Erika's World

It's Sunday, but it does not feel like Sunday. Every day is a weekend for me because I have no job. It has its perks but it also has its downside. Well well. OMG I have had this horrible pain in my throat the past few days. I seriously hate this because I've had this pain probably three or four times within the past six months. I googled earlier about having my tonsils removed. I feel like I do qualify for that because on 1177 it said that you have to have had tonsillitis at least three to five times within a year or two to be considered for that. But I think that that means you have to have been diagnosed by a doctor. Ugh so annoying. I am going to call 1177 tomorrow and ask them because this is annoying. The pain is so bad that I can barely swallow and medicine rarely work. Does anyone have any tips for this? Have you had your tonsils removed? I need as much help as I can with this! your writer, Erika

The last workout video of the week comes with a warning, A HUGE WARNING! I should have taken the comments to this video seriously before I tried it. But I was naive. This is an "intense" ab workout from Pamela Reif. I put " " because this video is extreme rather than intense as one person commented. If you're not used to working out your abs then maybe you shouldn't try this one. I workout every day but I don't do a lot of exercises for my abs so this one was very hard for me. Even though it was brutal I am glad that I tried it and I am going to try it again. your writer, Erika

I found this yoga video that is very easy and calm. It's a great video to do for those of you who have never tried yoga before or have only done it a few times. This video is the first video in a series of 30. So if you like this one you can go to her channel and check out the other ones and learn more about yoga. I am sure you'll be a pro after 30 days with Adriene! your writer, Erika

It's Friday! How has your week been? Mine has been good not too bad. I am thinking about going to Rålis tonight and watch Dirty Dancing . That depends on the weather though. It's not looking up right now. If it clears up then maybe. With my workouts there are four things that I like to focus on; stretching, cardio and the butt and thighs. That's why you have been seeing a lot of those kinds of workouts this week. I can only do this from my own point of view. I am sure that a lot of you will get just as good of a workout as I am so don't be afraid to try them out. Todays' video is a 10 minute butt and thigh workout from FitnessBlender. This video may be short but it has a high tempo so you have to focus. Kelli is very great a explaining the exercise beforehand (as always). I am confident that you will have no problem with doing this workout your writer, Erika

Hello! This morning I thought I would share a yoga video from GymRa . I do this video three times a week. I love it because it's so calm and easy to follow. I read the comments to this video on youtube and some people were complaining that it is too fast and that the poses/ exercises are not explained beforehand so it's hard to follow. Someone said that they had to pause they video so that they could finish their breath because the video is too fast. It's not yin yoga. But hey every one's different and that what makes everyone so great. I love this video and have never had any problems following it. Not only do you get a really good stretch you also build some muscles using your own body weight. Comment below (or hit me up on twitter  @erikaworld ) what you think of this video. Is it too fast or is it just right? Have a great day! your writer, Erika

Hello! So what's up? I am sitting here on my balcony not enjoying the weather at all. I am actually freezing and thinking that maybe I should go inside. Okay so I have been thinking lately that I really need to up my workouts. What I mean is that I need to switch it up and make it a little bit more difficult. I am thinking that maybe I should join a gym or maybe I should buy some dumbbells to have at home. I am leaning towards joining a gym. There actually are few gyms in my neighborhood that are cheap. I am going to check them out. So in the meantime when I am trying to decide which gym to join, or if I should even join a gym at all I thought that I would help you all with your workouts. Every day next week I am going to post at least one workout video that I have done and has really helped me. They are all going to vary in length and in difficulty. I thought that I would kick off this thing today so you are actually getting your first workout video right now. This first vid...

Hello everyone! I'm just sitting on the couch watching Hart of Dixie . Quite a nice chill day. I was at Sollentunavallen earlier for a little promptu photo shoot. We got some really cool shots but the i started to rain. It's nice to shit here on the couch now and just chilling. So I was having a small argument with a friend earlier. She said that she really wants sushi because she is having such a craving for it. So I jokingly asked her if she was pregnant. She told me that you can't have sushi if you're pregnant. So I hit her back with facts because she didn't want to listen to me first. The truth is that you can actually eat sushi while you're pregnant. You just have to make sure that the fish has been frozen first so that the bacteria is dead. Well. I hope that this settles it. Have a nice evening everyone! your writer, Erika source:  http://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/is-it-safe-to-eat-sushi-during-pregnancy.aspx?categoryid=54

Today I thought that I would choose a topic (okay maybe not for the entire day but for this post) that is something that we really don't talk about. Something that we are shy away from, the vagina. That needs to change. We need to change this. Half of the population on this earth has one so why is this topic so taboo? I mean it is 2017 and it is changing, but slowly. So I thought that I would contribute to the vagina discussion by making an entire post about how to keep your vagina tip top aka healthy AF. I have done some digging and a lot research to find out how to maintain a healthy vagina. (Psst! It's easier than you think!) UNDERWEAR SELECTION. Did you know that certain fabrics are actually better for your vagina? Y-E-S! Cotton fabrics are better for your vagina. That is why a lot of underwear have a thin cotton strip in the crotch. Why is cotton better for your vagina? Well, it breathes and absorbs moisture. Side note: when you're at home go commando! Your vagina...

Yesterday when I got home from my photoshoot I had this terrible headache. I didn't know what was wrong with me. I wanted to work so bad but my head wasn't with me. I decided to take the night off. It's great being your own boss because you can do stuff like that the. Taking the day off if you need to rest or because you're just not in it. I am always in it but my head wasn't last night. I think that I might be over worked from the past few weeks. Who knows really? Being a blogger is though that's for sure anyway. I think that it was just that I needed some sleep because when I woke up this morning I felt much better and well rested. I went to bed earlier last night just because my head wasn't in it. Okay mostly because I was laying in bed watching a movie and I fell asleep and missed like 20 minutes. When I woke up I felt like there was no point in continuing watching the movie. I have seen that movie several times before anyway. Dreamy location fr...

Hello! First of all, you all know that I am Swedish right? I just blog in english because I always have. I started doing it because I reckoned that I would reach far more people that way. That's what I want to do. Reach as many people as I can. Okay, so that title of this post, Swedish Health Awards. I thought that I would do a little shameless begging and ask you all to please nominate me and this blog for the Swedish Health Awards. Nominate me in all the categories if you want to but all of them does not apply to the blog. The three categories that I would like you to nominate me in are Årets Inspiratör (Inspirator of the Year), Årets Influencer (Influencer of the Year), Årets Hälsobloggare (Health Blogger of the Year) and Årets Hälsohjälte (Health Hero of the Year). picture source:  https://www.facebook.com/SwedishHealthAwards/photos/a.111466646113493.1073741826.111359412790883/111466599446831/?type=1&theater How to nominate: To get to Swedish Health Awards website ...

OMG, it's so so so so late! I mean I can't believe that I haven't posted anything yet. Just been busy and I am still tired from the all the things that has been going on this week. But that doesn't mean that I don't have a post for you guys. I always have a post for you (except for the two days that I was absent this week, sorry again). Okay but since it's late its going to be a short post. A short post about soy. Yeah that's right. That magic little thing that taste so delicious and have a lot of benefits. With all that praise it can actually be hard to believe it when you hear it but soy is not as good as you think! Yeah, first I say it has a lot of health benefits and then I say it's not as healthy as you think. It's very contradicting. Why is not as good as we think? Well, first soy contains phytoestrogens which is very similar to the bodys natural estrogen hormone. This can cause serious problems for both men and women. For men this means th...

Cardio exercises may be more important than you think. Young people who do cardio workouts may maintain their memory skills when they're 43-55. A study done back in April 2014 showed that people at an average age of 25 who under went treadmill tests and then 20 years later underwent the same tests and had small decreases were more likely to perform better on executive functions tests than those with big decreases. This is very interesting. Those tests helped to identify and consequently prevent or treat people with a higher risk of developing dementia. Yes, taking care of your body at a young age will benefit you when you are older. You will even notice immediate results. So do yourself a favor exercise and eat healthy. Of course exercise is not a magic trick or a miracle worker for disease prevention but it will get you on a good path to never encountering the big and scary ones. your writer, Erika sources:  https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/home/PressRelease/1266 https://www.s...

I love yoga! It is my favorite workout method. I would only do yoga but I need cardio. Well all need cardio. I do yoga because I want a flexible body. I love being able to bend my body different ways. I think that is so beautiful! Just look at the Cirque du Soleil performers! My gaash they are gorgeous! I wish that I could be one of them. There are actually a lot of health benefits from doing yoga. Yoga actually has as many mental benefits as physical. Yes! I have never thought of it before but now that I think of it it is the most obvious thing. As far as mental health. Yoga can help with stress, body awareness, sleeping problems plus a whole problems. Some of the physical benefits are increased flexibility (this one is obvious I know), but also increased muscle strength and tone and you will notice that you will have a lot more energy. Yoga is great! There are like one billion different styles go yoga so I am sure that you will find of the suits you. Plus if you have never done y...

If you are the kind of person that don't go outside a lot and never exercise, getting a pet can actually be a great way to change that. I mean, if you for example get a dog you need to go outside and walk your dog a couple of times a day because dogs A) need to go outside to pee and poo and B) dogs need exercise. Since it's your responsibility as the dog's owner to make sure that your dog get the exercise that it needs and that it gets the chance to actually go outside and do its business you will also benefit from it. Some dogs need more excise than others, so if you want a lot of exercise get a dog that needs a lot of exercise. Yes, dogs can be expensive. I am not just talking about what it can cost to buy a dog. I am talking about all the expenses that comes with it. You know like a car. It's not just the what the car itself costs, you also have to get insurance, gas, cleaning the car and so on and so on. It's the same with getting a pet. The pet needs ...

I woke up this morning not feeling well at all. I think that I might be getting a cold. Okay, I wasn't so sick that I didn't go to work. I just had some nasal congestion and a bit of a sore throat. I actually feel a lot better now because I had some tea. (Fluids are the key to getting rid of bacteria in your body while you're sick.) So today I wanted to talk about back pains. I think that I might have mentioned this before but sittning down is the absolute worst thing that you can do for your back. But a lot of us out there have desk jobs and you know it's just very comfortable to sit down all day. If you have a lot of back pains there are a few things that you can do: 1. Get up an stretch your back a few times during the day. 2. Stand up and work. 3. Get up and walk around for a few minutes here and there. 4. Workout regularly. These are all very helpful things. Whenever I have back pains I get up and stretch and I immediately feel better. Stretching is all ro...

I love working out! I work out every single day no excuses. Actually the more excuses that I come up with the more motivated I am to sweat it out. Everyone is not like me. Not everyone likes to work out and people have different priorities. The thing is also that you don't have to workout every single day to be healthy. I wasn't unhealthy before when I used to workout twice a week. The reason I started working out every day was because I wanted better results. Today I thought that I would give some simple tips for you to get in a workout WITHOUT actually having to workout! Howbadah?! My first tip is that if you have a height adjustable desk at work is that you heigher it and stand up at your desk. This is great for your legs. Especialy your thighs and your butt. It may not seem like a huge exircise but if you're not used to standing up for 8h or working out your legs then your legs are going to want to kill you afterwards! It's exhausting! Also make sure that you ...

Hello! I am sitting here on my couch watching Ghostbusters (the new one 2016). Gosh that show is good. Way better than the movie! The movie is great though but the show is greater. I thought about something earlier that I just have to share with you. It's about finding a good breathing technique while working out. Okay this one is more for right after when you've finished your workout. So you know how right after you finished a heavy workout you breath very heavy because you're exhausted from what you just put your body through. It can sometimes take a while before you can breath like normal again. My tip is that when you have finished your workout you take long and death breaths. This will force your body to breath like this and it will slow your heart rate down way faster. You won't feel so out of breath and tired after a workout if you do it. This will give you back the energy that you put out during your workout. Try this and let me know if it works for you! ...

I definitely do not have enough workout clothes! It's an issue because I have to wash the ones that I have all of the time. Enough for me would be if I had at least seven pairs of gymshorts/ yogapants and seven sport bras (yeah, I only workout in a sport bra because I get annoyed and uncomfortable if I wear a t-shirt over that because I get too hot). Now when it's starting to get a little bit warmer outside I like to wear shorts instead of tights. Sometimes when I do yoga it's nice to wear tights because it's not as sweaty. Don't get me wrong. Yoga is a great workout but it's not as intense as cardio. Okay, that can depend on what kind of yoga you do, because there are like millions different types of yoga out there. A friend once said that she doesn't think that it's necessary to have a bunch of fancy workout clothes because you are going to sweat in them either way. True but there are a bunch of brands that sell really nice workout clothes at a low p...

Did you know that if you have back pains sitting down can actually make it worse? Instead you should stand up or lay on your side. Try that the next time that your back hurts. your writer, Erika

Did you now that peppers contain more vitamin C than oranges? 100g of red and yellow peppars contain about 250% vitamin C (RDI) and green peppers contain about 150%. While oranges and lemons only contain 66%. Even kale contain more vitamin C than oranges and lemons. 100g of kale contains 150% vitamin C (RDI). That is crazy and kind of mind blowing to me. Seriously a lot of vegetable contain more than 100% per 100g of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C. I heard this a few months ago at work and before I would never had guessed it! I mean.... lemons for example are so sour so just, I don't know but I just would have guessed that they contain more vitamin C. MIND BLOWN! Hahaha. your writer, Erika