Showing posts with label The South Beach Diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The South Beach Diet. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Basketball stars assists in the ButterflyBattle

Finally someone got me to jump!
Christoffer Ryan,  to the right, showed me how to make lay ups and Nikita Meshcheriakov, Belarus, how to make a cross over behind my back. The two professional basketball players from BC Luleå, one of the best teams in Sweden, made my day. They had an activity for kids and I sneaked in on my second day as 49-year-old. No gain, no pain. My muscles are aching and I want more physical activity. Tennis is on my wish list! Maybe Björn Borg is willing to give me a lesson...

I made it! One month on the South Beach Diet! No bread, no potatoes, no spaghetti.
A lot of chicken, fish, shrimps and veggies. The mirror shows the good result. I skip the scale and carry on.

Monday, February 15, 2016

Love that matters

Of all the greetings on Valentines Day the one from my sons beats everything.
I feel sorry for all mothers not being blessed with a son. On the other hand I don't know the happiness of having a daughter. 
The love from a son is something special and in my case I have the pleasure times three.
One of them was about to celebrate Valentines Day and his girlfriend with a stay in a suite at Luleås nicest hotel The Savoy in Luleå. As the girlfriend was working late he let me relax in the gigantic bathtub and the sauna before the love birds arrival.
Week three of the South Beach Diet is on and will continue on phase 1 all February.
Thank's to Natashas countdown I know it's 66 days left until we meet in Luleå.
My friends telling me this blog is nice to read because you get a chance to get to know the Russian way of living. For me I had a bunch of new facebook friends thanks to my Russian sister. The readers of our blog are to the most part Russians and I hope you will get some glimpses of the Sweden as well! Thank you all for checking us out!



Sunday, February 14, 2016

Chilling out with chili on Valentines Day

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Last night there was a huge, expensive fire work over my garden. I have never ever been so close to a launch site. I imagined it was all to celebrate the Swedish Butterfly's success with her South Beach Diet..
For two weeks I have been strictly sticking to the meal plan. A lot of fish, sea food, chicken. No bad carbs, no rice, no bread, no spaghetti. You can't imagine how sweet a bell pepper taste after almost no sugar. I have enjoyed my meals a lot and hardly had any hunger at all. You have small protein rich snacks during the day, like a chunk of cheese or a lovely chocolate ricotta pudding made from cacao powder. According to the founder of the South Beach Diet, Dr Agaston, you should stay in this phase for two weeks, you can prolong it for another week or two. I will. Due to my bad relation to the scale, which makes me eating more if used too often, I can't give you any numbers of result. When I look into the mirror I can see the change. My clothes are looser and the shoulders are skinnier!

One of the most fantastic discoveries during the last forth night is the impact chili have on me.
On the seventh day craving started and on the eight I was about to kill for a piece of bread...
I went to Thai restaurant and ordered a Shrimp soup. Hot! The food is usually adapted to the Swedish standards. This soup was not... I was out of breath trying to eat one of the hottest food I ever had in my life. It took half an hour, and the craving was gone!
During the last week I mad my own soup at home trying to copy the Thai restaurant. I never got the same heat but I managed to domesticate the cravings!

Valentine, who are you? I have noticed some attempts to hit me with your arrows lately.
Sorry I am so busy with my life, work and this diet. Please get back later!
 

Friday, February 5, 2016

Eva and the snake

Day five of the diet: south beach. Far away from the famous beach in Florida is Luleå, close to the arctic circle. Too cold here today as well.
Eva has her (borrowed) snake, ball phyton. Adam is missing.
 Luckily I'm allergic to apples and  I am a Buddhist.
My paradise is here and now in every moment.
Johan walked me today as well. I am slow as a turtle. He has a great patience. He is convinced I'll speed up soon. His advice is a few hours at the thread mill every day.
My oldest son Elisha confirm the theory. A client at his gym came in three times a day for an hour or two on the step machine and lost a lot of weight.
Well... Next week...Maybe...


Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Time to shape up the silhouette

Day three on the South Beach diet and I'm feeling fabulous!
My collegue J is my best supporter and coach at the moment. He tells me to take a long walk every day and when I can't get started he offered his company. Point of no return...
I have decided to get a gym card for three month. In May I will be able to start biking outdoor again.
Motivation is strong and the swedish butterfly battle again!