Aaaaargggghhhhhh!!!!!

MO:
The leading subject in today´s GP was breastfeeding. You can read the full article here.
I was SO, SO MAD after having read it that my hands were shaking.
I have read the study that the journalist is referring to.
It does NOT investigate the effects of breastfeeding as a singled out phenomenon, but as one out of three "lifestyle"-factors. The other two are: smoking and living in a damp environment.
It does NOT show that breastfeeding on its own makes any difference to whether you get asthma before the age of 8. It does show that babies who were breastfed AND lived in a smoking free home, that did not suffer from dampness ran a slightly lower risk of having asthma. Hello?
Like one reader mentions in the comment field, there has not been any proof of a positive linkage between breastfeeding and not developing asthma in a large number of studies (with more subjects than in the BAMSE-study), but there has been strong linkage between growing up with smokers and becoming asthmatic.
What really freakin´upset me the most was the tone of the article, the "Breastmilk is Best" headline and the "wonderful": "Just understand that breastfeeding is all about not giving up".
WHAT?!
Oh, just like being overweight is just about not giving up, you mean?

It is hard enough being a new mother.
It is hard enough making the right choices - for you and your baby.
Besserwissers like said journalist should not be allowed to increase the pressure, especially when all "scientific data" is completely taken out of its context.

Added at 22.50pm (because I´m still that MAD):

"...Andra måste ta sig igenom månader av tårar, blödande bröstvårtor, tillägg och flera timmar långa amningssessioner, innan amningen funkar som den ska.
Men när det väl lossnar är det ofta värt varenda tår och tandagnisslan. Det är bara att inse att amning ofta handlar om att inte ge upp. Om att tro på sig själv. Och på sin förmåga att ge sitt barn det allra bästa."

Jo, tjena.
Det är lätt att förstå att den här ledaren är skriven av någon som inte har en ANING om hur det är när amningen INTE fungerar.

När du sitter där och gråter så hela kroppen skakar, riktigt fulgråter med ansiktet ihopskrynklat och sammandraget, med snoret hängandes under nästippen för att i nästa stund skrika rakt ut i förtvivlan och smärta i ett vrål som förvrider ditt ansikte och skrämmer vettet ur ditt hungriga barn som du för mot din såriga, blodiga bröstvårta och när smärtar skär genom ditt bröst och din kropp som tusen trubbiga rakblad och får dig att skaka och tänka "Gode Gud, när kommer detta ta SLUT?!", samtidigt som du HATAR dig själv för att du tror att du inte ger ditt barn det han behöver mest, näring och närhet, för det är ju det alla har talat om för dig: hur viktigt det är för barnets BÄSTA och barnets HÄLSA att du ger honom av mjölken som din kropp har producerat för INGET alternativ till detta är ju gott nog.... är det då, just i det ögonblicket som det "bara är att inse att amning ofta handlar om att inte ge upp" ?

Hard but fun

Back to work 2day :)
I've been looking fw to it A LOT!!!
But still I couldn't get my ass out of bed this morning... Hm weird...

Final details on the studio, the mirror is coming 2morrow, some props stil not in place and the BIG Grande finale might arrive next week - jihooo!

Part of me is the perfectionist who doesn't want to let people in before it is al PERFECT, but then again will it ever be?

So I've decided to welcome my first privates this week :)

Now off to Gymnasium with Mo to lift some heavy stuff and then yummy HOT MOJO :)

R u back yet?

Love Jo




- Jo flowing om The IPhone :)

Stupidity

MO:

With all due respect to the family of the deceased:
HOW utterly stupid can man get?

I mean, WHO on earth came up with the idea in the first place:
A World Championship in SAUNA bathing???

"Oh, let´s have a competition...who can sit and fry for the longest time in the hottest place?"
"YEAH! GREAT idea!"
"..and let the man with the brain that cooks the slowest win!"
"YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, even BETTER!"
Okidoki.

Loppis

Everything goes!
U got 3 hours to come down here and grab some ;)


- Jo flowing om The IPhone :)

Queen of the Hood

MO:
Thank you for the amazing company and great laughs at today´s flea market, JO and A!
(Not to mention afterwards... :))
It would NOT have been possible without you guys.
There are some FUNNY, HILARIOUS but also sad stories from this, rather different experience...

Now, I´m dead.
Dead tired, but very ALIVE.
I´ve Feng Shuied my wardrobes, the storage, the office, the drawers, the attic - basically all the places where you can gather stuff and - it feels GOOOOOD!
A new start, a new beginning.

Have a bustin´Saturday night, friends!

4 o'clock

In the morning....



Almost, it sure feels like it...

Amazing day! Woke up feeling comsicomsa but after the workout - thanks a million times guys - I sure had more energy. Isn't it amazing that giving away energy gives u more :)

The studio is almost ready jihaaa! Working in there for almost 10h today and after that down to the basement to sort out the stuff for the loppis, and let me tell u it will BE cowabunga !!!!

The guys are making cocktails but after one I'm in the sofa chillin, enjoying the view whilst internally imagining about 2morrow :)

Yum

Hope to see u there sat or sun!

Love Jo

- Jo flowing om The IPhone :)

Kill me slowly

MO:
Sometimes I wonder if I´m sane.
Like this morning, I woke Robin up at 8am to be at the gym at 8.45 for a true "GRISpass"...
Thank you again, Björn, for bringing all your gear and pushing us through a fantastic, awfully WONDERFUL, bloody, damn HARD circuit session!

My body will certainly feel it for the next 48h and I´ll treasure every moment of it...so totally NOT sane...

JO showing the ropes

FULL focus

SuperSTRONG Stina (wo)man - handling a Bulgarian

SNYGGE-Marie and a sandbag

Björn snatching that Bulgarian

Christine - not only flexible, but also POWERFUL

GO JOOOOOO!
(She´s so hot!)

For the last round I gave the heavy sandbag a try. And yes. It was heavy.

Thanks also to Tobbe & Meher for joining, and Martin B for the photos.

Saturday 7 August, 10.00 -15.00

MO:

.... MOJO will be here:

NOT glamorous, but who cares? I can´t wait to haggle with ze Public...

- Blingblinged from my iPhone

Loppis

MO:

A fraction of the stuff that I'm selling on Saturday.
The Timberland boots are never worn (they still got the original price tag)...

Moonboots, winter jackets, snowboard pants, handbags, silk scarves....

More jackets, more pants, suede pillows, a blazer...

What friends are for...

MO:
WHAT a start of the DAY!

After having weird difficulties falling asleep last night, I got up at 1am to evaluate yoga DVDs until 3.15am...Finally fell asleep around 4am....

The alarm went off at 7.00 and believe it or not, I managed to have a SMASHING beginning of the day, much thanks to superstar JO!

30 minutes of: Squats - deadlifts - rows - and overhead squats, followed by heavier squats and deadlifts.

1h of yoga,

and THEN a hilariously hard session consisting of Bulgarian Bags/Rope and bungy-running.

Big heads up to Björn Gebenius from FORM Visby, who brought ALL his play things the whole way from Gotland! Now, that´s what I call dedication!

Looking forward to sweat it out for real this Friday with Björn, Christine and JoJo.

Friends are for support, training, sweating, shopping, planning,

brainstorming, drinking coffee, giggling, gossiping

and of course: hugging!

(amongst other things)

Met up with another tiger for coffee straight after the workout.

Now more tidying and Gosh, emptying the last wardrobes for shoes, handbags and clothes going on SALE on Saturday...

Enjoy the day, darlings!

Comparisonasana

Comparisonasana We have received numerous reports about yogis incurring neck injuries during their practice, due to their habit of straining to see what other yogis are doing in a pose. To prevent unnecessary neck strain, and to give full attention to the ego-boosting or ego-deflating comments running through your mind, we recommend coming out of the pose you are performing and immediately assuming comparisonasana, which is basically whatever position gives you the best view of the entire classroom (or just the super bendy person in the back row). Please be aware the frequent performance of comparisonasana will not make you many friends in your yoga class, and can severely disrupt your own practice. Therefore, it is recommended that you practice this pose as infrequently as possible, but with full awareness when you feel the need to compare. Please notice the effect that making these comparisons has on your state of mind, and adjust the frequency of comparisonasana accordingly.


Have a BEAUTIFUL Day Yogis and Yoginis!

See u at the LOOPIS this weekend :?

LOVE JO

I love running 2

Or at least I am one of those who would love to love running!!!

Went for a 8k run tonight and after 3k's I had to lie down in the forrest, was up with that:?!!!

Can it be the olive oil ;)

Bed time now as I am of to an early killer session with fab Mo in the morning!

Love my Mo!

Sweet dreams Jo


- Jo flowing om The IPhone :)

From chaos comes order

MO:

This is what I´ve been doing most of the day.

Tidying the office. And I mean REALLY tidying out the office: putting papers into holders, throwing out old stuff, going through receipts, indexing one million different invoices/participant lists/manuals etc etc.

As I am one helluva multi-tasker (or ADHD-sorter-outer, you choose, I just CANNOT stick to only tidying - why is that???) I had to answer emails, send out confirmations, sort out my wardrobe, print invoices, take phone calls AND hoover the apartament, at the same time...

Catharsis was reached around 5pm.

Damn it felt GOOD to have a SUPER tidy office! And do you know what the great thing is?

On Saturday (yes, this coming Saturday 7 August), me and JOJO are going to KOMMERSEN to sell SO MUCH STUFF!

Just the amount of clothing and shoes is enough to open a shopping mall!!!

Soooo, if you´re a size small/36 in clothes - some hoods and jackets in medium/38 - and a EUR38 in shoes, you should DEFINITELY come by. :)

- Blingblinged from my iPhone

Midnight BLUE

Is the colour of the STUDIO :)

Jihooo

After sweet flowin days with family in the south (both A's and mine) we had a slooooooow start in the STUDIO today.

How is it possible that sleeping can be soo nice:?

I DO believe that one can work say for 6months HARD as h.... and then sleep it all back during a month or so :)

It works for ME :)

What do you think about this colour?


I just drank 2 teaspoons of olive oil... YUK


Ask me why?

Sweet dreams Jo

Why I ♥ Running

MO:
Here goes...

I chose between a tough session in the gym or a long, slow run. As the skies cleared in the afternoon, the choice was easy.

An 8.5k run in the forest. Yummy!

Except for one thing... as I was going to check the pace/distance at the end of those 8.5k, this is what I saw:

#*^###%¤"@!!!! I´d lost my NIKE Sportband chip during the run!!!

I´ve decided NOT to loose my mood because of this little 700SEK hick-up, so here is the real reason of today´s blog post: Why I ♥ Running...

- It´s one of the purest forms of movement. (Wo)man has run since s/he could walk upright.

- There is NO way you can cheat! You´re either running or you´re not, simple as that.

Once you´re on the go it´s just you: your heart, your lungs, your legs and your bodyweight.

- It´s cheap (well, as long as you don´t go overboard with the gadgets...or...erhm...loose said gadgets in the forest....). The only thing you really NEED is a good pair of shoes, no matter if your taste says fully cushioned or 5fingers.

- It can be done from where you are. You don´t have to transport yourself to get started.

- It can be done any time. In the morning. At lunchtime. In the evening. Perfect for a toddler mother.

Add stress relief, weight management, creator´s buzz and runners high into the equation and what have you got? A perfect training form, must be?

What do you think?

For Date night:

Cropped khaki pants - Designer´s Remix

Long fitted Granpa shirt - minus

Necklace - Hoss

Belt - Pinko

Shoes - KG

Handbag - my old road racer turned into a Mulberry Bayswater

monikabjorn.se

MO:

Thanks to Jessica, monikabjorn.se is now up and running.

Thank you girlfriend for an awesome job, you are truly amazing.

Please feel free to have a look around and let me know what you think...