Thoughts of Smoothies

I've been thinking lately about starting to make smoothies for breakfast. My aunt Carol makes them in the morning, and she said she throws in different greens (spinach etc.) for the nutrients and that you don't even taste it. Perhaps I'll start looking for some healthy recipes. I think that would definitely be better for me than a bowl of cereal, which I have been having. I also found a recipe for pancakes, that I'd like to try one of these days. I also keep thinking about either becoming vegetarian (I'd love to go vegan, since my grandmother has gone vegan, she has no need for her cholesterol, blood pressure or diabetes meds, though i don't think I'd have the will power for that!). or I may start looking into the clean eating way of living.
Clean-Eating Tips
Eat six meals a day

Drink lots of water

Steer clear of sugar and high-fat foods

Eat the food that God gave us, not the "food" that humans created in laboratories


More later!

tuesday 31st

breakfast - pumpkin seed roll
llunch- greek salad with rose hip quark, 2 milks
at home grapes
at the blood donation place a pastry
more grapes at home.
smoothie

monday 30th

breakfast- liver sausage rye sandwich
lunch - ham salad with 2 milks
dinner - black sausage.
Kinder egg
berry smoothie(berries, fat-free unflavored yoghurt, honey, wheat bran, skim milk)
grapes
more smoothie

Day 61 - Annika

Breakfast- rye

Lunch - winer schnitzel with 2 glasses of milk, a small carrot roll and a piece of pineapple pie.
dinner - low fat high protein quark with rose hip pure
2 oranges

Day 60 - Annika

Breakfast - pumpkin seed roll

half a piece of carrot cake.

lunch - tuna-pasta salad, low on pasta. 2 glasses of milk.

Dinner - free left-over (cold)pizza from wednesday. 

Day 59 - Annika

Breakfast - rye

Lunch - tomato-mozzarella salad, a slice of dark bread and 2 glasses of milk 

hot cocoa

2 veggie spring rolls (not from a chinese restaurant)

All Sorts, berry pudding (light)

crêpes(sugar-free)

wahoo!

this morning, i stepped on the scale and i'm a pound less than my lowest (plateau) weight in 7 years!

...although this may have to do with the fact that didn't have much to eat yesterday...a protein shake, turkey breast sandwich, grapes, apple, energy drink, LOTS of water...and that's it. i bought my first car last night, and was too excited/emotionally drained to eat dinner. (one of my sisters was so mad about the warranty i got that she refused to talk to me. what?!)

ANYway...hopefully i can keep off the pounds! :)

day 58 - Annika

Breakfast - rye sandwich

Lunch - chicken chili with wild rice and one small fried vendace. 2 glasses of milk. 

100g's of All Sorts

Dinner - oven fries and 2 fish fingers

Day 57 - Annika

Breakfast - pumpkin seed roll
Lunch - cabbage soup and 2 glasses of milk
small apple
kebab hamburger. explanation: 1. Hesburger's kebab hamburger is absolutely fantastic. It's a seasonal burger, so it's only sold for about a week and half at a time every now and then. It's been at least 2 years since it was last available. 2. I walked home. An hours walk. 3. I had lost 4 pound, it was a good way to celebrate.
The burger was bigger than it used to be. Still I was shocked to see how many points it was.
So I suppose i'm going to have to have this day off from dieting and continue tomorrow. I didn't eat much of anything yesterday, I was starving most of the day so I suppose I deserve something nice.
Also going to have some All Sorts and some light pork thingy later.

Day 55 - Annika

Breakfast - one piece of italian bread, toasted.
pineapple
pineapple
pineapple
pineapple

mom had sent me money, bought a bottle of Black Tower. Have to see how long I can stay away from real foods. Since I'm trying to have a pineapple diet -day.

holy moly!

so yesterday, i was cruising facebook and was looking at a friend's profile...in the "mutual friends" part, i saw a girl i know, but the pic didn't look ANYthing like her!

i clicked on her page and she's lost a TON of weight. she used to be probably a size 16 or something and now she looks like a 4 or 6! and the best part is, she looks really toned and healthy.

i was looking at her wall to see if anyone wrote anything about it, and a lot of people said she looked really good and one person said "can i have your personal trainer's number?!"... don't know if that's what she did or if that person was joking around. i haven't talked to her in years, but am considering asking her what she did and if she has advice.

i guess my only problem is knowing how to approach it. the last person i complimented on a significant weight loss ended up being bullemic! :-/ i was pretty embarrassed, and don't want that to happen again! any suggestions on how to approach this subject? i'm pretty sure this girl lost weight in a healthy way (she looks pretty muscular), but sometimes it can still be a touchy subject....

Ok. Friday

Ok, now that I've been MIA for awhile I don't know what day I'm on. So it's just going to be the day from now on. I haven't been TOO horrible though. I had one really munchy day when I was driving back to WI, but other than that I think I've been pretty good foodwise.

Breakfast-rice chex w. milk (it may have been 2%, I used someone else's)
Snack-small slice of sausage pizza
Lunch- people are getting Dairy Queen, so i'm getting a mint oreo blizzard (small) I don't know if I'm going to get 'food' too or not.
Hopefully I'll get motivated to head to the gym for TurboKick, she's been super motivated so classes are crazy off the wall with energy. Then, my plan for the evening is to go home and get in my pjs and hang out watching tv. I have a gift certificate for a restaurant that I may see if I can do carry-out for dinner.

Day 54 - Annika

Brekkie - grapes

Lunch - it was supposed to be something called Lamminpään Lumous, but it didnt taste like it at all..(what i'm used to) A pork steak in creamy, garlicy curry sauce. 2 milks and apple rice.

More grapes

Dinner - nuggets & pineapple ice cream

Day 53 - Annika

Breakfast -rye 

Lunch - Karelian stew, the milks and lingonberry quark

a kiwi and some grapes

Dinner - oven fries with sausage

lingonberry quark(home-made this time)

You know when you get a pair a pants that are just a  bit too big and then after a while you notice you've grown into them and the old ones don't fit anymore? We'll I'm testing if it works the other way around. Took out my old work pants that are just a bit small. I'm hoping they'll help me get smaller :) 

MIA

Hey,
Sorry I've been MIA for awhile, I've been crazy busy. Will write more as soon as I have time....
Sheena

Day 52 - Annika

Breakfast - rice cake and apple

Lunch - kebab-tomato pizza, 2 milks, lingonberry quark, small exclusive chocolate bar("thank you for filling this form").

Dinner - rice cake and pineapple ice cream

it's been a while!

so yeah, i've been kind of slacking in the blogging lately.

i've been keeping up my exercising 3-4 times a week and have been getting better at opting for healthier food when given a choice. (example: i judged a high school speech competition, and i had the option of a sub meal, pizza meal, or hot dog meal. i chose the sub - and didn't eat the chips that came with it!)

i'm SO excited that it's getting warm out!! i went for a power walk on the bike trail behind my apartment for about half an hour on sunday. it felt really good!

i haven't really been losing much weight...i'm at the lowest i've been in a while (probably when i started college 7 years ago...woah...it doesn't feel that long ago!), but i seem to have plateaued. part of me is like "well, i have more muscles now that i'm working out more...that is probably a factor" while the other part of me desparately wants to just lose one or two more pounds just so i can say i did.

do you guys have any suggestions on how to beat a plateau weight?

Day 51 - Annika

Brekkie - different type of rye sandwich

Lunch - small chicken breast with salad and not so light yoghurt and 2 glasses of milk

had to have a slice of that ->

just because I've never tried it before and my boss bought one for us.. only a small one. it was a small cake too. 

Dinner was left over semolina pudding and rasberry soup. 2 or 3 rice cakes and then later some more semolina pudding.

also had a tiny bag of sugar free low calorie candy.

Day 50 - Annika

Breakfast - rye

Lunch - tuna salad and muesli with vanilla yogu and the milks.

Dinner - chicken carib soup and semolina pudding with super light blueberry soup

Day 49 - Annika

This was a horrible horrible day - foodwise..

Breakfast - semolina pudding.

Then I went to a birthday party and had chicken pie and mettwurst pie and cake and chips and cookies and candy, lots of candy.

Then I came home..  The in-laws had bought us a pizza. It was too delicious to pass. I had 3 slices. 

I was ready to explode for hours. 

But to look on the bright side, this kind of b-day parties don't happen anymore. So I don't get to eat such delicious delights more than once in 2 years or so..

This also means that I'm sticking with salad-soup diet this week. I'm going to eat as light as possible, as little as possible. 

Day 48 - Annika

Breakfast - oatmeal
Lunch - very unhealthy sandwich
Dinner - oven fries and salmon
ginger bread cookie
2 dry ciders

Day 47 - Annika

Breakfast - yogu+rye with liver sausage

Lunch - sautéd reindeer, 2,5 milks and frozen berries with sour cream sauce.
1,5 frozen pizzas
more berries with the sauce.
bad bad bad day. almost double points again. have to make it up on the coming days. shouldnt be too hard.. although the weekend might cause problems..

Day 46 - Annika

Breakfast - yogu+roll

Lunch - Baked potato with chicken filling, 2 milks.

semolina pudding with very light strawberry soup.

pineapple

ginger bread cookies..

more semolina pudding with the soup.

light pineapple ice cream

Day 45-Sheena

Breakfast-pineapple, watermelon, chips & taco dip
Lunch-
Heading to the gym for TurboKick and then to Brass Band. I may get a drink after, but probably not.
Dinner-

Tomorrow I'm driving to Chicago to go to our trade show. Apparently I don't rate high enough to go work in the booth, but everyone else in the company has the option to take the day and drive down there, so I will too!!! Screw everyone else..

Day 45 - Annika

Breakfast - rye&light yogu

Lunch - ham-pineapple pizza. One slice. It wasn't very good. 2 glasses of milk. 

Dinner is going to be pea soup.

also had pineapple and pineapple ice cream

Day 44-Sheena

Breakfast- whole wheat english muffin w. peanut butter/thimbleberry jam
Snack- pickles
Lunch- spinach/chicken/artichoke lean pocket, pickles, pears, applesauce
Heading to the gym for Strength Fusion, then to the mall, and to get my haircut at 7. Skipping Promos tonight, i need a free night!
Dinner- teriyaki chicken w. veggies and some white rice, maki roll

day 44 - Annika

Breakfast - Rye

Lunch - pork wok, 2 glasses of milk and a carrot roll.

Another breakfast rye sandwich.

A pineapple. a full one

potato-carrot-sausage thing 

light pineapple ice cream

milk

Day 43-Sheena

Breakfast- bowl of rice krispies w. skim milk
Snack-small piece of pizza. Damn people for making pizza in the morning!
Lunch- salad w. thousand island, ham & cheese hot pocket, 10 mustard pretzels and a couple dark chocolate cadbury mini eggs
Heading to the gym for Zumba, may have to take my car to the shop, so I might not stay for Yoga Fusion...we'll see..I did both Zumba and Yoga, and had a 20 min walk to/from picking up my car!
Dinner- salad w. thousand island, cottage cheese, 3 hard boiled eggs, skim milk

Day 42-Sheena

Didn't eat until like 3pm...munched at work...had:
Strawberry Stilton Salad
Spinach salad w. cranberries and orange balsamic vin.
Some pieces of garlic steak, and 2 onion rings, skim milk.

Day 41-Sheena

Ummm...let's see if I can remember...
Lunch- open faced egg salad sandwich
Dinner- croissant, and stuffing
Drinks- black & tan, Irish car bomb, strongbow cider

Day 43 - Annika

Breakfast - Rye

Lunch - Turkey salad without dressing, 2 glasses of milk.

2 kiwis

spinach soup and a light pineapple ice cream

Day 42 - Annika

half a frozen pizza, a small one.
sandwich ice cream, greek chicken salad (with light thousand island), cinnamon roll, apple soda

3 fish fingers

half a kebab roll. 

Day 41 - annika

light yoghurt, pineapple
half a Sub
greek chicken salad
cider, long island ice tea... too much.

i woke up at 8.30 and started exercising right away.
Lots of karaoke and dancing at night

Day 40-Sheena

Breakfast-whole wheat english muffin w. peanut butter and thimbleberry jam, skim milk
Lunch- salad w. ranch, string cheese, pickles, and some tortilla chips & queso
Don't know if I'm going to head to the gym today, my joints are pretty sore today so I may have a rest....
Dinner- cheeseburger lean pocket, some hummus/chips/veggies
Drinks- 2-3 beers, shot

Resisted late night pizza! Hooray!

Day 40 - Annika

Breakfast - rye with liver sausage.

Lunch - 2 milks, pork steak with a tiny slice of seasoned butter and fruit salad.

a kiwi.

candy
kebab meat with egg sauce

Day 39-Sheena

Breakfast-4 deviled eggs
Lunch- salad w. ranch, chili, and ice cream w. hershey's and mint
Snack-grasshopper
Heading to the gym for Strength Fusion, went for a 30 min speed walk after
Dinner- salad w. thousand island, cottage cheese

Day 39 - Annika

Breakfast - rye

Lunch- carrot steaks, 2 glasses of milk and some kind of fruit drink for dessert(it tasted like orange juice mixed with berries, it was pink).

 

This has absolutely been a day from hell so I know I deserve a danish later. - So i couldn't find a danish anymore that late. Had to make cinnamon rolls at home. They weren't even nearly as good.

I only made 4 and ate 2. 

Dinner - Chicken Carib soup and oven fries and lots of pineapple

Day 38-Sheena

Breakfast- 4 bruschetta, piece of cinnamon streusel bread, cadbury mini eggs
Lunch- chicken strips, salad, fruit salad, bbq chicken, onion ring, milky way midnight
Heading to the gym for TurboKick and then to Brass band rehearsal.
Dinner- didn't eat until 10pm, had some chips and salsa, a banana and skim milk

Day 38 - Annika

Breakfast - rye

Lunch - potato-meat something, but not much, it wasnt very good. Plus 2 glasses of milk and pineapple yoghurt for dessert. (was hoping to get my favorite pizza of theirs but it was poisoned with bell peppers so i had to pass).

a mandarin

Dinner - wiener schnitzel and pineapple, sandwich ice cream..

Day 37-Sheena

Breakfast-1/2 choco. donut, wheat english muffin w. peanut butter and banana on top, skim milk
Lunch-salad w. thousand island, string cheese, cadbury mini eggs
Heading to the gym for Strength Fusion.
Dinner- chips & salsa, small bowl of chili

Day 37 - Annika

Breakfast - rye sandwich

Lunch - Cabbage soup, 2 glasses of milk, apple-oat thingy with vanilla sauce

and because I had to do candy bags again, I had to sample them a little :) very little in the end. Almost proud of myself.

Dinner - pineapple and a sandwich ice cream.

Going to test those paddles my friend lent me. See if water running actually gets a lot tougher with them.

Day 36-Sheena

Breakfast- lady grey tea, and some candy :( 2 packs of sixlets and a gummy candy
Lunch- rice krispie bar, piece of pizza, cottage cheese, pickles, string cheese
Heading to the gym for Zumba and Yoga Fusion.
Dinner- chips & salsa, and some cadbury mini eggs.
It's the evil, but wonderful season of Cadbury Mini Eggs...my favorite candy of all time. I bought some last night (both the dark and milk chocolate) so I'll be eating some of those now....oh well.

Day 35-Sheena

Breakfast-nachos & diet coke at movie
Lunch- bagel w. cream cheese and peach yogurt
Dinner- brat w. bun and ketchup/mustard

Day 36 - Annika

Breakfast - pumpkin seed roll

Lunch - chicken salad, 2 glasses of milk

DInner - foot long Sub without cheese

dessert - light pineapple ice cream

Day 35 - Annika

Oriental curry soup for breakfast.

some chips

a small taco

a little bit of other type of soup.

Day 34-Sheena

Gym for Turbokick and Strength Fusion. Good workout!

Lunch- pasty
Snack-Tater tots
Dinner- salad w. walnuts, feta, apples and fig grapeseed vinaigrette, polenta w. mango salsa, 3 coconut shrimp, steak, and a couple bites of caribbean chicken, skim milk
Out- Orango cosmo, blue moon, some shot?, miller lite, and water