Nice things happen to nice people

New greenie inspiration

I found these recipe´s on Pinterest.

Absolutely loved them and definately want to try them

2015-09-15 @ 21:03:19 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Enjoy the silence?

I am so sorry for not writing anything new in a couple of days.

The weekend was quite busy and work is pretty busy, too these days.

I promise I will make up for it!

Love you

2015-09-15 @ 20:49:48 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

My daily dose

Here´s what I get through i terms of fruit and veggie in an average day. Obviously I am not having exactly the same stuff seven days a week, but I try to get my portion of leafy greens from my green smoothie concoction, right now I am having a 2 banana´s peanutbutter, cinnamon tortilla wrap for lunch and an enormous portion of steamed or cooked veggie for dinner. The remaining fruit are distributed between the smoothie and as snacks in between.

For anybody who would think that eating a plant based diet means that you have to be hungry all the time, I hope this gives you an understanding why that is not the case.

Have a lovely evening everyone

2015-09-11 @ 16:16:20 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Stuff I see in shop-windows #2

Yes autumn is here and along comes the very feminine urge to change wardrobe and shoes. I saw these in a window last week and I was so so so tempted. However whenever I am getting interested in something, I give myself a week to think about it and if I still want it after one weeks´time, I go and look at it again. If I then still want it, I go for it. So let´s see how I think about these tomorrow...

Have a NICE Friday everyone. I love you

2015-09-11 @ 08:14:12 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Friday greenie accident

Oh really, is it going to be one of those days?

2015-09-11 @ 08:08:53 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Jawbone tells me I need more sleep

Do you use a stepcounter or an app to monitor your activity?

There are so many of them out there now, it would be hard to pick one if I had to.

At home we have the fitbit system, which consists of a scale that allegedly monitors your body composition (ie. lean mass, fat and weight) and an online portal that helps you track your weight, activity and food intake.

I don´t have the portable device that goes along with it though. And I have to tell you that I tend to refer to the scale as "fit-bitch" instead of fitbit. I am leaving it to your own imagination as to why that is.

I also own a Jawbown-up. Which I absolutely love apart from the fact that it is frickin´ugly and I really need to do something about it.

Something that I think is really handy is the fact that the Jawbone measures sleep activity, almost the same way as the sleepcycle app. (Have you tried it? If not, I really recommend it! Such a nice way to wake up and also monitor your sleeping patterns)

I have been using the sleep monitor for a while now and it turns out that I on average do sleep 2 hours too little.

So I have given it a try and systematically gone to bed earlier this week.

I haven´t managed to sleep a full 8 hours every night yet, but I have made it to 7-7.5 hours for the past few nights. I have to tell you I am amazed how big the difference is that I am feeling already.

Getting up is so much easier. I feel much more energized during the day. I am less irritable and can deal with stress much better. I will definately try to up the sleeping hours to 8 next week.

Or is it maybe the lemonwater that´s doing the miracle?

Whatever the result of this lifestyle improvement measure, I´ll let you know the outcome of it!

In the meantime have a NICE day- Love you

2015-09-10 @ 08:07:00 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Soundtrack of my life #3

2015-09-09 @ 07:56:27 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Lemon-water experiment day 5 update

So today was my 5th day with lemon-water first thing in the morning.

Here´s what I have found so far:

As a matter of fact lemon-water does taste really nice. It´s been five days, and I can absolutely see myself integrating having a lemon freshly squeezed with warm water into my daily routine.
The first three days I felt hungry earlier than usual during the morning than what I would normally do. BUT, normally I would start the day by drinking up to 1L pure water without lemon juice, which I assume would have contributed to the feeling of satiation.
I had some breakouts after two days of lemonwater, which I usually do not have problems with. However, I am not a follower of the belief that change of food/drink intake can affect the clearness of your skin within a matter of days. The only change I believe becomes visible sort of immediately is the drinking of water which would have an immediate effect of the hydration/plumpness of all cells in the body. Which by the way is really the foundation of all anti-aging/beauty enhancing attempts. Drinking enough water is so vital to every system in the body, I cannot emphasize this fact enough. I might actually come back to this topic and write a longer post about it.
An indirect benefit of using lots of lemons is that one ends up with lots of sqeezed lemon peels. And those are a fantastic addition to my daily beauty routine.

And here is why: Lemon (Latin name: Citrus Limon) contains lots of citric acid (makes sort of sense thinking about the name). Citric acid is what chemists would call an alhpa-hydroxy-acid, or AHA. (I might write a separate poste about this as well) AHA´s have been very popular in the cosmetic world as so called chemical peels. The reason for this is the fact that AHA´s have the power to hydrolyze (chemically breake) the bonds that hold our skin cells connected togetgher. I am making extra use of my squeezed lemon peels by using them as a scrub for my feet, knees and elbows, where they mildly support my use of pumice or scrubs and leave the skin soft and naturally peeled.

I am not posting a picture of my own feet here, the picture up there is stolen from the internet. As I have been dancing for the better part of my life, I have incredibly ugly feet.

I don´t know if you knew that, but dancers have really horrible feet in many cases. Well let´s say at least for my part it´s not a myth and I am sparing you that sight.

So far for my first five days of lemon water- I will keep you posted.

Have a NICE day- Love you!

2015-09-09 @ 07:44:00 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Soundtrack of my life #2

2015-09-06 @ 11:46:48 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Greenie time after today´s workout

I´ve been to the gym, working on my daily cardio.

Usually I would try t do an utter minimum of 30 minutes of any kind of cardio-aerobic training every day.

This morning I did some cross-training elliptical machine for about 20 minutes while listening to an audio-book followed by a 45 minute run on the treadmill.

I had my greenie for today prepared and used it all together (yep all 1.5 L) as post exercise/rehydration/mid morning snack.

Today´s recipe:

Iceberg lettuce
Arugula
Romain lettuce
Peach
Apple
Grapes
Avocado
Topped up with water

NICE!

2015-09-05 @ 12:42:21 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Stuff I see in shop-windows #1

I might have to go and get one of these!

Somehow I do have a fascination for cutting-boards.

I guess it comes with eating lots of vegetables and fruit: I spend so much time staring at my fingers, greens and knives while preparing my food, I somehow seem to want to have a nice background for it.

At the same time I absolutely love pin-up art, and anything 50´s style.

I used to have an apartment when I was a student that was plastered with 50´s pinup postcards, posters, nic-nacs, you name it- I had it. When I was younger I was listening to a lot of boogie-woogie music and was dreaming of living in the 50´s.

This little item reminds me of that time.

Yeah- I think I might treat myself to one of these...NICE

2015-09-05 @ 09:05:38 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()

Lemonwater experiment

I have resisted the idea for a number of years now: Drinking warm lemon water first thing in the morning.

The sheer fact that people were stating it would "boost their metabolism" totally put me off. You might notice, I am not a big believer of things that claim to be "boosting your metabolism".

There are a few things that I would agree have a scientific backup that would allow statements that are in the line of increasing metabolic functions such as beta oxidation of fatty acids (fat-burning that is).

Green tea catechins would be among those.Rick Hursel and Margriet Westerterp have published a good article on this in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Am J Clin Nutr 2013; 98 (suppl):1982S-93S is the reference if any of you is interested in giving it a deeper read.

But lemon water has not been on the list of things that I would believe in in any way.

However having had the same approach for soy milk and veganism as health and well-being promoting measures to be (not) included in my lifestyle, I have been proven wrong in the past. No money in the world would bring me back to consuming dairy or meat. And the sheer reason for this being the fact that I simply feel so much better when I compose my diet this way.

Now I have heard from several people in my close social circle whom I would definately classify as sane and trustworthy that they have tried drinking warm lemon water in the morning (among them my best friend, who is not really sane, but surely one of the smartest women I know). And all of them have reported many beneficial developments in their wellbeing. Things like improved digestion, clearer skin, less fatigue and general higher energy levels made me re-think after all.

So here I am, giving the whole thing a chance. Not being a huge fan of lemon all together I am not sure I will be able to keep this up for long, but one day at a time!

I am starting today with drinking lemon water first thing in the morning....

This will be a live experiment, and I will let you know how it goes. Wish me luck!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

2015-09-05 @ 07:13:00 Permalink Kommentarer (0) Trackbacks ()