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Sunday, 22 February 2015

Week 9 weight loss journal

Being back in Lisbon and going back to school is so depressing. The difference in temperature is massive, it has been around 15ºC here in Lisbon and while this temperature is fine for me, it's only the start of a very slow climb to the summer weather of 30ºC where I feel like I might die from the heat. I really dislike summer and heat. It's odd having such an exciting month and then coming back home to notice nothing has changed, the world is exactly the same. It's the exact same landscape I've seen thousands if not millions of times, I catch the exact same buses to school where I see the same people every day. It feels a bit like an alternate universe. What keeps me going is knowing that after this semester of school, I'll be back in Sweden for the whole summer and I couldn't be more excited. I was so happy in Sweden and it was so much fun. So fun I even gained 2kg from all the chocolate. I do eat a lot better when I'm home since I know exactly what food to make and I get into a routine, being on holiday makes me super excited to try new food and I end up making bad decisions.

Food

As usual, salad as a side dish + meat. I prefer meat in the winter and fish in the summer, the fish that's in season in the summer is more to my liking than what's in season in the winter. What I normally use to make a salad depends, but usually consists of a base of lettuce or a mix of lettuce with something else like arugula, tomatoes, grated carrot and onion. To this base I will add whatever I have on hand or prefer in that particular day, like apple, feta cheese, cucumber, red bell pepper, etc. As a dressing I like to switch it up because I get bored so easily. This week I've been having the salads with a honey, mustard and lime dressing that I made, or guacamole.

This week I've been eating pork fillets, ground turkey patties and chicken, grilled. I bring my lunch to school so I can know exactly what I'm eating and it's also cheaper so what I do is I make a big batch of something, divide it into portions and freeze the ones I don't need right away. This way I always have a box of homemade school lunch to bring every morning with me. So my school lunches this week, which haven't been many because I only had two classes so far, were a sweet potato and carrot stew with some pork fillets.


My mom doesn't cook very often but when she does I know it's going to be something that isn't particularly healthy but that's okay, she only cooks once or twice a week. So she made a mushroom meat loaf with fries on the side and a salad. 

For breakfast I haven't been having my green smoothies as normal because I returned home on Sunday and haven't had the chance to go to the supermarket yet so I don't have a smoothie stock at the moment. That being, for breakfast I've been having yogurt with banana, or tea with some crackers. As snacks I've been eating crackers or a dark bread sandwich with ham. I love bread with seeds on it. I don't have a habit of drinking sodas or other packaged drinks, I drink mostly water or freshly squeezed orange juice or lemonade. I think it goes without saying, but there's so many hidden calories and sugars in packaged drinks, even when they say low sugar always be weary of artificial sweeteners that are so unhealthy.

Exercise

So far so good. I exercised 4 times this week, mostly dance videos. I'm going to do a post on what videos I like very soon so you know what I mean when I say dance videos. I also walked the dog a few times, I doubt my lazy brother walked her at all while I was gone. My poor baby girl.


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