The Thing That's So Great About Life

Today I was, and am, so tired. The day felt sooo long, and I just shouldn't wait to go home. So when I got home I made my way to my room, put on some workout clothes and did the Bikini Body Guide week 5 - arms and abs. I haven't felt that I been having any process on the workout front (looking at my body) because I feel like I have been eating unhealthy. Which I haven't really done, but I just don't feel motivated.. It feels like I am not going to get any process, and I'm not going to get abs and..

But, I keep going, you don't always have to have motivation to do something. The most important thing is to KEEP GOING - if you do you are going to reach your goal. We are all human, and we all sometimes do something that's not planned and not on the right track, but you just have to get back on track. Life isn't one straight line, it's a curve with very many high moments and also very low moments. 

I mean,  you could screw up your whole life, but I think that someday you'll somehow get up from it. Always. Sometimes you just don't have the power to drag yourself up, but there are people who are willing to help you. Some of the work you have to do yourself, but people can help you.

Look at it as you are stuck in a deep pit, and someone throws down a latter to you. That someone can't make you climb the latter - you are the only one who can get yourself up again. So, thanks to the person throwing down the latter you have the opportunity to get up, but you are the only one who can make the climbing happen. You have to co-operate. 

It's almost the same with the training, you sometimes have to find people or things that can help you get up, dress up and workout. And sometimes, you are super motivated and love life. Life is a curve, with both up and downs. Imagine how boring it would be without those curves.

Love<3

Christmas Unhealthy..

I know I talk a lot about winter and Christmas, but that's just because I really can't wait for Christmas! Actually I can't wait 'til it's December, I just looove that month. It's getting darker outside - when I wake up it's pretty dark, and when I come home it's pretty dark as well. I think it's lovely with the weather getting cold and me getting that tired feeling - that I think is super-cozy - when you get home. Christmas is really my favorite time of the year, because that's when you get quality time with your family and I feel the best when I get to be with them.
I think that when it comes to December, you could actually allow yourself to have a few cheat meals. For example when it's advent and you eat ginger bread and other christmasy things, then you can have some ginger bread, with hot chocolate if that's served as well. Like one or two every week, because I think you should enjoy christmas - I mean, it only happens once a year.
I guess I'm not going to get as much progress on the fitness side during December, but I honestly don't care if I eat a bit unhealthy, like gingerbreads and saffron buns. Still, on the "food side" I'll try to eat normally - healthy, wholeweat, a lot of vegetables, small portion sizes but many meals - but when it comes to the sugar I'll eat some of that (haha).
My rule will be that I'll eat max three unhealthy snacks, and if there's a healthier option I'll take that one. I guess it'll be when I am with friends and family I'll eat a bit unhealthy haha. BUT, it can only be christmasy-things, such as gingerbread and cinnamon stuff.

The Ulimate Sunday!

I woke up at 12 today, really good feeling. To know that I still have the whole day able to do whatever I want, I love that feeling. So, what I did was first doing the most amazing pancakes - oatmeal, banana and eggs - and served them with an orange, blueberries and water. Yum! Then, I just chilled, talked with my sister and parents, and slowly getting ready.

The whole family decided to take a walk, so we "climbed" a skiing-hill and let me tell you, that was quite the cardio! Then my mom walked home, but me, my dad and my little sis walked to the gym and I did some butt-training and back training as well. I didn't do a very hard workout, but it's better than nothing, right?

Now were home, and we're just starting to do gingerbreads - gosh, christmas feelings!!! Wow, and then of course, we gotta taste a few. Oh my god, I am so in love with this time of the year. I am pretty tired by now, and this have been the perfect Sunday! Tomorrow is the beginning of the last week of November, and next Monday it's December which means I get to open my Benefit-calendar. I am so happy right now!

Kiss<3

PS! Posting before and after pics from week 1 to 4 (kayla itsines bikini body guide) tomorrow on my instagram, @arletteorlande!

Old times..

To be honest, I never liked when my mom made smoothies, or when grandma served frozen and then unfrozen raspberries with ice cream. I just didn't like frozen fruit; it didn't taste like ordinary fruit, it just tasted.. weird. Frozen fruit is so much cheaper, so my parents always bought frozen fruit (when it came to berries, but not apples or bananas because they were and still are pretty cheap fresh). Which meant, I much more preferred hot chocolate and other unhealthy stuff. I remember one time, when me and my best friend made a smoothie; we had like 1/2 cup of sugar, in that smoothie. Yaay, healthy..
Back then, I didn't know (or care) what was healthy, what contained sugar, what was unhealthy. Sometimes I want to go back to that, not caring about that and not get guilt feelings (which I know I shouldn't get) after eating an ice cream. The reason to I don't do it is because I feel so much better now. I feel more energized and I am a lot more confident. I also know that I can't go back to where I were before; the knowing of the sugar and chemicals will always be there. Maybe it's good, being very educated - if you should put a positive word on it - but I mean, I'm only 14; I should enjoy eating whatever I want. The thing is that, I do feel a lot more better in my own skin, and I do look better (healthier) but I still don't feel completely happy with my body. Hopefully, when I have completed this program, I will feel even better and maybe not get guilt feelings if I eat an ice cream. Because then I know my body won't be affected of that little ice cream.
Right now, I don't have cheat meals, because I feel like if I eat one, I suddenly eat another one, and it doesn't work for me with that cheat meal.
Back to the start about smoothies; now I LOVE smoothies and frozen fruit, it's the best thing in the world. I am so proud how long I have come from being a bit overweight, eating unhealthy, being self conscious all the time to love myself, working out every day, eating healthy. And I want to keep going on this journey!
See you tomorrow<3
Love

Benefit Advent Calendar

Guess what I got from my mom yesterday!? A BENEFIT ADVENT CALENDAR!! I am so happy, I just love Benefit. I've had a few of their stuff and I adore their makeup, though it is very expensive. And then my amazing mom came home and basically gave me 24 mini-benefit things, sounds good, doesn't it?

I have always been beauty and makeup interested; watched videos on YouTube, done my own makeup (sometimes very.. unbeautiful), bought a ton of makeup and things like that. I love taking care of my body,with workouts and healthy eating, but also washing, hydrating my skin and doing facial masks as well as hair masks. Benefit has been like one of those brands that you really really want, and their stuff is amazing, and what a dream it would be if you got that Advent Calendar! Actually me and my friends talked about the Calendar, saying it only was for sale in the US; no one thinking anyone of us would get it. Hehehe.. I got it :D 

Now I just can't wait for 1st of December to come!! I have been longing for it the whole year haha, christmas (the whole December-month actually) is my favorite time of the year I think. I love being with my family, counting down to the big day, dressing the Xmas tree... It's all so cozy, and beautiful and GAAH! Now it will be even more fun coz I got my beautifully adorable calendar that will make me super hot with all the makeup.

And now it just hit me that I have to clean out my makeup to get room for the Benefit-things...

Love you<3

XOXOXOXOXOX

Non-workout 4 days...

Hello beautiful readers!
I haven't been able to update since my dear computer disappeared, but now it's back. And then I'm back as well! So, what has been going on then? Well, I did have a TERRIBLE headache Wednesday and Thursday, so I stayed home those two days from school. Though I worked out for week three Wednesday. On Friday I felt better, so I went to school, had fun, but then we just poof went to our pretty boring, but cozy, non-WiFi country house. Which meant that I could not do the workout of week three; full body workout. I got really upset and I couldn't do the training session Saturday either, we were still in our little cottage (where the shower cabin is really gross).
We got home from the country house for about two hours ago, and I have been selling christmas flowers and cookies to my class' London trip in 9th grade.
Right now, I am so tired and I DON'T want to workout. And, I have been walking a lot (walked for 1,5 h yesterday, and I almost ran to school and back on Friday). I don't know, should I skip this workout session? I am anyway going to workout tomorrow.. One skipped workout wouldn't bring down my whole results, right? I think I'll skip it actually. Sometimes you can just cool down, lying on the couch watching the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries and still feel good about yourself. One time is no time. But, the rest of the weeks I am going to WORK MY ASS OFF. Hell yeah. So, today I can chill, but then.. :)
Okay, see you later!
Love ya<3

She's Holding Me Back

I don't know what I think of the new girl. Everyone is like "wow, she's really nice" and blah blah. She isn't bitchy, but I don't know. I somehow got the impression she didn't want to talk to me. Meeting new people is like my favorite thing in the world, I think it is so fun.

Actually I think that my "best friend" that I feel is hanging after me too much scared the new girl of. My best friend, Polly, is super nice, but she's not so good in social situations with others.. She always says the most awkward things. Actually Polly is really cool, once you get to know her, but she tries too much. And I'm kind of stuck with her (I have been for 7 years). In the new school she hasn't gotten real new friends as I would say I have.

I am her only friend (and the few others from our new school) and she's hanging after me. This was what I wanted to avoid, not being like a pair with her. Because we where like the ones that always hanged with each other; "Yeah, there's Arelette & Polly, they never are with others". I HATE IT! I get so frustrated, I don't feel like I live my school life because of her. I could really have made a lot of friends -don't get me wrong, everyone in the new class is my friends, but not super-close friends to me- but Polly's holding me back. Because she is so socially awkward I think people gets the idea of me being that as well. But what should I do? 

Polly had somewhat of a "breakdown" where she started crying (I comforted) and she said that no one wants to be with her and things like that. You know what I thought? "Yeah, that's true." I may sound like an awful friend, but I try to be as good as I can. I would want to have myself as a friend. I hate making people sad and I hate fighting. 

Gaaah, I just get so frustrated!

Hope it will get better. Love<3

Instagram

Good morning darlings!

I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday, but I'm on palace that doesn't have any internet.. :( So, this weekend I won't be able to update very often, but on my instagram I try to update everyday, so if you notice I don't have posted anything on my blog, there's usually an update there. Mostly because it's easier to update there. I'll try to update a better post soon!

Love<3

instagram: @arletteorlande 

Water

I bet you've heard that water is SUPER important and that you should drink it all the time. And I've always thought that I drink when I am thirsty, period. Plus I have always been a fan of milk, I would drink milk all the time instead of water. But then I saw that a lot of fitness gurus and just fitness intresded people had replaced milk with Almond or Oat milk. So I tried that. I didn't like any of them that much, so I just used them in smoothies. You could say that I put myself on a milk interdiction. Instead of drinking the nut milk I drank water, not all the time, but I didn't drink anything but water (and smoothies.)

Then, a week ago, I drank a glass of milk. And you know what? I didn't like the taste, it wasn't amazing or anything. So, now, I basically don't drink milk at all. Sure, if we don't have nut milk or anything at home I have milk in my smoothies, but I don't drink plain milk. Milk is filled with calcium, which is good because you need calcium, but it isn't nessecary to drink milk every day. I do eat dairy, like greek yogurt (which contains protein and taste amazing.) I am completly fine with my beloved water, which make my skin look better and myself feeling better. Smoothies are amazing for your health as well, and fruit juices are completly natrual, so those two I drink sometimes as well.

But, don't forget that you don't ALWAYS have to eat healthy, eat that burger if yo crave that (not every week, but just.. Yeah ya know what I mean.) 80% healthy and nutritiuos, 20% whatever you want. For me, I do enjoy eating healthy more than eating french fries.

Love <3

A lot of friends?

What is the definition of a friend? I mean, is it when you talk sometimes and meet everyday or is it when you hang out after school and in school? Really, what is a friend. A best friend for me is someone you trust, but I don't think you have to trust someone to be friends. Because if it is the first alternative, well, yeah, then I have like a lot of friends. But if it's the other alternative, then I have 5 or 6 friends haha.
But does that really matter? I think I'd rather have a few close friends than a lot of friends that talks with me only sometimes. Before I started this school I dreamed of having super duper lots of new friends, but I have realized that I don't need that. I need my closest friends, and then of course a few others, just to feel good and not alone. I would say that at least all of the girls in my class are my friends. I guess we have builded like gangs we are with, I usually hang with my closest friends and others hang with others. I guess that's quite normal. Of course everybody talks with everybody, but we still have our small gangs. Still, sometimes I feel like an outsider. For example today, I sat at a table (in maths class) with P and H we'll call them, both girls. And it was a guy called C as well at our table. And we worked individually, but P and H helped each other (they're not really from the same gang) with stuff, but I had to ask my best friend at the table next to our table. I guess that is a quite small thing, but still it is a bit annoying you could say.
I'll see you tomorrow!
Love<3

Fall Fashion

I must say, the military gray wasn't my thing until this fall. I didn't like it at all, but now.. I love it! Especially with something wine-red, if you ask me it is the best combination this fall. And who doesn't love UGGs? Well I now I am truly, madly deeply in love with them anyways. My mom is in New York (she's working) and I have PLENTY of stuff I want from there, for example a pair of UGGs and a military green jacket.
I used to think that autumn wasn't fun or cozy at all, only waiting for the holidays and christmas. Well, this year I just SO love autumn and that is very much thanks to the fashion. And hot chocolate;) Now I can't wait for winter and dressing myself with a lot of outerwear, nice and cozy shoes and sweater. I really need more sweater, knitted ones, not those thick and hooded sweaters.
So here are a alternative for an amazing fall-outfit!
Love xx. Arlette

Raspberries, strawberries and pomegranate

Wow. That was a hard workout, and I'm only on week 2! First thing I did when I got home was to put on some workout clothes and put up the Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide week 2. I was absolutely NOT feeling for a workout, but I have a (for the first time in my life, working) schedule so today was leg day. After the workout I think I spent 10 minutes on the floor before I had energy enough to get up and shower haha. I am soo proud I made it through the WHOLE workout, not resting until the circuit was done.
I felt quite light headed even after I showered and wasn't feeling for eating anything. But, you know I  have to get some energy after a killer workout like that. The only thing I felt like having was a raspberry-smoothie. I had a very "mature" pomegranate so the first thing I did was mix the pomegranate seeds. Then I put in some frozen rasp and strawberries. I try to stay away from milk as much as I can but I put in a bit of milk and greek yogurt too because it wasn't enough liquid.
Aaand BAM! There you have the most amazing, full of vitamins, antioxidants and the most delicious smoothie ever. It is quite filling and a bit energy giving (before the smoothie I was almost falling asleep.)
Okay, I'll hear from you tomorrow!
Love<3
 PS. Picture on my instagram @arletteorlande

Make Someone Happy❤

I've thought about something. Sometimes you can over exaggerate, like if you just gotten to know someone and then start texting; "I love you" "I miss you" "Can't wait for meeting you tomorrow" "Want to do something tomorrow.. and next day? and next day?"
You get what I mean ( I hope) and I've done it multiple times. After I've done something like that, I feel a bit awkward and embarrassed. The things that crosses my mind is "oh no, am I too much?" "maybe I am too pushing?" "they might think I'm kind of a stalker.." Haha, sounds kind of funny, but I can totally feel that sometimes.
But think about this: when someone texts you "I love you"- no matter if you just have gotten to know them or if you've known them your whole life - you get a smile on your face, right? My thought is that the ones that you've send the message to, also get a smile on their faces. I believe that everyone gets happy by being told something nice - wether it's a hug, a loving message or something caring and loving. We humans needs love, we need proximity and we feel good when we do something good.
If I get a message; "I love you, you are so fun to be with. I feel like I can trust you, though we've only have known each other in two weeks. You are beautiful, inside and out." I would be very happy, boot creeped or anything like that. So why would the one that I send one of those messages to be creeped? I think that the person would be just as happy as I would be. Make someone happy, love bomb them with things like this, I promise, they will be happy!❤

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On my mind today..

I keep believing that it's Sunday, so tomorrow is Monday. But it's not! Which is good because I need one (or 7) day more before school starts again. It's like I barely can't imagine what it'll be like on Monday haha. I don't know how it will be but I hope and think it'll be fun, like it usually is. One of the girls, whom I feel I've come closest to, have been gone for 2 weeks and she's coming back now. I think it will be great to have her back. But, I keep remembering one of the pictures when she's sitting with all the other girls, me not with them. Luckily, I am part of the girl-gang so I'm just as in as she is. Now it probably sounds like I am competing with her, which I absolutely don't, just afraid of losing her :)
When I think about it I am going to ask her if she wants to do something tomorrow, I think that will make me loosen up a bit. Another friend, the one who I went trick or treating with, asked if I wanted to do something. I'm not so sure about it, I want to do something with a new friend, you know? I want to get to know the new ones more!

You want to know another fun thing?
I BOUGHT TICKETS TO THE ONE DIRECTION CONSERT TODAY! FRONT ROW!
I have been to three 1D conserts, one last year and two this year. And 2015, I am going to my first 5SOS consert plus a One Direction consert. I am sooo excited! The three nights I've been to the conserts has been three of the most amazing moments of my life.
I love them so much, but I don't know them. I dream of marrying one of them, but I first of all have to keep it real and also as I said I don't know them. But I so badly want to! And, it doesn't cost anything to dream. As the optimist I am, I can't help but think that I will.
I hear from you soon!
xx.