Tag: 16:8 diet

Spilling a secret.  It’s scary for me.

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Happy Halloween and Happy November 1st! CRAZY how time flies! I wanted to post yesterday and wish you all a happy Halloween and also say to stay safe. In Sweden people has started with that clown bullshit again. That thing that was a trend few years ago. Well, in Sweden they still do it.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN &

HAPPY NOVEMBER 1ST!

🎃✨️🎃

Lately I have been super busy with school, meetings, education for ADHD / AUTISM, having exams, send in assignments etc plus getting ready for tomorrow because my son E turns 8 years old! Now THAT is insane and crazy!

Yesterday’s simple makeup. Red eyeshadows with mix of brown colors and yellow lines. ● How suitable aren’t my tattoos when it’s Halloween? Snake and a pumpkin face.

Surprising E the day before his birthday

M is planning on going to the swimming pool/aquatic center with E, which is a lovely idea. E loves being in water and play around.

Yesterday I did makeup (I think I’m slowly getting back to it, but not daily as I had before). I miss doing makeup and actually wanted to do like a Pennywise (the dancing clown) with the red from the mouth and above the eyebrows, like a clown shape but in black. I decided to not do that due to the grocery shopping we had to do.

So I might do it later. Maybe tomorrow for school? Haha! Na, probably not.

Better view of the yellow lines. It actually look weird on one eye but oh well

Update on my diet but also a deep secret of mine is getting … told.

Short update on the diet I’m doing. I have changed it a bit from 16:8 to 17:7 due to school, and lunchtime is at 12pm. It’s going well. I’m hungry, yes, but I wait. I don’t eat any unnecessary things like popcorn, chips (it’s been a long time since I last ate that, but I write it to make it understandable of what I mean), candy, etc. 

I try to cut out carbs, but it’s hard, but I am taking way less than I did before. No white bread. More vegetables and more meat/chicken. I started this last Sunday, and I’m going to weigh myself tomorrow and see. Yes, I‘m struggling with OCD at the same time as it comes to the scale. Before, I checked my weight every time I had eaten something, used the bathroom, drank water, or so. It was an obsession, and I was manic about it. So I struggle with it. 

We’ll see how this first week has done, and I will try more to change my lifestyle.

I have also cheated on my plan to actually cut down another addiction I have, which is Pepsi Max, so I have actually (this makes me laugh that I even have done this) made a plan with the help of ChatGPT, but it’s working! So that’s good.

I write this update actually for myself, but hey, I also share it with you. Like I have written earlier, I’m keeping the blog raw and authentic, so here we go.

I hope you all have a wonderful day and an amazing month!

Yes, I know I blog more… less with days between, but honestly, I have no idea if y’all like that or not.

Today was a fun day, but I have a lot of thoughts going on in my head. Help?

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Two things in this post. Please answer the list part. If you can ofcourse.

Sometimes it’s all listening and no fun, but also sometimes we have fun. Today was one of those days!

Hello, my loves! I hope you all are doing good today!

Today i have actually been the whole day in school except for the last hour because I had to leave earlier so I could catch the bus so I could get my son in time (problems with the principals at the extra after-school place)

Today in school we had fun project which was to make a presentation where we had in our minds that we are teachers and worked with kids in preschool / day care. Everyone did good and I jumped in with my presentation with other kind of songs that the teacher gave links to.

We had to think about the children with special needs, how we could / would adapt us to them so they could participate as well. Well with everyone, not only special need kids.

We had to include movements, play, and all that stuff. We also had to think of any aids (that sounds so weird) so everyone saw the structure of the activity, etc. 

In Sweden (I don’t know how preschool and schools work in other countries), they use visual support to show what will happen, so everyone included that! We also had to keep in mind the sign support.

So what did I do? Well, my son is always listening to songs on YouTube where the singers do signs when singing—not like sign language but using their body and hands to reinforce words they sing. I hope you all understand what I mean.

Anyway, I picked out three songs from that singer/group, and it was so fun. Everyone (almost) participated in the signs and songs. Some didn’t.

After everyone had their presentation of their projects (some worked in groups, and some did the project individually—I did it alone), we continued to listen to children’s music—which you can see in the pictures.

I have started a diet and I was wondering if someone has done the same or maybe a similar or something else.

I have started with the 16:8 diet, and I just started it last Sunday (26th of October 2025), and so far it goes well, but I’m worried. I have googled and checked if it’s ok to do this diet when having type 2 diabetes, which I have, and it says it’s ok. I’m wondering and have questions about it, but no, I can’t contact a doctor about it. I’m still waiting on them to contact me about anotherthing but also about taking blood samples—anyway, I am so confused. What is ok, and what is not ok? What can I eat? What can I drink? How will my blood sugar react and act?  Like I said, I have googled around and checked official websites for healthcare, etc., in Sweden, but still, so many questions.