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First day of 2025 and this is how I hope my year goes

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Happy New Year.all you beautiful souls! I wish you all a year of good health, love, happiness and positive vibes.

I have already posted a vision board for my 2025 but since I made that one I have really been thinking of how I hope and wish my 2025 goes go.

This year I will start take care of myself better ~ both mentally, physically and spiritually.  I feel that 2024 has really been bad for me personally so this year I will work hard to take care of myself.

I will start with my weightloss journey again. You all know I was maniac going to the gym last summer and this year I’ll go to the gym more ~ atleast 2 times a week. Between that I will go on walks (photowalks as well)

Try get out of my comfort zone, try new things, change my appearance (hair etc) ~ just to try something new.

Travel to new places and explore new locations is something I really hope will happen. A mini vacation even if it is just a weekend or 24h cruise.

I will continue to study, maybe start a new education this fall if the school have it. Some step closer to my preschool teacher education

Just a few things I have been thinking of. It will probably be added more on the list but that is OK. Im just gonna try working with all these.

Do you have any goals and plans for this year?

Recaps of the good and bad moments of this month

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Goodbye August. Thank you for this time. It’s been a chaotic month.

Now when the summer is officially over (here in Sweden it is) and first day off fall (for me) is tomorrow (sep 1rst) it’s time to say thank you for this month and share some recaps of August 2024. This year’s August has been good but also bad. How have your August been?

Good; I started in school again ● my son started school again after summer break ● I have begun to go to the gym often this month ● I have been trying to eat better (which I have. especially when my husband and son eats pizza or I’m with my friend. I always pick salad) ● I made this blog ● I work on getting my photographer brain back ● my husband surprised me with a birthday gift (few days late) ~ I will show it later.

Bad; My mental health is still bad but a lot better than it was in the beginning of the year ● I had to say goodbye to my beloved little girl Toulula ● My birthday (I dislike my birthday since I was a kid ~ Family reasons)

So now when September is here (already tomorrow) I hope the month will be much better for me. one thing I know already is that in September, my husband and I celebrate 8 years together ~ now that’s insane. Neither one of us didn’t think we would last but here we are. lol.

(more has happened in August but I can not remember it all right now)

What was your yay and nay with August month?

September goals | Blog, Life and weightloss ● nervous but excited

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September is coming up and it goes fast! Wow. Can’t believe that it’s soon September and only 3 months left of 2024. That’s crazy!

I was thinking of making a small list every month (motivation/goals) list. You can join me as well 🥰 Let me know if you join this idea!

September 2024 goals ●●● BLOG RELATED; Grow so I reach 10 followers ● Blog at least once per day ~ if time, Blog two posts or more ● Share more photographs I take ●●● LIFE RELATED; Weightloss = gym at least twice per week. If time, try three ● -2kg (explaining this below) ●●●

sounds like a small little list that I hopefully can achieve 🥰 Looking forward to see the list at the end of September 🥰 Maybe you wanna join and make your own list of goals per month? Fun!

-2kg part; long story short. I was hysterical of losing weight two years ago when I lost so much in weight on 3 months. My brain didn’t follow the speed as my body shrunk and that wasn’t good. I was a maniac, I barely ate just to lose weight etc. Before my goals were 50kg on 5 months for an example.  So now I’m trying to calm my head and take it slow.

Beautiful sunny day with laughter, madness and workouts

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Today I had a debate with myself if I would go to the gym or not. I was supposed to go yesterday but I didn’t so I broke my strike in days but it’s fine. Today I felt low on energy so I just wanted to lay in bed and sleep but I dragged myself to the gym which resulted 65 minutes on the treadmill and a painful hip. I wanted to push myself more but I had to stop so I don’t make the pain worse or something else .

after gym I took my beloved energy drink (I just started to drink these the other day. I wanted to try one and boom.. I’m hooked) and took a slow walk next to the sea in the beautiful sunshine. I was gonna meet up my best friend but her bus didn’t come until 20 minutes after so I enjoyed a bit in the sun and later met her.

We went to the grocery store and bought more of my celsius drinks plus other stuff as well. I know I know, energy drinks aren’t good for you to drink so much off and im not drinking more than two (pre-workout and after workout) per day but thank you 🥰

after that we walked around a bit and after we decided to go grab some dinner. I was not in the mood for pizza (I had pizza yesterday) but for chicken salad ..with pineapples! so good! I love pineapples on pizza and in salad. Unfortunately I had to throw away a lot of chicken because I got that feeling.. uhm.. where it “grows in the mouth” you know. I don’t know how to explain in an other way. Anyway, we sat at the pizza place for two hours or so and just talked, laughed, joked and had a wonderful time – just what I needed.

We always order a plate of fries (because we like it) but we always end up throwing away 3/4 of it 😅 thankfully I know what the pizzaplace do with the left over food that’s everyday and it goes to animals (pigs and chickens) so that’s good ☺️

My plans is to go to the gym tomorrow again but it all depend on my hip. On Monday I start school again – yay finally back with one routine in my life (again) and hopefully get the schedule so I can plan my workouts (while son is in school and me after school or when I have day off from school).

What have you done today? Any plans?

Honest Review: Propud Protein Milkshake ; Popcorn Caramel

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I don’t know why the quality of the picture is so bad

After workout! Saw this one at the store (I love propud Milkshake Vanilla ice cream) so I decided to try it. Three reasons why I did it, 1. like I wrote earlier – I love their vanilla ice cream Milkshake 2. I love popcorn and 3. I love caramel. so I thought this combo would be perfect! the popcorn flavor with a combo of sweetness and caramel. Sounds delicious right? Salt and sweet. mm so good! best part is that it’s no added sugar, it’s lactose free and it contains 20g protein! me friend and I calculated that for me to lose weight I need 98g of protein (if that’s correct, we don’t know)

it’s easy to just grab for a quick drink when you gonna workout (before or after) and when you are kinda hungry but not really hungry. Haha!

REVIEW; ● Taste; you can definitely taste the popcorn and the caramel but the popcorn took over and the caramel gave a bad aftertaste. Not good. ● Look; small bottle – perfect on the go. Love the colors they used on it. ● Pricing; bit expensive for my taste. it cost almost $4 ● Would I recommend? Yeah! it fills your stomach if you are hungry. You can also have a banana before or after drinking it for longer fullness in stomach. This drink might be your cup of tea but for me it wasn’t but yes, I recommend it!

⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5 (three stars out of five)

the taste and pricing did so I gave it only 3 stars.

Work hard and you will see amazing results

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the quote on my headline is one motivational quote I use to think off when my mentally health is low. Check out this post for 6 inspirational and motivational quotes I think you will like

look at the cloud on the right picture. It looks like a crocodile but my friend say it looks like a hippo 👀

For the third day in a row I actually went to the gym. That is insane. Never ever did I ever think of going to the gym three days in a row. I could do maybe twice a week last year but now I’m going a lot while E is in school and my school haven’t started.

I’m actually very surprised and out of words how I have managed with my bad mental health managed to get myself at the gym. That’s crazy! I just checked my workout app and I had 7 visits for the whole 2023 before my husband paused my membership and only this month I have been to the gym 10 times. Now that’s massive step for me.

Hopefully this will continue (maybe not this often like 3 days in a row) and I can see results. I hope and pray that this time my body will slim down in same speed as my brain. two years ago I lost 40kg on 3 months because I walked and walked and walked and walked. I was a maniac on walks. but my head didn’t follow the progress so I gained a lot when my mental health began.

Today’s workout is simple ☆☆☆ walk to the gym & to bus; 30 minutes ● Treadmill; 60 minutes (pace; 4. I lowered because of my knee and to see if the headache will be more mild after the workout – googled it last night)

after the work out on treadmill today I decided to go home (after having my friend J telling me off because I had a headache) to rest. I wanted to stay longer but I must listen to my body.

But why do I always get a massive headache / migraine every time I have been working out? it’s kinda annoying but hopefully it will calm down soo . I googled yesterday but that was a mistake.

no im not bragging or anything. I’m just sharing my one step forward in life.

6 powerful and inspirational quotes that I think you will like

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I love reading motivational and inspirational quotes when ever I feel life is hard.

Do you have any quote that you like to hear/read when you need it? please comment it.

I’m focused and determined to overcome my big fear

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One of my biggest fears is people staring at me. Im a big plus size person who has an illness called PCOS which makes me big and have harder time to lose weight. I have seen so many videos on instagram where big people has recorded themselves at the gym and people around is laughing, pointing etc. I have also seen when big people work out and trying really hard been secretly recorded and shared online. That’s a fear of mine. The laughs, pointing and secretly being recorded and shared online..

So one of my goals is to try go to the gym 3 – 4 times a week, both to work on my health (and mental health) but also push myself onto situations that scares me. Trying to overcome the fear and get out of my comfort zone. It’s a hard thing but I’m trying and it’s even hard to workout when my husband is working out but I’m trying. Why do I think it’s hard? judgement. Even if it’s my husband.

Only downside with me working out (other than the sweat is sweating)  is that every time I get a massive headache that last for hours. No matter how much water I drink. Today I drank 1,5 liter water at the gym trying to avoid the headache but it didn’t work. So I don’t know what to do to be honest to avoid the headache (other than stop going to the gym)

Today’s session ☆☆☆ Treadmill; 60 minutes (highest lvl pace; 6) ● bike; 5 minutes (today my knee didn’t let me do bike).

short session but it’s better than nothing. This week I have been to the gym twice (yesterday and today) and I will be back. lol! I’m forcing myself!

Do you have any inspirational saying or quotes that can help me stay on track?

✨️ Introduction ✨️

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Hello and welcome to my little corner. My name is Emma and iam this restarted new blogger from Sweden. I decided to make this blog to have a corner where I can show my memories, share reviews, updates etc. Just fun stuff but sometimes I will also publish about some serious stuff like my mental health that iam struggling with right now BUT I will try make the blog as fun and full of sunshine as possible.

also, quick note; I’m self taught on English so I apologize in advance for bad grammar and wrong spellings.

Im a mother to a beautiful boy with autism level 3 and he is non verbal. So I will also share some updates on him (but not showing his face because of all kind of reasons, plus his dad doesn’t want to show E (son) online which is understandable and I agree) from school, our social training, learning etc. Fun!

What else? Well I have ADHD so be prepared to see some signs of that. Lol!

I use to have neon red hair and heavy makeup but lately I dyed my hair light brown to let my hair rest so im fighting the urge to not dye it neon red again. I’m a nurse assistant but is studying to change career path so im a full time student on the same as im a SAHM (stay at home mom) and working on my mental health and my health in general.

feel free to ask me things if you wanna know anything and I’m looking forward to make new friends, interact with every single one of you 🥰