Sara’s BodyBlog

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..

I’m sorry, but I had to. Actually I’m not sorry at all, because I really wanted to.
Went to a party last night, a lot of my old friends ware there, people I haven’t met in a long while, since I moved to the other side of the ocean. And yes, I got a little drunk. But I really wanted to because I haven’t been drinking since I went to Denmark in january. I’m quite proud of myself just because of that, 12 weeks without any alcohol is a lot for a girl of my age and social life.

I’m starting my real diet tomorrow, 12 weeks (another 12 weeks without alcohol :p) so I do believe the party was just what I needed to keep my motivation. Although it will be rough, you have no idea how much Finnish people party during summertime. Thank god I’m turning 18 in august, otherwise it would e way too hard:p

Can you blame the weather for being unactive?
- No, definitely not. Yet, that is what I find myself doing.. a lot.

“Who the h*ll would go out in this weather?”
“It’s way too cold”

On gym-days there’s no problem, but active-rest days, just aren’t active unless the weather is atleast somewhat decent.

Like today. I mean it’s april, APRIL, and it’s snowing.
Big, COLD, white snowflakes.

It is too grey and seriously really depressive.
How can anyone be happy in a place like this?

I’m craving summer. need it.

I need help!

I don’t have a problem passing on that latte or muffin at the café, but on special occasions, like tonight when we’re having dinner at my school (pizza and salad), I just can’t bring my own food. I can’t bring my own food normally to school either, sometimes I do but it makes me feel really really uncomfortable.
This may sound ridiculous but nobody else does it :S

We have the benefit of free food in school, and  it’s not like it’s terribly unhealthy, it’s just that normal "Finnish food" contains a lot of carbs, and not so much protein. And since protein is so much more expensive than carb-products, we only get a few small pieces of meat in every serving.

Why is it so terrible to be different from the rest?
And why do I have such a hard time to stand up for myself and say "hey, atleast I have a healthy lifestile, how long will you live?"
And why does it disturb me so much what other people think?

The weirder part is if I would go for a latte or something and someone from my gym would see it I would be embarressed by that too.

Please someone say you understand what I mean?
Even better, tell me how to get over this.
I AM proud of being an active gym-member, I am. And I love it. Why is it so hard?

Don’t worry about tonight, I won’t eat any pizza, I’ll just eat before I go and only have some salad there, that’s no problem. I’ll just bring Leader’s "Protein 40". A goddamn lifesaver. 40 grams of protein, 0 grams of carbs and 0 grams of fat in a 0,5 litres bottle. (And it tastes great). But it contains quite a lot of E-codes, so I guess you can’t drink to much of it.

Today’s been quite a good day.
It started off with the time changing to summer time, then some oatmeal with blueberries, milk and egg-whites and then I went hiking in the forest with Ronja. At some parts the snow was so deep so you’d have to lift your knees almost 90 degrees to be able to get forward. We went over the fields, just round in the forest and jumped over some ditches. The Finnish scenery is just great!
And the air on the country side is really refreshingly.

Ronja & Sulo

Tonight a new lamb was born. Now there are two.

Bamse & Lena

Out lake

Went for an hour long walk today with Ruska  (my dog.. or my father’s actually) and got to think about all those people out there whos only exercise is their daily walk with their dogs, and how unfit the world would be without them.

Yes, you guessed it right, I love dogs. To me dogs are the perfect animal.
They have the brain (well, most of them anyway, that is not Sulo), they have the energy and they are social and kind. Man’s best friend. Most of all, in some way dogs do symbolize fitness and health.
I can’t wait until I grow up and get a job so I can get my own dog

Like the lyrics from a song by Institute (Bullet proof skin), which is a great song if you haven’t heard it..
"I love animals, so close to perfect
They’re the only ones who seem to know their heart"

Ruska, my baby!

Sulo, the unsmart, non-dangerous Rottweiler.

Ronja, the “mama queen” of the tribe..

Elli, the small, disturbing one

.. My dad found my sock..
One of the dogs (probably Elli) had hidden it deep down in the dark closet.

Läkerol - Makes People Talk

I’m so stupid! :p

My mum and her husband are visiting me over the weekend and mum brought me 16 packets of Läkerol, and I ate 9 yesterday :S they just sunk in, so my saturday night was spent with terrible stomach ache and my stomach was swollen like a balloon :S
For you who didn’t know, Läkerols are sugarfree pastilles, and they taste so good

Yes I know, I know.. Not too good for my diet  but I’ll work them off..
..And I won’t start the real diet (def) until may so, now’s the time for the mistakes..

I’m doing alright though, my friend told me the other day that "I look different".. Hope he meant to the better but you can never be sure..

..And no, I am not eating Läkerol right now

..God, I’m addicted, I have to stop now.. So, now their in the drawer and it will not open again (today atleast). Promise.

I have been on a diet now for not even two weeks and my double chin has already become a bit smaller. Haha. I’m telling you, which you all probably already know, there’s nothing more motivating than seeing results. This feels great, and I know now that no cravings are strong enough to take me further way from my goals again

"Fall seven times, stand up eight"

..this better be my eighth time…

Now it’s for real.. Been slacking too much this year, gaining (unwanted) weight and now it will get off. As we all know there’s no other way but the hard way

Although one good thing has come out  of this, my muscles have gotten a lot of fuel to grow, so they’ve definitely have.

I’m going on a slow (easy) diet now until april but after that there’s not even time for complaining.. Not that I would

It’s like Kim (my PT) always saying; just  focus on your goal.
And I Am!