Hi friends!

It’s been a LONG time but I am super excited to let you know I am now writing over at www.thehotandfit.com

PLEASE do head over there and join me as I write about all things hot, fit and celeb-related! The Running Addict has definitely taken me in that direction, and after helping my sister start her own blog (www.thehotandjuicy.com) she suggested I somehow put up my fitness addiction out there, too. Since I didn’t want to write just about celebs, I decided to create my own site which will combine them both!

Thank you all SO much for reading my blog and being so supportive!

Hi friends!!

Unfortunately I have so much stuff going on at the moment, especially my finals (!!!) so I am going to have to take a few days off blogging!

I will still be twitting so definitely follow me there! Feel free to send me an e-mail if you have a question or many questions, I am still planning on checking the mailbox!

HAVE AN AWESOME WEEKEND!

ps – I run 18 K this morning ! my longest YET!

Guys, so sorry for not posting! Tons of exams + errands all over town = no time!

I will be back tomorrow – as Gina says, TGIAF!

Run – 10.7 KM, 1 hour and 7 minutes

Breakfast

• 350 grams broccoli florets
• 1  tortilla  (176 kcal)
• lettuce
• smear of low fat cheese spread
• 1 small apple
• 1 slice cheddar
• mustard + ketchup

Morning Snack

• 1 medium apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)

Lunch

• 50 grams dried quick oats
• 1 strawberry low fat yogurt (70 kcal)
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)
• 50 grams egg whites
• 1 small apple

Afternoon Snack

• 6 cherry tomatoes

Dinner

• 6 wasa crackers
• Ketchup + mustard
• 450 grams cauliflower steamed in low fat sweet and sour sauce (approximately 150 kcal in total?)
• Low fat cheese spread + radish cheese spread (50 kcal?)
• 1 medium apple
• Coffee (+milk+sweeteners)
• Cottage cheese (200 kcal?)

Oh it looks like my people New Moon producers+directors or whoever it is in charge over in Italy is doing it right!

I am getting the feeling that this movie may be not so disappointing after all (well, compared to the book!)

And some more goodness:

And I am OFF now, because it is GAME NIGHT here in Europe!!!

This is, by far, THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF THE YEAR HERE IN EUROPE!!!

The love of my life (aka Real Madrid) did not make it, but Manchester United, my second greatest love, did.

Also there can be found the biggest scumbags known as Barcelona, which haunt my dreams at night. Okay, I am going over the top. I cannot stand them though. As I am typing these very lines they scored a goal which is a tragedy which will hopefully be fixed in a couple of seconds minutes.

Breakfast

This morning’s breakfast was so blaaaand. I don’t know whether it was the fact that I did not run that made everything else seem bad, but I really wasn’t impressed!

• 45 grams dried quick oats
• 1 raspberry low fat Yoplait
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)
• 72 grams egg whites

Morning Snack

• 1 medium apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)
• Black tea (milk + sweeteners)

Lunch

• 450 grams cauliflower florets
• Sweet and Sour cooking sauce (about 30 kcal worth)
• 1  tortilla – ALL Albert stores which sell it here are out and in a typical Communist fashion, so I had to opt for plain, white-carbs at 176 kcal/tortilla
• 6 cherry tomatoes
• baby spinach leaves
• 2 pickles
• 3 slices chicken pastrami
• BBQ sauce + ketchup

Afternoon Snack

• 1 medium apple
• Coffee (+milk+sweeteners)

Dinner

• Salad: cucumbers, red peppers, tomatoes, onions
• 1 tortilla
• 5 small pickles
• Lettuce
• Ketchup + BBQ sauce
• 1 medium apple
• 6 slices chicken pastrami

Okay, I am not happy guys. I actually went to store this afternoon specifically to get more strawberries. Which, once I have them in front of me, I cannot stop eating!!! And then I ended up topping them with FAGE and some low-fat whipped cream. But that’s the insignificant part! I kept eating and eating strawberries! Like 700 grams worth! WOW! I really need to get in control. I hate hate hate when this happens. It really freaks me out.

Breakfast

• 1 whole wheat tortilla (160 kcal)
• 350 grams cauliflower florets (frozen then steamed in microwave)
• whatever was left over of the ketchup +  mustard
• baby spinach leaves
• 2 pickles
• 1 medium apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)
• 3 slices chicken pastrami

Morning Snack

• 1 medium apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)

Lunch

• 300 grams cauliflower florets
• 1 medium apple
• 1 whole wheat tortilla
• 6 cherry tomatoes
• baby spinach leaves
• 2 pickles
• 3 slices chicken pastrami
• BBQ sauce + ketchup

Afternoon Snack

• 1 medium apple
• Coffee (+milk+sweeteners)

Dinner

• Salad: cucumbers, red peppers, tomatoes, onions
• 7 wasa crackers
• 1 container cottage cheese (150 kcal)
• Cheese spread: low fat, radish
• Ketchup + mustard
• TONS OF STRAWBERRIES – 700 grams +/- (224)
• Whipped cream, FAGE (another 200 kcal?)

Hi friends!!

How has your Tuesday been going? Mine has been wonderful! Great run, 30C+ and too many strawberries!!

The alarm went off at 5 AM this morning, and I was actually contemplating going back to sleep! GASP!

I changed it to 5:30 (the time I get up when I run around 7 KM) but as soon as I closed my eyes I told myself “Who are you kidding?”

Yea, I am not kidding anybody. Turned off the alarm and went to brush my teeth.

So I set out with the aim of covering 12 laps.

Now here is where it gets tricky: I crossed the 7th lap at 32 minutes.

I have never ran this fast and thus something is wrong  in my opinion because I was running fairly steadily and my HR was not that high (which in my book means I was not running too hard). So I could be miscounting my laps which I doubt because I am not senile. But then again it is 5 AM and my head is in planet “Oh gosh I have exams next week” .

Anyhow, here are my stats for the assumed 10.7 KM:

I think I really need a Garmin.

Gina’s amazing challenge keeps kicking my bootie and today was no exception! I think that any upper body workout suits me best. You know I am not a fan of the abdominals….

• Tricep kickback with pronation – 1 set of 45 reps per hand
• Diamond push ups – 3 x 15 . These were amazing! 
• Shoulder “flys” – 3 x 1 minute. KILLER!!!
• Vogue press – 3 x 15 per hand, holding a 2 kg dumbbell
• Tricep dips – 3 x 15
• Chest press – 2 sets of 45 reps

So since I went shopping this afternoon, I decided I may share with you what was in my trolley.

Note that:

• I buy for the entire house (i.e. myself, my padres, my 8 year old I-can-eat-anything-and-not-gain-weight brother and my 16 year old I-just-don’t-really-care-too-much-about-food sister)
• I visit a grocery store every.single.day. I mean it. This is because we always run out of items and because there are so many chains selling particular products that I have to make rounds. Tortillas can only be found at this store, whilst my frozen veggies are found at another

• High fiber cereals (x2)
• BBQ sauce (x2)
• 2 low fat strawberry yogurts
• Sweet and Sour Cooking Sauce (this is new, I will give it a shot)
• 1 Chocolate Duo Spread (for the brother, and, well, the rest of the house sans moi)
• Mustard
• Ketchup (x2)

• 1.5% fat milk – there is not “skim” milk here. There is 0.5%, but my mother hates it. In Israel, by the way, there is only 3% fat milk and 1% is rarely available
• 5 DUO Mix desserts – for the brother

• 5 packages broccoli florets, 350 grams each
• 5 packages cauliflower florets, 450 grams each

As you know, these are the loves of my life. I eat a whole bag in one sitting.

• 3 parsley cottage cheese, 150 grams each
• Pickles in vinegar – I normally can’t stand these, but there are no pickles in brine here like in Israel
• Another Chocolate Duo Mix
• 3 tablet sweeteners (I am a splenda whore as you know)
• Grounded sweeteners (see above excuse)
• 1 President Radish Cheese Spread – which stars daily in my food recaps

So I am wondering:

1. Would you like me to post my shops? I know its European and most of my readers are from the US, but do let me know if you find it interesting!
2. Are there any questions you would like me to answer in particular regarding my recent running/eating/Europe-in-general

Off to bed, I am hoping for another early rise tomorrow!

Breakfast

• 46 grams dried oats
• 1 strawberry Yoplait
• cinnamon + sweeteners
• Coffee (+ milk + sweeteners) 
• 70 grams egg whites

Morning Snack

• 1 medium apple
• 1 coffee (+sweetener + splash of milk)

Lunch

• 500 grams worth of cauliflower  and broccoli florets (steamed)
• 1 whole tortilla
• 3 slices chicken pastrami
• ketchup +mustard
• baby spinach leaves
• 1 slice gouda
• 4 cherry tomatoes

Afternoon Snack

• 35 grams high fiber cereals
• Milk (130grams)
• Coffee (+ milk + sweeteners)

Dinner

• 6 wasa crackers
• salad: cucumbers, tomatoes, red peppers, onions
• Tons of dairy: FAGE Total, cottage cheese, radish cheese spread, low fat cheese spread (probably 200 kcal+++ worth)
• Ketchup + mustard
• Tons of strawberries (maybe 500 grams? I could be exaggerating but I eat a ton, so who knows?)

Wow friends, it is SERIOUSLY HOT HERE IN EUROPE!

I am such a hypocrite! I come from a very warm country and I always whine about how cold the Czech Republic is for me. Well, when the temperatures are finally warm enough for a tan, I am getting a head ache and complaining that there is no AC!

Well, I would rather sit in the festering heat for hours and end up with a headache then stand the cold! I was meant to be a Cali gal! HAHA!

Even though it was hard to get out of bed in the AM, I still got my butt outside and headed for a run. I was determined to make this the fastest one yet, and I DID!

I mentally divided each “lap” into sections which I would run at 3/4 speed, and instead of running my usual 6.3 KM, I covered an extra lap i.e. 7.2 KM!

And my stats weren’t that sky-high! I am so happy!

Yep, new title! I have a few things to say/mention….bullet point would make it less painful long to read!

• I drove “the tank” for the first time. I call my ma’s car the tank because it’s so massive (well, at least for me!). My dad should not find out because it has an automatic gear transmission and he does not want me to drive that kind for the first year of my license. He says its bad for my “instincts”, which, by the way, are very bad at the moment.

• I read Jenna’s post on KERF (click here to read) and it was really interesting for me as a quasi European to read her opinions on food and dieting in France, from an American perspective naturally. I do not share many of her views; people here have no idea often what they put in their mouths. There is almost no awareness and though the proportion of girls who count calories is not as high as it is in the US, it is still no excuse for not writing nutritional data on goods. Furthermore, options tend to be very limited here. Granola? Musli? These are extremely calorie dense and a single 30 gram portion would consist of one half of your daily sugar allowance. I am sure there are many pros for croissants every once in a while, but I like to have a variety and be able to make my own choices based on my preferences and not on default. What I do agree with is the amount of walking – we (Czechs) walk everywhere!
• HOLY BIKINI BODY CHALLENGE – holy results, too!!! Guys, it is quite surprising for me, but I checked my hips and waist yesterday and I am down 5 cm from the time I started! I don’t want to post my actual numbers now but I am certainly seeing results!

Of course it is R-Patz related! How can it not be? I am still not getting all the hype, but subconsciously I must be fantasizing over him because I find myself posting and reading about him too much. Ewww it makes me feel so gross….

But it looks like the New Moon producers are getting something right! I was still  a little uncertain and hesitant when I read how much R-Patz they are planning to put into New Moon (read the books, guys, always better than the movies!) and that will make me roll my eyes, regardless, but I just saw set pictures from Italy and the fountain is just like how I imagined it! I guess I have seen too many fountains in too many European cities, hence the “imagination”.

AND NOW – the best part that will make all of you us R-Patz fans droll over the key board (stolen from Celebrity Gossip)

And some K-Stew, because she is actually quality Hollywood

Ya’ll do realise they are like a 12 hour drive from me at the moment, right? hahaha!

Nighty night!

Breakfast

• 1 whole wheat tortilla (160 kcal)
• 100 grams egg whites
• 450 grams cauliflower florets (frozen then steamed in microwave)
• tons of ketchup +  mustard
• baby spinach leaves
• 2 pickles
• 1 large apple
• Coffee (milk + sweeteners)

Morning Snack

• 1/2 container fat free yogurt (around 30 kcal?)
• 10 cherry tomatoes

Lunch

• 5 wasa crackers
• Tons of dairy (I would assume 200 kcal worth of it): 1/2 container cottage cheese, FAGE Total, radish cheese spread
• 4 large beets in vinegar
• 450 grams cauliflower florets
• 1 medium apple
• tons of ketchup + mustard
• 10 small strawberries topped with whipped cream + splenda
• Coffee (+milk+sweeteners)

Afternoon snack

• 1 medium apple

Dinner

• 46 grams dried oats cooked in water
• Cinnamon + sweeteners
• 1 medium apple
• 1 low fat strawberry yogurt