Margarita

It's been a while since I last logged my activities and food, but that doesn't mean that I stopped doing what I do

It's been a hell of a winter season, relieved that it's over. Went on the most magical journey to Bali. Came back home and now I'm just relaxing and enjoying my summer with lots of good food (and sometimes not so good ), yoga, workouts, beach and snorkelling

So that's it for the past months, now the update for today:

Activities:

morning Vinyasa flow - 45 min

right next to the beach where I go, we have this almost vertical ladder with 138 steps (yes, I've counted them ), so the workout for today was 3 climbs and 3 descends

Food:

4am - I had a peach craving, so I got out of bed and had one

8am - peach

9.30am - a handful of raw almonds mixed with raw cocoa nibs

12pm - watermelon

1.30pm - another 2 peaches

2.30 - melon

3.30 - tofu with raw cashew/zucchini pate; dessert: raw coconut cream with raw honey and carob powder

7pm - melon

later - raw cashews

Sunday 12.12

Activities

10 min spinning

Interval workout 10:30 in 6 tounds

A: Lat pulldown/Cable crunch

B: Overhead squat/Full contact twist

C: Push ups only

D: Pistols/Get up-roll over-to-puch up

E: Sumo dead lift-high pull/Burpee-knees to elbows

F: Pull through/Elevated push ups

An one more superset which I can't recall

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with coconut milk and mint cocoa*

Midmorning snack:

Pre-soaked oats with almonds, goji berries* and raw honey*

Throughout the whole day:

Big quantities of tangerines, grapefruits, apples

(...it just felt like a fruit day )

Dinner: Haven't decided yet

Friday 10.12

Activities

Midday workout:

100 skips

500 mountain climbers 4 min 22 sec

100 skips

50 horizontal pull ups 2 min 08 sec

100 skips

50 dynamic squats 1 min 04 sec

100 skips

50 crossed ankles "breakdance" push ups 5 min 23 sec

100 skips

50 burpees (no push up) 2 min 44 sec

100 skips

50 crunch tucks 2 min 22 sec

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with mint cocoa* and coconut milk

Lunch:

Beets and cabbage salad with flax seed and olive oil

Lentils cooked with onions

DIY chocolate*

Midday snack:

Grapefruit

Dinner:

The leftovers from lunch

Halvah

Saturday 11.12 official opening of the ski season here

Activities

Morning workout:

100 skips

50 x 3 high knees/drop down 5 min 30 sec

100 skips

50 backward lunges with each leg, so a total of 100 2 min 35 sec

100 skips

50 hanging knee raises 2 min 45 sec

100 skips

500 running mountain climbers 4 min 47 sec

100 skips

50 turkish get up 4 min 10 sec

100 skips

50 s100 skipswiss ball bridges 1 min 49 sec

100 swiss ball crunches 2 min 20 sec

100 skips

100 elevated knee tucks 2 min 10 sec

100 skips

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with banana and cocoa*

Lunch:

Beets salad with sunflower seed

DIY chocolate*

Dinner:

Buckwheat with veggies

Crackers with honey

...and addictive too , since I invented this recipe, I can't live without knowing that there are a few pieces in the fridge

Oh, and here's what it looks like

Thursday's review:

Activities

Ashtanga/power yoga - 70 min

I had terribly difficult yoga class today - I was soooo tired, I hardly kept myself from sleeping in the middle of it so I didn't do anything else today workoutwise.

Food

Breakfast:

The usual hemp protein* shake with coconut milk and mint cocoa*

Snack:

Grapefruit - I used to hate those up until few months ago, now I can't imagine a day without one

Lunch:

Beets and green cabbage salad with sunflower seeds and olive oil

Halvah

Dinner:

Lotus tea*

Green gabbage and turnip salad

Toasted rye bread with olive spread

Crackers with raw honey*

DIY chocolate? You made your own chocolate? How?

It's really simple and it takes not more than 20 min

You'll need:

75 gr raw cocoa paste (here you could add also cocoa powder or carob powder)

1 tbsp coconut butter

1 tbsp raw coconut cream

1 tbsp raw honey (or agave syrup)

1-2 tbsp chopped raw nuts (I usually use almonds)

1-2 tbsp dried cranberries, goji berries or other kind if dries fruits

3 dried dates

First, you'll need to grate the cocoa paste and chop the rest of the ingredients. Put everything to melt (together) in hot water (do not use direct heat) and then pur into a flat pan. Leave in the fridge to cool for a couple of hours and then enjoy.

Really simple, really delicious and healthy.

Wednesday

Activities

Afternoon Fluid powr yoga - 75 min

Evening workout:

In about 20 min:

100 skips

50 DB swings - alternating hands

100 skips

50 DB snatches - alternating hands, 25 each hand

100 skips

50 DB renegade rows - 25 each hand

100 skips

50 DB dead lifts

100 skips

50 walking lunges/biceps curls

200 skips

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* shake with coconut milk and mint cocoa*

Snack:

Oats* with nuts, hemp seed* and raw honey

Afternoon snack:

Sesame tahini with raw honey*

Dinner:

Fresh veggie salad with sunflower seeds and olive oil

Halvah

Wednesday

Activities

Afternoon Fluid powr yoga - 75 min

Evening workout:

In about 20 min:

100 skips

50 DB swings - alternating hands

100 skips

50 DB snatches - alternating hands, 25 each hand

100 skips

50 DB renegade rows - 25 each hand

100 skips

50 DB dead lifts

100 skips

50 walking lunges/biceps curls

200 skips

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* shake with coconut milk and mint cocoa*

Snack:

Oats* with nuts, hemp seed* and raw honey

Afternoon snack:

Sesame tahini with raw honey*

Dinner:

Fresh veggie salad with sunflower seeds and olive oil

Halvah

I will not post a summary for yesterday, as I had only 40 min of sun salutations yoga and nothing unusual happened food-wise. I took half day off, and went shopping and then cooking, so the only summary would be that I had a great day

Today, Tuesday

Activities

Morning workout:

1000 skips

50 dynamic air squats

50 side step, crossed ankle push ups

50 DB walking lunges

50 DB burpee-row

50 prisoner get ups

100 mountain clinbers

All for 28 min 02 sec (the push ups and the burpees slowed me )

Bonus exercise: Elevated legs mountain climbers - 60 of them

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein shake* with coconut milk* and mint cocoa*

Lunch:

Green cabbage salad with sesame tahini

DIY chocolate*

Dinner:

Steamed cauliflower with lemon and olive oil

My long awaited day off SUNDAY

Activities

5 min warm up on the spin bike

20 burpee-knees-to-elbows

10:30 intervals in 6 rounds of:

A: Lat pulldown/Cable crunches

B: Parallel squats/Full contact twist

C: Cable rows/Sumo dead lift-high pull

5 min on the spin bike with all out effort, then some bodyweight intervals:

A: Elevated push ups/Mountain climbers

B: Pistols/Turkish get up

30 more burpee-knees-to elbows

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with cocoa* and coconut milk*

Grapefruit

Lunch:

Cabbage/turnip salad (from last night)

Steamed beetroot with garlic (also from last night)

Home made treats with seeds and dried fruits

Afternoon snacks:

Tangerines

Sesame tahini with raw honey* and lemon juice

Dinner:

Green cabbage salad

Seitan*

Crackers with home made blueberry jam*

Impressive moves.

Yeah, I just don't know how to describe them with simplier words, as they are combo moves, I hope it's not so difficult to get the idea of the workouts.

Saturday

Activities

Time challenge - 50 of each of the following:

3 jumping jacks/drop down - 6 min 10 sec

DB walking lunges (50 with each leg)- 2 min 44 sec

"Breakdance" crossed ankles push ups - 6 min 29 sec

Crunch tucks - 2 min 32 sec

DB alternating hands swings - 1 min 46 sec

Mountain climbers (50 with each leg) - 1 min 21 sec

Get up-roll-to-push up - 5 min 42 sec (the last 20 of the push ups here were from kneeling position, as I could hardly move at this point)

Food

Breakfast and morning snack:

Hemp protein* with mint cocoa* and coconut milk

Grapefruit

Green tea with guarana*

Lunch:

Fresh salad with avocado, green cabbage, lemon juice, algae*

DIY chocolate*

Afternoon snack:

Sesame tahini with raw honey*

Dinner:

Cabbage and turnips salad

Steamed beetroot with olive oil and garlic

Crackers with raw honey*

It's Friday again...good for those who don't have to work on weekends

Activities for today: TOTAL YOGA DAY

1. Hatha yoga - 60 min

2. Fluid power yoga - 60 min - that's new for me and it almost killed me...looks so easy but at the end I could hardly stand

3. Hatha yoga - 75 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with coconut milk* and cocoa*

Lunch:

Fresh salad with cabbage and beetroot

Brown basmati rice* with oriental spices

DIY chocolate*

Afternoon snack:

Grapefruit

Cocoa drink*

Winter type squash with brown sugar and cinnamon

Dinner:

Same as lunch

Thursday

Activities

Morning workout

1000 skips for 8 min 35 sec

And then the 6 round / 10:30 intervals:

A: Mountain climbers/Elbow plank

B: DB snatch/Renegade row

C: "Breakdance" push ups/Half burpee (the plank-forward jump part)

D: Crunch tucks/Puish up-three side steps

E: Swiss ball crunches/Horizontal pull ups

Approx. 20 min

Afternoon hatha yoga: 60 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with coconut milk* and mint cocoa*

Winter

Lunch:

Fresh salad with avocado, green cabbage, green algae* and ginger

Home made raw chocolate*

Afternoon snack:

type squash eith raisins an brown sugar

Dinner:

Lentil* salad with veggies*

Crackers wirh raw honey*

Tuesday

Activities

Morning workout approx. 30 min

Interval training: 10:30 sec in six rounds of:

A & C: Rope jumps/Pistols

B: Mountain climbers/Crossed ankle push ups with side step

D: Dynamic squats/Dynamic push ups

E: Elevated push ups/Elevated mountain climbers

F: Rope jumps/DB burpees

Evening workout: Hatha yoga - 60 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with cocoa* and oat milk*

Lunch:

Fresh salad with green cabbage, green algae*, olive oil

DIY chocolate*

Afternoon snack:

Brown basmati rice* with coconut, cashew and raisins

Dinner:

Brown basmati rice* with coconut, cashew and raisins

Cooked winter type squash with raisins and brown sugar

Wednesday

Activities

Morning workout approx. 25 min - interval training 10:30 sec in six rounds of:

A: Rope jumps/DB burpees

B: Mountain climbers/Elbow planks

C: DB snatch/Knees-to-elbows

D: Incline DB bench press-to-shoulder press/swiss ball crunches

E: Elevated push ups/elevated mountain climbers

F: Pistols/Turkish get up-to-burpees

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with oat milk* and cocoa*

Grapefruit

Lunch:

Fresh salad with green cabbage, avocado, flaxseed oil, lemon juice, olive paste

Home made sesame treats

Afternoon snack:

Brown basmati rice* with coconut, cashew nuts and brown sugar

Dinner:

Fresh salad with turnips, beetroot, olive oil

Toasted rye bread

Lots of crackers with raw honey*

It's Monday again and here's the summary of today;

Activities

Ashtanga yoga - 70 min

Hatha yoga instructional - 120 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with oat milk* and mint cocoa*

Grapefruit

Lunch:

Steamed cauliflower with flaxseed oil

Home made raw chocolate* with almonds*

Afternoon snack:

Apples

Dinner:Fresh salad with cabbage, turnip, olive oil, olive paste

Home made treats* with dried fruits, sesame, almonds and honey

Later:

Apples

I am also attatching a couple of pictures of me progressing in the Peacock asana still there's more to be desired

Sunday

Activities

Morning workout:

14 min interval spinning

Interval training 10:30 sec in 6 rounds - I can't recall the exact order of the supersets, but there were parallel squats, overhead squats, lat pulldowns, cable crunches, full contact twists, push ups, turkish get ups, burpee-knee to elbows.

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with oat milk* and cocoa*

Lunch:

Fresh cabbage* and turnip* salad with flaxseed oil

Crackers with raw honey*

Afternoon snacks:

Apples and grapefruits

Dinner:

Toasted rye bread with olive spread

Fresh cabbage* and turnip* salad with flaxseed oil

Steamed beetroot* with garlic

Home made candy with dried fruits and nuts*

Friday

Activities

Ashtanga yoga - 60 min

Hatha yoga - 60 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with coconut milk and cocoa*

Lunch:

Salad with green cabbage, buckwheat and flaxseed oil

Home made halvah*

Dinner:

Steamed cauliflower* with vegan pesto*

More of my halvah*

Saturday

Activities

Interval training 10:30 sec intervals in 6 rounds of the following:

A: Rope jumps/Burpees

B: Mountain climbers with elbow planks during rest intervals

C: Pistols (getting better )/Push ups with side step

D: DB bench press/DB dead lift/Renegade row

E: More of the mountain climbers, this time variations with elevated legs (this really kills my shoulders)

F: DB backward-forward lunge/Crunches with knee tucks

Took me about 30 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with cocoa* and oat milk*

Lunch:

Salad with beetroot*, buckwheat, hemp seed*, flax oil

Home made chocolate* (I"m really getting addicted to all those home made treats - making AND eating them - I should open a raw pastry shop )

Dinner:

Steamed beetroot* with garlic and flax oil

The remains of the home made halvah*

Snacks:

Apples, Pomello and lots of ayurvedic teas

I wish a very nice weekend to ALL.

Thursday

Activities

Ashtanga yoga 90 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* shake with coconut milk*

Lunch:

Avocado, cabbage*, spices mash wrapped in algue* (not the most delicious dish I've tried, but since that was the only thing I brought with me for lunch, I had to eat it)

Home made raw chocolate treat*

Afternoon snacks:

Grapefruits and apples

Dinner:

Beetroot and turnip salad

Seitan* with flaxseed oil and spices

Halvah

Some time later:

Pomello

Energy level - low, tired from the three-workout day yesterday

Wednesday

Activities

Morning workout - I kept it short as I had quite an active day

Interval training 10 sec rest, 30 sec work in 6 rounds of the following:

A: Burpees/Side burpees/One leg burpees(alternating legs)

B: Rope jumps/Hindu squats

C: 3 variations of mountain climbers with elevated legs and elbow planks in the rest intervals

D: Pistols/Horizontal pull ups

E: Renegade row/Isometric handstands

Short, but intense took me about 25 min

Midday workout: Yoga - sun salutation and standing sequence instructional, took about 75 min, I count it as a workout as I was quite tired after it

Evening workout: Ashtanga yoga - 60 min

The upcomming week is going to be a bit more hard for me (workoutwise) as I'll be having a lot of extra yoga classes and I'll try not to skip my daily workouts.

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* shake with coconut milk

Lunch and Dinner:

Large salad with beetroot, cabbage, algae*, buckwheat

The leftovers of the yesterdays home made treats* (those are really addictive )

Snacks:

Apples, Grapefruit, Hazelnuts*, Cashew nuts

Monday

Activities Ashtanga yoga 75 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* shake with soy milk*

Lunch:

Mung beans* with veggies

Home made squares with walnuts, sesame, dried fruits and honey*

Dinner:

Fresh salad with mixed veggies and wholemeal pasta*

Crackers with raw honey*

Tuesday

Activities

Morning

Interval training in supersets

Rope jumps/Jumping jacks-chest-to-ground

Mountain climbers in three variations, and elbow planks in the rest intervals

Pistols(I still suck )/DB burpees

Squat-jump-knees to elbows/Crossed ankle push ups with side step

Same variations of mountain climbers but with elevated legs (it really killed my arms and I was sweatins as a pig)

Swiss ball crunches/Push ups with turn over

Evening: Hatha yoga 60 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein shake with coconut milk

Grapefruit

Lunch:

Spirulina spaghetti* on fresh salad

Home made squares with walnuts, sesame, dried fruits and honey*

Afternoon snack:

Sesame tahini with raw honey*

Dinner:

Cauliflower salad

Home made squares with walnuts, sesame, dried fruits and honey*

It's finally Sunday again!

Since it's the only day off work for me, and I was quite active the first half of the day, I plan to spend the rest of it lazing on the couch with my laptop and the TV

Workout

Barbell/cable workout

5 min warm-up and 5 min cool down on the spin bike

Interval training 10 sec rest, 30 sec work, 6 rounds of the following:

A: Parallel squats/Overhead squat

B: Close grip lat pulldown/Elevated push ups

C: Full contact twist/Elevated push up with knee tucks

D: Cable crunches/Pull-through

E: Pistols (I really suck at those, that's why I've decided to do them on my every workout until I do them well )/Turkish get up (without weight)

F: Sumo dead lift-High pull/Full contact twist (again)

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein powder* with chocolate soy milk*

A bit later - Grapefruit

Lunch:

Fresh salad with green cabbage, green algae*, olive oil and flax seeds

Steamed beetroot* with garlic and more olive oil

Home made date-cocoa*-almond* balls

Afternoon snacks:

Apples and Tea

Dinner:

A couple of toasts and a large mixed veggies salad

Home made blueberry jam* with crackers

Saturday

Activities

Interval training:

10 sec rest, 30 sec work, 6 rounds of each combo:

A: Rope jumps/One leg burpees

B: Mountain climber in 3 variations with elbow planks during rest intervals

C: Same as A

D: DB Walking lunge-to-bicep curl-to-press up/ Crossed ankles push ups-to forward jumps

E: DB deadlift/Renegade row

F: Same as B, but with elevated legs

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* with cocoa* and soy milk*

Lunch:

Very green salad with: mashed avocado, green aglae*, green cabbage, green spices*

Halvah for dessert

Dinner:

Salad with lentils*, onions, cabbage, olive oil

Halvah again

Lots of tea and apples throughout the whole day.

A quick view of the day:

Friday

Activities

Morning workout:

Interval bodyweight and dumbbell training, I can't recall the details, but there were Burpees, DB burpees, Rope jumps, Pistols with side kicks, Mountain climbers and some more fun stuff . It took me about 45 min

Evening activities: Hatha yoga - 60 min

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* shake with coconut milk and cocoa*

Lunch AND Dinner:

Brown basmati rice* with green algae* and spices*

Halvah

Afternoon snack:

Sesame tahini* with lemon and honey*

After dinner snack: Apples

Wednesday's summary

I had to go on a one-day business trip out of town, so no morning workout, no good food throughout the day, exausted

Activities

Late evening ashtanga yoga 60 min

Food

The whole day I snacked on raw hazelnuts* and my home made chocolate*

Dinner:

A LARGE cup of steamed cauliflower with olive oil and spices

Dessert - the leftovers of my chocolate*

Thursday

Activities

After the exausting wednesday I was completely wasted, I hardly taught my morning ashtanga class.

Food

Breakfast:

Hemp protein* drink with soy milk*

Grapefruit

Lunch:

Wholemeal/spirulina spaghetti* with fresh veggies*

Halvah

Afternoon snack:

A few apples*

Dinner:

Steamed beetroot* with LOTS of garlic and olive oil

Fresh salad with cabbage*, turnip*, olive oil, dried algae* and spices

Halvah

Later:

Probably coconut milk