Food for your Festival

 

Hey you!

If you are living in Luxembourg you might be aware that the Rock-A-Field Festival is about to start this afternoon. I know that many people are going  and I will be  too, of course. But only after I have finished my preparation at home. 

It's one of the biggest events here in Luxembourg and you have thousands of people enjoying the concerts with bands from all over the world.
But how can you survive such a weekend without indulging like crazy?

I was asked this question so many times by my friends and followers. So whether you don't want to ruin your whole work because of one festival or simply because the prices are just too damn high and the portions are so small that they don't make you feel full, here's a small list of food which you can easily take along, especially if you have a cooler-bag. 

• Rice
• Quinoa
• Rice crackers
• Quinoa crackers
• Meat and chicken ( only for max. 2 days, and only if you can cool it)

Of course you can also bring ounces of water, if you feel motivated to carry them around.

Here's another small tip : 

Dig a hole into the ground where you can put your cooler bag in and add some ice-bags which will allow you to cool your food a bit longer. And don't forget to take plastic foil to protect your bag from the mud. This is very useful when the rain starts to pour down.

Now I really need to get going because I don't want to miss anything. Have a great weekend and if you see me at the festival, come by and say hello. I would be happy to meet some of my followers. 

Talk to you on Monday again

Preparations for a business-trip

Hello beautiful!

I hope you had a great week so far and let me tell you what :  you almost made it to the finish line, the weekend! Do you already have plans for the weekend or for the rest of your week?

I am currently in Munich with my sister (Fashionbarbecue) for some kind of Blogger-Business-Trip. Which means, meal-preparation again!

If you are, just like me, in preparation or sticking to a specific eating-program, trips likes these can destroy everything and set you back to level 0 if you don't think in advance yourself. You know, 'preparation is the key' , so just sit down for a moment and think of all the things you have still have to do and start packing.

What helps me the most is creating a to-do list. I write down everything that needs to be done. This prevents me from forgetting essential things just like my PJ's ( Yup,I always forget them ) , my Iphone charger , my camera (most important thing for a blogger) and my tooth brush...  

Sometimes I am a bit chaotic and forgetful... *shame on me*... 

I know that food can be tricky, especially during spring and summer when temperatures are high and your food needs to be cooled.

That's why I got myself a cooler bag which you can plug into your car. Normally, if you have a newer car, you have a plug-in in the trunk. If you don't, you can use the car-cigarette-lighter.

No more excuses to cheat when you're off for a trip. Almost every hotel room has a little fridge these days: the so-called 'mini-bar'. Just put your food inside of it and you can rest assured that it says fresh.

As soon as I am back from Munich I will create a post about how to survive a music festival without a feast.

So get off the couch, prepare your food, all the other fancy stuff you need and make sure to have a nice trip!

P.S If you want to see more pictures of my business-trip to Munich, have a look at my Facebook Page here.  

Preparation is the key

Hey people! 

Are you enjoying the last couple of hours of your weekend? I am really productive right now. I had some spare time today, and as my following week will be a bit more stressful than the last one, I decided to prepare my food for the next 3 days. 

Usually I don't do this because I like my food to be totally fresh when I eat it. Have you ever noticed the difference between a fresh cooked beef steak and a microwaved beef steak? It's such a huge difference. Sometimes you have no other choice than to prepare your meals and plan your whole week. Especially when there's only 3 weeks left until a really important exam.

''Fail to prepare & Prepare to fail! '' remember? That's why I bought a Filofax a month ago. I turned it into a Fitness-Filofax as some of my faithful readers might already know. It helps me a lot to keep my eyes on my whole week. I am not only writing down my workouts, but I also log in my meals, my appointments or whatsoever. (+Filofax UK)

Honestly it wasn't a big deal to prepare my meals for the next 3 days. I only had to cut garlic, prepare some quinoa (that actually cooks itself by the way) and cook my beef, chicken and turkey. The vegetables were already unfrozen so I only had to scale and put them into my Tupperwares (+Tupperware Brands Corporation) The fish, salmon and cod , doesn't need to be cooked as I prefer to eat them raw along with the carrots. It's time-saving and it's easier for me to scrape the plate, don't ask me why. Now I only need to get my supplements done and then I'm gonna hop into the couch and finish the weekend with a nice movie.

Have a nice Sunday-eve!

Grocery shopping for champions

Hey there!

Yesterday Ken and I went grocery shopping again at 'Provencale' here in Luxembourg. But this time we were a bit better organized than 2 weeks ago. Last time we spent about 2 hours at the 'Provencale'... Yup, we were a bit lost because first of all. First of all we didn't know that we had to take a list at the entry on which we will have to stick the etiquettes from the weighted veggies, fruits, meat and fish and second we were busy to not get lost in this huge hall...errwww!

But yesterday, it took us only 1/2 hour! First of all we went for the lean beef, which we ordered cut in different portions. Instead of waiting for 20 minutes we decided to get the turkey and the chicken steaks and last but not least the salmon and the cod, which I lately cut into portions at home.

If you ever go to 'Provencale' to buy fruits or veggies, don't forget to take a jacket! It's so freaking cold at the vegetable and fruit department... like 'catching-a-cold-'-cold!!! Believe me! Now that we had our fruits and veggies we picked up our juicy steaks and returned straight home because we didn't want our delicious fresh meat to turn wicked. That wouldn't be cool at all!

Oh, and before I leave, if you ever want to cut your meat on your own at home, I highly recommend ceramics knives. (I bought ours at IKEA) They are so damn sharp so that you will surely have no problem cutting your meat. But be careful!

In two weeks I will write a little review about my first month of my preparation. So stay tuned! 

See you soon!

Let's get it on!

Finally it's Monday again! 

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail!

I know this might sound weird, but today is a very special day for me! 

I am entering a new village in the world of Fitness... the village called 'preparation'!

So today I will start my preparation for my very first bikini competition which will be in the winter-wonderland season this year!

Nobody told you it is going to be easy!

Sir Ken from Dumbbell and I went grocery shopping last weekend to get all the food and supplements we need to get started! Fortunately we have a 'Provencale' here in Luxembourg, which makes it way easier to get bigger quantities at a normal price! 

We bought meat , veggies and carbs for 2 weeks so we don't have to go grocery shopping every single week. 

Me taking a selfie while cutting beef hehe

That's a lot of Turkey! 

I love chicken!

And fish!

Of course there are things such as pineapples , tomatoes and cucumbers that taste better when they are fresh, which means that I still have to go and buy these things once a week. 

As we got the whole food last week, I already prepared meat into several portions for the next two weeks, so that we only have to take them out of the freezer, thaw them and cook them. It's as easy as that! 

Let's get whey-sted! These are Ken's and mine!

I have to say that I am really excited to start my preparation, not only because it's something new but also because I have never seen myself shredded before. I wonder how my body and my mind will change during this whole period! Unfortunately I won't have any cheat-meal until after the competitions, but hey! How are you supposed to have a good form on stage when you're eating crap once a week?! 

The rest of our food for the next two weeks!YUMMY!

Of course I will keep you updated every day via my Instagram and my Facebook page, and I will write a review after this first month. So stay tuned! 

Make your week successful!