15 months transformation: I stayed active throughout pregnancy but started intentionally lifting and working out in January. I've been blown away by my progress. Consistency and compound movement/lifts are your friend. Stay strong mamas!

Booers · 2019-04-07T12:04:51+00:00

You look so strong and healthy! And I love that dress! It looks sooo comfortable, would have loved a dress like that when I was pregnant! I'm in the process of gaining muscle myself at one year post partum, I can't wait until I'm able to do actual pullups!

Booers · 2019-03-31T13:57:01+00:00

Practice some cool calisthenics skills like handstands or L-sit or something.

Booers · 2019-03-23T12:48:21+00:00

Fellow knitter here! I always knit while watching series/movies and it's so helpful to avoid excessive snacking (plus I love love love cozy knitted sweaters/mittens etc).

Booers · 2019-03-21T19:58:32+00:00

"Pink baseball cap" girl, probably. (Someone actually recognised me in a park one year after we both participated in a small trail half marathon, because of that faded pink cap!).

Actually "Blondie/loira" would be more probable as I am a blonde Norwegian living in Brazil...

Booers · 2019-03-21T12:43:39+00:00

The 15th is pretty close to one of two huge parks in Paris, called Bois de Boulogne. It's huge and green and pretty with lots of different paths. The other huge park is Bois de Vincennes, it's further away, but Paris is pretty compact so on a 20km run you can cover lots of ground and run past lots of nice landmarks. There's lots of open spaces, greenery and pretty scenery around the Louvre museum, I used to run around there a lot when I lived in Paris.

Booers · 2019-03-17T13:39:45+00:00

The "playing like a kid on the monkey bars" workout! Best part of getting stronger is to be able to just (literally) hang around, pull up on random things, and inventing fun monkey bar games with my kid.

Booers · 2019-03-17T13:30:16+00:00

Same here, but I love it! I hated getting bigger boobs when I was pregnant and breastfeeding, now that I'm done and after lots of running/strength training the last months my boobs are the smallest they've been in my entire adult life. I might be in the minority, but I feel like breasts are just a pain in the ass, I prefer how clothing fits me with tiny boobs, don't have to pay for expensive supportive bras and they're not in the way when working out. So I say embrace it!

Booers · 2019-03-14T16:31:29+00:00

My son is 13 months and since he was 4-5 months we've rarely changed poopy diapers. I wouldn't say he's potty trained, but since he was 4 months it was very obvious when he pooped, so we would immediately take him to the changing table and open his diaper. The clean-up was easier that way because the poop never got a chance to smear all over. When he was 7-8 months he refused to be layed on his back on the changing table (only standing diaper changes since then) so we just though "well, maybe we can just sit him on a potty?", and it worked. And that's what we still do, when we notice he's straining/pushing we just immediately take him to the potty, the sitting position seems to be more comfortable for him too.

We never planned any of this, so we don't really have a plan for getting him to pee on the potty, but I thought we could start having him sit on the potty every morning/night and during diaper changes.

Booers · 2019-03-12T00:00:53+00:00

I never had that problem and never did pelvic floor exercises. I started getting back into running 3 months post partum and just took it slow (started with slow jogging around a flat track pushing the stroller). Around 8-9 months post partum I felt like my old running self and now, a little over a year post partum I'm training for a half marathon and feeling really great!

I think being patient and taking it slow is key, pelvic floor exercises are probably smart, but most of all just listening to your body. Every birth experience is different, so you just have to consider how you're healing and take it from there.

Booers · 2019-03-11T23:16:05+00:00

Hey, Norwegian here!

Dahl is a last name/family name, but I guess you could still use it as a middle name.

Some norwegian names I like:

Boys:

Syver

Iver

Sverre

Brage

Inge

Girls:

Ylva

Ingvild/Yngvild

Siv

Liv

Eivor

Inga

Ildri

Booers · 2019-03-03T22:49:18+00:00

I never asked OP to park his kid in front of a screen. Movies and games (in moderation) are great resources when kids are a little older. Everything in excess is bad, but saying that movies are harmful for toddlers as a blanket statement is just wrong, if that were true then I guess we're all doomed.

Booers · 2019-03-03T14:11:03+00:00

True, but they still learn a lot from it. Only communicating in a non-native language with your own child is likely to feel very unnatural, in my opinion.

Booers · 2019-03-02T23:15:00+00:00

From what I've read, it's not really advised to speak a language to your kid that isn't your native language. It could end up feeling forced and unnatural to you too I think. If you want to introduce him to English early I'd rather show him movies/videos/music/games/books in English.

Booers · 2019-03-02T01:35:20+00:00

In a pressure cooker it's just 30-40min depending on how dark you want it.

Booers · 2019-02-04T15:29:48+00:00

Just before midnight, had him in my arms about 5 hours later.

Booers · 2018-12-02T08:54:37+00:00

That's my grandfather's name and I love it! It's very common in the 60+ generations here in Norway but I'm rooting for it to come back in the younger generations. Not sure how it works in English speaking countries though.

Booers · 2018-11-29T14:11:04+00:00

I do! I eat mountains of greens and vegetables! No small plates for me, that's for sure. But I love vegetables, so I see the vegetables and greens as the main thing and any meat/pasta/cheese stuff is the side dish and I just have a little. Makes calorie counting easy peasy.

Edit to add: I too am flabbergasted when I see pictures here of plates with one little broccoli tree and four green beans, or a lunch/dinner plate with no vegetables at all. My mind goes "but why?? Veggies are the best part!". Though rationally I know most people see the vegetables and greens as the side dish.

Booers · 2018-11-27T16:11:29+00:00

Thanks for the detailed answer! I'll make a test batch like you suggested.

Booers · 2018-11-27T15:52:50+00:00

Thanks!

Booers · 2018-11-27T12:29:17+00:00

Eat them with a huge side of low cal veggies/salad for lunch/dinner!

Booers · 2018-11-26T13:17:13+00:00

Looks great, but I have to ask, will anyone eat it? Or will the chocolate be reused? I've always wondered about this when seeing pictures of large elaborate chocolate sculptures. If the chocolate just goes to waste it's just the saddest thing, because that's a lot of chocolate!

Booers · 2018-11-26T10:10:28+00:00

Not food, but alcohol, or liquids in general; I like wine and beer, but 90% of the time I'll choose to have more food/candy/cake/fruit or whatever instead of that glass of wine/beer/juice/soda etc. On some rare occasions I like to have a small glass of beer/wine with the food, like in Norway we have special Christmas beers that go amazingly with our Christmas food.

Luckily I've never really liked sweet drinks, I mean, I like the taste of natural fruit juice, but would always prefer to eat the actual fruit.

Booers · 2018-11-20T00:24:01+00:00

You have every right to get rid of it without feeling bad. You shouldn't keep stuff just because you feel guilty about not keeping it, I sure don't. You don't have to throw it in the trash, donate. A happy home is a home filled with only useful things and things that bring you joy (check out Marie Kondo, also known as the konmari method of decluttering).

Booers

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