Red fruit - Session 2, day 11

Lately I always have a little bag of red fruit in my fridge. It's a good variety of fruit because now in winter I don't eat much of summer fruit. And they have not much red fruit in store or it is expensive in winter season. I always buy a box of 250G for €1.25. I think that it's a good price ;) A portion of 250G contains only 107,5 calories. I often eat the fruit with some pure yogurt, which tastes real good. So it's really easy to make and healthy.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Healthy snack - Session 2, Day 7

As I told before, eating fish is really healthy. Although I'm not a big fish fan so I end up not eating it at all. So now I found out that thunfish ectually does taste great and not so much as fish. It even doesn't looks likes fish anymore hih. I eat a can of 130g just all at once as a lunch. I personaly think that it tastes great, I eat it with a bit olive oil. And it fills well, I'm not hungry anymore after eating. 100g of thunfish contains 163 calories, that's not much for a lunch.

- Stay fearless x Marloes

water - day 126

Water is so important for your body! You have to drink 1.5 L a day. I drink lot's of water, accualy I only drink water, tea and sometimes coffee. So that means that I never drink any soda's, which contains a lot of sucar. I drink every day at least 2 L water.

Did you know that you can lose weight by just drinking water? When you drink between 2 and 4 L water a day you lose extra calories. You must not drink more than 4 L, that is actually not healthy anymore.

- When you drink water throughout the day, you get less thirsty. This ensures that your other drinks will get slower. This is beneficial when you want to lose weight, because, for example soda contains quite a lot of calories.
- When you are thirsty, your body may interpret this as hunger. By drinking enough water you get less thirsty and it is less likely that your body creates a feeling of hunger, while you are not even really hungry.
- The liquid in your body also makes sure that you constantly have a fuller sense than usual. This will make you have less desire to eat.
- Water makes that your body keeps burning body fat. Water helps convert food into energy, but also helps to keep your body fat to convert into energy. So you can lose body weight.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

frozen grapes - day 123

I did read about frozen grapes on the internet a couple of times. But I never made them, so that's what I did. And guess what, they are so good! When the grapes are frozen they become a lot more sweeter. When you eat them they taste like litte icelolly pieces. I recommend you to wait 5 minutes after you take them out of the freezer and then eat them. And I would definitely take seedless grapes, otherwise you're chewing on seeds. And I liked the red grapes more than the white ones, they taste even more sweet.
♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

shopshop - day 119

Thumbs up for me! I survived my non chocolate week. It went so well that I will make this week also my non chocolate week. I did some fruit and vegetables shopping, this is the result. It will keep me away from the chocolate monster hih.

 

 

What I also really like as snack are these vegetables in the box below. They are so tiny but perfect for a evening or afternoon snack. It contains little tomatoes, cucumbers and sweet peppers.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Evening snack - Day 108

Popcorn! My favorite evening snack when I watch tv series. It's jummy but that is not all, it really healthy. Here are some facts:
- One serving of popcorn contains 70 percent of the daily recommended amount of grains.
- Researchers have discovered that there are more anti-oxidants called "polyfeolen" in popcorn than in fruit and vegetables.
- Popcorn is high in fiber.
- Popcorn is the only snack that hundred percent consists of unprocessed cereals.

Preparing popcorn with oil, salt or sugar and butter or 'fake butter' as in cinemas is changing the health benefits of popcorn in a nightmare full of fat and calories.

So I make the popcorn kind of myself. I buy little bags with corn and sugmicrowave and heat them. After 5 min. you have fresh popcorn. There is not to much sugar on it. So it is definetly a better snack than fat overloaded chips.

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Here are some pictures of how I prepare my snack.
♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Vitamin pills - Day 103

There are a lot of different vitamin pills, for vitamins like A,B,C,D,E and K. But do we really need them? I think that they are unnecessary, in most of the cases you don't even know what's exactly in it. While you can get all the vitamins on a natrual way. Here is a list of vitamins and how you can get them.

Vitamin A
Cheese, milk, butter, (beef) liver

Vitamin B1
(Pig) meat, whole grain bread, brown rice, milk, potatoes

Vitamin B2
Nuts, milk, egg, broccoli

Vitamin B3
Nuts, meatball, codfish, peanut butter, whole grain bread

Vitamin B5
Egg, milk, beef, potatoes, herring

Vitamin B6
Banana, (pig) meat, potatoes, nuts, whole grain bread

Vitamin B11
Brussels sprouts, spinach, broccoli, egg, whole grain bread

Vitamin B12
Codfish, burger, quark, egg, cheese

Vitamin C
Brussels sprouts, kiwi, oranges, broccoli, potatoes

Vitamin D
Mackerel, salmon, herring, egg, margarine, meatball

Vitamin E
Sunflower oil, nuts, eggs, margarine, peanut butter

Vitamin K
Spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, beef, margarine, olive oil

This is what the vitamines do to your body:

Vitamin A
Positive if your body gets enough vitamin A:
Health of all body cell
Structure of capillaries
Structure of skin, hair and gums
A good eye sight
Physical growth
Physical resistance

Vitamin B
Positive if your body gets enough vitamin B:
Cellular metabolism
Health of skin, hair and eyes
Digestion
Nervous system
Conversion of fructose into energy
Oxygen transport in the blood
Reduction of withdrawal symptoms (eg by smoking)
Reduction of rheumatism and migraine symptoms
Resistance to infections
Reducing the risk of allergies
Prevention of low blood sugar
Positive effect against dementia
Increased energy and vitality
Responsible for the production of blood
Prevention of wrinkles
Maintaining the cholesterol level
Oxygen supply to muscles and brains
Creation of anti-stress hormones
Reduction of the risk of different types of cancer

Vitamin C
Positive if your body gets enough vitamin C:
Reduced resistance
Insomnia
Anemia
Bruising and bruises
Muscle pain
Extreme fatigue
Weight loss and decreased appetite
Pain in the bones and joints
Impaired wound healing
Bleeding Gums
Internal bleeding
Loose teeth
Sudden death
 Did you know all of this?
You can never eat all these product on one day. And that is not the intention, but you can try to choose as much product as meal from the list above as possible.
♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Snack - Day 100

I have found a new snack that tastes absolutely delicious. It are the Wasa Delicate Thin Crisps, they are so thin but taste really good. I have the flavor Rosemary & Salt. I also put a little bit of sea ​​salt butter on top of it. The combination of both makes a perfect snack for me. It has 36 cals a crisp, that's not much so you can eat more of them. And the snack is more healthy than chips or chocolate. The crisp cantains not any sugar or saturated fat, it contains lots of carbohydrates. What gives you a lot of energy.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

All about fruit - Day 79

There is so many fruit and every fruit kind taste different. That's not all the fruit has different healthy skills to make your body even more fit and healthy. You will be amazed about what these fruits can do for you. I totally love fruit! I eat sometimes even 3 pieces a day. I think that they taste like heaven. Now in the winter I eat especially oranges, mangos, pinappels, kiwis and pomegranate. In summer I eat more watermelon, cherries, grapes, strawberries, blueberries and peaches. And I eat every single day an apple, that I take with me to school.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Snack time - Day 67

I said myself today that I may not drink any alcohol and eat any chocolate for two months. I am a total chocolate addict I love eating chocolate it is the most delicious thing in the world ♥♥.
I almost never drink alcohol, only when I go out with my friends in the weekends, but never too much. But because I know now how much it effects your weight I will stop drinking alcohol completely. That won't be so hard for me. But the chocolate part definetely will. But I will keep it up and won't eat and drink both for two whole months. I hope that I will feel more fitt and happy after all.
So I was thinking about other snacks instead of the callorie full chocolate. So I went to the market and bought lots of vegies. I bought radishes, cucumber, lettuce, zucchini, peppers and tomatoes. I have cut all these and put them in a bowl in the refrigerator. Everytime when I want to take a fast snack I can just take some vegies who are already washed and sliced.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Food Tips and tricks - Day 48

Daily food tips and tricks:

Coconut Oil
Use coconut oil instead of other kind of oil when you cook a meal. Coconut oil is unique in its composition, and gets immediately converted into energy.

Breakfast / proteins
Eat a meal with lots of proteins, it takes your body 7x more energy to digest then when you eat carbohydrates. That is a boost to your metabolism!

Cold water
Drink every morning a glass of water, this stimulates the metabolism and forces your body to warm itself again.

Forkolin
Eat 50 milligrams of forskolin, this plant extract has effect on the breakdown of fat. And helps the thyroid hormones, which have a major impact on your metabolism.

Chewing gum
By chewing gum your body burns 19% more calories a hour. This will save you 5.5 pounds of body weight a year!

Wine
Women who drink 1 glass of wine a day on average 7-8 pounds lighter than women who do not. But you have to keep it just by one glass. 

Eat dill or chives
Dill and chives are full of kaempferol, that makes it that your metabolism works better for even a 150%.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Lemonade! - Day 32

Today I made my own lemonde, it is very healty and contains no extra sugar. It is specialy made of lemons, witch help you burn extra calories. The acidic fruit promotes the burning of fats in the body. Lemon juice helps the digestive system and removes waste digesting who makes it that you burn your food slow. Lemon contains a substance that gives a feeling of fullness and makes hunger disappear.


This is the recipe of the lemonade that I made, there are less than 10 calories in a glass!



Ingredients:
- 1 Lemon
- Quarter pomegranate
- 1 liter cold water
-10 white grapes

Preparation:
Cut the lemon into slices and peel the pomegranate. Put the lemon slices in a big bottel or can. You need the juice from the pomegranate. You can remove the juice with a blender. Do that also with the white grapes. Put the juice without the pulp in the can and add 1 liter cold water. Put the can in the refrigerator and keep it there for the night. So the next day you will taste extra lemon flavor.

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Blueberries - Day 20

You probably already knew that blueberries are a very healty snack. But there is more! Scientists are saying now that blueberries can slash the fat cells in the body up to 73%. The blueberries are said to change the way our bodies help process fat and sugar, helping us to lose inches from our waistline.
This sounds as music in my ears, so I'm about to eat more blueberries from now on. Sadly enough it's winter and it's hard to find blueberries in stores. Most of the time the have little trays in the big supermarkets. Which now costs a little more, because they do often not grown well this season.Therefore, you can wait until spring. But I start eating now, they are so good!

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Breakfast - Day 18

Today I had pomegranate for breakfast. It's a really healty fruit and contains many anti-oxidants. You must just get used to the taste, but you'll really love it. It also takes some time to pick out all the seeds from the pomegranate. You can eat them in many difrent ways, I did eat it with yogurt this morning. The yogurt makes the pomegrante taste sweet, and when you eat it is very juicy. You do not need to eat the whole fruit. When you have left some, you can just put it covered in the refrigerator for a day. I usually stop half the fruit in my yogurt. Have you also a favorite fruit kind for breakfast? Tell me!

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

 

 

Supermarket - Day 3

 

Today it´s Saturday and I went to a major supermarket in the neighborhood, and did some fruit and veggie shopping. It's freezing cold outside, so I wore a hat and a thick coat. Here you see a picture of me, so you know a bit of who I am. In the store I bought grapes, apples, a pineapple, pears and tangerines. I often make fruit smoothies with yogurt, Monday I will post the recipe of one of the smoothies. I also bought salads and zucchini. I never eat much on Sundays because that's my lazy day. So I eat often soup and salad as dinner on Sunday. So tommorrow I will show you how to make my low calorie Sunday dinner, consisting of zucchini soup and salad. Below you can see some photos from the supermarket. You see many exotic fruit, which is usually very sweet. You can see this as a healthy substitute for unhealthy snacks like crisps and chocolate.If I could choose between chips and a mango. I had definitely chosen the mango. It is not only healthier, I think it is very tasty!

 

 

I found a new kind of fruit in the supermarket a while ago. It is called a Kaki, it is orange and you can see it in the left corner on the picture above. It is really sweet and doesn't taste like any other fruit. The Kaki contains a lot of vitamin C, and I advise you to give him a try. You only need to be sure that the Kaki is fully ripe. If you eat to many immature Kakis it can be bad voor your stomach. So make sure that they are soft, wait a week before you eat them so they can completly ripe.

 

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes

Lunch - Day2

This morning I was in an hurry so I grabbed some food that I could find in the kitchen. I chose for Hero fruit drink with mango and peach flavor. I think that it is incredibly delicious and healthy at the same time. I also took an apple with me and for the fibers I chose for a cereal bar form Liga. It's really important to eat fibers, you can trick a lot of energy out of it. Which I need after cycling to school. I have to cycle for at least 45 minutes before I am at school. And especially with this cold weather, it takes much more energy. I also drink a lot of water, this is also really healthy.
My school day starts at 8:30 and lasts till 16:00. During my school day I have two breaks were I can eat my lunch. The lunch that I had with me was just enough.
Now I'm back from school and ready for dinner. I have to work at 6 pm, so I can go straight to work after dinner. Wish me luck!

♥ - stay fearless x Marloes