday... very light session but still think I probably should've stayed home...
Feeling a little bit better today although I've got a bit of a sleeping problem at the moment.

I've tried the 90% cocoa from Lindt yesterday too and it was tasty and bitter. I liked it! Its all going good with the food so far :) quite like this!

In regards to the phone, the surfing experience is better although smaller on the iPhone!

Feeling bettet, had a sore throat anything that's already gone, some flem but that's good, a sign I'm getting better hehe I hope. I think im going to go to the gym tonight, keen but will tar it easy!

I've been reading a bit and LCHF is more a keto diet, its not really what ill be doing, I don't care that I'm not going to be under 20g of carbs a day, it'll be more like 60 g a day. this is more a lifestyle I guess, its to hard to worry about a couple of grams of carbs a day :) and I can't be stuffed haha

loving it so far, had my chicken thing but with mozzarella instead if creme fraiche and butter fried spinach with fresh garlic and pine nuts for dinner. Didn't look very hit haha but was tasty! lunch was a big ham salad with avocado. unfortunately I won't be having most deli meats, the.bad e250 substance that's in it is way to cancerogenic... such a shame, deli meats and fish is sooo tasty!

more pictures... from the roads up north

the gym I trained once at (15 min from the cabin)

the hill we went skiing at

love this little fellow but do feel a tad bit sorry for him ;) thansk sis for the great xmas present

Hmm was optimistic that I would be feeling a lot better today but after spending the night hardly sleeping and having a blocked nose and sore throat with 2 hours of sleep I realize its not going to happen... it'll be a ling day...

I'm inspired by my friend Sofie and her hubby that have started to LCHF eating and have decided to give it a go! It's not a massive change and definitely not a keto diet, it'll be high in protein and full fat products with loads if vegetables and nuts! I'll still have a fair bit if carbs but more fat and a about 2 tops 3 ish grams of protein per bw, since I've had some problems keeping the protein down (not great for your kidneys) I think this would be good! Ill post recepies and thought about how I feel along the way and if course how my training goes. Good to have a little project again :)
I just wanted to say as a note that I'm not trying to lose weight, kcal +/- still matters, just want to try this and remove the usage if sweetners and see how I feel on a higher fat diet and how training goes!
Fingers crossed ill be well enough to train soon too x

Ive had a very quiet weekend, didnt manage much on Saturday, feel a lot better today, belly is fine (?) dunno why and dunno for how long but I sure hope it will stay this way.
Some pictures from the trip, the main room in the cabin

the kitchen and fireplace

The outside

My Aunty and her cat Ceasar

And today I have made myself a lovely dinner (inspired by LissFit) its just a small containter lined with boiled chicken slices, one whole egg, some muchrooms, sundried tomato, a tablespoon of philadelphia extra light and a tablespoon of extra light creme fraiche mixed with some spices. (garlic and herbs today).
Line the little container with the chicken slices, add the egg (keep the yolk intact) add the rest ontop and finish it off with halloumi cheese, bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 185 degrees. Served with a fresh avocado salad.

Just got home and suffering a bit, during the day a cold has developed and my head is numb, throat is sore and belly is hurting. I'm not happy, I feel like I'm constantly sick :( at least its Friday so I can do nothing for a couple if days...

well well its crazy but pretty hehe!
Snow chaos in Ö-vik so we left today and went to my aunt's and are staying there tonight, didst want to risk getting stuck in the woods... then well see if the airplanes are leaving tomorrow as there will be real bad weather coming in tonight...
Might be able to squeeze in a leg session tomorrow as its a public holiday today, most store and gym's are closed except the gym where the cabin's at and its snowed in LOL
So right now I'm sitting in an auction and hopefully mum can find some stuff...
Been being some moose steaks too (expensive but not as expensive as in Stockholm) ill be doing some cold lumps (haha its q very slow process of cooking the steaks in the oven and then putting them in salted water and herbs)

Ive got no reception in the cabin were staying but its great, been skiiing, training and seeing family! ilk be home on Friday night.