Mr and Mrs Van: August 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011

Where to eat in New York

During our 9 day pilgrimage to New York, we toured a bit of the restaurant scene. Some of them were recommended by food blogs, some of them we discovered while walking and some we chose just because they were close to our location.

Slow-carb diet --- Week 1

Slow-carbing our way through the first week delivered amazing results for both of us: Mr Van lost 7cm of his waist and Mrs Van 6cm. This is fantastic news for us as we did not expect such performance given that we snacked on almonds and ate eggs and ham every day. We were not hungry or felt deprived and the only exercise done was a 30 min jog and 40 push ups for the entire week.

Sunday we spent binging on everything from ice cream (homemade by Mrs Van) to pizza (homemade by Mrs Van), cookies (homemade by Mrs Van), Pavlova (home made by Mrs Van) and olive bread (home made by Mrs Van) with butter (store bought). This cheat day not only made a Sunday cook out the Mrs, but also delivered high levels of enjoyment of our food. Chocolate tastes different if you only indulge in it once a week, not every day.

We started the week feeling slim, sugar high and a bit sick.

This is such a great and easy way of living and eating, we are now thinking of launching a blog dedicated to the receipts in both english and romanian and maybe soon in flemish of the food we eat during the week and also the crazy weekends.

What are your thoughts about this?

Monday, August 15, 2011

Getting skinny with it...

After our Miami Beach experience of tanned people with perfectly carved bodies and an even more traumatizing experience of our friend G measuring us with her miracle machine that will tell you not only how much you weigh, but also how much muscle and fat you have in your body composition, 'visceral health' which means how much fat percentage you have around your organs, and how much is your resting caloric requirement - way lower than we consume thought.

We decided it is time for a change. We have both neglected our booties and bellies and it shows.

Paparazzi style Miami

We took a grande tour of Miami which included a sightseeing boat ride that took us star mansion gazing along the shore of the 'Star Island' in Biscayne Bay.

Enjoy our pictures!