Salad in a cup| Recipe


So this recipe has been sitting in the "Draft" for quite a while. I can't take the full credit of this recipe either because the very original one comes from my dear friends M. and J. who love everything healthy and sporty. I like their kind of food and my main thing with healthy food is that- I need to feel satisfied and fulfilled. I should mention that this is not a salad- it's a smoothie. Drinkable salad for those who are afraid of not getting enough greens on their plate.

So enough of ramble and now to the ingridients (that are modified to my taste from original recipe of M. & J.).
You'll need:

1 avocado
1 Granny Smith apple
1 glass of water
1 handful of frozen spinach
1 handful of kale (raw not frozen if possible)
1 slice of lemon (yes with the yellow part)
~1/4 of a whole cucumber (sliced or cut into pieces)
1 kiwi fruit (peeled)

Add everything to the blender and mix until smooth, add more or less water according to your liking. It makes about 2 servings, depending on the size of your glasses or cups. 

What kind of smoothies do you like?

Lingerie| Valentines special

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I've been really loving Hunkemöller's lingerie and loungewear lately so here's a small collage of things I'd definitely wear on Valentines day or night this year.

2017

I'm not even going to say anything about me being absent from the blogging world past year or so, but I feel like I have to- before I continue with other random posts.

So after announcing my new years resolutions and the posts I made weekly about "healthy me" turned into repeating mode in my opinion and I felt like I don't want to continue doing it. Instead I had an amazing year full of new things to explore. I worked out with my boyfriend and his friends in a park behind our house and we had quite minimal and primal workout gear. I was lifting weights like no ones business and I didn't even know I could do some of those things.

Then the summer passed and weather got much colder and I guess I had summertime- sadness. I didn't go to gym that often although I continued eating my usual portions of food. Some comfort-food here and there once in a while. I was under stress a lot, mostly because working and studying full time had me under their spell.

Long story short- I gained couple of more kilos. And guess what- it's actually okay. Because this is my journey to healthier me and no one elses. Baam!

This year I'm not promising weird things and impossible goals. Not that I did that last year, but You know what I mean. I'm not promising to update this blog every other day or every week or every month. There will be blog posts coming up, but only when I feel like it. Short ones and long ones, with or without pictures. Yay for 2017!


Week 4 & 5 | healthy me

Week four was pretty awesome, I did a lot of walking and went to gym twice. I was so sore between those two visits that I literally rolled out from bed. I don't have a specific gym plan, but I always warm up with some kind of cardio. It's often elliptical or treadmill for first 10-15 mins and then I do some machines, mostly for abs or upper body and I never miss the leg machines. Usually it's one hour round in gym.

Week five I had very stressful times at work and I felt like juiced lemon. Every. Single. Day. The weekend has been pretty hectic too. On Friday we celebrated one of my friends birthday; on Saturday I was selling on Antiques Market and the evening we spent eating dinner and catching up with friend; on Sunday we celebrated our former neighbors kids 5th birthday and we ended up eating dinner with the family too. Lots of spicy food and certain amount of wine. Not good, not good at all.
After a work out I'm beat but the recovery is worth it .... I still feel powered up even now. ❤:

Today morning when I stepped on a scale I was back on square one. Oh well, what else I can do than try to start again and push myself more.
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PS. I have been pretty good with water intake lately. At least. I try to drink at least 1L of it before work and the rest during the day. I have noticed the difference it makes. I'm less tired and I have better focus. Still have to be better with the portion control and more veggies.

PPS. I'm still working on my "yay for workout, lets do this!" feeling. Because I'm still not loving the idea of going to the gym. Once I'm there, it's okay and then I do my thing, but the going part is still on progress. I hope that I get that good feeling soon.

Starting weight: 71,3kg
Week 1: 71,3kg
Week 2: 70,3kg
Week 3: 70,3kg
Week 4 & 5: 71,2kg
Goal weight: 61,3kg


(Pictures are from Pinterest)

When do you work out? Morning or evening?

week 3 | healthy me

I feel like January haven't really been my month, if You know what I mean. Straight after recovering my horrible flu, I blew my nose so hard that I got my ear blocked. If that wasn't enough already- I got major toothache and there I was, from Monday until Thursday, working but not really working properly. I wanted to go to gym so badly and I could barely make it home after work. On Wednesday I finally booked the dentist, because I felt that something wasn't right. On Saturday I solved the dental problem and on Sunday I really felt like sleeping in and doing home chores. Oh well, new week and new opportunities. I really want to jump on that gym routine band wagon now!!! I'm so tired of being sick and tired.
I have nothing more to add than just a small note to myself: DRINK more WATER! Because I know I don't drink enough water. More water, more energy, logical?

The weight has been up and down and yesterday (Sunday) morning it was the same as last Sunday.

Starting weight: 71,3kg
Week 1: 71,3kg
Week 2: 70,3kg
Week 3: 70,3kg
Goal weight: 61,3kg

Workout! #motivational #fitness #fitspirational:
PS. I promise that I won't be bothering You with all those #healthyme things only. There will be proper posts on all kinds of fun stuff coming up. I'm just waiting the right opportunity to photograph those things.

Stay healthy and don't catch that nasty flu!

What's Your worst sick-flu combo that You've ever caught?

Week 2 | (un)healthy me

I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired.  Seriously!!!:

So I thought that Week 2 will be much more promising and I was so inspired of everything and then.. last Sunday I couldn't breathe through my nose because it was just so stuffed. I stayed home from work from Tuesday to Thursday and literally didn't come out of bed unless I needed to go to toilet or fill my water bottle. You can imagine that my training schedule was one big zero.
On the other hand, I did loose some weight because I didn't feel hungry at all and I'm one of those people who can't really eat when they're sick. The only thing I could eat was fruit, so I stuffed my face with mandarin oranges and kiwis (the fruit not the bird). Funny, but I managed to loose exactly 1 kg.
Anyway, I try to keep this post short since I really need a long steaming hot bath to clear my nose from the leftovers. I don't know how much workout I get in this upcoming week but one thing I'm sure of that I want to be completely healthy when I go to gym. Maybe I go there on Thursday or Friday and during weekend, depending on how I feel. I still have my goal, three workouts a week, in mind.
Thumbs up for being under 70 kg next week!

Starting weight: 71,3kg
Week 1: 71,3kg
Week 2: 70,3kg
Goal weight: 61,3kg


What do you eat when you're sick?

Week 1 | healthy me

Well the first week after winter holidays has passed and today when I stepped on a scale- I wasn't surprised, because the number on the scale haven't changed. I'm not surprised, because I didn't make much effort for it either. The week at work has been hectic and we had very, very, very cold weather this past week. It has been up to -25C where I live and I literally made sure I get from point A to point B as fast as I could.
My healthy eating was somewhat balanced although I want to clear up everything bad while I'm on this journey here. I ate healthy 4 days and 3 of them I totally slipped. On Wednesday (since we had a Bank Holiday day) we had dinner at my boyfriends godparents and it was pizza. I tried to balance it out on Thursday by eating quite small portions healthy food and working out in a gym. BUT on Friday and Saturday I slipped with some events where wine was offered, since they were formal events.
I feel like I have let myself down this week, but what else I can do than pick myself up on Monday and get my ass to gym and sort out my eating. My plan would be to manage working out three times a week for a month and then hit the level up button and start training four times a week for a month until eventually I would manage to hit the five times a week goal. I have to start somewhere anyway. Watching what I put in my mouth is really hard, harder than I imagined because apparently I'm not used to it. I eat lunch at work, they have always quite healthy options and now it's up to me to feed my body healthy breakfasts and dinners.
I hope I have better news from the scale next week:

Starting weight: 71,3kg
Week 1: 71,3kg
Goal weight: 61,3kg

What do you eat for breakfast and/or dinner?