You Need Muscle

There are so many diets out there, promising to help the numbers on the scale drop. The thing is, they work! They all work in some way or another. Even the crazy grapefruit diet, where all you eat is grapefruit for 7 days, works. Here's the problem. Besides being next to impossible to stick to, most diets will make you loose water weight and muscle weight. Therefore, you'll just look like a smaller flabbier version of your old self. Sad, but true. Check out this picture of 2 different women. Both are a size 2, but one looks pretty good, where as the other looks AMAZING!What's the difference? Muscle! Instead of worrying about weight, it's a way better idea to worry about you body fat %. The leaner you are, the hotter you'll look, no matter what your weight. Here's a few reasons why having more muscle mass is WAY healthier.

1. The number 1 reason (haa haa at least for me) is that it looks better. We all know it, muscles (not too much) looks HOT!
2. Studies have shown that people with more fat around their abdomen are more likely to suffer from Type 2 Diabetes than those with lesser body fat around the waist

Read more about The Health Benefits From Having Low Body Fat Levels by 24 Hr Fitnessst

Studies have shown that people with more fat around their abdomens are more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes
3. Reduced risks of developing certain types of cancer
4. Sleep better at night
5. Lower your blood pressure
6. Toxins are stored in fat cells, so less fat = less toxins
7. Reduced risk of heart problems that may arise due to clogged arteries and veins
8. Helps control your blood sugar levels
9. With added muscle comes some additional power and strength. This will help during normal everyday activities.
10. More energy throughout the day
11. The more muscle your body has, the faster your metabolism is. Essentially this means your body burns more calories to do normal functions. Bottom line...a faster metabolism means a better fat burning ability.

So what I'm trying to say is, dieting is ok if you're trying to kick start your body transformation, but the key to getting in shape is to lower your body fat percentage. I'll leave a post later in how to do this.

Me Ka Aloha
- Elisabeth

Morning walk

I just got back from my 6,5k morning walk and the weather could not be better... unfortunately the exclamationmark key is not working so forgive my lack of enthusiasm ;) I must say I feel very blessed to have the oppertunety to live in such a beautiful place. I have some pictures from my morning walk to show you but it does not do the truth justice.

We have also welcomed the newest and smallest member to our family. Say hi to little Milo. He is a papillon/chihuahua and I am going to train him to walk my 6,5k walk but his short legs needs to get worked up :)

Starvation Diet

Ok.. so after being a food sinner for almost 2 weeks I am back on track with my dietshakes doing damage control.. I gained like 5lbs (what!?) when my guest were here.. OOPS!
I am back doing morning walks b4 breakfast and I am always hungry!
The 2 past night I have been having trouble falling asleep cuz I am so hungry... No pain no gain I guess...

Well... its time for my morning walk so I am of for now....

See you on the slim side

xoxo Hungry Girl

Lifesavers

ok.. its now 12pm and I am already closing in on desperate mode... I had some herbal tea earlier (a lifesaver when on a diet) and that helped a little bit... very little... I skipped my 10 ó clock shake and just had a ready to drink one insted. This is going to be hard... 14 days...I can do it! I hope...

Another lifesaver is diet soda. I know it´s full of nastiness lite foodcoloring and perservatives but once you are deserate you´ll take what you can! Like Diet Pesi och Diet Coke.. Those are my 2 best friends during nightshifts. How else am I supposed to stay awake with only 600 kalories a day? Well my job is good for one thing. It includes a lot of walking. I have a step counter in my phone and from 12am to 7am i had taken 3500 steps and thats pretty good for being in the middle of the night so once I take my evening walk on 7k I have filled up my 10 000 steps a day :) Well, last week I skipped my walk cuz I went shopping and when I came home I had taken 10 000 steps while shopping! Retail Fitness my friends!

Remeber!

All exersice is good exersice!