One more day to go!!

Oh yes!! Only one more day before the photoshoot for the magazine. I've lost now 6kg since I got the phone call from the magazine.. It has been five weeks I think. I have been eating a lot and training to so I hopefully haven't lost that much muscles. I'm sure it's more just fat and water. 

Two last weeks of my diet after the weekend in Helsinki has been quiet hard but now I'm actually getting use to it. I'm allowed to eat egg whites, white fat and carb free fish, green vegetables such as beans and broccoli, my whey protein (it includes 1g of carbs per serving), mushrooms.. Oh well that's about it. And no salt. No sugars. Bit boring? I've been using lots of herbs and garlic powder to have some taste in my food. Also cinnamon on egg whites is ok! I've also cooked my egg whites most if the time in microwave, saves time and you don't need to use oil to cook it! It's not the same than cooking it on the pan but well it's egg whites, it never tastes really good! 

This is one of days menu from last week. Egg whites cooked on a pan with some cinnamon for breakfast and whey protein!

Lunch was minced chicken with long green beans, no salt only garlic and curry. 

Dinner was fish, broccoli, beans, cucumber. Delicious right? No, but it doesn't need to be. It wasn't bad, and it's just fuel for my body not a treat. That's always a good thing to remember. You can enjoy those delicious cheat meals when it's the time but normally it's not ment to be a big celebration for your mouth everytime you eat.

This was my microwave cooked pancake. Two eggwhites, bit of almond milk and baking powder, whey protein. Sam said it looks like space food. Well it tasted like how I would imagine space food tastes like. But it was good snack and it wasn't to bad. 

Last week I was training still really hard and doing lot of cardio. 

This week I've done my workouts bit differently. Couple muscle groups a day and in super sets, also only 3 exercises per group. And without actual brakes. And lots of abs each day! Also I've done lots of sprints!

Last week Friday I didn't have time to go to the gym so I went to train on a yard of school next to us. 

Rocky training music playing I trained, and I was sweating harder than ever at the gym! This is what I did:

-Spot where you can run about 20m and turn and run back again. And then I counted that I've been in the other end 10 times. So it's 20 times 20 meters. 

-Then I found kids climbing thing and did chin-ups with using biceps, to failure.

-step ups on to a chair and a donkey kick with the free leg, 10 times both legs.

-pull ups till failure

-lunges with the back leg on the chair 10 times both legs.

-abs, hang of from the climbing thing or where you did pull-ups and lift your legs straight up. Easier if you choose a place where you have something behind your back to keep it still, but I did it with more challenge with nothing behind me so you need to really use your core to keep you still, 15 reps.

- good morning. Stand up straight, bend down to reach your toes with straight back, lift your upper body up with straight back into 99 degrees and repeat 15 times.

- boxing jumps. Deep squat and jump up, 20.

- push-ups, 20.

And repeat all this 3 times. Took maybe 40 minutes. And I was about to pass out after this! Put all the effort in and it will be a killing workout.!!

Little sneak peak what's gonna be seen in the magazine. My new red bikini!!! I love the bottom part, its crunch bottom or something like that..

Well now I'm gonna stop writing cause I need to try something. I got a wellness bag for couple days to drop bit more water weight before Friday morning. 

I have no idea how it works but it's suppose to do many good things to your body including speed up weight loss and tone up your skin. In Hämeenlinna in Finland where I live you can get these wellness bag treatments in Piukat Paikat, the massager lady there has them. She also rents them for people. I will check the prices tomorrow and tell you guys. I will also take some pics of my process to use it and tell how it felt. :) also I'm gonna write more info about it. I'm so excited!!

I will be back, meanwhile you can eat well and train hard!! If you have passion there is no limits. ;)

Fitness comp and party, check.

Me and Sam left to Helsinki on Saturday around midday, Leo went to have a sleepover with my mum. We were on our way to see Helsinki Fitness competitions cause our friend Victoria from USA (lives in Germany at the moment) was competing in there in model and bikini categories.

 We got there just in time to see her on stage in the bikini category. She was amazing, I knew straight away she would have a good chance to win. 

Weird thing was some of the people were clearly not in good shape, like not just little not in shape, like badly! Looked like they have forgotten their diet? Shocking part was one of them is supposed to be one of the bests in Finland. 

Well anyway Victoria got second in model and won the bikini. She should've won also the model I think. Winner was just skinny, no muscle at all. And in bikini I didn't understand why two Finnish chicks got placed. The one who got second, ok. But third? Really. It would've just been fair that the girls who looked better and who actually looked like they have prepared for the comp would've gotten the third. Not some Finnish chick just cause she is from Finland and she has made some name for herself in this industry already. 

This is a picture of the top three in bikini tall. :)

After the competition we went to have some dinner in Helsinki. And then it was time for the after party in Apollo. 

Here is some pics of me and Sam before we went out. 

Well I didn't really have anything to drink, I had one vodka with Pepsi Max and that's it. We danced, had fun and went home before two, to the hotel I mean. It was great. Got to sleep until 11am and then had to drive back to Hämeenlinna to go get Leo. It was great day and night away from normal life. 

And now I'm home, eating my chicken mince and beans waiting Sam to get home so I can go to the gym!! I'll get back to you guys about my last two weeks of diet before the photoshoot and about training and all bit later.. Now I have to eat so I can lift some shit! :D

Have a nice day!! :)

Getting ready for a photo shoot or getting sick?

So two weeks ago I got a message from a magazine if I would do a shoot with them soon. I couldn't say no, as I've done one with them 5 years ago.. Shit that makes me sound old? and most of the chicks in the magazine are around 18-20years old..well then they said that they want me to be in a cover of Aprils magazine so deadline is before end of March. Well great! So now I had to end my "bulking" phase and start shredding down really quickly!

During first two weeks I dropped 4kg with just eating a lot and right and training really hard! What does this mean?

Chicken, fish, meat.. Protein without lots of fats, so I had mostly fish. Lots of green vegetables like beans, broccoli, onion and garlic for taste, some carrots. No tomatoes! I had some fruit, mainly apples and not that much. No oranges, bananas or grapes. Lots of water with some lemon. Berries and nuts!

And for training it ment as heavy weights as I could use when doing 10-12 reps and 4-6 sets plus lots of cardio. And I really hate cardio!! I will love it again when it's sunny in mornings and I can go do it outside without freezing and I can smell the spring!

Week and a half ago from and after back session!

Week ago training legs on carb day, felt awesome!! 

From Saturday after biceps and abs session! 

I still have a long way to go to be in a competition condition but this photoshoot is luckily different. I'm not even trying to get every little muscle to show. Just trying to look better than five years ago.. Might be hard, I was 19 years old then. But on the other hand, I feel more beautiful now than then. Maybe it's just cause I'm more confident, well let's make that to show in the pictures!

Oh, I was at home spending night by myself on Saturday, Sam was out with his friends and I got Leo to bed.. I cleaned and the I got bored cause normally Sam is always at home with me.

So I had my dinner, Smoked Salmon, some vegetables and low fat greek yoghurt on top of it.

After this I started watching a movie, alone. So I watched Ghost, Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore from 1990, I love that movie, could just watch it over and over again. Well anyway, im terovle watching movies, I always need to have something to snack on. 

So I had cucumber, two carrots cut in to sticks, home made low fat dip sauce and I tried leaders protein snack chips! I have to say, they were quiet good. Not like real chips, not even close, but if you are trying  not to eat those and looking for something healthier to snack.. These were ok! They have a bit of salt but I still have 3 weeks time so a tiny bit won't hurt me, as normally I don't add salt to my food. 

Well now I've been feeling like I'm gonna be sick. And I really, really can't afford to be sick now. First of all I need to stay healthy for Leo, I need to train to get my self in good shape and we are going to Helsinki on Saturday to see our friends from Germany. They are here for the Helsinki Fitness competition. So hopefully we get to see some of it and then we will go out for a little bit. Nice to go out with someone who's diet is just finished when your still dieting, no yummy foods or drinks for me!! well it is my choice so can't blame her. 

Well anyway I just had my natures own medicine-vitamin breakfast. I'm really trying to fight of the flu! 

Chia seed pudding (chia seeds-unsweetened almond milk-honey) with some berries, unsweetened almond milk-black currant-honey smoothie, multivitamin drink and bunch of vitamins and minerals. More smoothies later!

Oh and Leo is doing great, growing fast and being like a real little boy!! 

Here he us with his new beanie and sunnies!! 

And here he is watching a movie with me yesterday as I felt sick and he was bit tired so we watched Frozen, it was maybe the hundredtwentyseventh time we've seen it. 

Leo has also been at the gym with us often now, as Sams mum and sisters left back to Australia and my mum has been working lot so we haven't had a baby sitter. So some of the days we take Leo with us and while other one trains, other one watches Leo and plays with him. He loves it in there. Runs around like crazy, laughs and giggles while running. Happy little man. 

Well I think this is it for this time again. Now I really try to write more often as I noticed again how quick and easy it is with this app!!

Have a great day and week you all!! Stay focused, keep an eye on your goal. Feel good!!