So yesterday was a bit depressing. I felt like all my energy had been wasted on nothing.
But the great thing with new days is that they are a new chance to do begin again! I started the day with a bowl of yoghurt, some raspberries and boyfriend made granola. 
I love when he makes me granola. This one has toasted oats, chia seeds, quinoa puffs, almonds and dark chocolate… mmm soo yummy…. Now work, and then an hours session at the gym 💪 I will, I can, I shall conquer the treadmill.
Training is hard, it’s tough, time consuming and painful (even if most people say that muscle soreness is a good type of pain). Training for a goal somehow seems even tougher. Now I have the possibility to actually disappoint myself, to not reach my goal. Every small set back feels like a huge one, every unreached goal feels like a failure. Yet all we can do is dust ourselves off and try again, try a little harder, give it just a little bit more.
This past week has been filled with disappointments. I feel like I’ve been giving my all on my treadmill runs yet I can’t get under 40 mins for a 5km run. I have blisters that are painful and ab crunches just still feel weird after the surgery. Moreover I did another body analysis to see if I’ve gained any muscle or improved my water intake and lost any weight, and those results were also disappointing. I’m on the same muscle mass as before – aka. I have no arm muscles what so ever. I’ve gained weight… (?) 🤷🏽♀️
Still despite these things I feel stronger, I feel faster, slimmer, more aware of my mobility. I’m grateful for my body and all of it can, for my mind not giving up when things seem tough…
I wish I could say that the disappointment just disappears when contemplating the fact that I do feel stronger, it doesn’t… but we continue… tomorrow despite muscle soreness I will run! Tomorrow I’ll continue eating healthy and drinking a lot of water, I mean one day those numbers and all the time and effort put in will have to be something else but disappointing right?
I’m running a half marathon!
Yesterday was the last day to pay for the registration…which I did and then I received the confirmation. The 7th of September I will run 21km…twenty one! Right now I’m running 4,8km (1mile) in 40 mins, actually quite shitty but… and this is an important but: I have 28 weeks to train!
Most of the training plans I find for finishing a half marathon in 2:30 are for 12 weeks so if I start there I have another 12 weeks to prepare the rest!
I’m motivated, excited and a slightly cold 🥶!
194 days to go!
A long time ago a man I was starting to fall I love with said those words, and every once in a while I’m struck by how right he was…is. Don’t really remember the context my boyfriend used for this but every time I do something that I’m uncomfortable with I think of him saying it and smile and think, what the hell I can do it!
So networking is hard! Specially when most people there already know each other and might only be there for the seminar, but I felt I did ok! Like objectively I could’ve tried a bit harder but I’m glad I went to the seminar yesterday despite maybe not meeting too many new people (which I guess is the aim of a networking event).
I learned about digitalization and the problems with security that it entails, but also the solutions and positive it brings. It was so interesting to hear the VP of employer branding from Siemens Rosa Riera speak about how the role of employer and employee has changed and the challenges that has come with that!
It was really empowering to listen to three power women in their own respect talk about the challenges of getting females into the tech industry! Just all in all I’m so happy that I went and pushed myself to do something that is out of my comfort zone, and who knows next time I might even dare to speak to more people!
I wish I was going on holidays soon, like not the spa trip in the end of February but a loooong holiday at the beach somewhere. Not that I’m not looking forward to the spa, I am, I really am! I just wish I had something bigger to look forward to, and this despite my fear of flying.
Good thing is though that since I don’t have any plans I can spend my days working out so I can be fit whenever this vacation happens…ugh Monday blues
I’m finally back to work, despite maybe not feeling on top you sometimes just have to get through with one day to feel good again.
Luckily my first day back at work welcomed me with a stunning blue sky, which admittedly made things easier. 
After work I did something that is a challenge for me: I signed up for a lecture in digitalization at the danish consulate. Why the struggle you might ask? Well I usually end up feeling awkward and skipping events where I’m completely alone, but this time I will go and I will enjoy!
For dinner we made zucchini fritters with sweet potatoes, leftover feta cheese cream and avocado salad
And my boyfriend entertained himself with Fortnite while I studied some German and did a face mask… all in all a very productive day
I love cooking. Taking many different parts and making it a whole. Combining flavors into this symphony of taste.
I mean I really loose cooking. I also notice though that when I have an off-phase I also don’t love cooking as much. The question of what to eat becomes heavy and exhausting and then just as easy as it left it comes back, the enthusiasm for trying something new. This whole not training thing has got me in a rut but then Sunday I just woke up with this need to cook so I made pancakes for breakfast and then set some ribs to marinade.
Forgot the sugar when making the pancakes but we managed to fix them. The ribs on the other hand… wow! I finally got to use “craving” by Chrissy Tiegen and damn! It was so finger licking good! Together with some sweet potatoes mash and wild rice and boyfriend made aji (Peruvian spicy salsa) and it was just amazing. 
Finally had the surgery and now I’m not allowed to train for four weeks which weirdly enough is the only thing I want to do. I thought I was ready for these upcoming 4 weeks of laziness but honestly I’m just extremely bored.
So far I’ve just been working a bit from home, watching movies I’ve seen a thousand times and gone on short walks. To be honest I do realize why it’s not wise to work out… I’m exhausted by my short walks to the store to buy me something to eat. Anyways I’ve signed up for a 10km run in June. A great step towards those 21km in September. Hopefully next week I’ll have more energy and be able to go on longer walks. 
I’ve been away for a couple of days now… literally and not so literally. I mean I have always had my phone on but we’ve been going from one place to another so I haven’t had time to update, and there are some updates.
First of all…the trip to Riga was fantastic! I had such a great time…seriously where ever we went we were the ones laughing our asses off, and I’ve experienced so much new food, flavours I wouldn’t have dared to try before and basically had alcohol every day of the trip (something my tattoo probably will make me regret…nah…it hasn’t been that bad… im just guessing It will take an extra day before it is all healed up). Any ways my point is… That I am now back home…happier than I was before…and isn’t that really the point of it all?
I’ll write a Review of my Riga trip in the coming days with some tips on what do to and eat if you ever go there.
What else… oh yeah…we were driving to the house a couple of days ago when I got a call from an unfamiliar nr. It was what I think is my supervisor at the Danish Company. They are going to Berlin on Sunday for a company get together and asked if I would want to tag along, as it is a good way to get to know everybody and the company as well… Its strange because in my gut…I still feel this might not be the best choice, but you have to take the opportunities you get right?
Yesterday to top it off I got an email from one of the jobs I’ve applied for like A MILLION years ago saying that they would want me for an internship position with them. Or rather for an interview for that position. So now Im just waiting for a set date for the interview, cuz one should take all opportunities one gets… Isn’t typical…you hear nothing…and then you hear from them all…
Today Im gonna hang out in my PJs all day…oh no…I have to buy food and do the laundry but besides that… PJs all the way…
Peace out!
Last year today I was ready to go out and drink and dance and take pictures of people throwing confetti everywhere. Considering how warm it is today compared to last year I should be more excited this year, but honestly I think this Fashing will be spent making a good dish of some sort and eat it with a glas of wine or something… In other words nothing extraordinary.
Last year after Fashing I got sick… So I want to avoid that since I’m leaving to colder temperatures in less then a week, and I need to be well for that!
I should make breakfast now and have something to eat cuz I’m hungry but I’m also quite lazy Hahahah… No seriously now it’s time for breakfast
Since I have no pictures of today I give you a pic of Munich from Saturday 
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