New diet

Last week I desided to let my trainer at Budz Boot Camp training center make me a diet plan. I have been thinking about doing this for over a year now but have always convinced myself that I must be able to do it on my own.

I am so glad that I finally decided to do this. I have recived some awesome guidelines and good support from my trainer, but most of all it has been a great eye opener as to how to put together my meals according to my goals. My goal is to get my fat pct. down while keeping my muscle mass and in order to do this, my diet has to include a lot of protein, also I should not have carbs in the morning - that way my body will learn to use fat as a fuel.

I have to say I am amazed how much I have to eat every day to keep up the recommended number of calories. And it is not boring food, I am really preparing some great meals as which I have recorded in the picturs below.

Icelandic Skyr with almonds, blueberries and Maple syrup

Chicken with pesto genovese and sweet potatos and sellery "fries"

Shrimps, avocado and eggs with lime juice 

Asian chiken and Quinoa salat with a little bit of lemon oil that gives the salad an awesome taste 

A lot of Proteins & Carbs bars that tast like candy 

Wholegrain tortilla with beef and salat

Protein Pancakes with syrup, blueberries and dark cokcolate

And of course there is room for a little bit of heaven once in a while ;)

Valentino rockstud

 Today I came across these awesome Valentino ballerinas in the latest issue of Eurowoman. The studs on the shoes spoke right to the punk side in me - oh yes I do have a punk side.  In highschool my friends used to call me Alda Punk as I did always add a little bit of punk to my outfit like leather bracelets or belts with studs .... among other tings. Immediately I went online to find the shoes and oh my!!! The selections of the Valentino Rockstud collection is endless. I am in love!   

Hairstyles

I love to experiment with braids when I do my daughters hair - they are not as eagerly excited about it as I am, but as soon as I am done they are always happy with the result. Recently I started following a Facebook page called CuteGirlsHairstyles and the beautiful pictures on the page are so inspirational. 

Stripes

Stripes have been in for a while now and are just becoming more and more popular in my opinion.   The classic striped shirt as we know it is called the Breton shirt which was introduced as a uniform for the French navy in 1858. Later on it became more of a working garment for the mariners. Inspired by the french sailors, Coco Chanel added the design to her collection in 1917 and introduced a working class garment as a high fashion item. Some of the style icons that wore the shirts and made it famous were Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and James Dean. Many brands have been inspired and have included the classic striped shirt as standard item in their collections, like the Danish brand Mads Nørregaard, but the most famous one to do so is probably Jean Paul Gaultier. 

Source: wikifashion.com 

Today the selection of clothing with stripes is endless, this season I see more items with coloured stripes. I prefer the classic blue stripes, and here are some of my favourites ... 

  

Lollyslaundry

Lollyslaundry

Mads Nørregaard

Mads Nørregard

Mads Nørregaard

Mads Nørregard

Mads Nørregaard

 

Second Female

Second Female

Denim

Denim is coming back this season... at least in my closet.

I just ordered this long denim shirt from Only - such a perfect match with a pair of leggings.  I saw this shirt a few weeks ago as I walked past the store in a local shopping centre, but did not have the time to take a closer look. As the weeks passed, I could not get the shirt out of my mind (so typically me) and of course when I finally had the time to go back to the store the shirt was sold out. As I got home I went straight online and bought the last one in my size ... happy happy happy :)

And then I finally gave in and bought this  pair of awesome denim jeans from Tiger of Sweden Jeans. I have had my eye on them for a while as well. I had tried them on couple of times, but always found them a little bit too expensive. But when you heart is set on something - why try to fight it ! The jeans are high in waist and they stretch and that is always a good thing when you have a fabulous tummy after having had two children :)