Food plan update

As you remeber in this post I told you about some changes in my diet. I don't call it a diet, because it is not a diet. It is more of a food plan that helps me eat healthy and enough good foods to stay strong and build muscle. When I have told people about this, their first reaction is negative, because they think I am on a diet to loose weight. Most people say Im too skinny to be on a diet, but when I tell them what it really is, then they understand a bit better. 

In this post will give you an update on my feelings about the changes in my eating. 

So now I have been following my food plan for five weeks. Twice I have allowed my self to eat something that does not belong to the plan, and each time I have gotten stomach pain...

At first, when I started the plan I thought the amount of food was so much. I was eating all the time and constantly buying loads of bananas and carrots. But in a few days my body started adapting to the changes, and the amount of food did not feel that much anymore. Now it feels like I get exactly the right amount of food that my body needs. The food plan is flexible in a sense that I don't have to eat the same things every day. It is easy to make the same food in a different way, just by changing the spices for instance.

The only difficulties I have had with the plan is that I feel like I am cooking all the time :D Also changes in my daily routines might change the order of what I eat.

Over all I have been feeling very good. It is easy not to have to plan what food to make today, since it is all given in the plan. I also only buy what I need, and leave all extra crap in the grocery shop. 

Muistatte miten tässä postauksessa kerroin ruokavalion muutoksestani. Nyt olen seurannut uutta ruokavalio-ohjelmaani viisi viikkoa. Kaksi kertaa olen syönyt mitä on tehnyt mieli, mutta joka kerta on tullut huono olo ja vatsakipuja. Ruokavalio on ollut helppo, vaikka aluksi ajattelin että herranjestas, miten kykenen syömään näin paljon! Olen kantanut suuria määriä banaaneja ja porkkanoita kotiin, mutta kaikki on ollut sen arvoista. Olo on hyvä, eikä tarvitse miettiä mitä ruokaa seuraavaksi tekisi. Ainoa ongelma jonka olen kohdannut on se kun päivän aikatauluni poikkeavat normaalista. Esimerkiksi jos minulla on töiden jälkeen ohjelmaa, enkä pääse heti kotiin syömään kunnon ruokaa. Silloin olen säätänyt hieman ruokaohjelmaa, ja vaihtanut hieman ruokailujen paikkoja.

Aion jatkaa ohjelmaa yksinkertaisesti sen takia että olo on todella hyvä. Suuremmat muutokset ulkonäöllisesti tapahtuu varmaan vasta muutaman kuukauden kuluttua :) 

Ruokavalio on tilattu Lindalta :)

Even though I feel good with this food plan, I think it will take time to start to see any bigger changes. This is only five weeks, so maybe in two moths there will be bigger visible changes. 

Anyhow, I will be continuing the diet as it is, just because it is easy and I feel good.

The food plan is ordered from Linda :)

Food changes

I told you before how I am going to do some changes in my diet. So here comes.

I have always been fairly healthy, without being too tough on my self. I have been eating regular food, and allowed myself to have some treats when I feel like it, mostly in the weekends. I like to try new healthier things, and I try not to eat so much sugar. I also like to take vitamins and try superfoods that can improve and maintain a good health.

I needed some kind of structure in my diet in order to gain more muscle strength and get even healthier. So I contacted Linda, who's blog I have been reading for many years. She is a personal trainer, and she seems like a very determined person. She is also a very inspirational fitness person. I asked Linda to make me a food plan according to my needs and goals. So today it starts, the new food plan! (I don't want to call it diet, since I get to eat A LOT of food and will definitely not be starving). The food plan has almost no dairy products, so I will be looking forward to how my body reacts to that.

Here is the starting point, not training since christmas. In the last picture you also see the vitamins I take every morning: Vitamin-D, Zink, Omega-3 fish liver oil, apple cider vinegar and pure aloe vera.

Kerroin aikaisemmassa postauksessa että ruokavaliooni tulee muutos. Olen aina pyrkinyt syömään terveellisesti, ilman että olisin liian ankara itselleni. Kun minun on tehnyt mieli jotakin, niin olen sitä syönyt. Olen kuitenkin pyrkinyt noudattamaan sääntöä, että herkuttelu jää viikonloppuun, ja viikot ovat terveellisempiä. Pyrin myös välttämään liikaa sokeria. Olen myös ollut innokas superfoodien ja vitamiinien testaaja ja käyttäjä.

Halusin kuitenkin uuden struktuurin ruokailuuni jotta saisin treeneistäni kaikki irti, kasvattaen hieman lihasmassaa ja lihaserottuvuutta. Otin siis yhteyttä Lindaan jonka blogia olen lukenut pitkään. Hän on personal trainer ja hyvin inspiroiva urheilija. Hän teki minulle ruokavalion joka tukisi tarpeitani ja tavoitteitani. Ruokavaliosta sen enempää paljastamatta, voin kertoa että maitotuotteet on jätetty melkein kokonaan pois ja en todellakaan joudu näkemään nälkää :D Innolla odotan mitä muutoksia saan aikaiseksi, ja tuleeko maitotuotteiden poisjättäminen tekemään hyvää vatsalle.

Ylimmässä kuvassa on lähtötilanne, jolloin en ole treenannut joulun jälkeen. Alimmassa kuvassa näkyy kaikki vitamiinit jotka otan joka aamu: D-vitamiini, Sinkki, Omega-3 kalanmaksaöljy, omenasiiderieikka ja puhdas aloe vera. 

Gym Endorphines

After a two months break in training at the gym it's been a pleasure to bee back. Im starting to remember how good it feels after a nice gym set, and how it feels to walk with sore leg muscles :). I aim to go to the gym three times a week, and to once a week do some other kind of exercise, mostly dancing or yoga. For a long time I used to dance approximately 4 times a week for several hours. Nowadays I just don't have the time anymore...

The other day at the gym when we did chest. 

My small eights... 

I have been training at the gym for about four years, and I am not training for any fitness competition, just for excercise. I think it is important to be active in different ways and eat real normal food to look and feel good.

I also believe in the benefits of water! ...drink a LOT! :D