Spending our Sunday relaxing and enjoying the season. Drinking heated up Gløgg - scandinavian spiced sweet drink. It`s a must for Christmas. Wrapping gifts and writing cards... got the paper, gløgg, cards and glasses from Ikea. Can you tell Im a fan of the star design? ;) It reminds me of home. 
We watched old Christmas cartoons this morning too. I really love this day and this season...
Blessing to you!
I would recommend this book and work out method if you are looking to get a new fresh work out to use at home. Tracey Anderson method is incredibly effective.It is one lazy Sunday. The clouds are indecisive about letting it rain in Redding today, just as I was completely indecisive about getting out of bed this morning. Luckily, it is Sunday - it`s OK.
I pulled myself together by noon and dished up "made from scratch meat cakes with gravy, potatoes and pea stue" - and the husband loved it. =) Personally this is the dish I have had 60% of all the Sundays of my life. Or at least close to it. Norwegians love their meat cakes.
I tried to work out for a little today but it brought on a headache, adding that with feeling tired today I finally concluded that I might infact be dehydrated. Oh dear water, I am sorry I have failed to drink enough of you!
2 liters of water later, I am starting to feel a little better. There is plenty of hours left of this day and I will keep drinking, Fiji water, sparkling water and lots of it. How much water do you drink every day?
Here I am snuggled up in our couch. Gonna take it easy tonight, maybe watch a Christmas movie with my Love and just rest.
Have a beautiful evening!
We landed in Norway on Friday - the land was covered with snow and it was a true winter wonderland! It has been an incredible weekend with loads of fun, hardly any sleep (!! so tiiired) and now we are waiting to be picked up to go the airport and journey home to California. I cant wait for my next work out...! But first, enjoy the flights home - 15 hours total of being in the air.
Kisses!
Woke up this morning to a freezing cold apartment, it`s like out of nowhere the fall just hit us. I hear rumors about snow falling in Tønsberg, Norway today.. and we are only a couple of days away!! =) Packing, loading up on vitamins, cleaning our home, laundry and finishing christmas shopping for my dear family in Norway - yup thats right - christmas shopping, is all on my list of things to do today.
This week I´ve been taking it very easy, I felt like a cold was coming on so no running for me this week. I did some Pilate`s yesterday, and some core training earlier this week.
Anyways...I'm absolutely thrilled about travelling this weekend! Some of the million reasons are:
- I get to travel WITH my Husband (!!!),
- and my friends (The Quilala family, Josh, Nathan, Brandon and Jonathan
- I will see my mom, my sisters....my nieces and nephews...and other friends!
- Norway, Norway, Norway (a reason in itself)
I always pack a little snack-pack with me when I travel, but a little refreshment is also good to have when running errands around town or just to keep in your kitchen to nibble on while cooking.
I wanna say a big - THANK YOU - to you who leave me such sweet comments.... I love reading them, I love that you took your time writing it, and that I get to know that YOU read my blog.
Thank you thank you thank you!! ;)
I am forever in LOVE with my Husband!! ;) We went to Jamba Juice this morning, Jeffrey got the berry yogurt with granola, and I got half and half with orange and carrot juice. So fresh and yummi!
It`s a new week, new month and the countdown for Christmas can begin.
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Sweating plays a vital part in staying healthy! Did you know that? So according to that statement, I was extremely healthy yesterday as I visited Inmotion Fitness Resort in Chico, CA. I sat in a 104 degree farenheit hot tub for 40 minutes. Then I visited the hot dry sauna till I could not breath anymore. On top of that I spent what seemed like an eternity inside a steamroom!! It was probably more like 7 minutes. But with almost 100% humidity I could not stand my ground in there for very long. Sweating helps regulate our bodies temperature, that's a given.
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We all love it when vacation comes around. Wether it`s an actual vacation, or just a well needed time off from a certain thing. But it is always followed by "coming back" to normal everyday schedule, and to working out again as usual. Fact is that we have to have peak seasons where we perform more and harder in our work outs. But along with that comes letting our bodies have seasons of rest and recovery. That might look like working out 3 days a week and allowing one day in between each work out for recovery and rest. Here is an example of a longer term: working out consistently (2 or more times a week) for 6 weeks followed by 2 weeks of complete rest. In doing this your body will get stronger and reap benefits of training.
Anyhow, using those muscles after rest will often give you sore muscles. We have all experienced it and we all mind it! All of a sudden walking up the stairs in your apartment seems like a bigger challenge then the actual work out... or getting back on that Spinning bike just doesn't seem possible...! You know what I`m saying? =) As much as I put time into training, I also have had to put time into rest and recovery, and here is a few things that helps me deal with soreness:
1. I watch my diet! I make sure my body is getting enough food (meaning highly nutritious foods) to support the physical activity I have done or that I will do. I try to get allot of fresh fruits and vegetables, some protein, fiber and vitamins (Creatin, iron, B12 and B6, vitamin C)
2. Ice ice ice! After a run, I dig out that bag of frozen vegetables in my freezer and let my calf rest on it while I check my e-mail or tell my husband all about my very interesting run.
3. H2O! Try drinking at least equal amount ounce of water as minutes of working out. 40 minute work out equals 40 ounce etc.
4. Rest! relax, sleep, laugh, read, draw and destress...which leads us to the next one:
5. I take baths! A hot Epsom salt bath with lots of Eucalyptus oil/soap does any achy muscle good.
6. Get a massage! Having someone do the after work on your muscles is amazing. It increases the blood flow to the muscles which acts as an aid to the stiffness and swelling in your muscles.
7. Get motivated for more! Some of us needs a reason to go back on that treadmill or whatever the work out is, I found that getting the actual proof of my work out in pictures is a good way to stay motivated. My muscles look toned, I am a happy girl and I take care of my health! That is something to celebrate!! So ask someone you know who`s in to photography to do a photo shoot with you, or pay a professional one! You wont regret =)
Spending our evening in Pleasanton with family... And we're watching the Giants game- WOOOOOH and rallying our orange towels!!! Can you tell I'm all about it? 8th ining and it looks like we might win! GO GIANTS!
I like sitting by the fire, Jeffrey is testing out fun glasses aaand mom is cheering the loudest! Fun day for sure.
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Had friends over for pancakes this morning. We had such a good time making then and discussing the differences of how to eat a pancake. These ones where not fluten free (I tried making GF once, and it was a big disaster!! haha) so I made a smoothie and toasted some gluten free homemade bread muffins instead. Yum.
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