And we cheated again

Trošku sme to zasa oklamali... Už pár dní jeme hlava-nehlava. Ja mám aj výhovorku, ale čo on? :) On je proste solidárny. ;D Akú výhovorku mám? Tie sú hneď dve:
1. niekoľko dní som držala prísnu nízkosacharidovú diétu, lebo som chorá a nevedeli sme čo mi je, mysleli sme si, že môj zdravotný stav to vyžaduje. Pravdupovediac z toho mála cukrov čo som denne prijala skombinované s bolesťami mi už naozaj zadrbávalo... takže akonáhle som zistila, že to nie je nutné, pustila som sa do jedenia. :)
2. perióda. Myslím, že k tomu netreba nič dodávať...
Myslím, že je jasné, že som určite znova pribrala minimálne to, čo som "vďaka" chorobe schudla (1,5 kg)... Som však pevne rozhodnutá znova sa vrátiť k diéte a znova to zhodiť.
Dnes sme si však ešte s mamkou upiekli tieto neodolateľné, na prípravu veľmi jednoduché čokoládové soufflé :)
Pokochajte sa, nech aj vám slinky tečú! :P
Pekný deň :*
Kristen

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We cheated a bit, once again... We've been only eating and eating for a few days now. I've got also an excuse, but what about him? :) He's just sympathetic. ;D And what excuse do I have? I've got two of them:

1. I was on a strict low-sacharide diet for a few days, because I'm ill and we didn't know what was the matter with me. We thought that my health requires it. To be honest, the lack of sacharides and the pain I was in were driving me crazy... So immediately when I found out that it's not necessary, I started eating. :)

2. period. I think it doesn't need any other explanation...

I think it's clear that I put back on the weight I lost 'thanks' to the illness (1,5 kg)... But I'm firmly determined to start the diet over and lose that weight again.
However, today me and my mum baked these irresistible and very easy to prepare chocolate soufflé :)
Let your mouth water! :P
Have a nice day :*
Kristen

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#weightlossjourney photogallery

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Streda, 29. október 2014. "Happy day". Zásielka dorazila. Urobili drobnú chybičku a namiesto karnitínu mi poslali glutamín, ale nevadí, momentálne je to v procese riešenia problému.
Kúpili sme si aj nejaké to ochutené pivko na ochutnanie, keďže len dva dni predtým (v pondelok) mi tiež prišiel nový mobil z Číny - mali sme čo oslavovať. :)
No, veľmi rýchlo sme zistili, že proteíny chutia ako sr*čka (hlavne pomarančová príchuť) a že byť fit nie je med lízať... xD ale i tak vytrváme na našej ceste aj naďalej.
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Wednesday, 29 October 2014. Happy day. The delivery arrived. They made a little mistake and sent me glutamine instead of carnitine, but it doesn't matter, currently it's in the process of solving the problem.
We also bought some flavoured beer to try because only two days before (on Monday) my new phone arrived from China as well - we had so much to celebrate. :)
Well, very soon we found out that the proteins taste like sh*t (especially with the orange flavour) and it's not that easy to be fit... xD but we'll keep on our journey either way.

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Sobota, 1. november 2014. Môj večerný workout so skvelou motivačnou hudbou (môžete ju nájsť tu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrH3vNfQcmU ) a proteínovým šejkom s cookie príchuťou. Zistila som, že i keď pomarančová príchuť chutí strašne, čokoláda a cookie sú vcelku dobré a je možné vypiť ich bez zvracania, len s troškou snahy. Teším sa ako vyskúšam kokos a jahodu.
Takto ja vítam november! Vitaj, môj mesiac. :*
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Saturday, 1 November 2014. My evening workout with some great motivation music (you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrH3vNfQcmU ) and cookie-flavoured protein shake. I discovered that although the orange flavour tastes terribly, chocolate and cookie are quite good and it's possible to drink it without vomiting, taking just a little effort. I'm looking forward to trying the coconut and strawberry.
This is how I welcome November! Welcome, my month. :*

Kristen

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The beginning!

(SK)

Dnes sme konečne spoločne s Paulom vykonali prvý krok. Keď vravím "dnes", myslím tým dnes v noci niečo po polnoci (keďže sme vďaka škole a nočnému študovaniu tzv. nočné tvory - cez deň ako kvalitne vyčepaní a večer čulí), a "prvým krokom" myslím rozhodnutie, nie začiatok diéty. :D

Doteraz to bolo vždy tak, že som cvičila a diétovala (i keď nie vždy poctivo, lebo ja rada papkám), hnevala ho odmietaním pizze a citovými výlevmi, keď som pribrala, a on bol (asi aj stále je, len ja som ho dokopala k solidarite) so sebou spokojný. Veď ok, ani jeden nie sme tuční, ale ja ako žena chcem byť dokonalá, aj keď sa mu páčim.

Asi týždeň-dva dozadu začal aj Paul cvičiť. Niečo ho nakoplo, už neviem čo ale som rada. :)

Možno vyznievam ako zlá priateľka keď chcem, aby sa môj priateľ menil, ale nie je to tak. Ja len nechcem byť vo svojom životnom štýle sama. Už dlho túžim po tom, aby sme v to boli spolu.

A teraz to konečne prišlo!

Dnes v už spomínanom čase sme uzavreli dohodu. Žiadne nezdravé jedlo, iba 100% diéta - s výnimkou jedného "cheat meal" dňa v týždni, kedy si môžeme niečo dopriať - ako prevencia proti náhlemu seriem-na-to-zožeriem-všetko-čo-vidím skratu.

A aby nás to len tak neprešlo, objednali sme si z internetu proteíny, shakery a L-karnitín, dokopy za vyše 44 eur aj s dopravou (veď už keď sme si v lete čosi zarobili, tak to správne investujme...), takže ak by sme sa náhodou chceli vykaľať na diétu alebo cvičenie, tak si pomyslíme, že by to boli vyhodené peniaze a že to je trochu drahé "cheat meal"...

Dúfam že ľudí inšpirujeme, aby sa pridal k nám na našej ceste za vysneným telom.

Poďme na to! ;)

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(EN)

Today, me and Paul together, we finally took the first step. When I say 'today' I mean just a few minutes after midnight (because thanks to school and night studying we are so-called nocturnal beings - pretty exhausted during the day and fresh in the evening), and by 'the first step' I mean the decision, not starting of the diet. :D

Until now it was always like this: I was on diet and working out (well, not always really honestly, because I love eating), driving him crazy by refusing pizza and crying when I put on some weight, and he was (and probably still is - it is just me who forced him to solidarity) satisfied with himself. Well, OK, none of us is fat, but I, as a woman, want to be perfect, although he likes me the way I am now.

About one or two week ago, Paul started taking some exercise. Something made him to do so - I don't know what, but I am glad. :)

I may sound like a bad girlfriend for wanting my boyfriend to change, but it's not like that. I just don't want to lead my kind of lifestyle alone. I've been wishing for it for being in this together for so long...

And now, it finally happened!

Today, the aforesaid time, we made a deal. No junk food, only 100% diet - except for one 'cheat meal' day which is to prevent sudden dammit-I'm-gonna-eat-everything-I-see cut-off.

And additionally, to avoid complete quitting of the diet or workout, we ordered some proteins, shakers, and L-carnitine from the Internet, costing altogether over 44 euros including the postage (as we earned some money during the summer, we should spent them reasonably), so if we wanted to quit, we should bear in mind that it would be wasted money and a really expensive 'cheat meal'...

I think we inspire people to join our weightloss journey.

Here we go! ;)

Kristen

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Wedding hairstyle

The different faces of one photo :) just a hairstyle for my cousin's wedding on which I was yesterday.
Have a nice Sunday! Relax ;)

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If I could learn one thing from a child, what would it be? (EN)

Children in general are very innocent, spontaneous and honest beings. Their minds are not polluted with abundance of information. When they do something, they usually don't think in advance about the negative consequences it may cause. It's because they don't have enough experience. When they like or dislike something, they spontaneously express their emotions.

How many of us, older people, react immediately with an honest emotion instead of thinking about the fact or what would the other people think about us? At first we calculate and then, if our social status and rational thinking allows us to do so, we give a positive or a negative rating to a thing or a person. And it seems to me that we become more robots than humans. Isn't it sad?
 
If I could learn one thing from a child, I would choose the sane human mind they have until the society brings them into a mammal thinking according to a conformity schedule. Why not to be more human? I think it would help the whole population, the nature and every human being personally.
We shouldn't categorize everything only into two categories (the good and bad things, the better and worse people than we are). Why don't we have a look from another point of view? Things are not only black and white.
 
The problem is that it is hard to be so cheerful and spontaneous these days, because the today's society has strict rules: if you differ from the mainstream behaviour, you are considered weird or mad. People become so insane that they proclaim insane the things that make them humans. And only children are excused, because they are considered too stupid to 'understand'.
 
I'd like to learn from children how to be a human.

The way how to keep fit (EN)

There are many already known ways to keep fit. Almost every person knows that if they want to protect their health and good shape, they have to eat healthy food, have enough sleep, drink plenty of water and avoid alcohol, drugs and junk food. They also should do some exercise at least twice a week, go to the nature (for example in a forest) and avoid stress.

I am not going to write about these, already generally known things, because you could fall asleep while reading it and it is not the purpose of this essay. I am going to describe an alternative way which should be understood and used by every person in the world. The medical effects of trees.

Trees have been worshipped in many cultures and religions for ages. In many traditions, there is a mystic Tree of life mentioned which crosses all the worlds: its roots, phylum and top represent the underworld, the world and the heaven. A tree is a natural symbol of the connection between the human world and the heaven.

One of the famous taoistic masters, Mantak Chia from Thailand, teaches students a meditation with trees as a form of releasing the negative energy. He teaches how to harmonize our mind and body with the energetic domain of a tree. He explains that trees in general are natural processors able to turn the sick or negative energy of the body and mind into positive, vital power.

The taoistic theory says: because trees stand still, they can absorb the Earth’s energy and the universal power from the skies. All the plants are able to absorb the light frequencies from the Sun and transform them into physical nutrition. The same they can do with the energetic nutrition.

In the publication Blinded by Science, Matthew Silverstone mentions many scientific studies confirming that the vibration attributes of trees and plants are responsible for their positive curative impact on our health. He also claims that trees help with fighting ADHD, depression, headache and many mental diseases. They improve the speed of reactions and ability to concentrate as well.

Russian researches have proved that boughs of the Siberian fir places near a patient decrease a number of microbes in their body to a half. Pine and juniper boughs quicken the recovery of patients with lung diseases.

When you are in contact with a tree, it receives your vibrations either you know about it or not. Your body and your soul start to vibrate with the energy of the tree and it balances you and releases your tension.

So the conclusion I can draw is that we all should keep in touch with the nature, because it provides us with all the cures we need. We just have to find them and learn how to use them without damaging our beautiful planet. I am sure that if we do it, we will feel much better.

Kristen 

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Source of information: HAVAŠI, Peter. Strom ako posvätná bytosť a zdroj liečenia; Zem & Vek. 2014, roč. II., č. 1/2014, s. 92-95. ISSN 1339-2360

Source of information: HAVAŠI, Peter. Strom ako posvätná bytosť a zdroj liečenia; Zem & Vek. 2014, roč. II., č. 1/2014, s. 92-95. ISSN 1339-2360

Are we becoming a fastfood nation? (EN)

In today’s world everywhere you look, you can see fat people and doctors, TV programmes and specialists discussing or trying to solve this problem. Do you ever ask yourself how we ended up like this? It is partly understandable when adults above 40 years are obese, but how is it possible that so many children are obese as well?

Well, during a few last decades the people’s awareness of the healthy lifestyle has had rapidly decreasing tendency which can be also caused by political and socio-economic changes in western societies. People have been facing globalization and the lifestyle of an average person has changed a lot.

What are the consequences of globalization? The richest companies from the world’s most powerful countries began to export their products into the countries that hadn’t been under their influence before (such as ex-communist countries like Slovakia) and started expanding their business. Very good examples are the US companies such as Coca-Cola or McDonald’s, followed by many similar companies.

Fastfoods became very popular in these countries thanks to their low prices and acceptable taste of their food. Unfortunately, many people don’t know or even care what this ‘food’ really consists of. And this is the main cause of obesity in the world.

This fastfood is actually a mixture of sugars, fats, emulsifiers, gluten, waste meat products and much other disgusting rubbish that you wouldn’t eat if it didn’t have the smell, taste and look of a fastfood meal. These things obstruct your intestine so it’s unable to absorb nutrients. They rapidly increase sugar level in your blood for a short moment, then it decreases back to low level and you feel hungry again. This is the consequence of their high glycemic index (GI). They also contain a huge amount of useless lipids and saccharides which our body cannot burn so it stores it in form of fat. These mentioned substances also cause violation of the acid-base balance in our body and in may have as a consequence many different diseases – including obesity.

People should take more care of their health. The healthy food is often more expensive that the junk food, but it’s cheaper and more comfortable than buying medicine to cure illnesses caused by inappropriate lifestyle. Live healthy, change your lifestyle and start with your diet – if you haven’t done it yet.

Kristen

Teória prirodzene umelých démonov

Zamýšľali ste sa niekedy nad tým, ako je to vlastne s démonmi v kresťanstve a iných náboženstvách? Či už ste veriaci, ateisti alebo sami neviete, skúste sa na to pozrieť reálne. Pointa (takmer?) každého náboženstva je vlastne v stanovení morálnych zákonov pre jednoduchých ľudí a vysvetľovaní „nevysvetliteľných“ javov.

Zoberte si napríklad že kresťanstvo, islam, judaizmus... Všetky tieto monoteistické náboženstvá majú jedného boha, ktorému sa podriaďujú a vlastne by sa dalo povedať, že Boh, Alah aj Jahve sú tá istá osoba. Každý z nich dal prikázania, zákony a zákazy, ktoré musia veriaci dodržiavať. Všetky sú založené vlastne na morálnych zákonoch doby, kedy náboženstvo vznikalo. Majú ľudí chrániť pred negatívnymi dôsledkami nerozvážneho konania, ktorého by sa mohli dopustiť, keby ich nemal kto usmerniť (napríklad 6. Mojžišovo prikázanie „nezosmilníš“ a neželané tehotenstvo mladého dievčaťa) a vypĺňajú medzery v právnom systéme, dopĺňajú ho v oblastiach, do ktorých už nemal dosah, lebo – koniec koncov – ľudia by si ani nenechali hovoriť do svojho súkromného života. Takto, keď za tým všetkým vidia nadprirodzenú bytosť, tvorcu a pána všetkého, považujú za samozrejmosť, že boli stvorení za nejakým účelom a s nejakými podmienkami, ktoré musia dodržiavať, aby nesklamali, aby neboli potrestaní vyššou mocou za svoju neposlušnosť, nech sa to už týka čohokoľvek. Ak budú tieto nariadenia dodržiavať, budú odmenení – či už v svojom súčasnom živote, v ďalšom živote, alebo v posmrtnom živote, teda sa dostanú do neba – zasľúbenej zeme. Ak ich budú vedome a dobrovoľne porušovať, budú potrestaní a pôjdu do pekla. Aké jednoduché.

A veľmi podobne je to vlastne aj s polyteistickými náboženstvami, i keď tam má trochu väčší podiel vysvetľovanie predtým neznámeho, ako v monoteistických náboženstvách. Majú viacero bohov, každý je niečím špecifický, má pod palcom inú oblasť a ku každému sa modlia (väčšinou) pre niečo iné.

Ale ako je to s tými démonmi – zápornými postavami? Vo všeobecnosti si mnohí pod pojmom „diabol“, či „satan“ predstavíme ohavnú postavu, častokrát s rohami, chvostom, srsťou, grotesknou tvárou a podobne. Tieto rôzne kreatúry zosobňujú to najhoršie na svete, samotné zlo. Predstavujú pôvodcov zlých skutkov, chorôb, nešťastia, pokušenia a všetkej zloby. No nie je to tak trochu alibizmus? Miesto toho, aby sme sa sami zodpovedali za svoje hriechy, zhodíme to na „pokušiteľov“ ktorým sme podľahli. Veľmi podobne, ako sa Adam vyhovoril na Evu a tá zase na hada.

Nie je to náhodou tak, že sme si my, ľudia, démonické postavy vytvorili sami, pretože sme si potrebovali nejakým spôsobom zosobniť, zhmotniť zlo? Presne tak, ako si starovekí Gréci predstavovali slnko ako boha Hélia, ktorý sa každý deň ráno vydal na púť oblohou na zlatom voze ťahanom štyrmi okrídlenými koňmi, alebo ako múdrosť zosobňovali v bohyni Aténe. Jednoduchý ľud potreboval niečo, čomu by mohli veriť, čo uznávať, čoho sa obávať. Pretože každý národ potrebuje vodcu, ktorý by ho stmelil, každý ľud potrebuje normy. Preto si možno aj cirkev vytvorila vlastné postavičky, ktoré by mohla predložiť ľuďom – a zrazu bola aj ovca celá, aj vlk sýty, ak sa teda zameriame na kresťanstvo.

Všetci totiž dobre vieme, akou feudálnou mocnosťou sa kresťanská cirkev stala v stredoveku. Že mala neskutočnú moc nad všetkými veriacimi (a vtedy boli všetci veriacimi). Predávanie odpustkov, korupcie, inkvizícia, križiacke výpravy... Povedzme si na rovinu, aké svinstvá sa diali (a aj stále dejú) v telese zvanom cirkev. (A to je hlavný dôvod, prečo stále tvrdím, že viera a cirkev sú dva úplne rozdielne pojmy.)

Ďalšia vec: všetci tiež vieme aj to, že cirkev uznáva len štyri evanjeliá, a to podľa Matúša, Mareka, Lukáša a Jána. Ale čo tie ostatné? Našlo a vie sa o minimálne 19 ďalších evanjelií, medzi nimi napríklad aj evanjelium podľa Márie, Judáša a pod. A prečo tieto neuznali? Prečo k nim nemá verejnosť prístup? A prečo sú niektoré dokonca zakázané? Žeby boli pre cirkev nepohodlné? Tie štyri, ktoré uznala, sa jej asi hodili...

Nuž, sprvoti bola kresťanská cirkev prenasledovaná skupinka ľudí, ktorí verili v Boha, v Ježiša Krista ako jeho syna a v božskú jednotu Svätej Trojice ako Otca, Syna a Ducha Svätého. Verili v morálne hodnoty, v lásku k blížnemu a k úctu k životu. Všetci – laici aj kňazi, dokonca aj biskupi, ktorí boli považovaní za nástupcov Kristových apoštolov, zástupcov Ježiša na zemi a bola im pripisovaná nadprirodzená spirituálna sila. Postupne sa však cirkev začala hierarchizovať a stávala sa z nej inštitúcia nesúca všetky prvky feudalizmu. Kňazi boli uctievaní laikmi, považovaní za neomylných, rímsky biskup sa vyhlásil za hlavu celej cirkvi (čo, samozrejme neostali bez konkurencie – za hlavu cirkvi sa považoval aj patriarcha Byzantskej ríše; jeden lepší samozvanec ako druhý...), začali od poddaných žiadať platenie desiatkov a milodarov, kázali chudobu a sami žili v obrovskom prepychu... A každého, kto sa postavil proti tomuto systému utláčania a zneužívania bezmocných, odstránili (Arianizmus, John Wycliffe, Ján Hus...), alebo sa o to prinajmenšom pokúsili.

Našťastie, nejako sa ľudu podarilo vymaniť spod cirkevného jarma a neprávosť v tomto smere aspoň sčasti utrpela na moci, aj vďaka veľkým Ľuďom ako napríklad Martin Luther, ktorý spôsobil prevrat nielen založením protestantizmu, ale svojou činnosťou celkovo ovplyvnil aj ostatné vetvy kresťanskej cirkvi.

Ak sa k ľuďom správate ako k hlupákom, stanú sa z nich hlupáci. Ak sa s nimi budete baviť ako s naivnými deťmi, uveria vám, že vás potrebujú. Zamyslite sa nad tým.

Kristen