Last week we bought a new apartment. It is in the same building as we live in now, but it is on the 13th floor, we live on 6th now. And it has 3 bedrooms and an extra WC. It is in the shape that this one was when we first bought it so it means we get to fix it all and make it our own. I am actually really looking forward to that cause this time around, we know what we like, what we don't like ect. We get the keys to the new place in the middle of September, and we are hoping to be moved in by end of October. I am going to do what I did last time and put up before and after pictures when we are done :)
We wanted to buy a house, but honestly who has the time for all the garden work and so on. And with my and my hubbies allergies it would be a "you do it" war.. The other issue was that we wanted to keep living in the area that we live now, and we just couldn't afford the houses that were up-to our standard. So for now another flat it is :) Who know maybe in 5 years we will be looking into a house.
I have also joined this online diet club. It is actually the hairy bikers (the British cooks, if you know who they are). One of my co-workers and her husband has been doing this since March and the results are amazing. They have each lost over 40lbs and just look so much better. What I LOVE about this site is that you are told exactly what to eat, and how much of it to have. If you choose to swap the things for something else that suits you, you have your calorie limit for that meal. For me this is making dinners just so much easier. I see what my weekly menus is like, and just swap the ones that doesn't work for the whole family, I just look into their recipe bank and choose something in the same calorie budget. I also like the fact that it is all normal food.. So now I don't have to feel like shit when my kid puts a bite of banana in my mouth cause I am doing low carb.. And all I need to do is to dedicated a day in the weekend planning the weeks menu and make a shopping list.. I already plan our whole weeks menu ahead, but the fact that we have been eating different meals has been killing me.. I also love their progress charts.. And it is cheap.. Here a weight watchers membership costs around 33 usd per month.. This club costs less than half aka 16 usd.. And with everything they offer it is worth every single dollar.
I am also done with macros for now. Going to focus on pure calories in - and some calories out.
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2014/06/30
2014/05/13
Keto, WL and rewards...
I started this post yesterday but I never got to actually finishing it up and publish it... So here it goes!
I have had a really rough night... Have been having horrible "dreams" and I am just.. Well.. I am begging God to give me this button where I could just turn off my brain..
I am staying off work today.. I just can not handle people.. Not right away anyways.. But if I can get a hold of my brain later today we are going to have a look at this place... It has 4 bedrooms - a nice open kitchen (I prefer them with a proper wall and door but this one looks nice).. A good size laundry room where I think it should be possible to get in a shower cabinet - a good bathroom, and just big enough outside area... Which is pretty private and looks nice :).. Oh and a walk-in closet with an actual window! How often do you see that? - Anyways the broker working on it is a proper asshole.. He is rude and unprofessional... Hopefully the place is as good as the pictures so it's worth the hassle and having to deal with the broker is worth it..
I have also had a bad day on keto.. And I have been thinking (specially after day 11 on the challenge) that a reward system should be good to have in-place.
It's Monday morning, and a great day to restart and have another chance of making it right.. So this is what I am putting up for now..
If I stay true to my diet, and don't give into anything else but keto until next Monday, I am going to order my self a new phone. Mine is starting to die after all the times my son has been "playing" with it, and lost it on the floor.. And I saw that if I order the new Iphone5s (I want it in gold) I will also get a Fitbit Flex since they have a campaign going on.
If I stick to the plan for another week, I am going to get a Scholl foot file. I have read a bunch of good review about it and I can not wait to try it, specially before summer.
After two weeks I am going to put up more rewards but I am going to set those up after weight goals.
Today things are a tad different.. The house I mentioned wasn't the one for us.. Lets just say it looked better on pictures than real life.. We looked at another today and we would have to spend around 1000000Sek on it to make it live-able... So we are not sure if we want to bother/risk it... So I guess we will see...
Other than that I am doing good on my diet. It is so much easier to stick to it when I am at work and busy.. So things are looking good so far :)
That's it for now ladies!
<3
I have had a really rough night... Have been having horrible "dreams" and I am just.. Well.. I am begging God to give me this button where I could just turn off my brain..
I am staying off work today.. I just can not handle people.. Not right away anyways.. But if I can get a hold of my brain later today we are going to have a look at this place... It has 4 bedrooms - a nice open kitchen (I prefer them with a proper wall and door but this one looks nice).. A good size laundry room where I think it should be possible to get in a shower cabinet - a good bathroom, and just big enough outside area... Which is pretty private and looks nice :).. Oh and a walk-in closet with an actual window! How often do you see that? - Anyways the broker working on it is a proper asshole.. He is rude and unprofessional... Hopefully the place is as good as the pictures so it's worth the hassle and having to deal with the broker is worth it..
I have also had a bad day on keto.. And I have been thinking (specially after day 11 on the challenge) that a reward system should be good to have in-place.
It's Monday morning, and a great day to restart and have another chance of making it right.. So this is what I am putting up for now..
If I stay true to my diet, and don't give into anything else but keto until next Monday, I am going to order my self a new phone. Mine is starting to die after all the times my son has been "playing" with it, and lost it on the floor.. And I saw that if I order the new Iphone5s (I want it in gold) I will also get a Fitbit Flex since they have a campaign going on.
If I stick to the plan for another week, I am going to get a Scholl foot file. I have read a bunch of good review about it and I can not wait to try it, specially before summer.
After two weeks I am going to put up more rewards but I am going to set those up after weight goals.
Today things are a tad different.. The house I mentioned wasn't the one for us.. Lets just say it looked better on pictures than real life.. We looked at another today and we would have to spend around 1000000Sek on it to make it live-able... So we are not sure if we want to bother/risk it... So I guess we will see...
Other than that I am doing good on my diet. It is so much easier to stick to it when I am at work and busy.. So things are looking good so far :)
That's it for now ladies!
<3
2014/03/28
Been a while...
I have been wanting to make a post for a while but I have either been distracted having to do something, or too tired to post.. Buuuuut here it goes :)
Where to start...
I guess we can start with the therapy.. It is actually going better.. One week she wanted me to write down what I have been doing for a whole week and rate my actions 1 being me feeling horrid 10 being me feeling amazing.. The week after she asked me to think over what my week had looked like, and what I wish a perfect week would look like. And it actually made me sit down and think about how I wanted things to be. My husband and I talked about it, and we are trying to take small steps towards the "perfect week". Being able to think about it and agree that we would like our weeks look that way has been bringing us closer.
And last week, well last week we opened the "mother load" lol.. Aka we talked about my relationship with mother.. How she has been to me through the years.. We didn't really get to go into it expect from me talking about our background, but it felt soooo good to see the shrinks face when I was talking about her.. She was completely shocked, and she was nodding and shaking her head... That alone makes me really realize that our problems isn't only in my head.. We have couple of more sessions planned and then we are supposed to evaluate if I need to keep seeing her, and if I get my way we will keep at it.
My allover mood is much better.. I haven't had more than one or two episodes where I have felt really down the last weeks, and I can not remember the last time I felt this ok.. Things aren't normal, but things are OK, and it is easy to see how it is also affecting our family dynamic. We are all more relaxed, and generally happier.
As far as work and my sick leave, I have been working half days, and it is actually working fine. Today I was approached by the manager of another team in our company, about starting to do some project for her dep. and I have been wanting to work in that dep. ever since I started working for that company. So I am really looking forward to that. I am also going to have a talk to my manager on either Monday or Thursday about a raise. And this means I can push them a little further. And more money would really help right now..
I am supposed to meet this person about my leave (she works for place that pays out the money while you are on the leave). I am not looking forward to it.. I just don't want to talk to some random person about the reason why I am on the leave... Ugh...
Anywho... The reason why money would help is because we are looking into moving into a house. We are going to look at one this Sunday, and it is the first place I have seen in ages that would actually fit us, and which we could afford... I really hope the house is as good as it looks in the picture, and that there wont be a whole bunch of people bidding over what we can afford... So keep them crossed ladies.. !
As far as my weight goes, it has been going up and down, and I haven't been really watching my eats, until a week ago. I have started the low carb high fat diet again, and I am going to stay at it for now. I am down 5lbs and am looking forward to lose more.
I guess that is it for now :) Have a great weekend ladies.
<3
Where to start...
I guess we can start with the therapy.. It is actually going better.. One week she wanted me to write down what I have been doing for a whole week and rate my actions 1 being me feeling horrid 10 being me feeling amazing.. The week after she asked me to think over what my week had looked like, and what I wish a perfect week would look like. And it actually made me sit down and think about how I wanted things to be. My husband and I talked about it, and we are trying to take small steps towards the "perfect week". Being able to think about it and agree that we would like our weeks look that way has been bringing us closer.
And last week, well last week we opened the "mother load" lol.. Aka we talked about my relationship with mother.. How she has been to me through the years.. We didn't really get to go into it expect from me talking about our background, but it felt soooo good to see the shrinks face when I was talking about her.. She was completely shocked, and she was nodding and shaking her head... That alone makes me really realize that our problems isn't only in my head.. We have couple of more sessions planned and then we are supposed to evaluate if I need to keep seeing her, and if I get my way we will keep at it.
My allover mood is much better.. I haven't had more than one or two episodes where I have felt really down the last weeks, and I can not remember the last time I felt this ok.. Things aren't normal, but things are OK, and it is easy to see how it is also affecting our family dynamic. We are all more relaxed, and generally happier.
As far as work and my sick leave, I have been working half days, and it is actually working fine. Today I was approached by the manager of another team in our company, about starting to do some project for her dep. and I have been wanting to work in that dep. ever since I started working for that company. So I am really looking forward to that. I am also going to have a talk to my manager on either Monday or Thursday about a raise. And this means I can push them a little further. And more money would really help right now..
I am supposed to meet this person about my leave (she works for place that pays out the money while you are on the leave). I am not looking forward to it.. I just don't want to talk to some random person about the reason why I am on the leave... Ugh...
Anywho... The reason why money would help is because we are looking into moving into a house. We are going to look at one this Sunday, and it is the first place I have seen in ages that would actually fit us, and which we could afford... I really hope the house is as good as it looks in the picture, and that there wont be a whole bunch of people bidding over what we can afford... So keep them crossed ladies.. !
As far as my weight goes, it has been going up and down, and I haven't been really watching my eats, until a week ago. I have started the low carb high fat diet again, and I am going to stay at it for now. I am down 5lbs and am looking forward to lose more.
I guess that is it for now :) Have a great weekend ladies.
<3
2011/09/16
We bought the place!
So the place I told you in my last post- the one that needs to be totally renovated.. Well we bought it! and we are signing the contract in around 1.5 hours :)
I can not WAIT to get my hands on it- plan the bathroom- kitchen.. the colors.. Everything ^^ Girls feel free to give me your idea's ^^ hehe
Oh another news.. Yesterday I wanted to binge.. I was so ready.. Got to the shop and filled on a whole lot of shit.. And you know what.. When I got home.. I stopped half way.. I reminded my self that this was not who I wanted to be..
Today I have been reminding my self over and over that I NEED TO CHANGE.. I can not keep waiting.. So I wanted a panini. And you know what.. Instead of using butter and ketchup and making two of it as I always would.. I made one. And I used fresh tomato and paprika instead of the fatty stuff.. Still tasted yummy!
I need to keep this up.. Making half of the portion I would normally have. and just keep in mind that I do NOT have to eat everything that is infront of me..
The leftover "binge" food is tucked away. Hubby can have it.. I really don't need to or want it..
So this is how the day has been so far.. After we are done signing the papers for the flat I am going to celebrate.. And this time it will not be with food or something fatty.. I am going to by simple light weight treadmill.. I am so going to get the pink one if they had it hehe .. It is on sale and you know what.. I am planning to actually use it too. I love watching tv so it will be placed right here where I can walk and watch my favorite shows..
Anyways I need to go get ready to get out.. But before I go I want to repaste what I read on a blog today which really got into me..
Today, I will eat healthy. I will not put myself down. I will tell my self that I am amazing, commited, and that I can do this. I will prove to everyone that they were wrong. I will wear a bikini and I will not only look good I FEEL damn good in it. I will be confident, happy and beautiful!
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I can not WAIT to get my hands on it- plan the bathroom- kitchen.. the colors.. Everything ^^ Girls feel free to give me your idea's ^^ hehe
Oh another news.. Yesterday I wanted to binge.. I was so ready.. Got to the shop and filled on a whole lot of shit.. And you know what.. When I got home.. I stopped half way.. I reminded my self that this was not who I wanted to be..
Today I have been reminding my self over and over that I NEED TO CHANGE.. I can not keep waiting.. So I wanted a panini. And you know what.. Instead of using butter and ketchup and making two of it as I always would.. I made one. And I used fresh tomato and paprika instead of the fatty stuff.. Still tasted yummy!
I need to keep this up.. Making half of the portion I would normally have. and just keep in mind that I do NOT have to eat everything that is infront of me..
The leftover "binge" food is tucked away. Hubby can have it.. I really don't need to or want it..
So this is how the day has been so far.. After we are done signing the papers for the flat I am going to celebrate.. And this time it will not be with food or something fatty.. I am going to by simple light weight treadmill.. I am so going to get the pink one if they had it hehe .. It is on sale and you know what.. I am planning to actually use it too. I love watching tv so it will be placed right here where I can walk and watch my favorite shows..
Anyways I need to go get ready to get out.. But before I go I want to repaste what I read on a blog today which really got into me..
Today, I will eat healthy. I will not put myself down. I will tell my self that I am amazing, commited, and that I can do this. I will prove to everyone that they were wrong. I will wear a bikini and I will not only look good I FEEL damn good in it. I will be confident, happy and beautiful!
<3
2011/09/15
Feeling better..
I am feeling better.. The last few days have been hell and I can finally breath.. It has been pretty bad.. I have been having a bad fever and I have been living in my own little hell! But I am feeling better and I will be back to work tomorrow.. I can not believe that I am saying this.. But I am missing work.. I am missing my coworkers...
Anyways..
I am also craving to move.. I have been laying down for the last days and this is driving me crazy.. So I can not wait to get out.. Talking about going out- we are going to have a look at the place that needs to be fixed today. And I am actually very positive about it. I mean the idea of being able to redo everything to our aka my taste (hubby doesn't really care :P) and ya all in all I think it would be great. We need a permit to fix the kitchen and the bathroom but while we are waiting on that we can paint- and fix the hallway floor- and change the doors to the bedrooms and so on..
Anyhoo.. So I talked to hubby, and we agreed that if the el and so on good on the flat- we are just gonna bid on it.ofc we are going to bid like 300 k under what they are asking for.. But even with the cost of the repairs, it will be a win when we sell it... And it is like 4 mins walk to the huge park where we had the wedding which is amazing.
So we will see how it goes.. :) But we have agreed that if we don't find a place we love by the end of this month, we will wait with the move until next year..
I feel a tad woozy again.. So I will be off again..
<3
Anyways..
I am also craving to move.. I have been laying down for the last days and this is driving me crazy.. So I can not wait to get out.. Talking about going out- we are going to have a look at the place that needs to be fixed today. And I am actually very positive about it. I mean the idea of being able to redo everything to our aka my taste (hubby doesn't really care :P) and ya all in all I think it would be great. We need a permit to fix the kitchen and the bathroom but while we are waiting on that we can paint- and fix the hallway floor- and change the doors to the bedrooms and so on..
Anyhoo.. So I talked to hubby, and we agreed that if the el and so on good on the flat- we are just gonna bid on it.ofc we are going to bid like 300 k under what they are asking for.. But even with the cost of the repairs, it will be a win when we sell it... And it is like 4 mins walk to the huge park where we had the wedding which is amazing.
So we will see how it goes.. :) But we have agreed that if we don't find a place we love by the end of this month, we will wait with the move until next year..
I feel a tad woozy again.. So I will be off again..
<3
2011/09/12
Ugg..
I feel like crap... I haven't really been all well since I got the earache and so on couple weeks ago.. But this is shit.. I can barely breath-- my troat feels like it's going to sufficate me.. And I feel just woozy.. I went to work.. And an hour later, my team leader asked me to consider going home lol.. So I'm home now.. Half dead .. BUT!! On the good note.. I couldn't eat even if I wanted too.. I have been sipping on some hot tea and that made me like I had to vomit.. So I put it a side.. I will try to drink some more later..
Anyway.. This weekend was ok.. We had a look at a few more flats.. There is one I liked.. Here is the link if you wanna have a look.. It is a tad overpriced so we don't know what we are going to do about it. There is one right close to this one- which needs to be fixed up.. We would need to fix EVERYTHING.. But at the end it would be exactly how we want it to.. So we aren't sure yet..
Anyway... I need to crash...
<3
Anyway.. This weekend was ok.. We had a look at a few more flats.. There is one I liked.. Here is the link if you wanna have a look.. It is a tad overpriced so we don't know what we are going to do about it. There is one right close to this one- which needs to be fixed up.. We would need to fix EVERYTHING.. But at the end it would be exactly how we want it to.. So we aren't sure yet..
Anyway... I need to crash...
<3
2011/09/08
Sigh @ drama...
Ok-.. So you know how I said we bought the flat and we were going to sign the papers today?? Well guess what we are not!
What happened is that the seller was supposed to send us proof of the bathroom was fixed by a pro company (It has to be for insurance matters)- on Tuesday.. She didn't.. Then her broker called us and said "oh we are sorry- it will be done today" and we were ya ok- shit happenes. Then he asked if we could move the take over date from 1st of November to 1st of December. And we were like well Ok.. As long she brings the papers and we sing the contract tomorrow, we can go for that..
Then the broker mailed me a copy of the contract where he had managed to put wrong price on the contract.. It was around 50k Swedish kroners more than what we had agreed on.. And I was like WTF?? - again he was all sorry- I will fix it..
So this morning, he called the hubby and said "ya we are sorry, but she still hasn't fixed the documents for the bathroom, but she will bring them to the contract signing tonight" .. And he was like "oh and we want to move the takeover date to beginning of January.. I mean comeon!! WTF is that all about.. AND on top of that they wanted to meet on Monday instead of today.... *sigh*
So I called the broker back.. And let me tell you I was pretty pissed.. And I told him that they had 3 options.. 1: We do everything as planned today- 2: We can sign the papers on Monday, and the takeover day will still be December 1st at the latest, but we are taking our bid down with 50k.. 3: She doesn't agree on either and we will just forget about the whole thing..
Then he told me the reason for why she wanted to postpond it.. And the story is so stupid.. Let me start by saying that this lady is older than my mum.. She is around 60 years old.
So she bought the flat she is selling to us with a guy- whom she cheated on- and he moved out. She is now buying a farm with her new flame- and she wanted to wait cause she is unsure about the new guy??? WTF lol
And then he called and said that they didn't want to go for our offers so we were all nvm it then..
Then he called again and were all, oh we are sorry, lets go as planned today! But lets face it- a day full of BS and stress in between work cases.. It's been so stressing and we have lost our "we like this flat" feeling.. So I called my hubby's mum and talked it over with her. And she was like well if you like the flat then go for it but take your bid down with another 100k- if you get it then good, if you don't then it's too bad for the seller.. So we did that and they didn't want it and we are SO done with this shit..
I have never ever ever seen something similar...... Anyway... We are going to keep looking and I am sure we will find something better!
What happened is that the seller was supposed to send us proof of the bathroom was fixed by a pro company (It has to be for insurance matters)- on Tuesday.. She didn't.. Then her broker called us and said "oh we are sorry- it will be done today" and we were ya ok- shit happenes. Then he asked if we could move the take over date from 1st of November to 1st of December. And we were like well Ok.. As long she brings the papers and we sing the contract tomorrow, we can go for that..
Then the broker mailed me a copy of the contract where he had managed to put wrong price on the contract.. It was around 50k Swedish kroners more than what we had agreed on.. And I was like WTF?? - again he was all sorry- I will fix it..
So this morning, he called the hubby and said "ya we are sorry, but she still hasn't fixed the documents for the bathroom, but she will bring them to the contract signing tonight" .. And he was like "oh and we want to move the takeover date to beginning of January.. I mean comeon!! WTF is that all about.. AND on top of that they wanted to meet on Monday instead of today.... *sigh*
So I called the broker back.. And let me tell you I was pretty pissed.. And I told him that they had 3 options.. 1: We do everything as planned today- 2: We can sign the papers on Monday, and the takeover day will still be December 1st at the latest, but we are taking our bid down with 50k.. 3: She doesn't agree on either and we will just forget about the whole thing..
Then he told me the reason for why she wanted to postpond it.. And the story is so stupid.. Let me start by saying that this lady is older than my mum.. She is around 60 years old.
So she bought the flat she is selling to us with a guy- whom she cheated on- and he moved out. She is now buying a farm with her new flame- and she wanted to wait cause she is unsure about the new guy??? WTF lol
And then he called and said that they didn't want to go for our offers so we were all nvm it then..
Then he called again and were all, oh we are sorry, lets go as planned today! But lets face it- a day full of BS and stress in between work cases.. It's been so stressing and we have lost our "we like this flat" feeling.. So I called my hubby's mum and talked it over with her. And she was like well if you like the flat then go for it but take your bid down with another 100k- if you get it then good, if you don't then it's too bad for the seller.. So we did that and they didn't want it and we are SO done with this shit..
I have never ever ever seen something similar...... Anyway... We are going to keep looking and I am sure we will find something better!
2011/09/07
A bit rant around the new flat and then a whole bunch of thoughts about why I was crying for hours last nigh!
I want to start this post with a warning.. Do not watch the clips I am posting here if you are not an adult.. Or if you are planning to live an ignorant life..
So yesterday I was crying for hours.. And it wasn't happy tears over buying the flat.. I was reading up on blogs and I saw this post, and as you guys know I have been talking about how I have been sick lately wanting to go over to a more vegetarian diet.. This clip is the reason for why I was crying.. I cried cause I know that even though things aren't that bad here in the Scandinavia they are still bad.. I cried for the poor animals who are on daily bases being treated this way..
We all know and talk openly about the horrid holocaust, but no one EVER talks about this shit.. We have all heard about the chicken not being free and they are treated badly for us to be able to have the eggs.. But no one ever talks about what's actually happening to those poor animals.. We keep going to the zoo and circus's watching those poor animals preform but we NEVER talk about the fact that those poor animals are not living the life they were supposed to live.
I for one am not going to just sit by and watch and keep living an ignorant life. There a few things I wouldn't mind, one being supporting the local farmer, buying eggs from free ranged chickens. 2 being the hunters that actually hunt for crowd control (like the ones who hunt hogs here in the Scandinavia, if they didn't the population of the animals would ruin the wild life). I am not saying I would eat it.. But I understand the cause.
I am making a change and lets face it.. Hubby can take it the way he wants.. I wont be cooking it.. And since he never cooks (He srsly can not cook) .. I guess he wont be eating it either..
I ordered me some of the Skinny Bitch books and the book called Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-based Diet, I have previewed some of these books on my Kindle, but I like to have recipe book and so on in paper- They will be delivered next week, until then I am just going to stay off meat and egg and so on. I don't think I will be going full vegan right away since we have some cream cheese and such left at home- I am the only one that eats that sort of things in our household- and I don't want to toss them cause it would be waste, and I hate tossing food.. People in other parts of the world are starving.. But I will not be buying any more of the animal related foods. I also got the skinny bitch "bun in the oven" book, just to be on the sure side.
I am looking forward to read them all and start a new chapter in my life.. One step at the time!
Over to the flat.. We are really looking forward to taking over.. The next few days will be hectic, we have to clear out and replace everything so they can take pictures from our current place and put it up for sales. They are going to do that tomorrow- and have it out online by Friday. We hope to be able to sell it pretty fast since it would suck to have to pay for both of the places.
Anywho, I need to log off now.. I am really tired and can't focus on much hehe
<3
So yesterday I was crying for hours.. And it wasn't happy tears over buying the flat.. I was reading up on blogs and I saw this post, and as you guys know I have been talking about how I have been sick lately wanting to go over to a more vegetarian diet.. This clip is the reason for why I was crying.. I cried cause I know that even though things aren't that bad here in the Scandinavia they are still bad.. I cried for the poor animals who are on daily bases being treated this way..
We all know and talk openly about the horrid holocaust, but no one EVER talks about this shit.. We have all heard about the chicken not being free and they are treated badly for us to be able to have the eggs.. But no one ever talks about what's actually happening to those poor animals.. We keep going to the zoo and circus's watching those poor animals preform but we NEVER talk about the fact that those poor animals are not living the life they were supposed to live.
I for one am not going to just sit by and watch and keep living an ignorant life. There a few things I wouldn't mind, one being supporting the local farmer, buying eggs from free ranged chickens. 2 being the hunters that actually hunt for crowd control (like the ones who hunt hogs here in the Scandinavia, if they didn't the population of the animals would ruin the wild life). I am not saying I would eat it.. But I understand the cause.
I am making a change and lets face it.. Hubby can take it the way he wants.. I wont be cooking it.. And since he never cooks (He srsly can not cook) .. I guess he wont be eating it either..
I ordered me some of the Skinny Bitch books and the book called Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-based Diet, I have previewed some of these books on my Kindle, but I like to have recipe book and so on in paper- They will be delivered next week, until then I am just going to stay off meat and egg and so on. I don't think I will be going full vegan right away since we have some cream cheese and such left at home- I am the only one that eats that sort of things in our household- and I don't want to toss them cause it would be waste, and I hate tossing food.. People in other parts of the world are starving.. But I will not be buying any more of the animal related foods. I also got the skinny bitch "bun in the oven" book, just to be on the sure side.
I am looking forward to read them all and start a new chapter in my life.. One step at the time!
Over to the flat.. We are really looking forward to taking over.. The next few days will be hectic, we have to clear out and replace everything so they can take pictures from our current place and put it up for sales. They are going to do that tomorrow- and have it out online by Friday. We hope to be able to sell it pretty fast since it would suck to have to pay for both of the places.
Anywho, I need to log off now.. I am really tired and can't focus on much hehe
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2011/09/06
Weeeee.......
So we are bidding on this flat we like.. We are going to change it a little bit if we get it.. We are bidding around 20.000 dollars under what they want for it... But we are the only bidders so we will see!!
Here it is .. The pictures are mostly from the view and it doesn't show that much but still.. It is the one with 3 bedrooms-- You need to go through the kitchen to get to one of the bedroom- and that is what we will be changing. Closing up that wall and have a new door out to the living room ( which is how it was to start with but the old owner changed it for some stupid reason lol) ... And it needs some paint job and proper decoration.. But ya..
It is only 10 mins ish walk to the harbour.. And we love the area so far hehe.. So keep them crossed girls!!!
@ Miranda :) : I am not sure if I am using the terms flat vs townhouse right. I use flat instead of apartment- while a town house for me i more a house.. Like these:
Here it is .. The pictures are mostly from the view and it doesn't show that much but still.. It is the one with 3 bedrooms-- You need to go through the kitchen to get to one of the bedroom- and that is what we will be changing. Closing up that wall and have a new door out to the living room ( which is how it was to start with but the old owner changed it for some stupid reason lol) ... And it needs some paint job and proper decoration.. But ya..
It is only 10 mins ish walk to the harbour.. And we love the area so far hehe.. So keep them crossed girls!!!
@ Miranda :) : I am not sure if I am using the terms flat vs townhouse right. I use flat instead of apartment- while a town house for me i more a house.. Like these:
Flat:
Town house:
Gotta go back to work now.. :)
Keep them crossed!
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2011/09/05
HSGD...
I have been thinking about how to kick start the counting again.. I haven't gained or lost anything the last week ish.. I am going on HSGD starting today. I tried SGD and it was horrid.. Specially since I count in all veg and fruit.. I ended up being way too light headed and cranky.. Unable to focus on work..
HSGD has more realistic amount of calories. And I feel like starting it, I wont be putting my self up to fail.. I hate the feeling of failure..
I have made a tab on pages overview for it. Makes it easier to keep track of the numbers. Today is a 900 cal day.. I don't feel stressed about it at all.. I finally have a plan for breakfast/lunch at work.. I am going to start drinking my protein shake again (103 cals)- and for lunch I am going to have a cup of soup (70 cal) and an apple (72 cal). I might have a rice cake by end of the day if I am still hungry. I am also introducing smoothies at home.. Hubby has never really tried them and hasn't been so keen on trying them.. But I think they are a great snack.. And I like the sweetness you get from it without having to have something ttly unhealthy.. The recipe I am going to try today is for mango smoothies- half a banana - 1 DL light yoghurt- and 1 DL chopped frozen mango. That is around 163 cals. I think this recipe can be mixed with all sort of berries but I have been craving something sweet lately, so I think mango is a good choice.
The reason for this is that we are going to start training again.. FINALLY!!! We talked about it- and we are going to just go home after work- grab a snack and hit the gym. Hubby is going to start his shooting training as well- so he will have an extra day at their club, which I will use on chill girl time..
We are thinking about doing it like this : Mon-tues: gym- Wednesday: his club training/my girl night- Thur:gym- Friday: date night. Saturday: gym. Sunday slack off day.
We aren't sure if we can make it to the gym on all the days we want because of the house hunting and so on- but on those days we are thinking about going for a run or just do WiiFit..
I have been thinking about my eating habits, and I have noticed that I prefer having my food planned- and to not have that many options.. I like to eat the same thing everyday cause then I know what I get my self into.. I sort of feel like I will go on a binge if I don't plan my eats.. I know I shouldn't use it as an excuse but ya.. Does any of you feel the same way?
Anyways..
We saw a flat yesterday.. 3 bedrooms and so on.. On a great location.. But it lacked a whole lot of storage space.. So we are most likely just going to nvm it.. We have another one we are going to see after work today.. This one only has two bedroom. but it is right next to the park where we got married.. So we will see.. I would love to have a town house.. But hubby is being all "oh it is too much work".. So for now we are just looking into flats.. And the bigger ones aren't that great. So we will see how it goes..
Hmmm... Got really distracted here .. Started looking over all the flat we could think of looking at and made a list for hubby.. And I think we are going to have a new look at the one we saw yesterday again tomorrow.. We might just go for one with 2 bedroom instead of 3 and go for the prime location.. And then maybe move in a few years and buy a house/town house.. He just can't deal with the idea of a house atm.. So it's a tad meh.. But I can sort of understand why he is saying what he is saying so... But ya ...
Anyways :) I think I will just publish this post hehe, can't seem to be able to focus..
<3
Edit: Ttly forgot ^^ @Ulla.. Honey if you are reading this.. I ttly miss you.. Hope everything is OK and OMG yaaaay for the being half hitched ^^ So so so yaaay ^^Does this mean you might move over to the DK?? Have I mentioned that Copenhagen is only a 10 mins train ride away from here ^^
Looking forward to see you back in couple of weeks ish :) <3
HSGD has more realistic amount of calories. And I feel like starting it, I wont be putting my self up to fail.. I hate the feeling of failure..
I have made a tab on pages overview for it. Makes it easier to keep track of the numbers. Today is a 900 cal day.. I don't feel stressed about it at all.. I finally have a plan for breakfast/lunch at work.. I am going to start drinking my protein shake again (103 cals)- and for lunch I am going to have a cup of soup (70 cal) and an apple (72 cal). I might have a rice cake by end of the day if I am still hungry. I am also introducing smoothies at home.. Hubby has never really tried them and hasn't been so keen on trying them.. But I think they are a great snack.. And I like the sweetness you get from it without having to have something ttly unhealthy.. The recipe I am going to try today is for mango smoothies- half a banana - 1 DL light yoghurt- and 1 DL chopped frozen mango. That is around 163 cals. I think this recipe can be mixed with all sort of berries but I have been craving something sweet lately, so I think mango is a good choice.
The reason for this is that we are going to start training again.. FINALLY!!! We talked about it- and we are going to just go home after work- grab a snack and hit the gym. Hubby is going to start his shooting training as well- so he will have an extra day at their club, which I will use on chill girl time..
We are thinking about doing it like this : Mon-tues: gym- Wednesday: his club training/my girl night- Thur:gym- Friday: date night. Saturday: gym. Sunday slack off day.
We aren't sure if we can make it to the gym on all the days we want because of the house hunting and so on- but on those days we are thinking about going for a run or just do WiiFit..
I have been thinking about my eating habits, and I have noticed that I prefer having my food planned- and to not have that many options.. I like to eat the same thing everyday cause then I know what I get my self into.. I sort of feel like I will go on a binge if I don't plan my eats.. I know I shouldn't use it as an excuse but ya.. Does any of you feel the same way?
Anyways..
We saw a flat yesterday.. 3 bedrooms and so on.. On a great location.. But it lacked a whole lot of storage space.. So we are most likely just going to nvm it.. We have another one we are going to see after work today.. This one only has two bedroom. but it is right next to the park where we got married.. So we will see.. I would love to have a town house.. But hubby is being all "oh it is too much work".. So for now we are just looking into flats.. And the bigger ones aren't that great. So we will see how it goes..
Hmmm... Got really distracted here .. Started looking over all the flat we could think of looking at and made a list for hubby.. And I think we are going to have a new look at the one we saw yesterday again tomorrow.. We might just go for one with 2 bedroom instead of 3 and go for the prime location.. And then maybe move in a few years and buy a house/town house.. He just can't deal with the idea of a house atm.. So it's a tad meh.. But I can sort of understand why he is saying what he is saying so... But ya ...
Anyways :) I think I will just publish this post hehe, can't seem to be able to focus..
<3
Edit: Ttly forgot ^^ @Ulla.. Honey if you are reading this.. I ttly miss you.. Hope everything is OK and OMG yaaaay for the being half hitched ^^ So so so yaaay ^^Does this mean you might move over to the DK?? Have I mentioned that Copenhagen is only a 10 mins train ride away from here ^^
Looking forward to see you back in couple of weeks ish :) <3
2011/08/31
Skipping work!
My earache got worst and I have been so tired.. So I decided to take a few days off work.. I called in sick and I wont be going back before Monday. I have been needing some alone time as well.. So yaay for skipping work for few days.. :)
We saw the flat I talked about yesterday.. And it didn't feel right.. I don't know how to explain it.. But something felt wrong.. So hubby and I have decided to just keep looking.. There is this wonderful flat we are going to see on Sunday. So we will see how it goes.. One thing is for sure and that is that we will take our time finding the right place.. We have time to look and that is exactly where we are going to do.
One of the downsides with being home in the morning is TV shop.. I mean OMG.. I can not believe how many "you only need 6 mins of this instead of 1 hour at the gym" shit there is out there.. *sigh* It is sad how they can keep telling people all this stupid shit making them believe they don't need to do anything but using their shit.. Ah well.. Enough about that..
Anyways I am going to relax and have some girl time later :)
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2011/08/30
One of those days...
You know those days.. Where you get out of bed and think.. OMG I should not get out of bed today... Well I am having one of those days..
It started with an argue with the hubby in the car on our way to work.. We are ok now but ya.. Then the stupid morning meeting.. And then I finally get to get some coffee.. Came back.. Got a call.. And managed to spill the whole thing over my laptop.. It splashed over my new LED screen... And the rest ended up on the floor.. *sigh*
Now I have no coffee.. Am more tired than tired and it stinks floor coffee here... *sigh* AND on top of everything.. I think I am getting a cold cause I am sneezing and have some ear ache..
Anyways.. On the bright side.. I didn't give into the B/P last night.. I have been avoiding it for so many weeks that I just started thinking about how crap I would feel and just went to bed...
Today is chill at work... Well most likely cause I am too tired and CBA to do shit..
After work we going to have yet another look at a flat we saw on Sunday.. It is really big for a flat.. It has 3 bedrooms- a big living room- the bathroom was fixed and renewed a year ago so it looks good. We would need to fix the kitchen and we would want to put a wall to wall wardrobe in the hall cause it is HUGE and it would be perfect to have it there-- but other than that it is pretty much ready to move in. It is placed in the middle of two parks and it's around 20 mins walk to the old town with the coffee shops and so on- around 15 mins walk to the harbour. We thought it was a bit over the budget for us- but we have looked over how much we earn and so on and we can manage it without a problem. So today we are going to have a look at it again, and if we still like it- we are going to bid on it.
We still need to clear out our flat so they can come and take pictures of it so they can put it out and sell it. But we don't really think it will be a problem to sell our old flat. But ya I'm not going to jinx it.. So if everything goes after plan we will be moving out in a month- 6 weeks ish.. That would be great cause we really need more space.
I need to go shopping soon.. It is getting pretty cold and I barely have any warm cloths.. I might just get online since I don't know when I would have time to go shopping again.. It's just not as fun :(
Anyways I don't have much else to say today...
*hugs*
2011/08/16
Lunch break post :)
Today has been sort of busy at work. The fact that I have been very tired is probably also a factor in why I haven't been on much hehe.
I didn't get up on time for the Wii this morning. We got to bed soo late.. My hubby was being a brat playing on the wii for hours lol.. He is sort of cute this way and his bratness (if that is a word but you know what I mean) is one of the reasons why I love him.. But he had today off-- and I didn't and around 4 hours of sleep is just a little too little for me. He is the type of person that falls sleep before his head hits the pillow.. While I have trouble getting sleep and I am a very light sleeper. Anyways.. I am going to do the program tonight.
Our gym hours are still very crappy until end of this month- I dunno if you remember me posting about their changed summer time hours.. By the time we are home and on our way barely 30 mins of their opening hours is left.. Hubby and I drive together to/from work since he works outside the city he can drive me to work- it is a 5 mins ish detour. But that means that I always have to wait for him after work- and that we get home late cause of the rush hours. We are going to change to a different one as soon our contract runs our. But that is still months away. Mine runs out around end of March I think and his close to end of this year.
We are also looking to buy a new bigger flat now. We saw this one close to the park where we got married, and I really loved it. We gonna try and see if we can get a viewing of the place today. Here are some pictures from the add. Some painting- and our own furniture would make it really nice. The balcony is HUGE!! its almost as big as my old flat in Oslo lol.. And the park being walking distance from it is very very nice. The area is also close to very nice school and so on for the future plans. So keep them crossed :)
Meh, lunch break was over 15 mins ago and I sort of got distracted.
Right.. So I got on the scale today. And I am 6.1 lbs down since we got back from the honeymoon. So far so good.. 124 to go lol :P I have changed my goal weight again.. I keep having trouble deciding
I keep losing track of my thought. It is really busy at work today. I guess I will just publish this post and see if I can make one later..
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I didn't get up on time for the Wii this morning. We got to bed soo late.. My hubby was being a brat playing on the wii for hours lol.. He is sort of cute this way and his bratness (if that is a word but you know what I mean) is one of the reasons why I love him.. But he had today off-- and I didn't and around 4 hours of sleep is just a little too little for me. He is the type of person that falls sleep before his head hits the pillow.. While I have trouble getting sleep and I am a very light sleeper. Anyways.. I am going to do the program tonight.
Our gym hours are still very crappy until end of this month- I dunno if you remember me posting about their changed summer time hours.. By the time we are home and on our way barely 30 mins of their opening hours is left.. Hubby and I drive together to/from work since he works outside the city he can drive me to work- it is a 5 mins ish detour. But that means that I always have to wait for him after work- and that we get home late cause of the rush hours. We are going to change to a different one as soon our contract runs our. But that is still months away. Mine runs out around end of March I think and his close to end of this year.
We are also looking to buy a new bigger flat now. We saw this one close to the park where we got married, and I really loved it. We gonna try and see if we can get a viewing of the place today. Here are some pictures from the add. Some painting- and our own furniture would make it really nice. The balcony is HUGE!! its almost as big as my old flat in Oslo lol.. And the park being walking distance from it is very very nice. The area is also close to very nice school and so on for the future plans. So keep them crossed :)
Meh, lunch break was over 15 mins ago and I sort of got distracted.
Right.. So I got on the scale today. And I am 6.1 lbs down since we got back from the honeymoon. So far so good.. 124 to go lol :P I have changed my goal weight again.. I keep having trouble deciding
I keep losing track of my thought. It is really busy at work today. I guess I will just publish this post and see if I can make one later..
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