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!! 

In Body measuring..

So I had in body measuring done a week ago. I have to recommend it to everyone with some kinda goals in your training. I don't even mean goals like competing just goals to look good, be healthy, have a balanced body.

It tells you everything. Fat present and amount of fat in kilos, amount of water and muscle. And what is normal for your age and size. It tells you amount of muscle you have in both arms, so you will know are they balanced. Same thing for legs. And it will tell you the amount of muscle in your mid section. You get numbers about it and also it shows it on a scale less than normal, normal, more than normal.. (Normal = average ) it will also tell you if your getting enough of protein, minerals and water. You will also see what would be your ideal weight and where to loose it if you have something to loose. 

I think it's amazing.

It's crazy cause until now after I had Leo my legs have always been really strong and muscly but now it seems to be the way that my legs and mid section are in a level normal and my arms have more muscle than is normal for my size. I have never had arm muscles before! And I also found out that my left arm is bit stronger than right one, just so little though that you can't see it.. I would've not known this.. And my fat present is 24 now so I still need to loose some fat but that is my goal for before summer.. I am gonna get this thing done again  begin of the summer. 

Lets see how I do ;)

Oh and I got some photos from a photo shoot I did in December.. Here is a pic I took with my phone of the photo what was in our computer.. 

Maybe I can still do this shit? 

Have a nice rest of the week you all! 

New year and new me, really?

How annoying is it that every year when the year starts everyone promises to change their ways of eating and start doing sports, go to gym etc. Why can't you just do that middle of the year? First two weeks to month gym is full of people who are trying to fit into their new life. Sadly most of them quit really soon cause they get lazy and they don't see results right now like they would want to.

Well to start a new year and to be healthier, get fitter, eat better you need dedication. You need to understand it is a new life style and not just a new hobby you wanna try for a moment. But the truth is, it won't work for everyone. Some people just like to eat to much and some are just to lazy. But it's really up to you, you can decide to eat healthy good food instead of all the rubbish. You can decide to wake up and be happy, go for a walk or so and get more energy. And soon you can look at your self and look great, also feel great!

 I could say I love food!! But I just had to make a decision after I had Leo I will eat healthy and try to make healthy to taste good. Sometimes I allow treats but mainly it's healthy food to get fuel to have energy to train and play with Leo. 

Well anyway, I went to gym on New Year's Eve and Leo came with me. He was with Sam while I did my workout.

Here Leo is sitting at the lounge of the gym and wondering where did mummy bring him. We started at a new gym a while ago and it's Leos first time.

Leo playing at the gym..

Chest day it is! First I was doing some chest press, I like to do it with dumbbells, it's better than a bar or a machine I think cause you need to control your movement more.

Couple random pictures.. Bench press is obviously just one of the exercises I do on chest day, for example I also do incline bench press, cable crossovers and in the picture starting dips. 

New Year's Day we had a day of from the gym.. Then we have been training normally again.

I've started to do couple new thing in my program and after a time off from doing cardio now I'm doing that again. Oh how I hate cardio, just have to find out away to enjoy it. It is just to boring.. But well it is just something I must to do.

Oh how horrific my leg day was on Saturday, I'm still like a penguin in slow motion. :/ 

80meters of lounges holding weights on hands, heavy squats, leg press etc. Sam knows what he is doing. 

Now I'm excited and waiting for Thursday, I'm gonna have in body measuring done, so I will know exact amount of fat, muscle, water, bone.. And how much it's in each side etc. so exciting! Then I can get it done again closer to summer.

Have to go back to new year resolutions for a moment.. Year ago I promised I would lose weight and get fit and be 49kg on our wedding party day. I did it!! I also promised to love my husband and son each day more than the day before.. Done, easy.

This year I promised to love my husband and son every day more than the day before, again.

I promised to train even harder and not get lazy after reaching a goal. Cause now I don't have any exact goal with my weight, my goal is to look stunning. And I'm sure that no matter how good I look I will always find something to train, make it bigger, fitter, smaller, anything. I'm gonna be reaching for perfection. It is a long journey, it will take years but every year I'm gonna do this same promise and keep on with my project.

I also promised to cherish every moment. Beauty of the life comes from those little moments, and so easily we forget to cherish them. So please remember that the most beautiful things are the little thing in life.

Here some motivation pictures I like to watch for you guys!

After leg day!

So I'm just doing a quick update after leg day... I trained legs yesterday and god they are sore now! I have been doing different kinda training couple weeks now to shock my body a bit cause I've been feeling like my muscles are not actually responding to my normal training lately. So my husband told me to try GVT ( German volume training) for couple weeks. It means I'm doing just couple main exercises for each muscle group but I'm doing ten sets of ten, with a weight I could do barely do 20 reps in a row. So example in leg days I'm doing 100 squats all together.. I'm using just 45kg weights to do them but 100 reps isn't still easy, and man I can feel it working. I've done this now for 4 weeks, after this week I will go back to doing heavy weights again and lower reps and sets, lets see if I can do heavier weights now, that would be the plan. 

Today I trained back, but before hitting the gym I had to take couple pics of my legs.

 They have always been the body part I'm quite proud of, I am trying to get a bigger butt though. After doing 10 years of figure skating my legs are quite strong. During those years we never did squats with weights just leg press and squats without weights, so squats were a new thing to me when I started training almost a year ago. Squats are amazing! My ass was so small earlier, it's not big now either but it's bigger, and it jiggles :D

Left pic is from May 2012 when I was 8 weeks pregnant and right pic is from about month ago.

So if someone isn't doing squats already, start doing them now, do low reps and lots weights! ;)

Well this was just a quick update now, I will write more of these couple times a week now when I've got this blogger app so it's quicker and easier..

Have a nice weekend you all! 

Soon its november?

So, the time has just been flying past, I have actually no idea where has all the time gone! 

Well if you remember I had a goal to be 49kg for our wedding party, and I can now happily tell you that I really did it! The morning of our wedding on 6th of July I was 49kg and so damn proud! 

Well after our wedding I had a well deserved week of from training and I ate everything to, felt kinda nice but sooo weird at the same time, going to the gym is a routine for me so it was actually hard to stay out of the gym. 

Well summer ended and now I have been trying to just build some more muscle. I was really dry the day of our wedding so this is why I was so light then. Now I have been eating more so I have lots of energy to do my workouts, so I'm bit heavier now.. And I'm trying to get some more muscle weight to. I even got bit to heavy during the time my friend from Australia was in Finland, I love good food and all sweets and salty stuff.. So during her stay in here I gained a bit more weight what I wanted to but all that has been dropped off again. 

I'm so happy my ass has been growing now, I had a tiny tight but before I got pregnant but now it's actually starting to be bigger and rounder, yeij! :)

This picture is from may, and the below one is from couple weeks ago, can you see the difference?

And here is when i was 3 months pregnant.. and couple weeks ago.

Leo has gotten so big and has just started to take some steps to! It is so cute! 

Now I'm starting to write shorter and quicker updates into here, and those yummy sugar free treat recipes to! Also I am going to try write some updates from gym and tell something from my workout routines! 

This is just couple weeks ago after I just finished my triceps and shoulder workout. You know that you shouldn't be training triceps and biceps during a same workout session? ;)

Stay tuned! Have a great weekend you all! :)