Let me start off, by saying a huge thank you, for all of you, who wrote to me, to wish me luck, expressing their support over my cause. That was unbelievable, thanks to all of you. As you can see, I have also changed the font, hopefully this one will be easier to read, than the previous one. Also just a thank you for the whooping 200 page visits, it's crazy. Current relationship status: made food for two, ate both.As bad as it may sound, I have been investing a rather big portion of my time for food. Eating food, making food, reading about food - a great book to read is the 4-hour chef by Tim Ferris - and the more I read and watch YouTube videos about food, the more my perception is shifting from the food itself being only a source of energy, the constant need just to eat something, so I can function, to where I profoundly enjoy the creation and consumption of my food, as not just a way to take in calories, but to have an experience. Now that's something really cool. Now I am not saying, that I am making Michelin-star food, just simply trying to make better food and make the most enjoyment while at it. This week I have tried to make a "one pot" type of food, with some fresh veggies, chicken breast, milk, pasta and some spices. A really "fast food", that was actually healthy and well balanced. The whole creation of this food, with the preparation took around 30-40 minutes, but it was well worth it, since it tasted amazingly, and now I have some food, for the upcoming 4-5 days. I think it is a good note here, that if you are a college student (kinda like me), try food prep. It is an extremely efficient way to have warm food every day, with very little cost and time, if you divide it in the days. (I have spent around 70-90 Dkk and 30-40 minutes on this meal, which I can eat for 4-5 days. Going with the worst case scenario, this meal costs me 22.5 Dkk and 10 minutes per day. Now that does not sound bad, does it?) If you are interested of what I have made, here you go with the full recipe: "One pot Chicken Fajita" INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons oil 3 chicken breasts, sliced 1 red bell pepper, sliced 1 green bell pepper, sliced 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced 1 onion, sliced 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 tablespoon cumin 1 tablespoon garlic powder 5 cups milk 4 cups penne pasta (I have used a fusilli type of pasta) 1 cup pepper jack cheese, shredded INSTRUCTIONS 1. Heat oil in a large pot over high heat 2. Add chicken and cook until no pink is visible, then take the chicken out. 3. Add the bell peppers and onion, cooking until the onion is translucent. 4. Add the chicken back to the pot with salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder, stirring until evenly coated. 5. Add the milk and the penne, stirring constantly to prevent any pasta from sticking. 6. Cook for about 8-10 minutes until pasta is cooked and the milk has reduced to a thick sauce that coats the pasta. 7. Add the cheese and mix until melted. It tasted amazing and have filled me up every time! A definite success in my book. 物极必反 - Wu ji bi fan - Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.As I was desperately looking for guides preparing me for the Aarhus halvmaraton, I have been the unconventional truth: the abundance of information about running. Just too much information, that got me incredibly confused and frustrated: for the most part it was because they were not consistent. Some guides were saying I should just focus on running short distances, while others were suggesting, that I should focus more on increasing my run; and I have not even mentioned the diet. As the spur of the moment, I have said "f*ck this" and just turned YouTube on.
Well as a funny coincidence the home page Tim Ferris was offered as a suggestion; more precisely an overview of his book, the 4-hour body. (If you don't know Tim Ferris, he is basically an amazingly inspiring entrepreneur, have three New York Times bestseller books, (4-hour workweek, 4-hour body and 4-hour chef) incredibly successful in the Silicon Valley; so basically and all around badass) I have previously read parts of the 4-hour chef (mainly about the Sexy Time Steak; and other kitchen conundrums to impress the 'weaker' sex) and I was incredibly stunned, how well he is able to write about seemingly difficult things, as well as mixing personal experience with professional advice. I highly encourage you to check his books out! But as I was saying, watching that video, explaining the contents of the book, got me hooked, and I found myself reading about 200 pages in 2 hours, consuming 1/3 of the book, and being shocked by all the new information I have gathered. Basically saying, I will be changing my workout and morning routine, that still needs to be worked on, however I am quite positive, that this will have a huge positive effect on my workout and hopefully on my routine. Moreover I will have to buy some new accessories for my running, such as a proper shoe, since the past few runs my left pointy toe (the one next to the big one) started to have a blister, but filled with blood (probably not a good sign of a shoe); as well as a case for my iPhone that can be placed on my arms and lastly I will be trying out some new vitamins, that I will add to my current vitamins (I take 1000mg of Vitamin C and 2000 Ne Vitamin D3 everyday.) I will be going now (I will try to run 5 kilometers under 30 minutes - the next the will be the under 24 minutes, as suggested by the book). For some reason I have found it quite compelling, so I will be using the workouts described in the book as well as the training methods and diets. So see you guys next week, and thank you for reading!
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The hardest thing when trying to get rid of a bad habit and creating a better one in my opinion is breaking the routine. In my case I had a lot of those routines - waking up and smoking my first cigarette of the day; getting drunk in Kunstahl every Wednesday at 8 pm and the total resent for working out. As I was faced with the huge goals that I have set in front of myself I knew, that I will not be able to just stop from one second to another, but planting seeds of new habits would help me overcome these problems. My week so far looks as the following: I am learning Danish from Tuesday til Thursday, around 9 hours a week. I run 4 times a week. I allocate three days for reading before I go to sleep. (currently reading about a book called: "This is my god" by Herman Wouk - as a person who does not believe in God, or any higher power I find it fascinating to see the world through a different eyes, and to understand a different religion) I am writing Youtube video ideas and concepts at least one hour every day, into my book, including how to achieve them. Currently planning a trip to the Netherlands, depending on my current economy in the following months, for a few days. Run Forrest run!I have been in a great physical condition in my whole life, thanks to my parents constant push, may it be about swimming, water-polo or jiu jitsu. As I have started my new life in Denmark, my motivation (and need) for working-out has slowly disappeared and stayed like this until now. I will be as honest as possibly can with you dear reader, so when I say, that the first two weeks of running was horrible. The past one and half year of smoking really did it's work and I was out of breath, all my muscles were aching and I was feeling awful. But after a 30 minute of trying not to die, I have actually felt pretty good. As for the first time I ran it was about 2 kilometers, and I have stopped twice. I don't know the exact date, but about a month later I can run 5 kilometers without stopping and constantly making my time better (at the start of the week I ran 5 km in 35 minutes, now it was under 31:30). As you can see, I am progressing quite well, which I am really happy for. For the first 3 kilometers the running goes quite smoothly, then I have to push myself, but it gets easier every time. To keep track of my end goal (June 11.) I have set out a monthly and weekly running plan, which goes like this: Every new week I will increase the running amount by 1 kilometers, and since there are 17 weeks to go until June 11, this plan is perfect for a slow but steady preparing. Currently I am in week 1 with 5 kilometers, and hopefully at the end of the week 17 I will be running 22 kilometers. When looking at the weekly run, I have set the following days as "run days": Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The "rest days" are the ones left out. As I have found out, it is really important to have these rest days, I don't want to overwhelm my body and threaten the progress. På vej til dansk trin for trin. (On the way of danish step by step)I have also started learning at lærdansk, where I got into the module 3 (B1) classes. Our teacher Sonja is one of the best teacher I have ever had. She is funny, interesting and really knows how to motivate people. All in all I am really fond of her, I am feeling quite lucky and happy that I am in the group with her. The classes are held 3 times a week, from 12:00-14:45, so it is safe to say, that it is a quite intensive course, that I am taking. Each lesson is very well constructed, I have not yet found myself in the situation of counting the time, when will the class end, nor had a huge boredom bearing over me. My classmates are as diverse, as one could ask for. We have people from all over the world, creating an amazing atmosphere. The first few classes were quite demanding, but after a while I got the hang of it, and I am able to participate more and more with the classes, and completing the homework with less and less google translate. As a last word of goodbye for the week, I am super excited, my little baby brother will be visiting me between the 25th of March and 1st of April, which means I have the huge opportunity to show him my amazing and beloved city of smiles! Take care, and have a nice time of the day, when you are reading this. Taki - the smilecityboy
It was 23:34 on a particularly cold Saturday night. I just ran for 30 minutes, after at least 2 years of religiously not working out and avoiding any and all physical activities at all cost. My legs were hurting, I was panting; desperately trying to catch my breath. My mouth tasted like blood. And I thought to myself - 'How did I get from partying 3-4 days a week, smoking a pack every second day, and not caring about anything besides self-destruction to this?' My story starts out as me being drunk and smoking in front of my previous place. As I was smoking my cigarette, enjoying the taste of menthol slowly going down to my lungs, and with every puff feeding myself with nicotine, I asked myself a question: Am I really that happy as how things are going? Is this something that I enjoy doing, or should I try and pursue something else? And as I was thinking about my previous days, months and years, I have realized that I got into this negative circle of self-destructive lifestyle. The problem with everything I do, I tend to overdo things. Partying and drinking is fine when you do it once a week - I did it usually the better half of a week. And when you are hangover more times when you are not in a week, that is usually a sign of big problems. The other thing was the smoking. As all addiction in everyone's life, it starts out as a quite habit, that quickly turns into a very expensive addiction. For me cigarettes were always there, to try it out and smoke when I was drunk. Then I have started to smoke once a night, when I was going to sleep. Then I started to smoke more and more when I was drinking. One thing followed another, soon I was the kinda person, who smoked 5-10 cigarettes a day. And as it was going on, I have convinced myself, that it is okay, Hell, even most of my friends were smoking. And even when I was trying to quit, I always just started again. As I was contemplating about these things, I have decided, that it is the time for change. So I have thrown my cigarette away, went inside my room and started to write a list, that I would (and will) achieve in 2017. (Although I really despise people who say the 'new year - new me bullshit' I am probably one of those people right now) Here is the list, that I have written to myself at around 5 am, being completely drunk:
As you guys can see, these 12 points are easily achievable and are following a MAAT system (Measurable; Achiavable; Ambitios and Timed). With this, I can ensure to have a strong grasp on the points, and how close/far I am from achieving them. |
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