maukgirl

I’ve been trying to eat more salads since they are easier...

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:01:42 +0200

I’ve been trying to eat more salads since they are easier to eat on the FODMAP elimination. I used this post from @StayForDinner http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/2011/12/14/how-to-make-a-delicious-400-calorie-salad/ as inspiration. Delicious BBQ burger and a salad and I didn’t miss the bun.

Not on the way to the gym and rubbing it in

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:58:25 +0200

Not on the way to the gym and rubbing it in

On my way to gym. I love this top, so perfect.

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:57:42 +0200

On my way to gym. I love this top, so perfect.

yourhealthista: Yikes.

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:31:22 +0200

yourhealthista:

Yikes.

Low tech lawn mowing

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:34:49 +0200

Low tech lawn mowing

An ad featuring a female athlete who is in action and not posed...

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:15:31 +0200

An ad featuring a female athlete who is in action and not posed sexually.

Trying to get IBS under control

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:59:08 +0200

I have been struggling with my stomach for months now. When we first arrived in Sweden, it was really bad and I had to eat just chicken and rice for awhile. It’s been getting bad again, even though I don’t think I’m eating anything I shouldn’t. However, I feel like the foods that are allowed and not allowed are always changing and sometimes I feel out of control. I just finished reading IBS Free at Last on FODMAPs and decided to try it to figure out if I could get more control over my stomach. I started the elimination diet today. I have two weeks to go on the elimination diet before I try the different sections to see what is making me sick.

What I ate today:

Breakfast - rice, fried eggs, 1/2 grapefruit

Lunch - caesar salad with chickent

Snack - rice, macadamia nuts

Dinner - zucchini, potato salad (green onion, lemon juice, olive oil), salmon

Snack - red wine and popcorn

leekfixer: Truth! By Wendell Berry. So true

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:36:41 +0100

leekfixer:

Truth! By Wendell Berry.

So true

Your Healthista: Exhausted.

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:09:33 +0100

Your Healthista: Exhausted.:

yourhealthista:

Reblogged for the complete and utter truth bomb that is this post. This is what happens when you’re trying to lose weight sometimes, and (to use an expression I normally hate) it is what it is.

jennabee:

I wouldn’t say I’ve always struggled with my weight. There was never a battle. There…

Women in Sports

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:47:54 +0100

http://fitandfeminist.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/thinking-about-title-ix-on-national-women-and-girls-in-sports-day/

http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/what-a-victim-blaming-world-looks-like-to-a-victim/

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:59:42 +0100

http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/the-op-eds/what-a-victim-blaming-world-looks-like-to-a-victim/

Danish hot chocolate

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:05:46 +0100

Danish hot chocolate

Malabsorption sucks

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:42:41 +0100

Five years after being diagnosed with fructose malabsorption, I don’t think it about it on a nearly hourly basis. I really don’t think about it too often in general anymore, we read labels all the time, but I don’t actively think of myself as having a disease or condition anymore. Especially when I’m not sick very often I forget there are consequences. I was diagnosed when the research was still so very new and given almost no information. I try to keep up with information when I think about it (usually after a round of being sick). Lately I’ve had a few more health problems and went to the doctor, I turned out to be B-12 deficient. This is the direct result of my malabsorption and it felt like a big reminder that just because I’m not sick doesn’t mean I’m healthy. It sucks to have to take extra vitamins. I eat a wide variety of healthy foods and theoretically I shouldn’t need them. But, because of the malabsorption I take a multivitamin and iron and now have to add B-12. It is sometimes very frustrating. Also, the newest research indicates that I should be avoiding wheat (just wheat not gluten) and that makes me sad.

So Inspiring

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:35:17 +0100

So Inspiring

Best Explanation of Tebow

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:03:05 +0100

Best Explanation of Tebow

How you get rid of your tree in Stockholm

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:39:00 +0100

How you get rid of your tree in Stockholm

FYI these are NOT candy canes. They have an unidentifiable...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:14:46 +0100

FYI these are NOT candy canes. They have an unidentifiable flavor that is decidedly not peppermint

2012 Goals - Practice

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:36:00 +0100

I borrowed from Rachel Wilkerson’s idea that a verb is better than a resolution. I chose practice, because most of what I want to accomplish will require a lot of practice on my part. I’ll use practice as a mantra, especially when I’m struggling with practicing the tasks that will lead to my goals.

I wanted more specific goals to work towards, so after I did some mind-mapping of areas I wanted to improve, I chose a few SMART goals for some different categories.

Here are my 2012 goals:

Organization: Have the house always be ready for visitors at any time.

Swedish: Attain conversational speaking ability

Money: Save a specific amount per month.

Friends: Make 6 new good friends

Health: Weigh < 130lb (59kg), Body Fat % < 25% and no anemia or major stomach incidents.

Based on what I’ve read from Willpower and the Happiness Project, I’ll be tackling only a few new activities each month. Changing my habits slowly should lead to longer lasting change.

For January, I’ll be adding these tasks:

Exercise/Move 45 min/day

Record Food daily

Record expenses weekly

Wash dishes after each meal

Watch 1 hr Swedish tv/day

And my reward will be a new robe at the end of January.

Brainstorming for 2012 goals

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:20:09 +0100

Brainstorming for 2012 goals

Women authors

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:20:00 +0100

I just perused several different lists of “great” books you should read that were between 30-50 books long. They all covered fiction and non-fiction books and of the approximately 50+ books on these lists, I counted 5 women authors. Apparently it is more important I read Lolita than Their Eyes Were Watching God or Little Women or Harry Potter or the Hunger Games. Ugh

And not a single one listed the Vagina Monologues