Last days it was snowing so much here in Vienna. Everything is covered with a lot of snow and everybody has to take a pause from doing everyday routines as usual….. everything is slow and quiet. I like this atmosphere very much.

Do you like snow?

time flies and I was really busy the last months. I did a lot of Zumba practise and I also joined a Spinning Instructor Training which was really great. Now I´m teaching two regular Zumba classes in addition to my other classes and I´m really happy with working as an instructor.

In the next days I will write a longer post

Have a nice day

I´ve been very busy lately but again only positive and inspiring activities and experiences. Last weekend I joined the Zumba Instructor Training here in Vienna with Jaromir Cremers and Myra Heerink.

It was such fun! I really love Zumba and I can´t wait to teach it. Fortunately I will start a Zumba class with beginnig of September in one of the Fitness Studios I´m working for- I´m so excited!!! Now I´m practising a lot because I want to be a good Zumba Instructor and I have to improve my hip- swing and shimmies For me it´s really hard to get all these Latino and African dance movements but I´m giving my best.

And I have a new favorite breakfast! Cookie-dough like oatmeal (I cook it in the microwave and let it cool over night in the fridge so it gets really thick…..mhhhhh)

with melon and soy yoghurt (sojade) ....yummy

I´ve also got a packet from england! The nice people from Eat Natural Makery were so friendly to send my some samples of their great fruit and nut bars!

These bars are really tasty! I highly recommend them to you!

Have a great weekend!!!!!!

My weekend in Cologne (Germany) for the Instructor training was great. I learned a lot of new things for workout classes and met nice fellows. The training was very intensiv… a lot of practise and theorie as well. I was happy to manage to great runs in the walds of Cologne (its a very green city with good running options).

There was a big supermarket near my hotel and I really enjoyed trying some products we don´t have here in Austria… for example a yoghurt with crumbles of chocolate cake within and rice cakes with coconut flavor….

Do you enjoy exploring supermarkets on trips? Did you discover a product that you liked that´s not available  in your homecountry?

My hotel room

Back in Vienna I enjoyed having my kitchen back and so some tasty meals were cooked too:

soya mince with lots of veggies and herbs mixed with a babybell cheese

covered with nutritional yeast

yesterday an unexpected craving for muffins hit me and so I decided to improvise and bake some without recipe……….

whole wheat - bran muffins with raisins, soya nuts and choc chips

and they were a great and tasty success

I mixed (first the dry and then the moist ingrediends) :

1/4 cup whole wheat flour

1/4 cup wheat bran

1 tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 cup carrot puree

dash of milk

dash of salt

some drops stevia

1 eggwhite

Mix ins: dark choc chips, soy nuts, and raisins

baked for 10 min

mhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

moist, sweet and tasty....exactly how I like it

Greetings from Vienna

Today I have a product review for you. The nice guys from Black Bear Company have sent me a sample of their new gluten free Black Bear Organic- Energy- Bar.

source

Ingredients: 5% Maca, Almonds, Sweet Cherries, Dates, Cranberries, Cashews and Himalayan Salt. No Sugar, Honey or anything artificial.

Maca

Maca is a plant from Peru. It contains a lot of essential minerals like calcium, magnesium, phosphor, iron and iodine. Maca is very rich in protein too (13, 6g per 100g).

Maca in women:

increases endurance
increases energy
helps with pre-menstrual-syndrome
reduces symptoms of menopause
increases fertility

Maca in men:

reduces stress
increased testosterone levels and hormone balance
reduces impotence and erectile dysfunction

Maca in kids:

helps with attention deficit disorder and improves alertness
has a calming and balancing effect

I have tried this bar on a busy day with a lot of workout classes and I was really suprised how satisfying it was and how it helped to charge my batteries. And it tastes very good. The combination of the dried fruits and nuts is well composed and I love the added Himalayan Salt because it helps me when sweating and losing a lot of electrolytes. Once I have tried a bar with cranberries in it and it was very sour and not good at all…. but  the Black Bear bar is not too sweet and not too sour and I so like it very much. I don´t know if the Maca really is such a wonder-plant but the whole bar is tasty.

Lately I have tested a lot of different fruit bars and I will present you my favorite ones soon.

What is your favorite fruit bar?

And what bar has disappointed you?

This weekend I´m going to relax and spend time with my boyfriend and other dear friends… that means a lot of sitting at cafés and chatting and soaking up sun.

Next weekend I´m going to Cologne and I´m really excited!!! I´m going to join a Cardio Pilates teacher Training and to tell the truth I haven´t been away alone for a long time. I´m looking forward to the masterclasses and the things we will learn and meeting new people as well!! But I´m also a little planless what I should pack in? I dont´t know if there are any shops near my hotel (I´m will stay outside the town center) and I don´t know which snacks I should pack to be well prepared…… Are those of you who are traveling a lot are having any tipps what to pack?

I will be back soon with some nice foodie pictures and product reviews

Today I´m really tired. I was sleepless most of the night because of the heat and I also stayed up till all hours because my little sister has returned from a long study trip to england and we had to talk a lot.

The last weeks I have worked a lot more than normal because I have assumed some new workout classes and a lot of proxies as well. Today is my first day off and I´m a little planless what to do…. do you know those days when you have been very busy for some weeks and than you have a day off and just don´t know what to do with it? It´s not easy to relax at the push of a button…..tipps?

Even though I was very busy there was always time to cook tasty meals

once again a veggie stir fry.....

a half avocado mixed into (I love avocado and its great when eaten warm....)

covered with nutritional yeast

baked sweet potato in tomato- veggie- sauce mixed with cheese.....

Today´s post is dedicated to workout music. I´ve compiled a Playlist for running or  other forms of workout for you. I have choosen songs that I like and that are motivating me when working out.

Summer Mix:

Mika- Grace Kelly

Hot Chip- Ready for the floor

Roisin Murphy- You know me better (Toddla T Vocal)

Santogold- L.E.S.- Artistes

Zoot Woman – We wont break

Le tigre- I´m so excited

Duffy- Mercy

The Cardigans- Burning down the house (feat. Tom Jones)

Parov Stelar – Love

Kelis- Trick me

Calvin Harris- Acceptable in the 80´s

Nouvelle Vague- Ever fallen in Love

Gameboy/ Gamegirl- Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp

Tilly and the Wall- Beat Control

Lykke Li- Little Bit

Let me know if I should post mixtapes more often.

Bye for now and take care!

the heat makes me wanna be in Thailand again......

Good Sunday evening everybody! I hope you all have enjoyed your weekend? Here in Vienna the weather is getting hotter every day and I´m sweating a lot . Quite a few of lovely bloggers have been wheting my appetite for homemade healthy icecream the last days for example the great Janetha B. with her tasty protein frosties, or the wonderful Jenny with her smoothie- variations, the terrific Angela with her banana soft serves and the inspiring Heathers protein ice cream to name some sources of inspiration. I was curious if the variation that crossed my mind would work. I was afraid my blender wouldn´t be able to crush ice and I was wondering if it would work making ice cream with carob bean gum and guar gum instead of using xanthan (what most of the ladies recommend in their recipes)……

The proof of the pudding is the eating and so I just gave it a go……..

In the mix went:

1/2 cup Vanilla Yogurt

1/2 cup frozen rasberries

1 tsp Bindobin (carob+guar gum)

some drops of stevia

and lots of ice cubes

and now I proudly present my variation of healthy homemade ice cream

sprinkled with dark choc chips

to be continued……

Today I would like to show you another great place to be in Vienna. The “freiraum“, a bar and restaurant that I have discovered lately. It´s located on a big shopping street called “Mariahilferstraße”.

me and my boyfriend

Last week included also some great meals but I was to busy to picture the most of them and so I shooted only  the yummiest

a lot of things are getting much more tasty when baked in the oven.... here it was tofu with bear´s garlic in it

throwing baked tofu into a veggie stir fry with shitake mushrooms isn´t a bad thing at all

well- filled plates are always a pleasure

organic chocolate pudding satisfies a sweet tooth

A real plain Jane ........but mind still waters are deep

Now I´m looking forward to a relaxing evening with my boyfriend and to a summery weekend

All the best!!!!! And have a great weekend!!!