How do you eat?

Hello :)

I warn you not to read this if you are hungry or dieting!

This is a totally random topic but I actually spent a lot of time today thinking about how people eat. It started with chocolate but now it's a far more versatile topic. So, how do you eat chocolate? We'll assume that you have a normal chocolate bar. Do you eat each cube separately, do you take a row and than eat cube by cube fast enough that the chocolate doesn't stick to your fingers or you take the whole chocolate and eat it like a sandwich? Also, do you like to chew on chocolate or do you like to melt it in your mouth? As I'm writing this I realize how weird this is, but I'm so in this dilemma today. If you were wondering, I like to eat each cube separately and it takes a long time because I love to melt it and really taste the chocolate. I'm a chocoholic (I just learned that this is actually a word and a real condition). There is also other food to be discussed. For example, candy (bonbons). Do you chew them or melt them? I know it depends on the bonbon, but which one do you prefer? Next is chicken, an actual food. It's considered kinda rude to eat chicken with a fork and knife in my country; we eat most of it with bare hands. Do you ever eat pasta with ketchup? It's actually popular in my area. Tasted kinda weird at first but it's really tasty. What else? Eggs. Fried or scrambled eggs with cheese or with potatoes (french fries)? That's only for potato-lovers and I can not really tell you that it's tasty. I can't put those two flavors together. Ice-cream. (God, I want an ice-cream now.) If it is in a bowl, do you like to eat it "normally" or you like to let it melt and than "drink" it? I like a bit of both. At first I eat normally and, of course, by the end the rest of it melts and I really like that part too. This post is really getting weird so I'll wrap it up with a question: Do you have some weird or unusual habit of eating something or does your country or family has some unwritten rule how to eat something? Do tell me. (You can comment anonymously below.)

Thank you :*

P.S. Here is a delicious photo *__*

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Feast!! Bon apetit :)

My brother

Hello. This is first of my series posts about my relationships (intro post here).

I'll start with my favorite person in the whole wide world. My brother. If you have been reading my blog, I've mentioned him before. He is ambitious, smart, dedicated, persistent, loyal, outgoing, caring,... It seems like I could go on forever here. Of course, he gets on my nerves every now and then, as I'm sure I get on his. And that's perfectly fine. There is no relationship without a bit of arguing, right? He is my, to put it in just two words, role model. I often catch myself wanting to be him, wanting his life. Not so much because I'm unhappy with my own, but because his is better. (Please don't start with "love your life" and "you are you and you shouldn't be anything else". I know it; I'm just expressing how much I admire him). And here go my fears. I am worried that he doesn't think of me as high, I am afraid that I'm letting him down. I can not really express this the right way; if you have siblings you should be able to understand the need to impress them. Since my brother is really athletic (among million other things), I'm afraid that me being a bigger girl is making him, not really not proud (but that also), but uncomfortable. What more makes him uncomfortable, I think, is the fact that I'm total opposite of him when it comes to meeting people and being in groups. I'm the quiet one and I don't know really how to start a conversation or how to really be a part of a group. And he is the sweetest and invites me to hang with his friends. What is even weirder, I like them. I really like those guys and I have a feeling they like me too. And I still don't know how to be normal. Anyhow, not to make this about me... I love my brother. That's actually all that matters. Even if I'm not he's favorite person, like he is mine, that's fine. I also hope that we'll never grow apart. I know there will come a point in our lives where we will (hopefully) live with our own families but I still want us to be able to talk every day about random things, to be able to go somewhere and have a good time. When it comes to my brother, you could say I'm possessive. Not in a creepy ways (I don't think anybody notices it) but in a way where I think about just being the two of us for a while. That's why I have trouble with his girlfriends (not that I have ever shown them anything, I just have some thoughts...). Anyhow, this could go on forever if I picked only few favorite moments but let's keep it, more or less, short.

If you have siblings, please feel free to comment your relationship.

Till the next post, bye :*

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True story.

Family relationships

Hello :)

I started writing a post about my family members and my relationships with them. As I wrote about half of my family, I realized that it's not enough to write two or three sentences about people who I care most about. And who care most about me. They all deserve a post to themselves. Even though there are bad moments in family, they need to be properly described. As do good ones, too. I will have separate posts for my brother, mother and father, than joined posts for my grandparents from my mother's side and grandparents from my father's side. Also there will be one post about my aunt and my cousin, her son. Then I'll maybe make just one post for all my other family members and what family means to me and what I feel about family in general.

As I believe that some people just become your family over the time, I will have to write about my fiends too. I have few people in my life that I love as my brothers and sisters and they deserve to know how I feel about them. Also, there are those whom I loved once and then we grew apart. They also deserve a post. One joined post because, unfortunately, there is too many of these people.

In the end, there are those, in my life just few of them, who I don't like any more. Now because we grew apart, because they did stuff I can't forget, stuff I can't forgive. Or they didn't deserve to be forgiven. There are always like this. Or I'll just mention few moments when my "friends" betrayed me and made me feel like I'm nothing.

Since this is going to be an ongoing series of posts, I will use tag "Family and Friends". This will be visible on right side of my blog, under "Labels". Click on it and you will be transferred to all my posts with that tag. I hope you will have the time to read as I hope you'll learn something from them. Or at least realize that you are either lucky (if you have normal relationships, happy ones) or not alone (if you have trouble with your relationships).

**Have in mind that this will be probably my most personal series of posts so far.

That's all :)

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Summer workout routine

Hello everybody. My summer is over now (I only count time spent at the seaside as summer) and it's time to get back to my work and other stuff I do at home. I've told you many times before how I wish to lose weight. Well, I've been working out for a month and a half now and now it's time to share my workout routine with you. I have to say that you'll also have to adjust your diet (I didn't do a very good job, but I'm not at the vacation any more so I'm getting this very serious now). No eating after 6 p.m. I eat healthy and junk food during the day (I'll cut the junk food hopefully), but no matter what's on the table, I'm not eating after 6 p.m. Not even if I'm hungry. There is always a glass of water to full fill my needs and keep me through the evening. And here is my workout routine (pictures below):

• Sit-ups. I used to do 150 sit-ups (evolution: 50, 75, 50+50, 75+75, 100+50, 150). I messed up my knee and regular sit-ups aren't an option anymore (I did not ruin my knee doing any of these workouts!). Now I do 50 sit-ups with straight legs held by my mom.
• Hand orbiting. I do 2 minutes; one minute in one direction, other in opposite direction (evolution; 1 min+1 min, 1 min+1 min+30 sec+30 sec). Now I do 2 minutes again (you'll see why in the end).
• Half sit-ups/crunches. I started this not that long ago so I'm doing 20 of them.
• Hip bridges. This looks very easy but it's not. I am doing 30 of them (evolution: 10, 10+10, 20, 30).
• Planking. Probably the most underrated workout ever. When I saw it, and the program that goes with it, I laughed. I wan't laughing when I actually tried it. I am doing a minute and 15 seconds now (evolution: 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 1 min, 1 min 15 sec).
• Jumping jacks. Since this is relatively easy workout, I am doing 50 of them. There is no evolution here. I started few days ago with it and I immediately did 50.
• Leg raises. This is also one of those workouts where you do not exactly know what to expect. I am doing 15 of them (evolution: 5, 10, 10+5, 15).
• Criss-cross/crunch twist. I am doing 50 of them (evolution: 20, 20+20, 50).
• Now that you've done all of this, repeat!
• Squats. I did 30 of them until I messed up my knee. I am not doing this anymore.
• Running. I did this last summer every morning and I liked it but running demands more time and place to run. I have the place but time is a big problem. But (!) I hope to change that and start running soon.
• Other workouts. I am planning on adding some new workouts as soon as I will be able to perform these without any special strain.

Before any of these, see what you can and can't do, see your limits. Also, if you have any problems, contact your doctor or someone for advice.

Best of luck!

P.S. Click on the picture for a larger view. Also, I obviously made up the workout named hand orbiting, and I can't find you any pictures so I made my own in Paint. Hopefully you'll understand what's going on.

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All of my current workouts.

Hand orbiting my way.

Video in written

Hello. How are you? All going good? Tell me if you have anything you would like to share. Comments below.

Anyhow, for past few weeks I've been thinking about making a video, but then again, I already said it and I can't make myself do it. Mostly because I don't want anyone to actually see me. I think I've written about some really personal stuff and I do not want my "friends" to see this and think God knows what. It's my life and if I can keep it like that, I'll try my best. But, then again, I really want to show you me, my expressions because I think a video is always more personal than a written post. Oh well, we'll see where this will take me. Another thing I wanted to tell you is that I can actually see my goals from "Plan for a change" post come true. I have a really good plan and this time I hope I'm not backing down. I finally bought myself brand new RayBan sunglasses that I've been talking about since forever. I know they have been in my blog for quite a few times. I can now brag a bit and say that they are really great. I bought New Wayfarer 2132 if that helps you anyhow. Also, I started working out. Now I will probably ruin this routine because I'm going to seaside for 3 weeks and all I do there is lie and sleep. So, that probably won't be good for my new evening routine. Also, being a shy person, I can not workout in front of other people. My parents are also there, so yeah... I won't work out. I hope to God that I'm so wrong right now. And yes, if you were wondering, I am 20 and I still go to seaside with my parents. I have no problem with that. I love going with my friends also, but this year we didn't make any plans and I can't not go to the shore so I'll hang with my dad for a week and with my mamma for two weeks (at least). That should be really relaxing and easy going. Another great thing about this is they are paying for everything (not that I buy anything there, I'm just talking about regular food and necessary stuff) and my mom likes to cook and bake for us. It is a win - win situation. I see it as a win - win. So, going back to my title, can you see me saying all these things? Could you see it in a video? Would you see it if I made one? I would really appreciate the feedback. Not only on the video idea, but also on the whole blog, topics, times of posting,... Pretty much everything.

P.S. I just realized I haven't told you anything about the furniture I bought and I promised I would. Also, the Gossip girl posts are still in progress (GG review label on the right).

And that would be all for now. We'll talk later. Other time.

Bye

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