Liebster Award / Auhinnaring

Today I learned something: never check the Internet just “one” more time before you decide to start studying. Why? Because someone might tag you with a Liebster award and you might get a HUGE urge to write a blogpost. Well, there goes Public Sector Finance…

Actually, I really want to thank Henry for giving me the award. It’s a pleasure to know that someone who’s blog you absolutely adore reading actually likes your work as well. Henry writes about a healthy lifestyle, sports and weightloss as well (among other things). He. Is. HILARIOUS. Check out his blog! 🙂

 


 

So, I have to answer 5 questions and then give the award to someone else and let them answer 5 questions. So without further ado, here are my answers to the 5 questions asked. Let me tell you, I had to think pretty hard on these!

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1. If you were really really great at one thing. The best in the world. What would it be and why?

Public speaking. Wouldn’t that be great? I mean, being really motivating, inspiring an interesting to listen to. I would go around the world and preach only good thoughts, try to make people happier, more self-confident and loving towards each other. This might sound like a Miss World answer of “I want world peace to everyone” 😀 but having great public speaking skills and preaching happiness would be awesome. 

2. What did you learn from ’50 Shades of Grey’? What are your expectation to men now? (If you haven’t read it, which I’m sure you have, what shows do you follow?)

Here’s the thing… I haven’t read it 😀 I’m a weird person (as I’ve stated many times before): I don’t really ever feel the need to read/watch/listen to the “what’s hot now” things. I haven’t read the Twilight saga or seen the movies. I don’t follow Game of Thrones. I don’t know a thing about Harry Potter. Et cetera. I wonder how I even dragged myself to the movies to watch the Hunger Games…

I’ll answer the back-up question then. I regularly follow Downton Abbey, Bones and Õnne 13 (you’re all allowed to laugh out loud!). Downton Abbey is a recent favourite, I think the actors/actresses are great and I love how it’s tied together with real history. Bones is an old favourite of mine, I used to have no problem watching it (= blood, bones and dead bodies) while eating lunch. Õnne 13 I’ve watched all my life and it would just feel weird to miss it. Other than that, I don’t think there’s much else. I don’t have that much time for TV. I’m busy with real life 🙂

3. Who did you want to become when you were little and who do you want to become now?

When I was little, I wanted to become a hair-dresser or a makeup artist. I always liked going to the hair-dresser with my mom, cutting my dolls’ hair, making braids and messing around with makeup. I got my first set of eyeshadows, mascara and lipstick when I was 9 years old, after annoying my mom for a LONG time (talk about persuasion skills!). I was on top of the world when I could play around with these things at home. Ofcourse I didn’t start wearing makeup in public when I was 9. 🙂

Now… That’s a more complicated question. 😀 I love what I study at university, economics is just perfect for me: enough maths and enough everything else. I have dreamed about a position in public sector for quite a few years now… We’ll see what the future has in store for me. 🙂 Maybe something in the public sector that has something to do with public health? That would be pretty great.

4. What’s in your 5-year plan?

In 5 years I’ll be 27 years old. Now I’m pretty scared. 😀 But the main things:

  • Have a Master’s degree in economics.

  • Have a job I enjoy doing.

  • Be independent.

  • Have completed a full marathon, at least once.

  • Have travelled to most continents but especially to NYC, my dream travel destination.

  • Have a loving man in my life 🙂

  • Have a lot of new amazing friends!

  • … but also have my old friends still in my life!

  • Start thinking about buying some property to actually own a home.

  • Start thinking about kids.

  • Be happy every single day.

  • Feel like I’m useful for the world 🙂

5. Which blogs do you follow and why (what do you get from them?). Name 3–5 blogs.

I actually have sub-categories of blogs I follow in my Bloglovin’: nutrition, sports, beauty, travel and other. So I’ll name one blog out of every category (but you can see more in my LINKS page).

Nutrition: who to pick? Toit, trenn, kogemused. Kristi blogs about nutrition, workouts and weightloss. She’s so inspiring and has a lot of great thoughts.

Sports: this one is hard because there is a lot to choose from. I have mentioned many bloggers in my posts before so in this one I’m going to pick someone new. TRIO TO RIO. Lily, Liina and Leila Luik are Estonian marathon running triplets. They are awesome! They also are a part of TÜ ASK, my sports club. 

Beauty: FleurDeForce. She also has a beauty channel on YouTube. She shares great beauty tips, is very relatable and generally a beautiful person from the inside out.

Travel: new york ilma glamuurita. As I mentioned before, I want to travel to NYC. It’s a dream. This woman is living there and she’s Estonian. And she takes great photographs. Not much more needs to be said.

Other: Erle Kaasik photographs. I absolutely love photography and have a pleasure to know this girl personally as well. She is VERY talented and has breathtaking work.

 


 

 

These were my answers. I tried my best, they were hard! 🙂 

Now the even harder part… Who the h*ll do I nominate? So many great blogs are out there. I pick Toit, trenn, kogemused aka Kristi Värik’s health blog

My questions for Kristi:

1. Describe your life in 5 years. Kirjelda oma elu 5 aasta pärast.

2. What’s the biggest workout goal you have? Milline on sinu kõige suurem trenniga seotud eesmärk, mis endale seadnud oled?

3. Describe one memorable situation from your childhood. Kirjelda üht meeldejäävat seika oma lapsepõlvest.

4. Name 3 of your favourite books, explain the chioce. Nimeta 3 oma lemmikraamatut, põhjenda valikut.

5. What’s your favourite quote / moto? Why? Milline on sinu lemmiktsitaat / moto? Miks?

 

Food Friday 4.04.2014: officially off LCHF

On Food Fridays I will tell you about everything I ate that day. No matter if it is a good day or not: you will see it all. 

Yes, you did read that title right: I’m off LCHF or any sort of low-carb diet. Or any diet for that matter. 

No, I did not “give up”. No, I’m not going to “go crazy” and stuff my face with thousands of calories. I feel stronger than ever before, on a physical, mental and emotional level. I’m ready to achieve my goals the healthy way and be happy while doing it. 

I don’t want to get too much into my nutrition right now. I don’t want to summarize it with any sentences that sound good. I don’t want to have a slogan or a theory behind my eating. I’m still figuring out how things will exactly be. All I can say right now, is that the book “How to Have Your Cake and Skinny Jeans Too” by Josie Spinardi totally revolutionized EVERYTHING. Turns out, all I really needed was some food psychology. My deepest and most honest THANK YOU to the person who recommended it. I don’t know how or if I can ever repay you for that!

 


 

Breakfast: 7.30 AM

This was my quick breakfast before jumping on my bicycle for the first time in 2014 and riding to the city to do some swimming in the pool.

  • 65 grams of full grain oat flakes 

  • 100 grams of 2,5% milk

  • water

  • 25 grams of raisins

  • 60 grams of pear

 

Lunch: noon

  • 150 grams of boiled buckwheat

  • 150 grams of beetroot and garlic salad

  • 225 grams of liver sauce (In Estonian: maksakaste; not sure how to translate this, it’s pieces of liver pan-fried with some onion, then stewed and made into a sauce with some sour cream and flour to thicken it)

 

Dinner: 6 PM

  •  75 grams of dipping sauce (made of kefir)

  • 170 grams of cauliflower

  • 125 grams of preserved pumpkin

  • 30 grams of cheese

  • 50 grams of smoked ham

  • 45 grams of bread

  • 120 grams of 3% cottage cheese

  • 2 teaspoons of homemade strawberry jam

 

Nutrition information

The "Your Goal" is actually not my goal, it's just what LifeSum gives you based on your activity and body stats
The “Your Goal” is actually not my goal, it’s just what LifeSum gives you based on your activity and body stats

I really want to point out that I’m not counting anything (macros, calories) anymore. Today I weighed my food and wrote it down in a notepad only to make this blogpost. I weighed my food, made notes in the Notes app on my phone and put the data in LifeSum app just before making this post. I didn’t track calories during the day or pay any attention to nutrition facts when choosing my food. I just ate homemade food when I was hungry.

 


 

A lot of disclaimers in this Food Friday. I debated long and hard whether to make a Food Friday post today at all. I decided to make one. I don’t know how to introduce my current eating habits (I don’t want to use the words new plan because I see this solution as something different than a plan) with words so let the pictures to the talking 🙂

If you have any questions about my nutrition… well, you can ask but I’m not sure I can answer them all just yet. This is all very new to me. But one thing is 100% sure: I’m not on LCHF anymore. I’m done with dieting. 

Next Food Friday in a week!

 


 

(By the way: the introduction sentence of this post series – “On Food Fridays I will tell you about everything I ate that day. No matter if it is a good day or not: you will see it all.” – doesn’t really suit my philosophy anymore. I mean, I still will tell you about every single bite of food that day but I don’t label days with words “good” or “bad” anymore.)