Minust – Lehekülg 23 – Nourish, Train & Flourish

Let’s go back in time, shall we?

16th of February 2013. Exactly one year ago. An unhappy girl has finally made a decision that this is it. She has had enough of this body that is nothing she wants to look like. Tired of being obese, tired, heavy. Yesterday she weighed herself and got numbers she never thought she would see: 85,5 kilograms. BMI of 30,7. Tears, self-pity, despair…

The plan called LCHF starts from that day along with 3 workouts per week. In the first week she loses 5,5 kilograms. Amazing! The first 3 months go in a similar pace: losing or zero (or nearly zero) weeks. Everything is easy and 13 kilograms go in 12 weeks.

First bigger weightgain week comes in June 2013. But this doesn’t stop her. She has her obstacles and mistakes and bad moments but no matter what: she keeps going. She falls but gets up every single time.

In the meanwhile, she has started to work out 5 times a week and gotten stronger and healthier.

My weight throughout one year. Easy beginning, rough end.

And today is the day that this girl, ME, celebrates her one year anniversary of living a healthy lifestyle. I have lost quite a bit of weight and am working out 7 times a week. And I have a lot of goals that are ready to be accomplished. I’m not at my ultimate goal weight of 63 kg yet but I’m more than sure that I will get there. One day! I can and I will!

And while being on my journey I decided to create this blog. And I cannot express what a great decision this has been for me! I’m happier and more positive and finally have a place to express my thoughts considering workouts and nutrition. Most people who read my blog are so supportive and give great advice. Thanks to my blog I’ve met people who I otherwise would have never met. I have found people who share my interest in food and sports. What more could you ask for? Great opportunities are flying on me all the time. Thank you all for that! 🙂

And to thank all of my wonderful readers I’m hosting a giveaway right here on my blog!

The winner will receive 2 prizes: 500 ml jar of organic extra virgin coconut oil and a motivational jar filled with great quotes courtesy of müüü.ee (thank you, Marelle!).

In order to win, you have to do the following:

Like my blog’s FaceBook page here.
Share my blog’s FaceBook page with your friends on your timeline. To share, click the little wheel on the same row as the Like button and choose Share.
Comment under this blog post telling me a short and catchy title for my blog (and add your name). Right now it’s a rather long and unattractive title. The title shouldn’t directly include the words LCHF or workouts in it. It should have something to do with healthy and/or active lifestyle and/or sports and/or my name. Short, simple and catchy! 🙂
If you really can’t think of anything, well, just comment with some thoughts about my blog and your name.

NB! Make sure you don’t comment anonymously! That way I can’t check if you have completed all terms of participation. Add your first and last name to the comment please 🙂

The giveaway is open internationally: I will send the prizes out to the winner no matter where he/she lives. Estonia or any other country: I will find a way to get this prize out to you 🙂

The giveaway ends on the 27th of February 2014 at 4 PM Eastern European time. The winner will be the person who offers the best title for my blog OR chosen by random if I can’t find a blog title I really like.

Good luck! 🙂

To end this important post, here are some before and after pictures. Or actually, on the “before” I’m not my heaviest and the “after” is actually “on my way”.

To read my full story click here and here. To see more about results, click here.

I’m ready for new adventures and accomplishments! Are you? 🙂

That’s exactly what LCHF has become for me: more and more difficult.

The first 3 months of LCHF was such a breeze for me. I had only weightloss weeks with a couple of zero-weeks and no actual weightgain weeks. Weight kept melting off me and I wasn’t really hungry either. The perfect combination in a way.

But right after the 3 month mark things got more complicated. I started to have weightgain weeks here and there and summer came along with all the fruits and berries.

And now the last 6 months have been tough. Honestly, LCHF has gotten more difficult for me and I have had more cheat days. And therefore more gaining weeks. I used to not cheat at all. Now there has been Christmas holidays and my backpacking vacation… All cheating. And also some random cheats here and there.

"With moderation": strugglin' with that part… — “With moderation”: strugglin’ with that part…

I am human. I do make mistakes. I do sometimes crave carbs and give in to my cravings. Maybe I’m a failure considering I have a whole blog dedicated to LOW CARB and fitness but here it is: I do make mistakes. I am not perfect!

But what worries me more than cheating now and again is the fact that I don’t know when and how much to eat. This is horrible!

For almost a year I weighed my portions, counted macronutrients and calories and based my portions around numbers. Not my actual hunger or appetite. But that strategy got tiring and also didn’t work that great. It also made me stress and obsess about food. That was just not OK.

So from the beginning of 2014 I started to try to eat according to my hunger levels, like the original LCHF theory tells you to. And what is also normal for a human being. Eat when you are hungry and until your hunger has been satisfied. Simple, right?

It sounds simple and theoretically is. But in practice – I’m struggling!

I have lost my ability to really tell when I’m full and when I’m hungry. On some days I don’t feel hungry until dinnertime but when I start to eat, I feel like I’m unfillable. I could empty out my whole fridge and more. On other days I feel like snack eating all day long but don’t want a whole meal… I rarely feel like I’m done when I finish my plate of food. I have to snack on top of it, even if it’s just some cauliflower. That’s a problem.

Either way: I eat too much. That’s my main problem. One big meal, lots of small meals – all end up being too much. I don’t feel full. I can feel hungry (kind of) and then waaaaay too full. Nothing in between!

My eating is so messed up. Even if I’m low carb, my eating habits and patterns aren’t normal.

It’s really my big goal to starting acting like a normal person in the kitchen: eat when you’re hungry until you’re full. Not stuffed but full. Don’t snack all the time. Have your plate of food and leave the kitchen. Don’t make eating a way to pass time. Don’t eat out of boredom or emotions. Be normal!

When did easy (and normal and natural) things become so difficult?

Rubriik: Minust

1 year of healthy lifestyle + GIVEAWAY (CLOSED)

When easy becomes difficult…