Sara’s BodyBlog

Yesterday I met with Kim, my PT, and she said, I quote "Nice, now you look like I wanted you to. Now we don’t want to lose more weight, so we’ll quit the diet."

I was chocked, and I got said, it was terrible. Believe it or not. After the measuring, I have now 12,1 fat kilograms on my body, and 18,5 fat-%. My goal for this diet was 19 %. And still I was so confused. I could hardly believe it, my fat-percentage have been on 21, through the hole diet, and now this sudden drop. (you can check my bodyfat-%-chart on my profile.)
But I guess it’s not to wonder, I devoted all my spare time to weighing the food, and sticking to the diet like glue, and now it’s over.

And the worst part is that now it’s only the hardest part left, staying lean my hole life. Kim told me I may not gain weight again. And keeping the same weight, I bet is a lot harder that losing weight.

Anyway, now I’ve had time to think about it and I’m really glad. I’m really proud of myself, and I know I’ve done a great job. Congratulations to me!

Although, I know Kim doesn’t read this, I want to thank her. Without her I would never have made it! It’s through, I’m seriously so greatful!

For last, everyone is allowed to have they’re own opinion, but I look great!

Thanks xx ‘ ;D

So here I am, at my dad’s place. It’s Midsummer Eve, the biggest feast in the Nordic culture. The biggest party of the year. And here I am, on my diet. For the first time it’s really hard and depressing. I would just die for a beer or long drink or anything. I would really want to get drunk. wasted. Well, I guess I will just feel better tomorrow morning than the rest of the people here will :p

Went cross-counrty running today, if you can call it so, I just went round the lake, it’s just over a mile. But it was really fun, haven’t been running in the wood for ages, the air’s so fresh.

And I did change the banana on my diet to straberries, which I’d pick myself. Food orgasm

Anyway, later I’ll go to the sauna and swim or something. With burches. That’s one of the greatest experiences you can have. An old beach-sauna, from the early 1900s. If you haven’t tried it (I bet you haven’t) you are deffinetly missing out.

Worked out with Kim, my PT, today and it was back/shoulder day. She gave me a new program and it really hurt I love it. Back is definitely my favourite bodypart to work out, and it shows too. Now this program is designed especielly to build up my lats and front shoulders, to get that gorgeous V-shape and that definition between arms and shoulders. Can’t wait :p

We measured my stats now too, almost half way in to the diet, 21.7 % bodyfat, 0.1 %-points more than last time but a loss of 0.2 kg of fat. Not so good. But I knew it wouldn’t keep going as fast as it did in the beginning. Kim said she’ll think about to change my diet a bit. Hope so. It’s getting kind of boring, when I know it bye heart.

I had to go back to school on friday to hand over some papers and then we had speechday on saturday, so that meant that I had to do some travelling, since my school is on the other side of the Baltic Sea :p

I was really worried about this, how it would work out with my diet and everything, so I started planning it a week before I left :p

Anyway, I took the archipelago-ferry over to the mainland on wednesday, and first went to visit my father. And to my surprise he had bought everything that I’d asked him to.  So the hole weekend went great. He gave me a ride to Turku on thursday, and my grandmother had put the refrigerator on in my apartment on advance so, there was absolutely no trouble. This really made me glad:)

Taken from the ferry


Anyway, I had the day off on thursday and just walked around, took some sun, went swimming, the weather was great and I felt like I really needed that day. It’s good to just relax sometimes, and not home by the television but in another environment. I’m glad that I have that possible option. Besides it was great meeting the dogs again, I’ve really missed them. And my grandparents.
Dad had got some new sheep, black ones, and a kitten. Don’t really like cats, but hey what can you do.. :p

He’s getting married again in August, third time even huh? Congrats anyway, dad..

Our lake. Just love sun-bathing there, just listening to the birds and the breeze

Found some tadpoles in the water..

Apple trees, so beautiful when in bloom

The sheep.

Yesterday I went over to a friend and watched Eurovision song contest (be glad Americans you do not have to watch it). Anyway, the h´whole family were bunking up with French bread and all kinds of spread, and ofcourse carrot cake (I loove) :p. And I brought my own evening-snack box. Anyway I told them that you might find me boring, not giving in tou your cravings, but I’ve never felt this physically good in my life. I mean it. And I’m amazed. 4 weeks of non-stop clean eating, and I feel great. I never knew food could have that effect on you, not that fast anyway. Now I just fear how the fall will go, moving back to my own place, to my old habits. To my terrible schools lunch :/. I just hope I’ll be strong enough, and want it enough..

Besides, I put on my old jeans yesterday (wich broke last winter) but my mom put a slip over the holw, and I had nothing else to wear, and they fitted! I didn’t even have to draw in my stomach.. I can’t remember the last time they fitted like that, I think I bought them too thight :p

I’ve quoted it before, but now is the first time I truly think I understand it’s meaning:
“Fat burns in the flame of desire!”

Did a recheck on my stats today! I’ve lost 3,5 percentage points of fat in 4 weeks. 7 percentage points since february. Yes, I am proud of myself. And I should be, I’ve worked really hard! That is why I’m writing it down here, because I feel the need to tell the world! I seriously have never felt this feeling before, the feeling of self-achievment! My PT hardly believed it, so we had to measure it twice

And yes, I know that it won’t go this fast from now, but as long as I’m on the right way, I know I’ll get there someday.. It’s alright to stop and rest, but never to turn back!

Goodluck to all of you out there! If I can, you can. (I’m not that special:p)

Cold outside, about 45 degrees Fahrenheit, but it’s raining, and it’s completely grey. The sun hasn’t even shun for a second today. I wwent for my morning walk but since then I’ve just been inside watching TV. It’s terrible what the weather can do to you. It’s been the same all week for me, except yesterday when the sun actually came out from it’s clouds for a second.. It really gets you down..

Anyway, day 20, of the 84 day diet today! I’m actually amazed how well it’s gone! Not that I’ve lost much weight but still I’m eating the same food practically everyday and I don’t even miss eating normal. My friend asked me what I miss the most, I said chocolate, not that I really do. But when I later thaught about it I miss fruit most. Hah, I know I’m allowed to eat fruit, but I only have bananas on my program, and I really miss just taking one fruit, any fruit, and eat it, whenever I want. Especielly when summer comes, it will be really hard. Fruits are truly expensive here wintertime, and there are all kind of bad. No fresh ones. And berries, that I cannot go one summer without, so when the season hits in, I’ll just have to use my imagination and make good adjustments in my program.
But still, the point was, that I’m really surprised that I don’t miss food more. Surprised, and thankful

Still.. Terrible weather! :/

Guess what! Yesterday I learnd how to make yourself look thin using photoshop, so now my life is fulfilled and I do not need to be on a diet anymore.. Haha, joking apart. I did learn but still, you have to weight your food and count your calories

So far so good, no cheating, not even although we had new-baked sugardonuts at work (I didn’t take one) but they smelled so heavenly :/

The workout is getting better, after some hours with my PT I’m really starting to learn how to really squeeze and feel what muscels that are actually working. But I have a long way to go to really manage it

You might believe that I would hate muscle training, I mean for someone like me, who always had it very easy for everything (get good grades without opening a book etc.), that I would hate actually having to work my ass off to even know what muscels I’m training and really having to watch my food not to gain 20 lb (which I will if i eat one piece of chokolate), but I don’t. I love it, I love the fact that I’m not so great at it, but still doing it. That is what some people call "the more to life".

Yeupp, I know the meaning of life, and that is to have goals and achieve them!

Obs! This picture’s been photoshopped  (c) Sara ***erlund

Yes, it’s "Valborg" today, a holiday that includes lots and lots and lots of alcohol. That means that all of my friends are out getting really drunk and I am staying at home watching TV. It sucks, but I guess it’s worth it.
Or sorry, I know it’s worth it.

Tommorow we’re going out with the hole family to dinner at a fancy restaurant, as we always do on the 1st of May (witch is a red day on the calendar). No work.
They have tables with food on so you can pick wathever you want, so this won’t affect my diet

Anyway, three days almost completed, 81 more to go

First day of diet and I cannot say that it’s gone perfectly so far.
Come on, how can you fail on the first day?

Or I didn’t fail, but I overslept so I missed my morning walk, and that is to me a very very bad start on the day. But no failure on the food intake so far (and will never be) :p

Now I just wait (and work ofcourse) for the progress..