Finally

MO:

Had a tough day after yet another night of bad sleep.

Thankfully, filling the day with energizing students, lovely friends (thanks C & JOJO!) and my rockin´PT, more than helped to get me through my waking hours.

I´ve reached one of my part goals with the lifting. I´ve started to even out the MAJOR differences between my left and right trapezius and rhomboids. Details, details some might think, but I know what such an imbalance can do to the rest of the body, both in everyday life but also in your training. If you saw the clip I uploaded a couple of months ago, you will really be able to tell the difference in my back in today´s mini-movie.

We filmed the new Hot MOJO sequence this afternoon. O.M.G it will ROCK da HOUSE!

I´m very proud of both the new Hot series, but also LOVE the new MOJO Yoga - which will reach clubs in January 2011!

Tomorrow: Robin and admin work. If I in any way could persuade my 1 1/2 year old that a lie in is the new black, I´d be extatic. Good luck with that.

Getting our GROOVE on

MO:
I joined Misty this morning in her GROOVE class at Gymnasium.
It was awesome to see the transformation in the group, going from slightly stiff to living it out fully, Misty-style.
This woman has an amazing gift to get people feeling comfortable and beautiful in their own skin.

Ps. If you missed the class today, you´ll have a second chance tomorrow at 12.00pm!

With gorgeous friend and dedicated GROOVer: Misty Tripoli

Laying some ground "rules" in the beginning of class: Be yourself and follow your OWN body groove, don´t be "boring" and do what anyone else is doing... Break out of the box...

The whole yummy crew of Gymnasium´s AMAZING GROOVers!

- Blinged from my iPhone

Vanity gone wrong

MO:

I love skin products. Even if I have the most incredibly sensitive skin.
I have learned with time that the more a product smells, the less likely I am to be able to wear it.

Also, products that gives "medical results" equals death for my face.
Last time I visited the beautician, we almost had a row. She wanted me to book an appointment for an acid treatment (to "treat" some dark pigmentation that I aquired during pregnancy).
I said no. She said "You should". I said no way. She said it was "necessary". I said NEVER - in a raised voice. She looked perplexed. And then went: "Let´s not argue about it".
I nodded and we dropped the subject.

I´ve tried AHA-acid once before.
It made my face look like I was carrying second degree burns.
I´d rather live with some extra freckles and dark spots any day.

2 products that went in and out of my bathroom cupboard faster than you can say "lotion".

Origins Ginger with a twist: smells gorgeous - gave me a full on rash.

Priori´s facial cleaner: I might as well have used kaustic soda on my face.

Actually no, kaustic soda would probably have been more gentle.

- Blinged from my iPhone

I´m there!

MO:

It´s been a tougher ride than I expected, but, I´m finally there.

The last kg was most definitely not giving up without a fight.

After a weekend of a super-special diet, consisting of fibre, fat and protein powder (eaten as shakes), I´m back on the tiny amount of 800-1.000 calories a day and feeling good.

Introduced carbs lightly again yesterday and it seems to work.

Hardly recognize my body when I look myself in the mirror.

I look fit (6-pack, ohoy!), but skinny. Too bloody skinny for my liking.

3 days to go...

Go shorty

MO:


New hair! Again.

Gosh, I´m starting to look scrawny...and it´ll get worse.

BUT, only 1 week to gooooooooo!

- blinged from my iPhone

1 week & 2 days to TipTop Shape - I love my body!

MO:

In just over a week´s time, this body will lift, pull, snatch, press, push, bend, run, jump, get up, get down, stretch and do all the other little things I ask it to do.

My body is amazing and I ♥ it!

Right now it´s actually asking for carbs. I haven´t been on 0 carbs for this long ever before. But it´s for a purpose and by next Friday it will be over.


- Blinged from my iPhone

Coolio

MO:

My body went on strike last night.
When I finally got back home after a super eventful day, I had a thick, sore throat, aching limbs/joints and a head full of cotton wool. There was really only one thing to do: Go to bed at 21.00, self-hypnotize and focus on waking up in great shape.
And I did!
The mind/body connection is an amazing one and even after many years of working with mental focus, it can still completely throw me that it WORKS! I know it probably sounds like a lot of blablabla for those of you who´ve never tried it, but I´ll explain more in a future thread.
Anyway, today has really been fabulous hanging out with Robin and cool cats all day.
First of all, we met up with these 2 beauties:

Åsa Eriksson & sweetness Ebbe (who had his first birthday yesterday!)

Åsa is someone I´ve just had the pleasure to get to know and I LIKE her A LOT. You know when you meet someone new and everything just clicks, like humour, interests, views and opinions, it´s a bit like falling in love! :)

After seeing Åsa, Robin and I were off to our second fika of the day, this time with 2 women I´ve known slightly longer, Mari & Susanne. M&S are so much fun and although we don´t have time to meet up very often (we normally just run past each other in the gym), I love it when we do!
So a great day of re-charging batteries, many laughs and lots of love.

Have a great weekend, folks!

BUTT freezing COLD

MO:

It was freezing today.
I´m still coughing, so no running...

Instead a long, cold walk through the city...

...Wearing my fav denims, almost exactly 4 1/2months after giving birth...
Who cares that the weather is butt freezing cold?

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Shallow, but oh so much fun!

YES!

MO:

"I have nothing to wear!" Normally, I NEVER need to say those words, but since delivering Robin, I´ve not been able to wear hardly any of my trousers, let alone my denims, and believe me, I have MANY pairs of jeans-(even after selling second hand/giving away countless of pairs).
"Heck, let´s check how far it is to go, I´m soooo fed up with black leggings", was my thought this morning as I grabbed the first pair in the pile.
A pair of Blue Cult. American designer denim with quite a lot of stretch in them, but hey, a size 25 (about 27 in European sizing)?
Did I really wear these once???
I laugh and pull them over my kneecaps, prepared to find myself struggling as I get to the upper thigh part.
WHAT?
Ihhhhhhhh!
Not only am I inside them, but I´m also able to do the button up!
Robin´s face is perplexed as he watches his mother dance around in the bedroom, singing and hollering.

Tomorrow is an Acne day.

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4 months after delivery

36 weeks+ 5days pregnant...

Almost 4 months after delivery...

MO:

Almost 4 months after delivery, I´m happy with what my body has achieved so far. Make no mistakes though, I´ve been working seriously HARD to get back in shape-and I´m not there yet. Anyone who says that they "...bounced back in shape, just through breast feeding!..Amazing, isn´t it?" is either a lier or wasn´t in that good shape before they got pregnant. I´m calculating another 3-4 months or so to get back to where I was pre-pregnancy. And I´m still not sure I´ll get into my favourite Acne jeans even then.

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Vanity Fair

Picture taken after tonight´s spinning/kettlebell-class,
11 weeks after delivery

MO:

Two questions asked completely out of vanity:

1. Will one´s midriff EVER be the same??? (read: as it was before giving birth...)
2. WHEN will I be able to wear my old jeans again???

Please, you are welcome to share your own experiences in this matter, good or bad, happy or sad.... :)

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My body is a temple...

MO:

...most of the time...but right now it feels kinda old and stiff...

Could it be:

- carrying a 6.5kg baby around most of the day?
- not being able to do half as much yoga as one would need?
- falling asleep in weird positions, exhausted from getting up in the middle of the night?
- working too much by the kitchen table-and not by the office desk-without taking any breaks (like tonight for example, 3h with my shoulders by my ears)?

I should know better, I know, I know, I know.

Well, tomorrow is a new day and a fresh start...

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Starting to heal

MO:

WOW.
Today was the first day that I didn´t feel like a road kill!

How do I know?

Well, except from the fact that my body didn´t hurt like mad (it just hurt) in various places, I also:

* Walked in a faster pace than an 85yr old with a crutch.
* Read the new number of Elle-magazine and saw myself wearing tight fitting black leather trousers this winter.
* Enjoyed the fact that P got tickets for us to go and see U2 live in concert on July 31! Yes!

Today was the turn around day, I could so feel it.
I´ve said it before, but the body is truly amazing.

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If you´ve got it - flaunt it?

Wearing dress from American Apparel, downvest & sneakers NIKE, sunglasses Versace in week 31...

Mo:

How heavy is too heavy? I´m fascinated about the way the human mind works. When I cannot see myself in a mirror, etc, sometimes I forget I´m pregnant...but as soon as I can see the reaction to my belly in other people´s faces (especially those who don´t know me) or if I pass a mirror or catch my own reflection in a store window, I feel big, heavy and start moving like a ton of bricks.
I´ve noticed how baggy clothing makes it worse...so here´s to tight-fitting lycra! The only way to go with a big belly! :)

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Tan me up

Mo:

Just came back from trying the manual sun-spraying at Mazi.

I´ve tried the sun-spraying-shower-machine-thingie before and almost had a claustrophobic attack - I´ve tried D.I.Y sun-spraying (not a bad result, but even being a yogi - how on earth do you get your back an even colour???) - I´ve gone off sunbeds completely, they give you wrinkles and feel dirty-in a bad way - and finally, it´s too long until I´m able to suntan in the normal sun, given that I´m pregnant (I get discoloured pigmentation just by looking at the sun these days....).

I was recommended Anna, by mutual friends, but since she unfortunately wasn´t working until Thursday and I desperately needed some colour before tomorrow, I booked an appointment with Mieke instead.

She was lovely and took good care of me and my body. I now sport a more golden colour already-(final result to be had within the next couple of hours...)

350 SEK for an instant tan without wrinkles? Yes please!
Comes highly recommended.

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Pregnancy business

Mo:

Can I just moan a little bit?
This morning I was woken up before 5.00am by a very lively and playful baby inside my belly. The kickin´ and turning went on for about 2h(!) before I managed to fall asleep again around 7.00am.
This pregnancy business has its ups and downs.
I´m feeling the extra weight a bit more everyday. I´m hot and bothered. I sweat. (Hey, I´m Asian - we don´t do sweat! )
I spend a frighteningly amount of time going to the bathroom for pees.
I´m running out of ideas of what to wear with my staple wardrobe these days - tights.

9kg+ and I´m heading into the 3rd trimester in 1 1/2weeks, so there´s still some extra kilos to be counted on. My skin is dry as "fnöske" (think Sahara Desert) which means that it´s also very itchy. Do I feel the "glow" yet? Not really. Do I feel the benefits of the extra amount of testosterone that some women have experienced when expecting boys? Still waiting.

To clarify-having a child will be wonderful, extraordinary, etc etc, but the actual being pregnant? Oh, give me back my normal body and energy level ANY day...
Puss Bebbo, despite the stuff above I love you already.

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Sunny delight

Thanks to Riki who gave me the head´s up on BRANDY´s live concert at Trädgår´n on May 14! An absolute MUST! Can´t believe she´s coming to Gothenburg? And to such a small venue??? She´s ACE. Best Brandy song to date? "I wanna be down"

15 hours to go until we know if it is a BOY or a GIRL doing all the sumersaults inside my belly!!!

I really took advantage of the sun today.
First of all I moved my office outside for my morning meeting with Mango. We managed to reserve a spot in the sun-out of the wind at Da Matteo, Vallgatan.

Yum. Da Matteo´s award winning coffee (one of their baristas just won the Swedish Championship) + croissant.

Mango and I set the final details for our m&m tour and our Stockholm delegates will have a seriously fun day of training, or what do you think?:

Functional Moves
Spinning
Lecture on individual nutrition
Core
Circuit-training
&
YinYoga

Want to meet us? Come to Sportllife Östermalm on Sunday 22 March between 10-18 and say hello!

After some work in front of the computer at home, I changed into my running gear and went for a beautiful run in Änggårdsbergen.
(Interesting fact for any pregnant runners out there: Just the knowledge that I could pee behind a tree whenever needed, helped - much better than Skatås...)
I love running in Änggårdsbergen. The terrain is very hilly and therefore excellent for fartlek- or interval training.

However, I´m not fast right now. I can feel the extra weight and although my body is circulating about 50% more blood in the system, during pregnancy heart rate is NOT a good gauge when it comes to exertion. The only thing that really works at this stage is a subjective measure of breathing rate, leg heaviness and ab-tightness.
I have to say though, normally I celebrate my body daily for what it allows me to do with it, but these days, I SALUTE it and make humble bows in awestruck delight each time I go running, go on the bike, work with the kettlebell or do any other strenuous exercise...
The body is an AMAZING invention.

You can see the maternity belt (fantastic invention) sticking out under my running jacket... It might not show in this picture, but I´ll have trouble real soon doing my jacket up...


Love
Mo

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Spring is officially here

Mo:

SPRING is officially here!

How do I know? I brought out my bike today. Me going on the "Red Danger", only happens when the temperature is above a certain level and the sun is at least slightly warmer than giving you frostbites...
I look forward to spending time biking around, not having to search for a parking space or getting sore feet from walking. However, I´m an expert in breaking traffic rules on my bike. I guess this needs to change now that I´m to become a responsible mother in a matter of less than 15 weeks...(heeeelp! Am I ready????)

My first day home was spent on the computer working, teaching a spinning/kettlebell-class at noon, having a quick lunch coffee with sis, stylist friend & Oriana + an afternoon meeting with Mango.

The Bump is reaching new heights (or horizontal dimensions, more like it). It´s actually getting more round every day and I´m starting to have a slight problem with getting my shoes on... I looked at myself naked, sideways in a mirror 2 days ago and I couldn´t help but think: "Will my stomach EVER be flat again after this??" Oh, good ol´vanity.

On Friday I have a weigh-in at the midwife´s, which will be interesting. Since we don´t own a scales I have NO idea what kind of weight I have put on. Not only that, but we´ll also find out if it really is a BEBBELINA in there, or perhaps it´s been a BEBBO all the time????!

Time to place your bets, folks!

Me, on my bike...yes,yes, without a helmet, I know...some things just never change

My fantastic 3-geared Crescent, with the obligatory bike basket!

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Boob aerobics - the words of the week...?

Mo:

This week MOJO has had more than 100 hits on the words "Boob aerobics"? Googlers from Canada, the US, Australia, the UK, etc have all gone breast-crazy and printed the search words "boob aerobics" into their search engine.

Ehhhh, why?
To have larger breasts? Smaller breasts? More happy and well-trained breasts?
If anyone has an idea, please let us know....

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