Weight loss progress - Week 5 & 6

Hello everybody! Hello! I am live. I'm just gonna wait a couple of minutes till you all log in and so I can also see all your comments. I'm gonna log in through my laptop as well. I know I haven't done a video in a while because I've just been really busy. Okay, now I can see everyone. Okay, good. Um, yeah, so, hi Sean, hello, um, I wanted to give you an update on my weight loss, so, um, it's been week, uh, five and six, this is week seven, hi Fatty Bae, hello, um, yeah, so, so the last two weeks my weight stayed the same, hi Baltic Crew, hello, hi guys, by the way, I'm wearing my gym clothes already, hi Abby, hello. So you can see my gym outfit, the belly's still there. Oh, you're still there? Thanks, Katherine. But I have been reducing the weight, but just I'm not losing as much as I lost in the very beginning. So for those of you who are following me or watched all my videos from before, Hi Arunas! Hey darling! Arunas is amazing. He makes all my recipes pretty much. I love this guy. He's awesome. Awesome. So yeah, big big shout out to you. Hi Gary, hello. So for some of you, I'm gonna go into numbers. So when I started my weight loss, which was maybe not seriously back in the day, I was at 83 kilograms, which is quite high for me as a girl. Thank you Catherine. I don't look great today, I'm tired, you know, I've just been working all day. So my weight loss so far in seven weeks, well six weeks because this is week seven now starting, I am at 67 kilograms. So I have lost, so that's three plus three, so that's six kilos in total. So last week you knew my weight loss was four kilograms, now it's six kilograms, which is in six weeks actually so that's pretty healthy but you can see how i slowed down that i'm only losing one kilo per week but you know to be honest i'm i'm still happy um so oh my god this this question again guys i'm gonna annoy you i don't know how many pounds that is wait i think i think you guys keep telling me but i'm just i'm really bad with this because it's not something that's not the metrics we use in in latvia Oh, there you go. So 138 pounds. Thank you. So that means I've lost 138 pounds. That just sounds a lot more in pounds. You know, it just sounds a lot bigger number. Or just six kilos. Or in London, they say one stone, which is actually quite a lot. You know, now that I think about it, it's quite good. I want to talk a little bit about weight loss. Oh, that's what I weigh now. Okay, that makes sense. Thank you, Pasha. I'm I want to talk about weight loss in a way it's not just about the weight. I have mentioned this before. Hi, Byron. I'm good. Thank you. How are you? I'm So what I've been doing, I've been measuring myself on a weekly basis. So every Tuesday morning, before I eat, before I go to the toilet, Sorry, after I go to the toilet, because you have to go to the toilet before you weigh yourself, just to get rid of anything extra stuff there. Yeah. Yeah, and then, so basically, you weigh yourself at the same time, same day, every week. Once a week is enough. I'm trying to get all the... That's a lot of weight you have lost keeping going on this video the whole time. Thank you, Catherine. That's really sweet. Well, it's still six kilos, so I need to lose another 10 kilos to get back to the weight that I used to be before I started chefing, before you started following me, because for the last four years, I gained 15 kilos, and that's because I was... I was becoming a chef, I was training a lot, I was studying, I was going to school and I had to obviously make a lot of dishes and I tested them so now obviously I still eat a lot of stuff. I still had some sweets and cake last week because I had dinner party and that's okay you can have a treat just make sure that the next day you are in a calorie deficit and then it works out. Haha, I do have still cherry lava cake on my list. I have not filmed that yet because it's just been crazy But what I want to talk about especially for those who are losing weight or who that's starting to lose weight One thing when I measured myself I've realized just now that, can you believe guys, for seven weeks, for six, seven weeks, I have not lost a single centimeter of my arms or my legs. So all the weight that's been coming off is pretty much in my boob, in my stomach, and a little bit on my thighs, which is quite upsetting for a girl because I really don't want to lose this area. And I know maybe I'm talking about this, you know, quite openly. but i think it's important because a lot of us ladies we don't want to lose this area but unfortunately that's not how the weight loss um works you you are losing and you can see that i'm starting to lose the weight from the top and before i didn't really have the bones like well not the bones what is it called collagens um i don't know and these bits basically pop out a bit more than they used to because i'm losing weight all the way here Which is really sad. So, let's get started. Scapulae. Thanks, Joel. I didn't know that word. Definitely learning new English words. How tall I am. I'm 5'8", which is 1.73m. We are three. so i'm quite tall but still i should be i should wait what i used to wait like when before i started eating a lot and so yes unfortunately i have been losing all my weight from the top but that's fine and it is going to stop eventually but that's how your body works and the trainer told me that you're going to start losing weight from the areas where you put it on first so if you kind of really think about it What was the last time, like, you know, before you had a belly or before you had bigger arms or bigger legs, like, what was the last area that you gained weight? This is where you're going to lose the weight from first. Alla, you're truly sweet, adorable, smart, inspiring. Thank you so much. That's really, really sweet. Yana you might be low on iron looking at your lips and under eyes area. I might be yeah you know what because guys obviously some of you know that I've been doing the vegan challenge for four weeks and I officially stopped two days ago and let me tell you for anyone out there who is a vegan I really applaud you because for me that was really difficult and I am planning to eat less meat but I just can't be vegan like I really tried and you know I'm a chef so I can make delicious recipes but it's just so so difficult when you go out when you socialize when you go abroad when you go out with your friends there's really not much you can eat except vegetables and carbs so I found it really really difficult Keep on going. Yeah, definitely. Well, I'm no couch potato. If you follow me on Instagram stories or Snapchat, you see I exercise a lot. Hence, I'm in my gym outfit because I'm going out to do a HIIT training session. Milo's just behind me. Let me take him. Come here, buddy. There he is. Yes. There he is, little boy. And he's he lost so much weight when I went away and now he gained the weight back because he's with me. So um, so yeah, guys, I really just want to tell everyone to keep going even if your weight stops like stopped for me for one week. You are going to keep going if you keep consistent with your exercise. If you can. Are you tired? Are you tired? Yeah, I just had dinner. I did. Yeah. So, yeah, if you just keep going with your exercise, keep with the training, at least keep doing what you're doing, just stick to the exercise plan, the results will come, they're just very, very slow. Um, so you have to be very, very patient. Patient. Yeah, he's adorable. Oh, hi, Nikki Bagley. You're new to this. You find me on Insider. Thank you. I love Insider. They did a video, obviously, about my lava cakes. Um, and they're amazing. And guys, I have so many of you loving my lava cakes. And hopefully, um, this summer I will be creating like an e-book with all my amazing lava cake creations and loads of other stuff. Hi, Circular Square! Hi! Hi everyone! Who is watching in Russian? Yana, spirulina and wheatgrass are super good for iron. Yeah, so I had a spirulina smoothie this morning and I think probably because I was, you know, on vegan diet, I didn't have that much iron, even though I tried to include it as much as I could. I do have Patreon, Joel. If you do want to become one of my Patreons, there is a link on every video how to support me on Patreon. And what I'm going to do as well, if you're becoming one of my Patreons, I'm going to include those, all of you who are supporting me at the end of each video, just to give you credit and to show you that I appreciate you. So, yeah, just go ahead, check it out. There is some stuff. But I'm making, making. Improvements and also maybe the reason I look tired is because I've been working so much for The last three to four weeks. I've been having my 16-hour days again So in a way, it's good because I'm busy but at the same time it just does make you tired Um... Mariam, okay Milo is so cute. He's a French pug or is it different? It's not a pug. It's a French bulldog Good dog. Oh, my watch. This is not a watch. It's like a Fitbit, which measures all my exercise, how much I sleep. And yeah, I haven't been getting enough sleep last week and the week before. And this is really, really important, guys. If you want to lose weight, you just have to sleep. Because every time I don't sleep loads, like let's say I get six hours. I literally eat more. Your body naturally wants to eat more because it needs energy if you haven't slept. So make sure you get those like at least 7 to 8, 9 hours if you can. Just go to bed early. I know maybe it's boring, but you can do it during the week. It's kind of like, it depends. Do you want to look good or do you want to stay up? And you're going to waste your time anyway because whenever I stay up in the evening, I just scroll through Facebook or I don't know. Basically, it's pointless time. How are you? Very good, thank you. Oh my god, I love Los Angeles. I was only there for two days. I did go to Santa Monica, but I didn't go to Farmer's Market. Yeah, I would love to come back. Guys, I really, really hope one day I'll be able to come back to America because I have so many of you there and it's amazing. Yeah, yeah, he's a French bulldog, so he's refusing now to be in the camera. You're not going to be a good star, are you? Just refusing. Look, everyone's saying hello. Hello! Look at that face. Just look at that face. And, like, you know, guys, I do this, it's really funny. Like, if you move his lips, he just... Oh, okay, he's yawning now. But if you move his lip, he just looks like he's moody. Look at that. And so yeah, that's my progress so far. It's all good overall. And I am planning to do more live shows. It's just so hard to get them in and to make sure that I'm at home and I can have time. Come visit Seattle the next time you're over here. I heard so many things about Seattle. I'd love to come. Yeah, Aruna sleep is really important. Byron, I hope one day you come to Wisconsin. I don't know what that is. Catherine gets lots of sleep and have a hot shower woman to help you sleep faster. Yeah, so another thing I'm doing is, well I'm not doing it yet, but I'm planning to do is meditation. So maybe about 10 minutes before I go to bed. Are you tired now? Yeah, you've had enough. You see, it's quite difficult to be in front of camera. Yeah, isn't it? Um... Yeah, so definitely do a bit of meditation because sometimes my head is so... I don't know if you feel this way, but I overthink things and my head is just spinning. I go to sleep and all I can think, have I done this? Have I done that? Is this like, you know, it's like an endless list of things that I need to do. And then you just become really stressed and then you don't sleep really well. So I am battling with that at the minute. I'm still finding it quite hard to find a good balance and I've tried a hot shower. But I think the only thing that works for me if I don't actually use my phone or laptop before I go to bed, it helps me to fall asleep a bit faster. Um, you. USA. Shashlik. I do actually have two recipes for shashlik on my channel already so you can check them out. If you just type shashlik Allah's yummy food it will come up. Joelle, I hope I helped you. Helps you with calorie deficit. Yeah, so another thing, so you guys know, with my calories, I've been eating 1800 calories a day, sometimes even 2000. But then on other days, I would have a, you know, only eating like 1400. I'm still trying to find a balance between how many calories I can have to lose weight. But it seems that the less obviously calories you eat, the more calories you lose. The less calories you eat, the faster you're going to burn the fat and the weight. Um... Oh, it's in the United States. Okay, I just never heard of it. Post a recipe for Maize Zupa. Yes, yes, it's on my list. I have to make it. Guys, if you've never tried Maize Zupa, it's basically black bread pudding. It's very, very traditional in Latvia. Every time I go home, I have it. It's amazing. I don't even know if... I think they have it also in Lithuania and Poland, but I'm not quite sure. Meditation is very nice. Just catching up with the comment. What is Shashlik? Shashlik is meat on skewers. It's actually quite healthy but it depends where you kind of yeah where you make it and how you make it like unfortunately in london I have very small flats and I do not have any balcony or outside space so I cannot make shashlik so the recipes that I have was filmed in Latvia at my dad's house because in Latvia we have a lot of space um can I teach you English speakers some Russian maybe it's on the list or something yeah for sure maybe in the future and Yeah, jogging, I know. I've started jogging about 15 minutes a day. One thing that I recommend as well, if you're just starting out, try the intermediate, I think it's called interval jogging, where you run for one minute, you walk for one minute, then you run for two, you walk for two, and then three and four, and then you kind of go backwards. But it is quite hard. It doesn't sound hard, but honestly, guys, it's quite hard, trust me. Okay, man, you're getting heavy now. I'm going to have to put you down. Yeah. he's heavy teach them Latvian oh no we're not gonna have to we're not gonna teach anyone bad Russian words um so for those of you who are you know new obviously to my channel you know that I'm from Latvia and but I speak fluent Latvian and Russian um And everyone who's going to join in, I usually start my videos saying hello in Russian, privet, or sveiki, which is also hello in Latvian. Anyway, guys, that's all I got to say. I can show you my calendar if you want to see my calendar for this month, where I mark my days. So let me know in comments now if you want to go and see my calendar, because maybe that will motivate some of you, because it really helps me. Can you do food challenges with your sister? Yes, I have so many food challenges on my list and so many recipes and ideas. Let me just show you quickly. You're not going to believe me. And I think a lot of the time... Somewhere here. Just wanted to show you. This is how much work I have to do. This is all of my list. This is still all to do. You see how much work I have to do? That's why I'm a bit behind. And guys, these are all your requests for recipes. This is just Russian recipes. Then it's Latvian recipes. Then it's urgent recipes that have been requested several times from you. And then I have some fan suggestions and doggy series, which I'm planning to do. So I am going to go and make all of these. But just be patient with me, because this is four pages of requested recipes. So I hope you all understand how difficult it can be. Alright, so what other languages can you speak? Obviously English. I speak a little bit of German and I understand French. Thank you. Okay, you guys want to see the calendar. Just got all the messages. Okay, come along. I'm going to show you the calendar. How do I flip this? Excuse the mess. So this calendar is right on my fridge so it helps me to see every day. So you can see that my May started, this is my vegan challenge. The first two weeks I was really really good and I didn't have anything bad and then I had one bad day but then I kind of picked it back up and I was doing really well. And then this is when I was hosting and cooking and filming so these all five days in a row were really bad because I had to test the food. You know, do the dinner party, test again and then I was good and then again I had dinner party on Saturday so I was not good then and then and then. So I'm back on it today. Today is Tuesday and technically I can tick it off now as a good day because I've been healthy. Okay, so this is my calendar. I'm planning to stick for the rest of the week healthy. But if you look at this calendar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9 days out of 30. One, we're bad, which is really good. And when you kind of look at it this way... My flat's so messy, I'm sorry. But it's real. I'm real. So it's not going to be perfect. It's fine. But when you look at it this way, then it kind of makes you realize that even if you mess up once, it's okay because you've got 31 days to be good. I should do a Ramadan challenge. Comment ça va à mi? Me? I'm thanking for your support beautiful lady like you are. Thank you guys. I'm not sure I can do a Ramadan challenge. I do fasting sometimes where I just fast for a day and that's something that I've read a lot online and did a lot of research. So if this is something that you might be interested in, I urge you to just kind of go on and just scroll around and see like it's called intermittent fasting and so you fast from 12 hours to 16 hours to 24 hours once a week and that really really helps me because you know if i had a really bad day then i can just fast the next day and actually it's healthy They do fast in Orthodox religion, but the thing is I'm Latvian, so I'm Christian, so I'm not an Orthodox, so I don't fast on Easter. So... But anyway guys, my training starts in half an hour, it's an intense army training, half an hour, and it's 45 minutes long, so I have to go get ready. Yeah, I'm eating chickpeas because I was vegan, so I had to eat that a lot. But thank you all so much for coming online, for kind of chatting with me. I really love interacting with you because this is where you see the real me, you know, in my gym clothes, in my messy house. And it's real, you know, so thank you so much. I can't even read all the things anymore, but I'm really, really happy you guys are here, and thank you for commenting and everything, and I will update you probably in a week or two weeks, just to let you know how week 7 and 8 go, because week 8 will be kind of a good point, it's two months, and we'll see a good progress on that. And yeah, if you haven't downloaded my free ebook, which I have on my website, I give loads of healthy recipes there as well. It's just a sample, but you will get like I think 10 recipes. Peace and all like in this little cute book which I made myself and it's free so you can get it and anyway guys I'll see you next week hopefully and I love you all so so much you've been amazing and keep working out keep staying healthy if you haven't started yet I hope I'm motivating you to start one day and I'll speak to you soon