julia

Mon Jul 26 & Tue Jul 27: - feel kind of bad for having a 2 day break, but I just didn't have time because I've been away from home from 7AM to 9PM because of hunting for flats, and felt too tired afterwards, and have only slept a few hours so I didn't want to get up even earlier. Anyways... I really want to get going again tomorrow! Wed Jul 28: 5 min rope skipping (tried double unders - killing!) then (30 minutes): something I don't know the name of (push up position, one knee at a time towards chest): 20-20-20-20-20 crunches 10-10-10-10-10 sumo squats 10-10-10-5-5 oblique crunches 20-20-20-20-20 burpees without push-up 10-5-5-10-5 dips 10-10-10-10-10 calf raises 1-legged: 10-10-10, both legs: 20-20 star crunches: 10-10-10-10-10 push ups: 15-10-10-10-15 my push ups are awful, I need to work on them! I don't know if you can call what I'm currently doing a push up.. 30 minutes walk in the evening Thu Jul 29: 20 min jump roping (low intensity jumps), some crunches, dips, push ups Fri Jul 30: 30 min stationary bike (14k, 220 kcal) after that: 27 min run (about 5k) then I left for a Vegan Fest in Germany Sat Jul 31: Helping out at a vegan info booth all day, in the evening: walking around Munich and being active a bit (some dips at a park bench, climbing up a lantern ..) Sun Aug 1: 3 hour walk in Munich's English garden, some sight-seeing..

I played piano for several years.. had no problem with reading music but my fingers never seemed flexible enough And I learned guitar for a year, but stopped after that. I still have my guitar though, so I might start playing again. Don't really want a teacher though, so I'll just try to learn some songs..

thanks

Yep, there definitely are some shadows on the right side of your body I guess it won't take too long until they're REALLY visible, though.. Looks like you have a very low bodyfat percentage..

WOW! Amazing progress! Way to go..

http://a.imageshack.us/img688/63/dsc00370d.th.jpg http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5017/dsc00374a.th.jpg The light's been kind to me I just hope one day this will be gone as well: http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7254/dsc00381.th.jpg will upload an upper-body photo next week

As we become healthier mental-wise, sometimes hidden things come up. So maybe that has happened, and there's something that makes you feel angry?

Oh, interesting Have you been vegan during that time? If yes, I'm sure it wasn't easy Especially Tyrol seems to be a really tough place to be vegan. Except for Vienna, Austria seems not that vegan-friendly in general, although I really see a change going on even in more rural places

How's your back today?

I found an old pic today: http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7392/oldh.jpg That's from 2008. I was about 10lbs heavier than I am now, but I was still 10lbs lighter than last summer (Unfortunately I don't have any pics from last summer..)

they were amazing live

Ouch :/ I hope you feel better soon and it's nothing serious!

+1 You really are very beautiful!

Time to get that thread up again Because: A girl that's been my best friend once turns out to be vegan and asked me if we want to cook together someday.. Double-YES! I wanted to meet her again for such a long time, and cooking with her sounds like a lot of fun! Yay.. Seems like a ray of sunshine in the world of loneliness I'm currently living in

You and your whole family look so beautiful! And I love that one of the girls is wearing sports shoes with her dress.. I always detested the shoes people made me wear on weddings and such.. So it's great to see that those kind of shoes are accepted as well on a wedding for a change

I'm a newbie, so I can't really say "Glad to have you back", but I love the comments by you I've read so far.. So I'm glad you're trying to be around more often

Mudvayne and NIN are great

Blendtec is even more expensive than the VitaMix But I think I found the right one for me: http://gastroback.de/en/products/details/35/7/mixer-&-crusher/design-mixer-advanced-electronic.html It's a German product, costs about 250$, and I've read nothing but positive feedback on it.

I'm not trying to get one for $50, but the VitaMix is not readily available over here. I couldn't find any used ones on ebay, and there's just a few sites that sell them in Germany. The lowest price was 650€ which is 840$. I'll see if Blendtec is available here, otherwise I might go with the Omniblend.

Thanks everybody @ pazios2002 and Lean and Green: As for 10 min rope skipping.. I do get tangled up in my rope again and again, but I just try to keep jumping all the time, while trying to get hold of the rope again. Also I'm alternating the jumps a lot.. When I feel my heart rate is becoming too fast I just change to a less intense jump for some time.. Capoeira.. well I loved it in the beginning but lately I don't enjoy it that much any longer... I'm thinking about starting something new this fall.. I'll have tons of opportunities because of university anyway @Jason X: thanks for the input! I feel like my legs are the weakest parts of my body, so I'm sure it won't be too easy I'll try that next time I'm heading for a run.

I'll be getting a food processor for my birthday A Vita-Mix is just way too expensive, and quite frankly even if I got it, I'd never spend that much money on a blender, even if it's not exactly myself who spends the money. Apart from that I don't believe anybody would be willing to buy me a blender for that amount of money.. So I'm looking for a good food processor or blender. I want to make my own nutmilks, smoothies, and nutbutters would be great as well. Any ideas, recommendations..? I've also been looking at one called "OmniBlend".. It seems great, any experiences with that one?

Mon Jul 19: 10 min rope skipping; 25 min workout including push ups, crunches, dips, lunges, squats.. no particular group of muscles.. really liked it! Tue Jul 20: cycling [18.7 km, 1:07 h, AVS 16.8 kph, bike says 329 cals but it doesn't count uphill because the cals are only based on distance and speed instead of heart race] Wed Jul 21: swimming in lake, 30 mins; bit of rowing but nothing serious.. actually thinking about joining the university's rowing class.. will doe some crunches later.. somehow I can't get enough of training abs lately.. Thu Jul 22: swimming in my grandparent's 7m - pool [200 (40min) - 100 - 25 -> 2.275 km] Fri Jul 23: Resting; 30 min walk + using my bike around town Sat Jul 24: 30 min walk; workout: 10 mins rope skipping (concentrated on getting better at criss-crossing today.. think I need to get a longer rope!); 37 minutes bodyweight exercises (1:30min plank, crunches, push ups, dips, lunges, calf raises, toe touches, leg raises, roll ups w/ jump, lying hip extension, think that's about it) Realized I've done hardly any stretching lately so I'll warm up a bit now and stretch! Need to include stretching in the future! Don't know why I've stopped doing it.. Sun Jul 25: this morning: 30 min run + stretching, decided to stop counting calories.. Done it for a few weeks now and I really got enough of it now... I got an image of what I can or should eat now, and will try to stick to it without counting calories.. 30 min walking in the evening

Kamelot

Well there people in every age around here, it seems. But below 20 is definitely a minority.