Raspberry-Smoothie

I am always on the look out for nice recipes that I can use for dinner. The evening is the time when I find it the hardest to eat right. During the day when I am at work and have my home made food there are no problems. I can resist the vending machine with the chocolates.

But in the evening when I am tired and I need to find something quick that I can eat before workout I tend to eat things that are not approved or are just simply bad for me. I try to make healthy choices but the last thing I wanna do is cook or eat the same thing every evening.

I grew up eating two slices of bread with butter and honey for dinner. And it is really difficult to break this habit. I will give smoothies a chance. They seem to be an easy and healthy alternative to the bread.

Here is what I tried tonight and it turned out extremly good. The frozen raspberries give it a nice pink color and I was really looking forward to drinking/eating that.
It was the first smoothie that I've ever made and I played around with the ingredients until I had a BFL perfectly balanced meal. I hope you will enjoy this one as much as I do:

Ingredients:

• 100ml skim milk
• 90g yoghurt
• 1 Tbsp oatmeal
• 125g raspberries (frozen)
• 20g protein powder (chocolate)

Kcal 239 Protein 23.7g Carbs 23.6g Fat 5.5g

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Bachelor studies in nutrition and dietetics

I have been interested in nutrition for years. It is not that I followed much what I knew was healthy but it is definitely a topic that has always caught my attention.

During BFL I realized that I do have the self-discipline somewhere inside me to follow my dreams even if it seems to be hard in the beginning. I made it to week 8 which I seriously never believed was possible. There has always been this little demon sitting on my shoulder telling me: "You can't do it".

Now that I have come so far I am sure that I can do anything I want and the Bachelor in nutrition and dietetics is exactly what I want right now.

Even if it means that I have to sell my car and that I won't have any money for the next 5 years.

It is a long way... It will take me 61 months! This is a scary number but I will go through with it. First I will have to get my qualification for university entrance. This will take me 12 months and cost a fortune. Then I will have to do a 3 months internship to qualify for the studies and get the chance to go through the entrance test. And then finally my 3 year full-time studies can start which will be followed by another 10 months internship. But it is my dream and I can do it!

I want to encourage everyone out there to reach for the stars and follow their dreams. It may be difficult and needs some sacrifice but it is worth it.

A little painful

As promised here they are. My week 4 results. Since my before pictures are a few years old you can't really compare but you will see that I have still a long way to go to a toned body. I am wearing my Victorias Secret Bikini which is actually too small for me right now. My goal is to wear it to the beach or pool next year and look amazing in it.

I have to admit that I think that the pictures are much worse than the reality. I don't really see myself as shown in the pictures. Maybe this is wishful thinking.

Giving up after week 6

So here I am struggling with myself because I reached that down point I read about in week 6. I did not even realize it was that until about 10 minutes ago when I took a hot shower and tried to find out what this demotivation was I suddenly felt. Actually it started yesterday with crazy cravings and I gave in. My day was filled with Mini Mars bars (a lot of them) and potatoe chips. At least I didn't have a beer with it. I also skipped my LBWO which I was convinced I would make up today until I woke up this morning.

I didn't believe this would happen to me after being so motivated in the beginning. And when I first read that many people especially women give up after 6 weeks I thought: "Well, now that I know that I am prepared."

I find the meal planning very time consuming. When I think about it, it is not even so much the workouts it is the nutrition part that burns me out. I think about nothing but food the whole day.
Maybe I need a different approach. I will try to plan my meals better. Prepare food in advance and freeze it. Actually I found some great things in a bodybuilding magazine. I can adjust the portion sizes and the ingredients slightly and get a BFL perfect meal. What makes 4 portions for a male bodybuilder gives me 8 portions :-)

Anyway, the point of this post is really to let you guys know that I am struggling and maybe reach some of you out there who have the same feelings. I am not going to give in the Giving-up-demon which has found me. I am going to fight him by going to the gym right after this post and do my missed LBWO! I hope this will destroy him once and for all (I think I have been watching "Charmed" too much lately :-)).

Wish you all strength and motivation.