Sunday, May 14, 2017

Талия - минус 4 / Waist - minus 4


Just numbers. Только цифры.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Have great victory day! Mir= peace€


Today Russia is celebrating the victory over Germany in 1945.
Sweden hasn't been involved in any war for 200 years.
We even don't like conflicts in daily life. The temperament of a Swede is like a very little lake deep inside the forest. Calm without any sign of waves. Swedish  people might be seen as boring. There are not  showing so many expressions. Peace is very rooted.
The Swedes don't show off. There are no tanks on our streets or marching Military.
The Military strategies are on an intellectually level and are discussed in TV, Radio Newspapers. Patriotism is not so strong in Sweden. Maybe because we haven't fighting any countries for generations, Maybe because of few our citizens have relatives killed in a war.
In the 80ies during the cold war we feared the Soviet Union and war including the nuclear bomb.
2017 the feelings is coming back but the country is now called Russia.
Please! All we want is peace! Mir! Enjoy your victory day in Russia sweet sister Natasha and all wonderful Russians I have made friends with!
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/content/satellite-images-show-expansion-nuclear-weapons-sites-kola
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Monday, May 8, 2017

Oh no! Not again! Panama! SOS!


I celebrated spring to early yesterday. This is Luleå after the northern winds bringing us more snow...Natasha in Petrozavodsk has been doing out-door work -out for a week.
This is Luleå:
Our summer season is very short. Everyday day with a temperature over 15 C is a victory
over nature. This morning it was -3 C below zero and snowing. Again.
Yesterdays reader in Panama, I am open for an exchange. Por favor! Ayudame! Muero.
Welcome to stay in the exotic area of the Arctic circle. I am happy to replace you in the tropics.

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Weight loss and pick up/ Похудение и флирт




Девушки, зачем вы ищете принцев в барах и питейных заведениях. Я неделю хожу на тренажерную набережную – и у же за неделю нашла десятки поклонников. Это и комично, и романтично. В первый день я пришла в обтягивающих штанах, было тепло – и я была только в легкой кофточке. То есть, уточняю, я была одета по извилистой фигуре в обтяжечку. Как только я заступила на степпер, где с ноги на ногу переминаешь булки, на тренажерах началось оживление. Если в самом начале тренировки мужчины, которые занимаются на бодибилдерском ряду, были разбросаны то тут, то там по всему уличному спортзалу, то через пару минут, я поняла, что вокруг меня сжимается кольцо. Всем вдруг понадобились тренажеры в метре от меня и моих бодрых ягодиц. Я сначала подумала, что это совпадение. Поменяла тренажер – и кольцо переместилось за мной.
Дорогие девушки, приходите. Здесь каждая леди – редкость. Поэтому все мужчины начинают красоваться с гантелями в руках перед каждой новенькой.
В Петрозаводске уличные тренажеры компании Barbell установлены в каждом микрорайоне города. А на Онежской набережной их в районе сотни, наверное. Народу всегда много, но всем всего хватает. И я, каждый раз тренируясь, прокачивая внутреннюю и внешнюю стороны бедра, мысленно и слух благодарю владельца компании Вадима Маркелова, который дарит родному городу такие полезные и роскошные подарки.
За неделю, что я тренируюсь на тренажерах, я успела встретил много знакомых мужчин за полезным делом, познакомится с веселым дедушкой, который попросил: «Поднимите мне ноги, я потренируюсь». А когда я остолбенела от его просьбы, засмеялся: «Да я пошутил, что ж вы все шуток не понимаете». А еще, когда тренируешься и смотришь на Онежское озеро, впадает в медитацию, пока ноги делают свою работу. И это прекрасно. А мне жаль, что жители Петрозаводска не ценят этой бесплатной королевской возможности. Я же не ценила все эти годы. Только в этом году начала тренироваться. Сначала с моей дорогой Наташей, учителем английского. Затем с Сашей, моей подругой и сестрой по похудению и тонусу.
Пока у меня нет стремительных результатов за неделю. Но цифры, как и обещала, выкладываю.
Вес – 94
Грудь – 114
Талия – 100
Ягодицы – 119
Живот – 100

Girls, why are you looking for your destiny in bars? I have been training with a street gym for a week and  I found dozens of admirers. This is both comical and romantic. The first day I was dressed in tight-fitting pants, it was warm - and I was only in a light blouse. As soon as I stepped onto the stepper, where I shifted my legs from foot to foot, something changed. If at the very beginning of the training the men who are engaged in the bodybuilding series were scattered here and there all over the street gym, in a couple of minutes, I realized that the ring around me was shrinking. Everyone suddenly needed simulators a meter from me and my cheerful buttocks. At first I thought it was a coincidence. I changed the simulator - and the ring moved behind me.
Dear girls, come. Each lady is a rarity hare. Therefore, all men begin to show off with dumbbells in their hands before each newcomer.
In Petrozavodsk, street simulators of the Barbell’s company are installed in every district of the city. And on the Onega quay they are around a hundred, probably. The people are always a lot, but everything is enough.
During my training, pumping the inner and outer sides of the thigh, I say mentally and out load my warm words to the owner of the company Vadim Markelov, who gives such useful and luxurious gifts to his native city.
When you train and look at Lake Onega, it falls into meditation while your legs do their work. And that's fine. It’s pity that people of Petrozavodsk do not appreciate this free royal opportunity. I did not appreciate all these years. Only this year I began to train. Firstly with my dear Natasha, English teacher. Then with Sasha, my friend and sister for weight loss and tonus.
So far, I do not have fast results for the week. But I spread the numbers, as promised.
Weight - 94
Chest - 114
Waist - 100
Buttocks - 119
Belly - 100

Good weight loss result in May!

Since this picture was taken, last Saturday in Archangels, Russia, I have lost another 1.8 kilo, resulting in a weight loss of 15.8 kilos since the first of January.
April is gone. Here in the very north of Sweden, a cold, gray month with tons of dirty snow and still ice on the river of Luleå.
The bright nights are returning in many ways. In summer this little town is awaking after it's winter sleep. People visit out door restaurant and clubs.
It's time to bring out the bike again. I'm not so keen on walking but I love the freedom on the bike or of swimming in the lake.
I also enjoy the relaxation my wild grown garden is giving me.
I noticed the criminologist Leif GW Persson, with a goal of losing 50 kilos 2017 have had a weight loss of 22 kilos by now. I will catch up on him.
Visiting  Russia and hanging around with 100 journalists made me good.
Above all reuniting with my ButterflyBattle sister Natasha! Let's go girl!

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Moscow/Archangelsk nights



My first memory of Russia was the gifts my father brought home from Murmansk: a balalaika, Mishka, the mascot bear from the 1980s Olympics  in Moscow, a banjo and a beautiful wooden pot decorated with flowers.

I also remember singing 'Moscow night' in school in the 70ies. This melancholic, dramatic song about love by a river in a foreign country far a way made a deep impression on me.
I love that melody and it lyrics.
At the gala dinner of Barents Press in Archangels  it was played and I got a waltz with a Russian singing the song for me in his beautiful language. It was a peak of my life! I have decided to learn the Russian lyric until the next Barents Press meeting so I can sing and dance again!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uqccaYkr0E8
Natt i Moskva

Monday, May 1, 2017

Снова на взлет! We rocket


We restart. We on the way again. We have met in Arkhangelsk and decided to open the 3-rd year of The Butterfly Battle. Hopefully my Swedish sister was on the annual meeting of Barents Press and we had a deal about.
So. What should we do?
- Keep going with a diet, but not be a crazy about.
- Be on sport stream, but not work like a Terminator. We are ladies and Butterfly. We should fly no matter how heavy we are.
My new Butterfly's resolution is daily training with outdoor fitness equipment.
We did it with my Russian sister-in-sport Natasha Zhilina. And even took a motivation video for Eva Maria.
Deeply thanks for businessmen Markelov, the boss of Barbell company which holds a street equipment for everyone in my city. Good gift, good buddy he is.
Numbers which matches my new year of project BB are:
Weight - 95
Chest - 114
Buttocks – 118
Waist: 94
Now I gonna try to fix my changing every week.
We rocket!


Мы перезагружаемся. Мы снова в строю. Мы встретились в Архангельске и решили начать третий год дуэли. К счастью, моя шведская сестра была на ежегодной встрече Баренц Пресс, где мы все и обсудили.
Итак, что бы будем делать?
Держать еду под контролем, но не до фанатизма
Быть в спорте, но не перекачиваться, мы ж бабочки. И мы летаем, невзирая на тяжесть жоп.
Моя резолюция нового бабочкиного года: ежедневные занятия на уличных тренажерах. Мы делали это с моей сестрой по спорту Нашей Жилиной. И эта практика имела успех. Сердечное спасибо господину Маркелову за уличные тренажеры от Барбелл, которые он подарил практически каждому микрорайону города. Классный подарок, классный мужик.
Цифры, с которыми я вхожу в третий год дуэли:
Вес: 95
Грудь - 114
Ягодицы - 118
Талия - 94
Я собираюсь фиксировать и выкладывать здесь мои изменения каждую неделю.
Мы взлетаем.

United Butterflies flies again!

I never told Natasha I would come to the meeting of the Barents Press, this year in Archangelsk, Russia. I surprised at the breakfast the first day. Someone had told her my name was on the list of participants but she couldn't believe it.

She looked fabulous ! On her strict diet to improve the status of her pancreas she told me she had lost 10 kilos since the beginning of this year. Her motivation is strong.
Having a disease that could be deadly  if not taken care of I was happy seeing Natasha making great efforts.

Personally I'm a master of standing still. I lost many kilos in January but not so many since. All together it's today exactly 14 kilos.

As you see in the picture above, Natasha and I have vowed to continue the ButterflyBattle for another year. We will work harder to update this blog. The cheering and support from our readers all around the world  inspire us a lot. Even though we both are winner of better health, the competing part, the ButterflyBattle, the weight fight Sweden vs Russia is
awaking our winning mentality!