Am I deleting my Blog?

written on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 @ 18:31 ♡

I thought about this a lot lately. I decided to revamp my blog ~~(again)~~. As much as I enjoy writing about my day or ranting about people I don't like, I think I need to move on.

First I thought I'd just delete everything, get a new domain, start from scratch. But then I realised that I don't want to lose all the contacts I made as Ran and with this page. So I'll probably just make this blogspot account private and do something else instead, using my current blog.unnie.net domain.

I want a blog where I don't have to hide my identity, where I write posts that matter and maybe even change people's lives. As you might know, I discovered veganism a few months ago and ever since then I wanted to post recipes and informative posts about this topic. I want something that I can show people when I'm applying for a job (since I want to change from studying law to media).

Recently I found myself fascinated with how professional and clean most WordPress themes look. I'm in love with sjaejones, a decent daydream and shayneblogs layouts atm and I'm also considering to use Soledad since it seems to be easy customizable and quite popular.

I'm a little hesistant though, since I feel like I'm going to miss coding my own layouts. I won't be able to do that anymore with WordPress because I literally know nothing about php HA! .............. I'll probably still offer Blogger and Tumblr skins to compensate for that.

As always; when I'm done with my "new" blog, my affiliates won't have to change my link or anything. If anyone doensn't like my change of plans they can always remove my link and I'll do the same with your link.

Labels: update

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Rant No. 10384

written on Friday, 20 May 2016 @ 11:15 ♡

I just can't come up with a new design for this blog. I want a nice, clean one with an easy to read font but somehow I just can't think of anything. Why is it so hard to think of something cute and unique? Goddamnit.. I'm considering to use WordPress soon. We'll see how that goes.

Other than that I'm starting to live in fear again. It's that time of the year. God, I hate summer.

I hate heat. I hate sunburns. I hate not having air to breathe. I hate sweating. I hate not being able to see anything because the freakin sun is EVERYWHERE and too bright. Honestly, I just can't understand how so many people are looking forward to this season. I don't even enjoy swimming since I'm not comfortable with my body and because the thought of going into a pool filled with other people's pee is making me want to throw up. I seriously can't wait for the next 4 months to be over.

There is that. ~~Sorry for my rant.~~

The past few days I've been constantly thinking about the fact that I'm quitting what I'm studying rn and that I'll try something new. I really hope that I'll enjoy the Online Communication classes more than law. Yesterday I recieved my last (over-due) grade and guess what? I failed.
Suprisingly, I honestly thought I had passed this one. Haha, yeah right. Just another way of the universe telling me I need to change paths.

Right now I'm sending out a few letters of applications, I hope I'll get an internship soon.

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Civil War

written on Monday, 2 May 2016 @ 07:03 ♡

People at work really ~~hate~~ dislike my boyfriend J. I mean, I kind of get why.. somehow... since I didn't like him before I got to know him, either (even though that kind of striked my interest in him haha). I guess I have a thing for guys who seem cold lmao. I remember last year when I first introduced myself, I thought 'Wow, I hate this guy. I don't want to work with him anymore'. I tried my best to make a good impression on everyone because I was eager to find new friends and apparently he just didn't give a shit about who I was. J was literally the only guy who didn't talk to me during our shift and he used to be so intimidating. Once I got so bored I made another effort to start a conversation and he actually started to fucking talk. A lot. I couldn't believe it. And when we went out the first time I remember thinking 'Is this the same person?!'. He was so kind and funny. So yeah, I guess just feel sorry for those people at work who will never get to know what an amazing person he is.

Yesterday he and I went to see Captain America: Civil War and it. was. amazing!! It's an absolute must-see for any Marvel fan, I s2g!!

As you may or not may know I am currently trying out the McDougall Diet for Maximum Weight Loss but I decided to cheat that day because we were both getting really hungry and felt like eathing some snacks during the movie. Well, I guess you could say as soon as I was on my way home, my digestion declared civil war. I sat on the toilet for a long-ass time and I felt so sick the whole evening. After two or more hours of not being able to sleep I ended up waking up at 5.30am.

I read something in the book and also in some of the Amazon reviews that apparently people who decided to eat like they used to before going on this "diet" experieced something like that but I didn't think that I would, too! Man, let me tell you; I am not doing that again! It is not worth it. Apparently my body reacted that way because it was already getting used to eating so clean that eating the unhealthy processed stuff was too irritating. And I only ate some pretzel sticks, vegan dark chocolate (80%) and drank 1L of Coca Cola Zero.

Damn.

Edit: I'll be changing the layout to something way more simple with a bigger font size soon. I love the current Apink one, I really do, but it is not very pleasant to the eyes..

Labels: life lesson, love life, rant, weight loss, weight loss journey

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McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss, Summary

written on Monday, 25 April 2016 @ 12:26 ♡

Like I mentioned in my last post, I bought John A. McDougall's book 'The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss' because I am just so tired of calorie restricting (800-1000kcal per day) and over exercising (cardio 45min. 6 times a week). After reading and watching all those positive reviews on this book, I decided to give it a try since I know that my former way of losing weight is neither healthy, nor sustainable since I already gained back half of the ~15kg/30lbs I lost last year.
So the next few months I will be documenting my weight loss and experiences with this diet (or should I say life style?) and hopefully I'll get some nice results.

My starting weight is 74.3kg/163,8lbs and I'm 168cm/5'6 tall.

"Initially, you are inspired and hopeful about a new diet; you fast, suffer hunger, and count calories; you enjoy short-term weight loss; the hunger takes its troll and you break your fast and eat (...) you go back to your old way of eating" (p.39)

Let's talk about the program.

McDougall starts by making one understand that hunger is not a bad, but a good thing. The body is telling us that it needs certain nutrients and that we won't be satsified before getting those. The most important thing the body needs are contrary to popular belief: carbohydrates.
You hardly get those from animal products (dairy and meat) or oils and should much rather focus on eating plant based, such as potatoes, rice and vegetables (read: The China Study).

I know that when I first decided to change my life and go vegan I thought "What the hell am I going to eat now?!". I didn't like cooking, I didn't like potatos and I absolutely loved meat. I literally ate chicken every. single. day. and couldn't understand and imagine how someone would actually choose to go vegetarian or even worse; vegan. One day I ended up watching kalelkitten's video out of curiosity and because I wasn't able to fall asleep and after overcomming my ignorance and finally stopping to roll my eyes everytime she said "vegan", I realised that what she talks about actually made sense.
The day after watching her and many other educational videos on the meat and dairy industry, I started to cook more and cut out all animal products (which was easier than I thought) and now I find myself loving potatos and veggies which I didn't like before. "Food preferences are learned and unlearned" says McDougall (p.35).

"The fat you eat is the fat you wear" (p.48)

According to the book, less than 4% fat of one's daily calorie intake is used for synthesis of new cells, hormones, and other body parts and another 3% of kcal is buned in the transfer of fat from the dinner plate to the adipose tissue which leaves 93% of the fat consumed (p.42)!!
Carbohydrates are not stored as fat and they don't make you gain weight. They get processed and if you comsume 'too much' of it the body ends up burning and releasing them as heat through the skin and lungs. The fat you wear gets burned quickly, though, if you stop eating fat.

So what does the McDougal diet consist of?
The McDougall diet consist mostly of starches (p.60ff), which are ideal for the human body:

Whole grains (brown rice, barley, oatmeal, wheat, millet)
Potatoes (sweet potatoes, yams)
Squashes (acorn, butternut, buttercup, summer squash, pumpkin)
Legumes (beans, peas, lentils)
Yellow and green vegetables (carrots, collard greens), should be 1/3 to 1/2 of your meal!
Fruit (2 servings a day), avoid dried fruit, fruit puree and fruit juice
No animal products (diary, meat, eggs)
No oils (eliminate ALL oils! Yes, that includes avocados, nuts, soy products like tofu, etc.)
No flour products (bread, bagels, pastas, pretzels, crackers, corn, wheat tortillas)
Try to stay away from processed food
Eat small amouts of sugar (on your oatmeal for example)

Rules

Eat until you're satsfied (like mentioned before: chew slowly)
6 or more small meals a day, snack frequently
Chew slowly
Allow time for digestion (20min, if still hungry → eat more)
Restrict variety (for example have rice with vegetables and tomato sauce, not a plate full of various little smaller meals like salsa, rice, noodles, vegetables, fruit all at the same time)
Take vitamin B12 (more info)
Do some exercise to fasten the weight loss (walking 1h 3 times a week, for example, it controls appetite)

Balancing your meal for weight loss (p.73)

Moderate → 2/3 starch, 1/3 very low calorie salads
Rapid → 1/2 starch, 1/2 very low calorie salads
Hasty → 1/3 starch, 2/3 very low calorie salads

Some more tips

Consider using guar gum, oat bran, rice bran etc.
Cut down salt
Hot red pepper may increase metabolic rate and burn more calories (p.72)
Artifical sweeteners may increase hunger, also litte sugar is allowed so there is no need for Stevia etc.
Only drink water when you're thirsty, don't drink at meals (can make you feel full but also hungry)
Be faithful to yourself, really follow the rules!
Eat low calorie greens and vegetables before the starchy portion
To maintain weight loss, continue following the program
Give yourself time to adjust to the new foods
Make your exercise fun, don't over-do it (you should be able to carry a conversation while exercising, if not - slow down!), do them before meals
Try to stay away from alcohol and coffee
Shop for food when you are full, make a shopping list

"Health feels better than sickness" (p.138)

Where do I start? (p.127ff)

Be goal-oriented → I want to lose 20kg/44lbs
Acknowledge your willingness to pay the price → Eating at home, no oils
Educate yourself → Skinny Bitch, China Study, YouTube
Visualize yourself as healthy → Imagine everyone asking "how did you do it?"
Make a commitment → *Shia Labeaouf voice* JUST DO IT! (c) Nike
Ensure that your environment supports your goals → Following your diet should be as easy as possible
Alter Your Copin Mechanisms → Instead of stuffing your face with unhealthy food, go for a walk
Join a Support Group
Reward yourself → Celebrate small victories
Keep it simple → Frozen food FTW!!

So there you go. The book also contains some more informations about nutrition as well as tips for eating out, recipes and much more. I'd recommend you check out McDougall's homepage as well, since he also provides a lot of recommendations and suggestions etc. on there. I hope this is helpful to some of you. Good luck on your journey!

This post was not sponsored.

Labels: diet, vegan, weight loss, weight loss journey

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Blogger Layout: Sailor Moon

written on Saturday, 23 April 2016 @ 11:10 ♡

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Honestly, this Blogspot/Blogger layout wasn't that much work but for some reason I just couldn't bring myself finish it lmao. I hope you like it, though! I tried to keep it as simple and light as possible and used a base by punk-rose. Please do not remove the credits! Thank you.

Other than that I moved from ~~Tumblr~~ back to Blogger, if anyone noticed. Everything's still the same and my affies don't need to change the domain or link buttons or anything. My domain is now blog.unnie.net, since I wasn't able to use tofu.3bears.co.kr on Blogger. RIP, I loved this url...

I still have to adjust some things on here so please excuse any coding errors. Maybe a new design will follow soon, who knows?

I also have some real life updates, as well. For one, I bought The Mcdougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss. It should arrive within next week and I'm planning on posting my results with this 'diet'. I'm tired of working out 6 times a week and not eating enough just so that I end up losing only 2 fucking kg in a month or something ~~I was scared to weight myself so~~. Stay tuned!

Another thing that happened was that I bought a ton of cooking machines and ended up not using most of them. Great, huh? That's just typical../fml

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Internet Connection Problems 404

written on Friday, 22 April 2016 @ 14:00 ♡

So I finally decided to get some HIGH SPEED INTERNET because the 30GB limit at my house just wasn’t enugh. Yesterday it got activated, but the modem thingy I own ISN’T WORKING. I bought it around 2 months ago off amazon and for some reason you can’t turn it on. I messaged NETGEAR and they told me they’ll send me a new cable, hopeufully that’ll solve the problem. /SIGH this is so frustrating..

I know I’ve said this a 1000 times already but I promise, my next update will contain a new PRE-MADE LAYOUT for tumblr or blogspot.

Oh, another huge thing happened in my life!! I decided to change what I’m studying. My mum finally agreed to let me do something else. I want to do someMARKETING, MEDIA THINGS so I’ll apply for something like that asap. I am so so so so happy!! I disliked studying LAW so much, I even got a really bad rash all over my body because I got so stressed out. The rash is gone now, and my will to live came back, haha.

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Profile

written on @ 12:30 ♡

My online nickname has always been Ran (Detective Conan reference!!). I’m 20 years old { 21st of September 1995 }, taken ☆ and from Germany. I’m vegan { ~~info~~ } and I’ve been blogging ever since the 16th of October 2009.
I guess you can say that I’m really into korean dramas. Cheese In The Trap, Reply 1997, School 2013 and The Master’s Sun are some of my favourites, to name a few { more here }.
As for k-pop, I mainly stan aPink { Chorong biased } and exid { Hani biased }. Got7 is also really cool, although lately, I haven’t really been listening to boygroups that much, girlgroups are waaaay cooler hehe!!
When it comes to western music, I admire Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande. But honestly, I almost listen to every genre.. It depends on my mood, I guess.
Marvel movies and romantic comedies make me feel alive AH! I watch a lot of TV shows like The Mindy Project, Supergirl, Parks and Recreation, The Flash, Scream Queens, etc. etc. etc…

Aaaaand that’s it? Frankly speaking, I don’t know what else to write about myself. If you’re curious about something or want to get to know me (~~haha as if!~~) feel free to hmu via e-mail { omashu[at]hotmail.co.jp } or tumblr. I’m always looking for new friends!! Thanks for reading, you are awesome ☆ { > awards < }

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