What's LO(ndon)VE got to do with it...

YEUP!!
On our way to London to celebrate LOOOOVE!

Could it get any better?

Yoga, Champagne, dinners, clubbing, dancing, shopping, strolling, fika :)

It is our BELOVED YOGINI KATY APPLETON who is marrying her PRINCE JACK :)
Whoop Whoop Whoop


Me and A make sure we get there in time ( so we can enjoy the city before THE PARTY!)


See u in 2011

Lots and LOTS of LOVE to you MOJO's!

You are with me in body, mind and spirit(us)

Jo

JULens Gyllene regler!!!

• Det som du äter när ingen ser, det har inga kalorier.
  (enligt den kända PR-devisen: syns du inte så finns du inte)
• När du dricker en lättdryck tillsammans med en chokladkaka, kommer kalorierna i chokladkakan att bli nollade av lättdrycken.
  (matematikens första huvudsats: +1 – 1 = 0 )
• När du äter tillsammans med andra, räknas bara de kalorier som du äter mer än dem.
  (allt är relativt – enligt Nobelpristagaren Albert Einstein, 1905. Och han brukade inte ha fel.)
• Mat som intas för medicinskt ändamål (som t.ex. varm choklad, rödvin, whisky, etc.) räknas aldrig.
  (är du det minsta tveksam? fråga din läkare)
• Ju mer du fetar upp dem som till vardags finns runt dig, desto smalare verkar du själv.
  (Einsteins relativitetsteori igen, tänk bara vad mycket den kan förutsäga!)
• Mat (t.ex. popcorn, jordnötter, läskedryck, choklad och karameller) som intas som en del av underhållningen när du ser på film eller hör på musik, innehåller inte kalorier eftersom den inte intas såsom föda, utan som en del av underhållningen.
  (enligt Svensk Film- och Musikindustri AB)
• Kakor innehåller inte något fett om du bryter dem och intar bit för bit, eftersom fettet förångas när kakorna bryts.
  (Tänk bara på att göra det inomhus, ute i kylan förångas fettet dåligt!)
• Allt som slickas från knivar, skedar eller annat när du lagar mat, innehåller inte kalorier eftersom de är ett led i matberedningen.
  (var bara försiktig när du slickar knivar, blod innehåller kalorier!)
• Mat med samma färg har samma kaloriinnehåll (t.ex. gult äpple och ostkaka, tomater och jordgubbssylt).
  (Här kommer en vinnande förklaring: kalorierna sitter i färgen på maten och här gäller "lägsta värdets princip", en regel enligt svenska bokföringslagen)
• Mat som är fryst innehåller inte kalorier, eftersom kalorier är en värmeenhet.
  (också fysik, tänk vad mycket vetenskapen har att lära oss.... -OBS! gäller även om du använder kJoule, Joule är ju också en värmeenhet)

Hahahaahahaha

I wish I could translate this but I am laughing to much!!!!

This is it - ENJOY!!!

It's all about the YIN and YANG peops ;)

LOVE Jo

Snap back to reality...

MO:
After a full day with a snotty Robin - who were not too happy except from when we visited the playground - I rushed off to teach my classes at 5pm.
I didn´t even have time to vote.
Damn it, it will be left on my to-do-list yet another week...

Despite the hectic weekend I felt fine. It was lovely to see all my regulars again!
Grabbed a stressed shower after my 3 classes and changed into date nite mode.

If you can love a pair of shoes, I´m certainly in love with my new Burberry high heels...
I am happy that I didn´t have to chase a bus in them though.
Jez, it was far too long since I wore proper heels.

Burberry S&M platforms. What´s not to like, really?

We got to try out the new menu at Meet. The Mixed Grill. O.M.G it was GOOD!
Thanks Mike, you´re a star.

Meat at MEET

MO:

Because we´re worth it...

With Robin sleeping at his grandparents, we celebrate this week´s events with an amazing dinner at Meet...

Starter: fresh mussles and cray fish, steamed with garlic and spring onion

Main course: luxurious entrecote with fresh greens and vegetables even makes a very carb-low woman very, very happy

...finally wearing high heels again...

- blingediblonged from my iPhone

Long, fruitful day

MO:

So, I´m well into my second week of ZERO Carbs.

I´m hanging in there. By a thread.

Let´s just say: It´s all in the head. Suddenly I want fruit. I NEVER crave fruit normally.

Also, let me add, it´s lucky there´s only one week more to go. I feel sorry for my suffering husband. He supports me incredibly well. Right now I feel like a two headed bitch.

My focus is narrowing and my aura is black. Even Martin picked up on it right in the beginning of today´s PT-session.

"In a bad mood?"

Hell yeah.

But I did PR in both squats and cleans! A bad mood is not to be underestimated when it comes to power output. :)

After my yoga class and my PT-session, I threw myself in the car to hurry to a meeting held at GöteborgsVarvet´s expo. The meeting went well and I had the chance to catch up with Enervit-Mats and pick up some sponsor products. I´m going to try some stuff from Enervit´s new (supposedly) kick-ass line next weekend in Denmark. Real Madrid, Chelsea FC & the national Italian Karate team are amongst fans.

Enervit preparing one out of six(!) stands at the Varvet expo.

After Varvet, I went home, had bacon, sausages and eggs for lunch and hurried off to film the new Hot MOJO sequence. It will kick BUTT, I can tell you. Literally.

JoJo joined me in both the spinning and the kettlebell class (and did extremly well, stubborn as she is ;)) and now finally, I´m sort of landing at home for a VERY early night. Busy day tomorrow...as well.

June will be more quiet. Or at least that´s the plan...

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Eating, diets and other meaty stuff

MO:

My every day diet is very LCHF inspired, but since Sunday I´ve gone strictly LCHF. Why?

Because for me it´s one of the most effective ways to stay low in weight, I´m now close to my 55kg - only 15 days to go until my spring challenge - and still train hard (without loosing muscle).

During my lifetime I´ve tried most versions of eating: vegetarian, raw food, "tallriksmodellen", juice fasting, GI, Atkins, you name it. In the end I´ve learnt that the following works best for me:

* Eating 3 meals a day - breakfast, lunch, dinner and all 3 should include cooked food.

The "eating 5-6 times a day" did certainly NOT work for me. BOOORING!

It completely killed my natural love of food, I was never hungry when it was time to eat and therefore had to force something down, to be able to stick to that high number of meals/snacks.

A little bit of hunger now and again strongly increases my enjoyment and appreciation of food.

* Eating more fat than most people. Real butter, lactose free full fat cream, coconut fat, etc. It keeps my energy levels up and stops me from being too hungry between meals (see previous point).

* Eating lots of meat and fish. Organic red meat, elk, sometimes organic pork & chicken + plenty of fish. Because biologically we are all carnivores. Some more than others.

* Eating 95% organic. Whenever it´s possible. No matter the cost.

* Never ever depriving myself of xxx when I really crave it. Yes, it happens to me too, just not that often. What my cravings are? 8 times out of 10: something salty. 9 times out of 10: it happens during that time of the month.

I think the challenge for most people is to find out what works for them. There are so many different "truths" out there, it´s normal to become confused. As in most subjects that deals with the human body/health I don´t believe there is only one way that works for all.

If you really want to know what works for you, you could actually find out by yourself if you have the patience and interest.

Try different ways of eating and do an "inner scan" afterwards.

Did the food fill you up?

Did it make you energetic/lethargic/happy/sad?

Did it pick you up quickly and then drop you like a hot cake?

Did it attract you, and by that I mean, did it make you want to eat it?

How long after you ate could you go training?

How did it feel?

When did you become hungry again?

There are of course several more both relevant and necessary questions to ask, but I think you get the point.

Expect to find answers there, within yourself. Not in the tabloids.

So good it's bad

MO:

I´m lactose intolerante.

I love ice-cream.

Is it a good idea to go to Belgiska Pralinboden on the day that they recieve this season´s ice-cream from Lejonet & Björnen?

Errrrr....Do I have to answer that?

Over 20 flavours. Untouched. Well, until I got to the shop, that is.

Hazelnut is my all time favourite...that and rum/raisin (an old ladies flavour according to my sis...), and pecan nut, and tiramisu, and....well, you get the point...

By the way, was I drunk when I agreed to sub a yoga class tomorrow morning at 6.45am in Sisjön???

I must have been...

- Blingblinged from my iPhone

Because I'm worth it...

MO:
...Sunday dinner after a looong day...

Home made food at mum´s, so, so YUMMY!

...with an ice cold beer...Czech of course...

- blingblinged from my iPhone

Breakfast for queens

MO:
Sunday hotel breakfast in your own city rocks! A breakfast for queens.

Then a walk in the spring sunshine. More coffee and cake.

Now, an afternoon nap (when was the last time THAT happened?) and then off to do some training.

What a perfect Sunday.

- Blingblinged from my iPhone

MOJO goes to travelling - YOU want to come?

MO:

Finally, it´s out there: October 4 - October 11... Book here.

DJERBA GOLF & WELLNESS 2010

Fritidsresor erbjuder i samarbete med Incycle.se en träningsresa utöver det vanliga, där ledorden är lyx och kvalitét.

Detta är träningsresan för dig som söker en 5-stjärning upplevelse med allt vad det innebär och där träning av högsta klass med erkända toppinstruktörer ingår i paketet.

Följande ingår i resans pris:

Flygresa tur och retur Göteborg - Djerba
Mat på flyget
Fri transport för bagage och specialbagage på buss och flyg
Transfer till och från flygplatsen
Del i dubbelrum med balkong och utsikt mot havet på Blue Selection Radisson Blu Resort & Thalasso Djerba, FFFFF
Välkomstmiddag
Halvpension (frukost och middag)
Två gruppträningsklasser/dag
2 utflykter: Båtutflykt och örundtur med shopping och matlagning
Kids Club (för de som tar med sig barn)
Cykelträning

Pris per person 13 495:-

• Under träningsveckan kan du medverka på cykelturer, powerwalks och löprundor.
• Du kan välja mellan två gruppträningsklasser om dagen, en på morgonen och en på eftermiddagen. Självklart kan du medverka på båda klasserna om du vill. Klasslängden varierar mellan 60-90 minuter. Under veckan erbjuds klasser i bl.a. Yoga, Pilates, Funktionell träning, Core & Afro.
• Hängivna golfare väljer Golf-paketet, där fyra besök på anläggningens vackra 18-håls bana ingår tillsammans med vårt medföljande svenska Golfpro, Camilla Larsson.
• Vi tar självklart med oss en Personlig Tränare till Djerba. Passa på att boka en session med Martin Brinde i gymmet och unna dig en PT-timme på resan.
• Vill du ha personliga makeup-tips och råd gällande din hudtyp, kan du boka in dig på färg- och hudanalys med vår svenska hud- och spaterapeut, Peggy Bengtsson.

Här är teamet som tar hand om dig under träningsveckan:

Johanna Andersson – Johanna Andersson är en internationellt erkänd tränare, med en kunskapsbredd utöver det vanliga. Johanna nominerades till ”Årets instruktör 2009”. Hon ingår i Nike Team Sverige & Les Mills Nordic.

Monika Björn – Monika Björn är ”Tränarnas tränare”. Hon har utbildat och inspirerat instruktörer över hela världen i 15 år. Monika jobbar som konsult och konceptutvecklare i tränings- och friskvårdsbranschen genom sitt företag Incycle.se.

Martin Brinde – Martin Brinde är en oerhört populär och kunnig Personlig Tränare med Gymnasium Sisjön som bas.

Camilla Larsson – Camilla Larsson är Personlig tränare samt Golfpro med många års erfarenhet av både nationellt/internationellt tävlande samt instruerande.

Peggy Bengtsson – Peggy Bengtsson är en erfaren hud- och spaterapeut Cidescoutbildad på Gilda-skolan i Göteborg.

John Marin – cykelpassionerad elitmotionär som har bl.a tagit sig igenom 14 Vättern Rundor.

More info here.

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A night of yin and yang

MO:
Normally, because I work most weekends, it´s hard for me to be social on Friday and Saturday nights. I´ve lost count how many birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, surprise parties, etc I´ve had to say no to... so when I had the chance to go to a "girlie" afterwork at F´s, I was delighted.
8 fab women were there and we got served the most delicious meal! The conversations were flowing (discussing everything from true love, MAD people, nailpolish, threading and work) and it was a long time ago since I laughed so much and so hard! Thanks girls for a truly fun time, and extra thank you F for the invitation, being the perfect hostess and for the yummy, yummy food!

I had to leave early since one of my best friends were in town (he now lives in Sthlm) and today was his 35th birthday, so from one party to another, I spent the rest of the evening around our dinner table at home with 3 gorgeous guys!

Must be quite the perfect night, eh?

Oh, the delicious food (AND company!) served at F´s! Beetroot with goat´s cheese and fresh chicken sallad!

Followed by the muscle power of these guys! Faces have been removed to protect the innocent...

By the way, can you believe that this is thread number 1.000 on this blog???
Time flies.

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The best things in life are (not always) free

MO:

Sometimes the best things in life are not free, but quite simple... We had a wonderful crayfish dinner tonight, and now I´m so full my belly threatens to explode...YUM!

I started the day on the mat and joined a lovely yoga session, before I headed off for two business meetings. Fridays are hectic since it´s my only "real" working day during the week (unless I count the working weekends) and there´s a lot of things I want/need done in that time.

The only dark cloud of the day: I received an invoice from my new accountant. I was surprised how expensive it was! When it comes to book keeping, I have to admit that I am USELESS. Really bloody foul, if you pardon my language...because I find it mind numbingly BORING.

I don´t think there is ANYTHING that could possibly persuade me to do my own books...you know how I tried to get into doing it myself at the beginning of the year? But noooooo, 8 weeks later I just had to admit it to myself: book keeping was definitely not being prioritized in my life and receipts, invoices and other paperwork were just piling up...I just have to bite the bullet and cash out, I guess. (It´s either that or have my company go bust because I forget to pay my VAT on time or something else exciting.)

At least I know what I suck at.

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Tick tock

MO:

Last night, NO sleep.
Today:
Ocean. Nice breeze, hot sun.
Gym. Worked out HARD. Not even a contraction to show for it.
Restaurant MEET in Geijersgatan 12. Yummy dinner.
Now, a movie in bed.

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A midsummer night´s dream

MO:

No, no, no. Not a mummy yet.

I have a built in aversion towards "big" weekends, such as Midsummer, Easter, New Year´s Eve, etc etc. I´m not really sure where it stems from, but I have always found it difficult to muster any great enthusiasm concerning these celebrations. (Maybe one of the reasons might be that I find it excruciatingly hard to spend time with really drunk people for a whole evening - especially stuck in someone´s house in the middle of Nowheresville...
I´m at my happiest when I spend these festival times with a close group of friends. Hence Midsummer´s eve being a "family affair" with 12 of us going out to the country, eating sill & potatoes, followed later by a barbecue feast! Yummy! (My closest friends aren´t really big drinkers - there weren´t even snaps at the dinner table...)

By 10pm I was shattered and by 00.00 I was at home putting my pregnant body off to sleep. And a good one too!

Some of the food going on the Midsummer BBQ....

This morning, P had to DRAG me out of the bed. I refused to leave. The only thing I could say was:

"No, no, no! I REFUSE to leave this bed let alone this house anymore!
NOT until the freakin´ baby is arriving!!!
I CANNOT STAND BEING PREGNANT ONE MORE DAY!!!!!"

Bump entering week 39...

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Cake me up

MO:

Could it be that "Putte" is an actor? (or "ögontjänare" in brutal Swedish terms...).
We were at the midwife´s this morning - and suddenly "Putte" was in a perfect "fixed" position again, ready to come out at any moment (just like he was over 2 weeks ago, last time we did the midwife thing - until he decided not to be fixed anymore 2 days later...)

I´ve now officially put on 17kg.

(We still don´t own a scales, but I was "weighed in" at the check up this morning.)
No wonder I feel "a bit uncomfortable". The last few days have brought on a new feeling of bloatedness and yesterday my fingers decided to take on the Michelin-man look...white and beyond chubby...quite painful, actually.
It´s interesting how the weight gain has been exceptionally constant over the last 3-4 weeks, even though all I´ve been eating is breakfast, lunch & dinner - normal portions - and only food (except for the occasional ice cream...). It´ll be a MAD amount of water coming out during the delivery (and during the following days after), or at least I hope so....

I would have been less surprised if my diet had looked like this:


Picture taken this afternoon, which is actually one of the very rare occasions that I´ve had cake (not being at a birthday party) during this pregnancy! Quite lovely it was as well - Carrot cake & Strawberry Cheese Cake at Biscuit. The perfect way to round off a great lunch with JO, with the extra privilege of being joined by Mango at the end of the coffee!

Thanks guys for ALWAYS bringing a smile to my face and being such lovely friends!

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House Warming Party

Beautiful sis wearing new dress bought in Rome last week. Me, wearing believe it or not, a vintage dress (minimum 15yrs old!) which turned out well over my big belly!

MO:

Darling sis + husband staged their house warming party last night.
I prepared by sleeping an extra hour in the late afternoon...

We had such a great time, although I must say-a big, heavy belly is a bit of a party pooper since it makes sitting, standing and even half-laying down very uncomfortable after a while (and as we all know-being uncomfortable can ruin the best party outfit....).

Thank God, for our amazing friends. We laughed until we had tears streaming down our cheeks, consumed copious amounts of lovely food, gorged on home made chocolate strawberry cake and absolutely killed P´s amazing punch. (I did my best on the non-alcoholic version of it...)
We were the first to leave at 00.30am, by that time my belly felt like it was going to explode, and we since heard that the last guests left around 3.30am! Great party!

Today is a day for fixing. Getting the newly bought baby bed in order, fixing the new bedroom and finally getting some stuff up on "Blocket". By the way, we were at the midwife´s yesterday. "Putte" is finally in starting position - just like we suspected! Not long now???

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Winding down....

The Strawberry Cake that J brought this morning!....

Mo:


THANKS to J, who brought Strawberry Cake to my yoga class this morning!!!! J, you can come back any time! ;)

How can a day go wrong after that? Not possible...

- Had a tea and a chat with lovely Mary,
- went for lunch with P,
- led a coaching session
and
- set my last spinning60 of this term...the class is at 17.30 tonight

A bit sad but, at the same time, I´ll be back in September, stronger than ever!

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SummerTime and the living is eazy :)

One of those days where you just wanna chill out in every breath you take!!
And suck out all the juice of it, the PRANA :)

Summer is OFFICIALLY here, according to JO!

• There was a wasp in my window this morning
• FIKA is a MUST at least once a day in the sunshine with your loved ones
• JORDGUBBSTÅRTA - Mamma forgive me, but this one was THE BEST one I've ever tasted :) From BROGYLLEN - one of the best FIKA places in this city!

• People are ALIVE in the morning classes at 7 and 8 am I am being greeted with smiling faces - from everywhere! Even Jim the supposedly anti morning man is up and alive :)
• Had dinner in the gras last night - excquisit
• Teaching the Swedish military some REAL Dynamic Outdors Training under the blue blue sky!

So come along with me and the rest of the universe and slow down a little, enjoy a bit deeper, and chill like the wonderwoman/man that you are!

LOVE Jo

Odd day

Bump and I in Barcelona a few weeks ago...

Mo:

Yesterday was an odd day.
Managed to watch a few episodes of "Mästarnas Mästare" (since it was supposed to be a day off to recover from the weekend) and cried my way through the presentations of especially Thomas Wassberg & Ara Abrahamian. Damn it, all those hormones flying around in my system makes me more sensitive than ever before.

Taught 2 great classes at 17.00, spinning and kettlebell and although my belly reached new unheard of proportions just before those classes, I felt surprisingly strong and energetic. :)

After the classes I met up with P, sis, Miki, Sabbi & Meddi + children and had some pizza in the evening sun. I have pizza or other types of fast food about 5 times per year, far off from being called a regular habit...as with most junk food, it´s kinda yummy whilst eating but then the meal stays on like a brick in the digestive system for the rest of the night, and the next morning fingers are so swollen it´s impossible to even try to get any rings on...

Today, my mission is to get my web page text translated into English. It will probably take me around 3-4h to finish that off.
Also, I have a treatment booked with P at 13.00, after which I am forbidden to do any heavy training, so might spend some time on the bed of nails and do some stretching this afternoon.

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Highlights of today....

Mo:

Highlights of today:

1) Spending time with P on a semi-free day. We had a great "work" meeting where we set our goals for this coming autumn both as a couple and concerning work. I will tell you all about it shortly, but basically it means that we have taken the first step to work more closely together.

2) Deciding when to stop teaching before having baby. I´m going to drop my Wednesday Kettlebell 45 class in 4 weeks...the rest of my classes I will keep until May 13, then I´ll have about 6 weeks of my own training, resting and getting PREPARED for the big adventure. My last big weekend job is on May 16.

3) Singing along veeery LOUDLY in the car to THE CURE, thinking about P.


4) Having some wonderful homemade waffles, made by P, with whipped cream and organic blackberry jam.

"Whenever I´m alone with you
you make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I´m alone with you
you make me feel like I am whole again

Whenever I´m alone with you
you make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I´m alone with you
you make me feel like I am fun again

However far away
I will always love you
However long I stay
I will always love you
whatever words I say
I will always love you"

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