Day 4 on LCD: many temptations

Friday night, and the worst days of the start of this low calorie diet is over, I guess...
I have been to a Chinese All-you-can-eat-restaurant with my son and watched him eating.
It's hard trying not to think at food all the time as a compulsive over eater. I am so used to it.
But in one way this will give me some mental rest. It's also great not to have to shop, cook and do the dishes. I have shakes for at least a month. I have noticed a gain of energy and have been moving around a little bit more. My son and I went to see Us tonight. Scary!
Today's golden outfit was great success at work. So also the weight loss, -1,4 kilo!

Last meal before escaping "death row"

My friend Johan called tonight to pick me up.
-What are you doing, he asked.
-I'm eating a pizza.
-How good is that when you will go on the low calorie diet tomorrow?
He was puzzled. Called in to help me pick up the huge box of  LCD drink mix I ordered arriving to the supermarket this morning.
Even more stunned got Johan when I declared I needed some Cheez Doodles for my last night before dieting.
-It's like you´re on death row, he said associating to my last meal.
I froze in the middle of the snack section. That is indeed my death row. Overweight and unhealthy food will lead to my dead.
Tomorrow will be day one in one of many attempts to diet.

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.

Прощай, кофе / Goodbye, coffee

Мой второй месяц борьбы с шведской принцессой Эвой Марией проходит под знаком – закрой хавальник! Если вся моя предыдущая жизнь была баловством, игрой в диеты, похудения, развлечения, то на днях меня так скрутило и нахлобучило, что я получила урок от жизни – будешь жрать, скоро сдохнешь.
Когда меня увезли на скорой в больницу с непонятными адскими болями, это был уже предел терпения, на самом деле я уже три дня мучилась этими приступами, но по природе умею терпеть. И две ночи подряд тихо постанывала. На третью сдалась. Вот в больнице мне и сказали, что в целом все у меня нормально. Только разъелась не по детски. И поджелудочная железа больше не справляется с теми ядами, которые я даю ей на пробу. Я травила свою детку кофе. Завязавшие алкоголики любят говорить, что свою цистерну водки они уже выпили. А я могу сказать, что я свою кофейную плантацию уже давно всосала и пропустила через поджелудочную.
Вот так и приходит старость, когда вместо лайфхаков по мейкапу и упругой попке я получаю советы по диете при панкреатите. Говорят же, ты стареешь, когда вместо косметички носишь с собой аптечку. До этого еще не дошло, но вот но-шпу порекомендовали всегда носить при себе.
На фоне всех этих грустных новостей есть и радостная сторона – если из-за болезни я перестану много жрать, я стану худеть быстрее. И может, догоню свою шведскую подругу.
А пока попрощалась с кофе и алкоголем, которые строго-настрого запретили врачи. Пора переходить в разряд всех этих травников, любителей снадобий, пуэров, ройбушей. Я все эти колдовские дела уважаю, но не понимаю. Видимо, надо распробовать, поменять регистр с кофе на чай. Буду стараться.
А качать попу продолжаю, это вы будьте спокойны. Даже закачала себе на телефон и на попу приложение «Красивые ягодицы». Русская безразмерная попа – наше все, после прекрасной русской души, конечно.

Goodbye, coffee

My second month of duel with Swedish Princess Eva Mariе is marked - close your mouth! If all my previous life was pampering, playing in the diet, weight loss, entertainment, now I now: If I will not stop eat everything I would die soon.

When I was taken to the ambulance to the hospital with incomprehensible pain of hell, it was the limit of patience, in fact I have three days suffered these attacks, but by nature I can tolerate. I moaned softly during two nights. On the third I had surrendered. A doctor told me that all my parts are normal in general. Only overweight and overeat. And the pancreas stops to work with the poisons that I give her on trial. I have baited her by coffee. Ex-alcoholics like to say that their tank of vodka they had drunk. And I can say that I had sucked my coffee plantation and passed through the pancreas.

And so it comes to old age, when, instead of life hacking on make-up and toned ass I get advice on diet for pancreatitis. They say, you're getting old when, instead of cosmetic carry with a first aid kit. It is not yet, but Nospanum is always on my bag now.

But I have also good news against the bad - if I do not eat much because of illness, I will lose weight faster. And maybe catch up my Swedish girl.

In the meantime, I said goodbye to coffee and alcohol are strictly forbidden to doctors. It is time to move into the category of all the herbalists, fans potions, Puerh, Rooibos. I respect all these magical things, but don’t understand. Apparently, it is necessary to feel taste, change register with coffee to tea. I’m gonna try.

Don’t worry about my butts, I’m still training it. I even have uploaded some apps "beautiful buttocks" on my phone. Russian butts are all the best, after a Great Russian soul, of course.

Мир! Труд! Май!

Ну что, понеслась. Первый день нового проекта я встречаю в Санкт-Петербурге. Вечером буду в Хельсинки, где снова будут кормить вкусным калорийным сыром. Я не собираюсь отказываться от него. Но после того, как вернусь домой, снова стану на путь истинный. Итак, деть первый. Месяц первый Мой вес 97 кг. Моя задача 1 июня весить 96 кг или меньше. Программа "1 месяц / 1 кг" начинается.

Well, let's go. The first day of the new project I meet in St. Petersburg. In the evening I will be in Helsinki, which will again feed me tasty cheese. I'm not going to abandon it. But after I get home, I will again on the right path. So, First Month. My weight 97 kg. My task is June 1 weigh 96 kg or less. The "1 month / 1 kg" begins.

Russian measurements#3

This numbers don’t need to comment. Just result. I put a difference in three points: April, May, June
Weight 105,9 – 102, 0 – 98.8 – 7,1 kilos

Waist 105 centimeter – 103 – 100 (-5 )

Breast volume – 123 cm – 121 – 118 (-5)

Buttocks – 132 cm – 128 – 125 (-7)

Tights – 77 left, 81 right 75-80 – 74-78 (-3, -3)

Upper arms – 34 – 33, 32-31 (2-1)

Check it on July, 1.

Русский размер

Эти цифры не нуждаются в комментах. Просто результат. Я выложу все замеры в течение Апреля, Мая, Июня – чтобы было с чем сравнивать.

Вес 105,9 – 102, 0 – 98.8 – 7,1 кг

Талия 105 см  – 103 – 100 (-5)

Грудь – 123 см – 121 – 118 (-5)

Ягодицы – 132 см – 128 – 125 (-7)

Бедра – 77 правое, 81 левое 75-80 – 74-78 (-3, -3)

Руки – 34 – 33, 32-31 (2-1)

Замеряемся 1 июля.

BBC#10. Change hundreds

My intermediate goal is achieved. Look at my weight machine. I like that I see. I lost in past 2 kilos. Now I should go ahead with new goals. Let it be 90 kilos on my Birthday – 20-Th of July.
I wish a good sunny day to all my readers. My points today are sport lesson of main and take part in Park festival.
My 3.

Bike. Yes. Good weather in Petrozavodsk – time to constant biking.

Beauty. Yes. Different domestic spa (scrub, mask, clean my skin)

Clean. Hart work with my head with fascination and frustration. I promise to myself not wait a miracle to be a realist.

Смена сотни

Моя промежуточная цель достигнута. Посмотрите на весы. Мне нравится то, что я вижу. Я оставила в прошлом еще 2 кг. И надо двигать дальше, ставить новые цели. Пусть это будет 90 кг в мой день рождения 20 июля. Желаю хорошего дня всем моим читателям. Мои сегодняшние планы – провести занятие и принять участие в фестивале парков.

Мои три

Велосипед. Да. В Петрозаводске солнечно, самое время кататься.

Красота. Домашнее спа рулит, всякие скрабы и маски помогают собирать лицо к выходу в свет.

Чистка. Работала с головой. Все думала, как бы так больше не очаровывать, чтобы не разочаровываться. Нелепо в 43 года ждать чуда вместо того, чтобы быть реалисткой.

BBC#6. Green is bring

It’s green and sunny day in Petrozavodsk. Time for biking and salading. And a new project. We launched the project “Country blogger”. We want to find new forces of journalism and blogging in Karelia. Very proud and love this project. Put in a lot of soul and heart.

 My life is hurtling at all speeds even have no time for reflection. But it so full and complete life.
I bought a lot of green vegetables - zucchini, cabbage, parsley. And didn't waste time – was biking all day. My photo is a greeting to my friend Eva Marie from Main Street of Petrozavodsk. A building behind me – is a Nordic Hotel (Severnaja) – very soviet house and very rare. When my sister will come to me we both will be young and strong and will take a photo the same.

My three points
Bike. Yes. Long and pleasant cycling

Beauty. laminar mask. Good local product from White Sea.
Cleaning. Kicked upstairs one old-old bra. Kicked upstairs one old-old bro.

                                                           Oldschool mask, but very eco 

Зазеленело

Сегодня в Петрозаводске зелено и солнечно. Время велосипедить и салатить. И делать новые проекты. Мы запустили конкурс «Сельский блогер». Хотим найти новые силы среди журналистов и блогеров на селе. Очень любим и гордимся этим проектом.  Вложили в него много души и сердца.
Моя жизнь мчит на всех скоростях. Даже нет времени на рефлексию. Зато она наполнена смыслом и полна приключений.

Я купила много зелени – кабачки, капусту, петрушку. И не теряла времени зря – каталась весь день. Мое фото сделано специально для моей шведской подруги Эвы Марии на главной улице Петрозаводска. Строение позади меня – это отель «Северная», очень советский, но тем и знаменитый. Когда моя сестра приедет ко мне, мы обе будем молодые и худые, мы сделаем фоточку точно в этом месте.

Мои три пункта.

Велосипед. Да. Долгая и радостная езда

Красота. Ламинарная маска из Белого моря, очень помогает не быть «сморщенной женщиной», русские поймут
Чистота. Выкинула старый лифчик. И старого поклонника.

The Ninja Diet #16: Pain in the ass...Back on track again

Last days bike riding results in a everlasting pain in my ass and thighs.
It doesn't bother me a lot as these areas are main targets in the Butterfly Battle.
No pain, no gain...
A few centimeters less around my hips could get my in to tons of nice pants, dresses and coats waiting in my closet for a life in the summer sun.
 Motivation is high at the moment i Luleå, Sweden.
I had my thought sorted out the other night.
Yesterday my own personal trainer and son Elisha suggested some small but effective changes in the Ninja Diet. After more than two weeks on the level 1800 kilo calories I am reducing the intake increasing the vegetables. In combination with exercise it will make changes.

I am inspired by Natasha, my blog co writer in Petrozavodsk, Russia setting new goals after 21 days at the Samurai Path. When we started writing this blog together we were more or less strangers. Everyday I am smiling reading her post. We are very much alike in many ways. My house is upside down at the moment due to a large clean out of stuff. National holiday tomorrow and a day off on Friday gives me four days in a row for completing a part of my plan. I'm working through my book. I could open a library here in Svartöstan. I love books too much...

1. Meal plan:Yes! Strong motivation today! A lot of veggies and water!
2. Inspirational reading: about karma
3. Meditation: No. Too much to do...
4. Exercise: 30 minutes of biking, I manage a hill I didn't the other day!
5. Life changing: getting closer to one main goal every day!

Nothing can stop me! I feel like a steam loco motive.

The Ninja Diet #14: На здоровье/cheers to a new morning/life!

Finally I got to use my wine glasses...I don't drink alcohol. Champagne is my only vice...
This is a healthy green drink!

 The former gym owner Anders gave me an advice last night on how to keep a lower and better weight. It's all about the lymphatic system regarding to this experienced instructor of body and mind.

Every morning I need to consume a drink made of two celery stems, a finger of fresh ginger, half a lemon and a large glass of water mixed together.
I went out in my garden to celebrate the early spring morning. 5 am... Monday...
I love the ingredients. They are all my favourite veggies. The taste is fresh and stingy! 
I am excited to see the coming impact of my weight loss.

I had to google on lymphatic... I still don't understand much. I will get back on this subject.

Two weeks of the Ninja Diet. The food plan is no problem. I have been reflecting over the rest of my daily goals. I don't take them seriously enough.

Natasha, my co writer in Petrozavodsk, Russia, is thorough with her 21 days down the Samaurai way and changing some of her goals. She is inspiring me with her 5 point a day system. I will get better cashing in my points...

1. Meal plan: Very good!
2. Inspirational reading: on meditation and mindfulness
3. Meditation: No. I am planning to bad.
4. Exercise: A walk with my bird! First time ever!
5. Life changing: Planned next week in my the daily greatness journal.

Samurai#18. Sweet dreams to good girls and spicy dreams to bad girls

Very calm and peaceful day. Still keep my points. Still fell my Swedish friend Eva Maria. Still lose weight gram by gram. I have 3 days before the end of my experiment with Samurai Way. 21 days keeping 5 points. It makes me better and more responsible to myself.

5 points it’s like a 5 rules of game. You just play, have fun and win if you play good and know rules. My family, my friends and different people even strangers on the street support me and wish a good results of Butterfly Battle.
Today I go to bed early. It’s rare situation. Write my resume and will dive into the pillow. Beautiful girls must sleep enough. Wish a sweet dreams to good girls and spicy dreams to bad girls.

My poins:

1.       Early wake up. Yes. 6.30

2.       Nutrition. 7.00 – coffee. 8.30 – eggs, carrot, 13.30 – potato with meat, 17.00 – chicken with beetroot salad, 21.30 – apple, yogurt.

3.       Sport. Walking on the street a lot

4.       Flirting combine with walking on the street

5.       Some interesting morning experience with meditation.

Спокойный мирный день. Я все еще держу пять пунктов. Все еще чувствую поддержку со стороны Эвы Марии. Все еще теряю вес грамм за граммом. У меня осталось три дня до окончания 21-дневного эксперимента Пути Самурая, когда я пытаюсь натренировать 5 пунктов, которые, возможно, станут привычкой. Это делает меня лучше и ответственней перед самой собой.
Пять пунктов это как пять правил игры. Ты просто играешь. И выигрываешь, если ты хороший игрок и знаешь правила. Моя семья, мои друзья, даже просто незнакомцы на улице желают мне удачи в проекте «Битва Бабочек» и хороших результатов в конце.
Сегодня я лягу раньше. Вот допишу это и нырну в подушку. Красивые девушки должны спать вдоволь. Желаю сладких снов хорошим девочкам и перченых снов плохим девочкам.
Мои пункты:
1. Подьем. Рано. В 6.30

2. Еда. 7.00 – кофе, 8.30 – яйца, морковь, 13.30 – картошка с мясом, 17.30 – цыпленок, салат из свеклы, 21.30 – яблоко, кефир.
3. Много прогулок по городу.

4. Флирт во время прогулок по городу.

5. Нечто интересное во время утренней медитации.

The Ninja Diet: Garlic chicken with bean vermicelli

Without asking my son Elisha, the meal planner of the Ninja Diet, I swapped the rice to noodles made of beans. They are easy and fast. Bring water to boil. Remove from the stove. Add the vermicelli. You have to cut the strings in order to get them in to the water and when they are ready. They are very long!

The garlic marinated chicken I sliced thin and fried with caraway, salt, white pepper, smoked paprika and spring onion.
I fried the sliced onion, a lot of garlic, Sambal Badjak and sliced bell pepper. Not too long.
Kind of Chinese inspired dish!

The Ninja diet #9: Me and the Swedish Prince Daniel

You have to kiss many frogs until you meet your prince, it's said.
The Swedish Crown Princess Viktoria met her at the gym. Daniel was her PT. Not a frog.
He turned out to be a prince.

Last year I met  Prince Daniel in Luleå and he was a real nice chap.
I asked about some advice for my son Elisha, new at his job as a PT. Prince Daniel told me about the  "happy client effect" that will get whole families to use you as a PT.
Today I would ask him about how to find the motivation for exercise...

Take a close look at the picture. It's a "before" photo.  About 15 kilos ago!
 

I am striving for some changes in life. I wrote them down under 90-days goals in my "the daily greatness journal" on Sunday.

Yesterday I've got a mail about something I wanted to do for seven years. Time will tell.

 To plan is not a bad idea, weather it's food, exercise or life.
Everything is going my way and I feel like a queen!

1. Meal plan: Yes! The boiled cod from yesterday with white wine sauce still makes me smile!
2. Inspirational reading: all about vitamines and minerals
3. Meditation: very short
4. Exercise: A looong walk in nice company, Rose-Marie and her baby son
5. Life changing: Very close to one of my goals. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

The Ninja Diet: Boiled cod with white wine sauce and shrimps

I love working days dinner with class!

Today my inspiration took new heights...

I started with the white wine sauce:

fine chopped parsley and a quarter onion fried in butter 

Add 1.5 dl of fish bouillon mixed with 1.5 dl of white wine, white pepper corn, dried thyme, and a few bay leaf.
Cook for 20 minutes to reduce to half the amount, add 0.5 dl of cream. Let it cook together and get thick. For thicker consistence add half a tablespoon of maizena or flour. Pull through a strainer.
Add some  salt, butter and a little lemon juice.

Put 200 g cod in a pan. I measured up water to cover it and then took the fish out. I put 1 tablespoon of salt in the water.
Let the water was boil, return the fish.
Let it cook again and when it does, immediately remove the pan from the heat. Cover it with the lid and let it be for 7 minutes.

Serve with 1 dl of rice and some shrimps and the veggies of your choice. I had cucumber, tomatoes and pineapple.

Even people who doesn't like fish will love this dish!

The Ninja Diet: indoor grilled chicken, bell pepper, tomato and broccoli

Still bad weather in Luleå, Sweden. The grill season has started for the enthusiastic.
For me as well: indoor.
200 g thin sliced chicken breast sprayed with glace and grilled for some minutes
paprika powder, salt additional and some "Sambal badjak" on the side.
tomatos
bell pepper of three colors
boiled broccoli
1 dl of rice

A perfect Saturday night dinner remaining of the summer to come! And a healthy choice if preparing for beach 2015!

The Ninja Diet #5: -5 kg in the Butterfly Battle

Happy news today from the scale!
I have lost 5 kilos since Natasha from Russia and I started our Butterfly Battle Blog about a month ago.
The Ninja Diet is a great help, the contract with my son about not eating anything fat or sweet also makes it easier and the inspiration from  my creative sister Natasha in Petrozavodsk is worth a lot.
All our readers, 10 000 in a month, I can't believe it's true, and friends in Sweden/Russia is giving a lot of support. There is no chance for Natasha and I to back out of this.
We have to keep fighting the over weight!

Yesterday I was spending time with my new planner "Daily greatness journal- a practical guide for consciously creating your days". Everyday you are supposed to sit down and plan your day and later reflect over how it was going. You also make long time goals; I wrote eight 90-days goals.



The Ninja Diet #5:
1. Meal Plan: I spread out the food more even through out the day. It helped. It's harder not to get cravings, easy to mix up with hunger, on a lazy day at home. Luckily my own "movie director" Niclas came and picked me up for a ride to the supermarket. Got some new great fruits and veggies. The sour kiwi fruit helps a lot against cravings.

2. No reading, but I spend a lot of time organizing up all my books and found a lot of inspirational ones I had forgotten about!

3. Meditation: short but very good!

4. No exercise: not yet, soon to come...

5. Life changing: a lot of writing in my "Daily greatness journal. Feels good to have it written down. Like here in the blog. Easier to reach the goals if they are visible.

The Ninja Diet: Smoked rainbow trout with mashed cauliflower

 For special occasions like a 1st of May dinner:

200 g smoked rainbow trout (cold or hot as you wish)
200 g boiled cauliflower, put in the mixer with some butter, white pepper, salt, 1 tbs milk and nutmeg
decorate with dill and red pepper corn and the veggies of your choice.

I know my son, Elisha, the meal planner of the Ninja Diet, wishes he was here. He loves the smokes rainbow trout!

NinjaDiet#4: Have a happy workers day!

1st of May. Time to celebrate workers all over the world. I am a social democrat. I use to rally.
Today it's cold, 3 C, rainy. I stay inside with a good book. The house is empty from teenagers. It's quiet and peaceful. After two decades of mothering a day like this is rare. Gold worth.
I didn't go to the bonfire last night for the same reason: too cold and not any kids to care for...
It's an nice chance to meet the neighbour  after a long, dark, cold, snow filled winter though.
I will meet them at out annual flea market in June instead!

One year went to the parade in East Berlin on the first of May. The tanks made holes in the streets.
People had to be there not to lose their job. It was frightening.

Yesterday  the Ninja Diet went smooth. The art is to eat on the right time and to save food so it last all day. You may eat as you wish during the day, but the calorie intake may not exceed 1800.
I'll try some adjustments today.

1. Meal plan: yes, but the dinner was to early. Hungry at night, but I didn't fall for any temptation.
2. No reading: I was tired and slept some hours after work and dinner.
3. No meditation: see above
4. No exercise: I have no excuse...
5. Life changing: I made the things  on my list I had planned.

Hmm. This doesn't look good. Today is a new day!

The Ninja Diet: Black Pepper Chicken

Valpurgis (Valborg) night dinner. Tonight the swedes are celebrating the arrival of spring with bonfire.
Of course the Ninja Diet dinner need to be hot as well:

Fry 200 g chicken in oil with a lot of black pepper and spray on some BBQ glace.
Fry the slices of half an onion and half a bell pepper with 30 g of cashew nuts.
Mix together and serve with 1 dl rice.

Ninja#1. Losing weight again!

The first day of the Ninja Diet was smooth.
I was never hungry. I enjoyed my dishes composed by my homemade "Ninja son" and Personal Trainer Elisha. I trust in him. Last year he challenged me to sign a contract not allowing me to eat any fast food or snacks, sweets, sodas for one year. I lost 27 kilo. I ate anything else I wanted.

The contract is renewed 2015. I have kept my weight lost another 3 kilos. But lately the scale has been standing still...
I need a new weapon. My dear sister and Butterfly Battle co writer Natasha in Petrozavodsk, Russia, is using her Samurai power to overcome overeating. She has a list of five goals everyday. It works perfect for her. She has also lost 3 kilo in this period.

What would be on my list?

1. Following the meal plan.
 Ensuring I don't over estimate the amount of food I should eat every day.
I love food and cooking. I use food to comfort my self. I eat to much even though it pretty healthy nowadays.

Elishas plan allows me to have 1800 kilo calories a day. It's a lot I don't have to start. I don't have to figure out what to eat. It's there! See my posts from yesterday.

As I immediately lost weight I can see the decrease of carbs as a main reason. Eating more protein makes me full a free from cravings.

2. Reading inspirational literature 
I have a house full of magazines and books. A lot of them is about eating right, exercising or the psychology behind over eating. By reading I keep my motivation and learn new strategies.

3. Meditate
I want to reduce stress in my life. I want to be able to manage my feelings. I want to overcome the overeating.

4. Exercise
I need to make space in my busy schedule for exercise. Very soon it's warm enough in Luleå, northern Sweden (still ice on the lakes and snow piles) to bike. One of my goals is to play tennis again. I also need to do some weight lifting.

5. Make changes in life regarding work, studies, love and living
I will more consciously create my days by using "The daily greatness journal".