Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Good things to come

Hello again, it is been a while since i added something here partly because i have one hectic month of school left and have been needing to shy away from my love of writing here until it is finished. I'm so excited for what is to come for this web page and i hope you are too! I simply could not resist starting it early and hope you are patient enough to wait around for the results!

“Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.” Sir Francis Bacon

Monday, 16 April 2012

bad habits: prioritising


Just as you learned to develope th habit and discipline of brusing your teeth, you can also develope the habit of acting on top prorities. High-priority actions are like flowers. If you don't focus on planting, cultivating and nurturing them, your ggarden f life becomes entangled n low-priority weeds. Each morning before starting your day, decide what the  seven highest priority action steps are that you can do that day and then carry them out.
Dr John Demartini

Friday, 13 April 2012

Coconut Pancakes made with super foods!

REMINDER: All recipes in this blog are made with super food. This means that they are soley made with super foods. This means it is food that enhances your motabolism and is great for you in all aspects of your health. You will see a heading just above this entry where it says "look at all posts" click this to get access to all the recipes added within this section. 

This recipe i have not tried yet but will try as soon as i get all the ingredients. Excited!

Coconut pancakes:
(for 8 pancakes)
2 eggs
1dl coconut milk
1dl coconut meal
1/2-1 bannana
1 tsp vanilla powder
1/2 tbsp honey
1 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
coconut oil or butter

1. Beat the eggs in a bowl. Mash the bannana seperately and  when finished, mix it in with the eggs.
2. Mix all of the dry ingredients together in another bowl and then pour it into the egg mixture.
3. Add coconut milk and let it sit for 5 minutes.
4. Fry them in a pan using coconut oil (which is much better than normal oil but it's ok if you use your normal oil ).
5. Serve with berries or topping of your choice!

NOTE:The mixture will be thicker than normal panckaes and the amount of coconut milk you use may  be either deducted or added upon.


Thursday, 12 April 2012

Healthy fat burning brownie recipe

This is a recipe by Zuzana light (zuzka light) of a brownie. It tastes like peices of dark choclate, give it a go.
You could also try them without the oats if you want more of the dark choclate texter =)

(This is the recipe for around 12-15 pieces)1/2 cup raw cocoa powder1/4 tsp cayenne pepper1tsp cinnamon1/3 cup almond milk (use coconut milk if you do not find this)1/2 cup organic raisins or better yet you can use organic mixed dried berries1/2 cup old fashioned gluten free rolled oats1/2 cup almond meal (jut put some almond in the mixer)

Mix it all together in a mixer until smooth. Place the dough in a dish and let it sit in the fridge for 1 hour. Finsihed! Now just to take it out and cut into sqaures...yum!
Feels so good with guiltless pleasures ;)

Friday, 6 April 2012

Nutritional values in different vegetables

Here are some nutritional factors in vegetables:

however, this is in swedish, translation will come.
http://www.bodytech.se/PDF/Livsmedelstabell.pdf

Welcome to the world of Fitness

If you are anything like me, where you:
a) Dont't have a lot of time
b) Don't have a lot of money
b) Want to get toned and stay in shape
c) sometimes get emotional and suffer from stress or anxiety.

The answer is fitness, but you knew that already ;)Below are some links to free workouts you can follow that take very little time, are super effective for muscle toning and fat burning. Best of course is to just  focus on your overall health and how much more you can do when you look after yourself.
Even if you live a stressed lifestyle you will have time for this, besides you get an added bonus of having endorphines jumping around in you, which means that you will emotionally just feel awesome!
Fitness is actually one of the best ways to beat negative emotions, one step at a time, you become as strong in mind as you do in body, so, let's do this, shall we? ;)

Free workouts online:

Free intervall training workouts:
http://www.bodyrock.tv/ - They have a wide verity of workouts, just look them up on this webpage and even on youtube and you will find tons!
http://www.youtube.com/user/ZuzkaLight -The former Host from bodyrock.tv has started her new workout channel och youtube. 
NOTE: They may require some equipment but be creative, there are tons on easy solutions, feel free to ask if you want some advice!

Bodyweight only workouts:
http://soon2befit.tumblr.com/post/7737999726 This is a long list of workouts and not just one.

Here are some of favorites:
Note, these are if you are up for  a good challenge! 
http://bodyrockerchrissy.blogspot.se/2011/01/workout-breakdown-time-16min-workout.html - (16min)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/10/20/marine-corps-workout-beating-personal-bests-important-news/ - (25min)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2009/10/17/todays-workout-one-legged-gypsy-saturday-october-17-2009/ (16min rep challenge)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/11/04/butt-buster-workout/ (12min and super fun! )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x9fT4-w-xg (time challenge)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/03/02/halo-of-sweat-workout-beating-our-personal-bests/ (12min interval)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/09/08/bombshell-butt-workout/ (15 interval)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/06/02/hot-to-trot-workout/ (interval and time challenge, approx 16min)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/05/07/bikini-body-workout/ (interval an dtime challenge)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/09/05/smoking-hot-body-workout/ (time challenge)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/06/27/360-rep-badass-workout/ (time challenge, approx 30min)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/06/09/booty-firm-up-workout/ (12min hardcore interval)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2011/06/27/360-rep-badass-workout/ (time challenge)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2009/11/14/workout-550-killer-reps/ (time challenge, tough!)
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/12/20/major-hot-abs-workout/ (18min intervall, great for abs!)





Free Zumba classes online:

Yoga:
10min morning yoga:

Thursday, 5 April 2012

homemade turkish yoghurt

Here is a recipe,for those tha have time and are willing, can try. the more we make ourselves the less chance there is of having additives in our food, but i will, to be honest, stick my normal yoghurt a while longer ;) Le me know how it worked out! , I'd love to know.

Homemade turkish yoghurt:

(we know how yummy that is!):
http://greekfood.about.com/od/syrupssauces/r/make_yogurt.htm