Monday 29th February - Tired and just trying to get through the day & todays dinner and yesterdays lunch

Hello :)

Today i guess you could say is an "extra day" considering that it is a leap day!! And tomorrow it is already March... think, when March is over then 25% of the year has already passed? Maybe a good time to start thinking, is the year going as you want it to... are you trying to reach your goals?

Today had not been the best of days for me... infact when i woke up i knew that today wouldnt be that great a day. Infact i lay in bed for 10 minutes after turning my alarm off and contemplated whether i should just skip my classes today as i was not excited for school at all.

Hahahah, pretty much my thoughts this morning!!

But i got myself together  and got ready and headed to school where i mostly felt like sleeping and didnt feel so great at all. Just an overwhelming tiredness in a way and a heavy body, and a lack of concentration all day. But i made it through my lectures and ive answered almost all the emails i said i would answer on Sunday, so just a few more to go!

Finally at 3pm it was home time and i headed to the store to get a few items and i also found vegan chicken, which i have tried for my dinner. My opinion on it? Well it doesnt taste like chicken and it tastes kind of weird, but it wasnt horrible... but i would prefer to just eat tofu.

Supposed to be eating smaller meals for the sake of my stomach and digestion... but that isnt working well at all. Infact im pretty much just eating 3 big meals a day, hence why i am  not writing any food diaries either, as i do think eating smaller meals frequently is generally better. But at the moment this way of eating works for me.

This evening ive got two articles - 50 pages about sugar and sugar addiction to read, and i am actually quite excited to read them and see what the proffessors have to say about that, and then also prepering for my seminar on Thursday as well as lots of note taking. So a study filled evening, but its interesting so it isnt so bad, and i am filled with energy now so much easier to focus and concentrate!!

I hope you have all had a great Monday and maybe this evening set some goals for March, and things to look forward to :)

Below: Yesterdays very late lunch when i got back to my apartment before having to spend my evening studying and doing group work.

Feeling happy and tired!!

Hellooo!!!

Feels like i have been saying this alot recently, but what a strange day!! This morning started off in such an awesome way. The sun was shining and i decided to walk to the gym and i could not stop smiling.... because i am done with ALL my school work for high school. No more studying until autumn! Not sure if this is good or bad... but its like going from 100 to 0 in an instant. Suddenly i have so much freetime i dont even know what to do with myself!!! It feels awesome to be done with all my work! XD

Now its 9 days until my dad and brother visit Sweden. 10 days until the colour run and 11 days until my graduation!! Think, only 11 days left.... the day i have been waiting for so long! To tick off graduate from high school on my bucketlist!!! 

So many things to smile about so i could not stop smiling, everything just felt so awesome! And then when i got to school i only had one lesson and got some awesome news so i left school with a smile still plastered on my face!!

I was home at 11am and made myself lunch (Below) and then at 12.30pm the tiredness came from out of nowhere and by 1pm i had fallen asleep listening to a podcast. I woke up 3 hours later covered in marks from my duvet covers and feeling disorientated and even more tired? How is that possible to wake up still feeling tired from a nap?? haha

But with a shower and now eating my afternoon snack (a little later than usual!!) i am feeling myself again XD
   I have a few different alternatives for this evening..... Go to a book event which my friends are going to or go to the cinema with my boyfriend. Or go workout or a powerwalk with my sister or a movie night with my sister.... or just have an evening to myself. I am not sure what i will do.... only time will tell!!

Dinner/lunch inspiration

Finding inspiration for lunch and dinner can definitely be hard. I can find it hard sometimes to find something creative and different to eat so end up just eating the same old, same old. Which there is nothing wrong with, but once in a while doing something new and different can definitely be a good idea.

So here comes some dinner and lunch inspiration!!!















Do you have any favourite dinners/lunches? :)

Recent eats

Just a few of my recent meals:
   
I know my food isnt so varied, for many different reasons. 1)I dont follow with to go food shopping so my parents just buy the usual 2)I really enjoy what i eat 3) I dont have alot of time to spend on food or preparing food - its all about simple and easy food to make and eat.

Less stress = more energy

Its crazy how no stress makes such a HUGE difference to my mood and energy and life in general!! Ive had my break for 4 days now and i feel like a complete different person compared to when i am in school. Despite sleeping the same amount of hours as when i am in school (or maybe an hour more or so) i still have so much more energy. I feel happier, i have more energy, i have more time. I feel motivated in more aspects of my life!! I feel stronger and more motivated at the gym, i have time and energy to go for long runs which i love and am feeling so motivated for summer and running in the sun!
   I feel so relaxed, happy and energetic and i love it. And its just because i dont feel stressed, i have work to do which i havent even attempted to begin with, but i feel i might just take this whole week and not care about it at all. Because that is what i mentally need... to not focus on school or put stress or pressure on myself to constantly do so many hours of work all the time. Giving myself a mental school break is important and focusing on other things in my life. Because when im in school its 100% focus on school and work the other things such as training, friends, boyfriend, family, me time... they have to work around my school schedule and studying schedule. But now i have more time and its so nice :)
  hahaha i just felt i needed to write this out! Share my positivity and energy, because its such a good feeling and try to remind you all to not stress so much because its not good at all. This is something i need to learn and remember when i am actually stressed, not when i am feeling relaxed!!!

Today i had time to do an awesome workout with my sister - aeroboxing and my strength and energy was there 110% and it felt awesome, and my sister enjoyed it aswell which is great! And this evening im going to my mums yoga - time for some mindfulness and try to do yoga... even if its just once a month or so, its something :)
 
And of course when i have a break from school i have time to prepare delicious food so sweet potatoe cubes, grilled chicken, salad & 2 mudcake muffins afterwards!

I hope you all have a lovely Tuesday :) And remember to think positive in everything you do! If you are going through tough times, it can get better!!!

And i will answer emails as soon as i get chance, hopefully sometime this week though im enjoying my break spending time with friends, A, family, working out etc!!

Getting food comments

Something which has always baffled me is when people comment about what other people are eating or what they buy. Especially when its strangers.... I mean if its a friend or family who is concerned over what you eat for a legitmate reason then its not so strange that they might make a comment to bring something to your attention. But if its a snarky or mean comment about how much you eat or that you eat weird or strange even if its from a friend or family i think its wrong. Food is so individual, though of course if someone is eating extremely little or a very extreme amount where packages of food disappear over the night then its important to bring it to attention, but otherwise not.

Today when i went to the store to buy lunch i decided to buy some dessert/snack for later, when i was going to pay the guy at the cashier was like...'wow are you going to eat all of that for lunch. I am guessing its lunch?' I was so shocked i didnt really know what to say, i laughed and just said 'i might be sharing it... or i might not!' then packed my things and walked away, still feeling baffled over his comment? Was it really necessary?
  When i was sick a comment like that would have lead to me not eating at all, i would have thrown away everything i had bought because i would feel guilty like eating is wrong or that it was too much. But the fact is, what does he know what i have eaten before or plan on eating later? He doesnt know whether i had just run 2 hours beforehand or maybe going to do a tough workout later.... or maybe i need to gain weight or have an illness which means i need to eat alot (which is actually the case for me!!). Making comments about what someone buys in a shop or what someone orders to eat, it's very unnecessary.

But anyway i went back to A's place and ate my favourite salad combination (but i was sad that there were no falafels :( ) and in a short while im going to eat dessert/snack which is fruit salad, a new quark flavour (in small amounts the lactose doesnt bother my stomach too much, but its definitely helped cutting down on lactose for my stomach!), chocolate and salted cashew nuts!!

After my 10 minute walk to the store i am feeling alot better after some fresh air!! Going to continue my series watching now :) 

Some recent meals

This mornings second breakfast(pre workout!)

Yesterdays lunch!!

Todays lunch!! It was soooooo good. My favourite salad combination!

Tonights dinner, chicken burgers (made by me!!!) - They were so good, i can definitely recommend this :)

50 shades of tiredness

Today i have felt extremely tired, every hour has passed slowly and I've just wanted this day to be over. To jump into bed and sleep for a week. In fact I've gotten about 5 or 6 comments about how tired I look.... don't worry, I already know it. Trying to juggle so many things in my life is tough not to mention that my food intake has been very low the past few days which is not good. One day of not eating so much and I can already feel it... Both physical and mental tiredness. 

   So when I bought lunch I also bought myself salted nuts and chocolate covered nuts as it has been forever since I last ate (before Christmas! !! XD)  and I didn't think I would eat it all at once... but yup, after my lunch salad I ate the 350g bag of nuts as well!! XD that's what happens when I haven't been eating enough and it goes quite a few hours since my previous meal. But it was delicious and filling!!!

ive already eaten most of the chocolate covered nuts!

    Then i met the doctor and my results were fine, they have improved since beginning with asthma medicine.... so now both CF and asthma -_-' that's life though. No point in complaining!!!

Came home, opened up my computer, did nothing productive and somehow the hours have passed!!

It's only 7pm here in Sweden but I'm about to make myself dinner and then go to bed!!!.my body and mind needs sleep!!!