Category: Life

I started my Saturday morning with watching the walk of shame parade of Stockholm on my way to Yoga practice at 8.30 am. After 90 minutes of great yoga I headed home to load up my car and drive to cable with my friend Martin. Once there, the line was massive so we chilled for an hour watching the European Cable Championship. Congrats to Michaela, Judith and David who all got silver in their division! (:
Then followed a couple of hours of riding in mixed weather of rain, sun, storm and calm water. I had a great time though but completely worn out now. If I have the energy I’ll go back tomorrow as well, cable is fun!

Just made this cake with only fruit, berries and nuts as ingredients. It is so yummie! (:

Wow, yesterday was the toughest day so far. From the start I feelt like I had no energy and really nauseous. I guess it’s true what they say about every session being different. The feeling afterwords is still so sweet though! Every time I leave the studio I can’t stop smiling. Even if it during the sesh yesterday took me both sweat and tears to make it through I can’t help it. These 5 days have teached me so much about my body and about my mind. My body is so much stronger than my mind think it is so whenever those voices in my head start pushing “you can’t do this, just let go early, it’s too heave” I chose not to listen to them and push through anyways. My body CAN do it, if it can’t it will say so by collapsing. Most of the times it’s our heads telling us we can’t do it so we choose not to. I’m not saying that I win over my “voices” all the time. Sometimes I let them win. Actually probably most of the times they do, but I’ve started to defy them and the feeling when I do is the one that makes these sessions worthwhile.

Wow, that was a really messy blog-post but here’s a pic that I found which says it all. haha

I had lunch with my dad yesterday. The good part about eating this healthy is that the pictures of my food look awesome! Hope you don’t get sick of seeing vegetables. (;

After my first day it feels like the sessions are getting easier every time. Sure some positions still makes me wanna throw up after a few seconds trying to hold them but I don’t get that overwhelming feeling of panic anymore. I can also feel myself stretch more and more every time. I’m really enjoying changing my diet as well. Maybe it’s just in my head but only after 4 days I feel a big difference in my energy level and my skin looks nicer.

Todays breakky: Smoothie of mixed raspberries, one banana, soy milk and then topped with some buckwheat crunch.

Since I can’t ride right now I’m stalking the hell out of the wakeboarding world and here’s a few edits that deserves to be watched! Amazing riding!

Meagan Ethell

Amongst other great riders, my homie Mattias Hoppe

Wakeboarding really is stepping up these days, also with girls like Meagan and Angelica shredding! Now I really can’t wait to get back on my board!

Deciding to go for the afternoon session yesterday was a big mistake. Met some friends during the day and ran some errands but in the back of my head I was dreading when the clock would strike 4 and I would be back trying to survive. When I did enter the room however, it felt like the temperature was lower than I imagined. And when the session started I felt that I had much more strength than the day before. Before I knew it the last pose was there and the instructor told us “that was 90 minutes of yoga, good work everyone”.
I think this was possibly because  ever since the first pass I’ve been eating and drinking a lot better, like this mornings start with fresh fruit, buckwheat and some soy milk. Now off to morning yoga sesh, hopefully I’ll survive this as well (:

 

“I am going to die”. Litterally those words went through my head as I after 15 minutes in lye sweating on my yoga mat. But I didn’t! The 90 minutes of a really hard work out combined with the 40 degree room made me both want to run away, throw up and pass out. But I didn’t. Instead I ignored the voices in my head telling me “You can’t do this” and the panic I felt of my heart beating super fast due to the heat and completed my first ever Bikram Yoga session.

When I described this to someone he said that it sounds like a “cruel form of torture” and to be honest, for a few minutes it’s exactly what I thought it felt like. The upside of this, though, was the feeling I got when it was over. When I realized that no matter how hard my mind kept telling me “this is impossible” I still went through with it! There are few times when I’ve been as proud of myself and as happy as I was right after the session ended. And wow, am I sore today!

My next session is today at 4 and this time I know what I can expect. My brother says that the second time was the worst so we will see if he was right!

After the past few weeks of competing and being on the road I feel like my body needs a break. After eating badly (like the ice cream diet) and partying a bit too hard it’s time for a clean slate. That’s why I’m starting my Bikram Yoga Project tomorrow. 10 days of cleaning out the toxins from my body by sweating it out! To make this “my personal detox” I’ve also decided think about what I’m eating for these 10 days. I want to stick to as much Raw Food as I can and completely exclude alcohol, sugar, wheat, caffeine, yeast and any animalistic products from my diet. It’s going to be very interesting to see how my body reacts to this and I can’t wait to break all the bad habits I’ve gotten myself into. I’ll let you know how it goes (: