Foodlog - thursday 17/09/2015

Foodlog - wednesday 16/09/2015

Autumn

I'm finding it hard to post every day, but I'm going to try at stick to it though, I really think it helps me clear my mind. There's so much going on in my life that I can barely keep up. Went swimming again yesterday with a bunchbof my friends, which was pretty awesome. The nice thing about swimming, is that for a while you're working out, , doing your own thing, but when crossing a friend do aknowledge eachother from time to time or get a wink in encouragement. I'm finding that I really enjoy that balance between being alone in your head, being busy and being with your friends.

Had a rough day today mentally, though. A bunch of work had to be done, and I haven't been paid yet. I had to have been paid over a month ago but things keep going wrong, which resulted in me not having money to buy fresh vegetables or fruit today. My boyfriend already paid for groceries last week (usually we split each bill in half), so this week it's my turn, yet I haven't been able to put up on the table what I wanted to. I must admit, I did wallow a bit in self pity today, and I shouldn't but hey, I snapped out of it. I rummaged through my room and found a pack of frozen veggies and some salmon in the back of our freezer. Combined with a heap of garlic,  ketjap manis, dried peppers and sambal I managed to actually turn out an awesome meal in the end. Thank the gods for my mother in law for having bought us that salmon a while back. It saved the day.

I do recommend you all listening to the soundtrack of that Stephen Hawking biopic some time soon, it's perfect for an autumn-mindset.

Oh wait!!! I forget to mention that I've had a crock pot/slow food cooker clicking session again yesterday. I've been fascinated by the fact that you can cook foods overnight, with little to no oi, and it turning out extremely juicy and delicious! Especially when I see all those amazing recipes online that you can make with it. I like the idea that you prepare what you want to eat in the morning, put it in the slow cooker, and set it to cook to be ready for dinner. You're staying in your pj's, the whole house is filled with tantalising smells all day long whilst you did some chores and snuggled uo with your significant other for a daytime movie session, and come dinnertime all you need to do is grab a plate and enjoy. It basically describes a perfect sunday for me, tbh. Especially if it includes rain or snow outside.
Well, sime day I'll be able to afford one and bewaaare of the delicious foods i'll be making you'll see!! :D

Now off to my danceclass, the first of the new season!

Love,

himmin

Foodlog - tuesday 15/09/2015

Foodloog - monday 14/09/2015

Week 2 - hurray

Woohoo!  Week two had arrived and I have survived the first week! Bam! I'm actually feeling really positive about all of this, and...

I LOST 4.1kgs last week!! Woohoo! So my current weight is an even 140kgs

I know from experience that one loses more in the first few weeks than later on in the weightloss-jour, but still, always when I step on the scale and I see that I've lost something, it should be a victory. And this week it's a big one, especially with all the temptations I had last week and our 'let it go' saturday, which was a little heavier than expected since we ate gnocchi with meatballs (as you could have seen in my log), and trust me when I say I make some kickass meatballs. Maybe i'll post the recipe some day, but let me first get used to this blogging thing and then when that dust has settled and routine has rooted itself, I can start adding ideas. Like a weekly new recipe amongst other things.

I do have to talk about my swimming on saturday. It was intense. I was scared it was going to be really busy since it was a saturday afternoon, but at most there were three people (including myself) in the sepersted area where people swim laps, so that was a relief. Since there were so few people, I felt comfortable challenging myself, so I did some laps 'crawling' (I realise I don't know the correct word in English, will have to look that up) until I got severely out of breath, then one lap easy,then two more fast, etc. At one point I got a cramp in my lower left leg/calf, but it dissipated after a couple of seconds so I didn't pay attention to it. After exactly an hour and five minutes of swimming (my goal is to swim an hour each time), I wasready to get out of the pool. Swimming towards the ladder tobget out of the swimmingpool, I had to circumnavigate some teenage girls splashing around and a mother prepping her 7 yo for his swimming exams (we have those in the Netherlands :p). Finally at the ladder, I submerge myself one last time to cool off, get on the ladder, get out of the pool, and cannot move... in the third and last step of the ladder, my left lower lefs cramps up and shoots fiery sparks of pain though my body. I literally can't move my leg and have to wait it out. Longest minute of my life! I finally manage to push through, wobble my body towards the hot tub like a seal towards the sea, and slowly sink into it letting its utereal warmth envelop me. To this day still (two days later), that leg huuuuurts. After consulting some fysio -friends of mine, I apparently pushed myself a liiiittle to hard hahaha lesson learned I guess; do a better warmingnuo and cooling down next time.

See you soon,

Love,

Himmin

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