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Hi everyone, happy Friday! Hope your all ready to enjoy the weekend. Loved reading your comments to my Green Smoothie post, if anyone would like to join in with the 7 days, 7 smoothies challenge please feel free!

I’ve had a great couple of days off which have been spent doing my favourite pass times: shopping, cooking, eating, reading and exercising!

I started Thursday morning with a home workout. I decided that I wanted to get my workout completed early and as my gym doesn’t open until 9am on a Thursday I checked out my DVD collection and went with Davina Fit: Top Fit and MTV Yoga which gave me a total 1hr 15 min workout. I was starving after this but luckily I had prepared breakfast in advance:

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My Vanilla Chia Wheat Germ Breakfast Pudding with two chopped white nectarines, yum!

I spent the morning getting all the grocery shopping done which included a trip to the farm shop, green grocer, Tesco and Sainbury’s – yep, there’s some stuff that Tesco do cheaper than sainsbos and some stuff I just prefer from sainsbos so I did both!

Lunch was some raw wraps made with spring green leaves, sunflower seed butter, carrot, pink lady apple and basil. I also had 4 clearspring sesame tamari rice cakes on the side:

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I love these wraps they are amazingly tasty and filling!

Mid afternoon I fancied a big green juice so I juiced up 1 pear, 3 romaine leaves, celery, cucumber, broccoli, spinach and lemon, it was delicious!

Dinner was an awesome Buddha bowl. I combined roast kabocha squash, edamame, quinoa and chopped parsley with a lemon juice, braggs seasoning and cool oil dressing and served it up on top of some steamed broccoli and purple sprouting broccoli with shoyu. I also added some viva pure spicy pumpkin seeds:

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This was so so good, I adore kabocha, nothing else comes close to the sweetness and texture of it, delicious!

Dessert was two raw vegan brownie bites topped with coconut flour ‘icing’:

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Delish! I also had two unpictured fiji apples.

This morning I was up and off to the gym. I did 1 hour of intervals on the cross trainer, step machine, bike and rowing machine. Oh, and that’s 1 hour total, not one hour on each! I think the way I write that can be misleading sometimes, I do 15 minutes on each machine for a total 1 hour workout. I finished off with my abs and core exercises.

Breakfast was the first green smoothie of my Green Smoothie Challenge:

Apple Pie Green Smoothie (makes one large serving):

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  • 5 large kale stems (with thick stems removed) – or greens of choice
  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 pink lady apple, chopped
  • 2 ice cubes
  • 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder (I used sun warrior)
  • 1 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp of ground ginger
  • 1/2 cup of rice milk
  • 1 tsp of maca (optional)
  • 1 tsp of spirulina (optional)
  • 1 tsp of ground flax (optional)
  • water to desired thickness
  • 1/2 – 1 tsp of xanthan gum (optional but adds thickness)

Topping

  • 1 tbsp of almond butter
  • 1 tbsp of granola (I used viva pure raw apple granola)
  • cinnamon

Add ingredients to blender in order listed above, blend. Top with the almond butter and granola and a dusting of cinnamon, devour!

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This really did taste like apple pie, so lush! I loved the drippy almond butter on top.

James had the day off too so we headed to Newcastle – I got the most gorgeous ultra skinny jeans and coat from H&M, pics to come over the weekend! I also got stocked up on my favourite yogi teas and soya beans from the health food shop. We were going to have lunch in town but ran out of parking time so when I got home I threw together a tasty salad containing lots of mixed green leaves (spinach, romaine, lambs lettuce and parsley) carrot, red pepper, cucumber, sugar snaps, spring onion and spicy roasted chickpeas and a peanut lime dressing (1 tbsp of peanut flour, lime juice, water and shoyu):

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I also had an orange. Later in the afternoon I had another green juice. Dinner was leftovers of last nights Buddha bowl with spring greens instead of broccoli.

Last week I said that I had came up with a recipe using the leftover pulp from making my sesame milk – and here it is!

Raw Chocolate Sesame Tart (makes 4)

  • 1 cup of leftover sesame pulp (from making milk)
  • 2 tbsp of raw cacao powder
  • 1 tbsp of agave syrup
  • 1 tbsp of coconut oil, melted

Combine all ingredients and divide mixture between 4 tart cases with removal bottoms. Store in the freezer until needed then remove from tart case 10 minutes before eating, enjoy!

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I served mine with some fresh strawberries and figs, it tasted fab!

I really enjoyed my big grocery shop. I was due one as the last time I really properly stocked my cupboards was October. I like to do a huge shop to stock up then I just work my way through everything. As well as the store cupboard type stuff I also got a fantastic haul of fresh produce from the farm shop and green grocers:

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Yep, this filled my kitchen!

I’m looking forward to some delicious meals using this stuff for the coming week. I was also pretty good and stuck to my list apart from buying two new items:

Hemp milk:

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Carob flakes:

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Both spotted on Jessica’s blog. I had a taste of the carob flakes and oh my word they are so good! Have you tried hemp milk or carob flakes before? What did you think?

Do you do a monster grocery shop every so often or do you just get things in each week? I love having fully stocked cupboards then just picking up a few fresh items when needed.

Any exciting plans for the weekend? I’m out for one of my best friends birthday’s on Saturday night along with the usual family visits and my long run. I’m not looking forward to the clocks going forward, it always messes with by bio clock!

Hope you have all had a great week and enjoy your weekend!

Breakfast on the go and another slow yoga class

Happy Friday! How has your week been? Mine has been good although I’m really ready for the weekend now. I had a weird day yesterday where I ended up doing a lot of deep thinking about things. Do you ever have those day’s where your thoughts are just all over the place? Anyway it’s all good, I’ve had some big realisations and reached some major conclusions that have been a long time coming, onward and upward!

Here’s a recap of my workouts for the week:

  • Sunday – 5k relaxed treadmill run, 15 min bike set at random, Kettlebell class
  • Monday – 5 min cross trainer warm up, strength workout A from Base phase of Female Body Breakthrough, 10 min HIIT step machine, 10 min HIIT bike
  • Tuesday – AM Yoga for Runners 20 min podcast, PM 10 min HIIT cross trainer, 10 min HIIT bike, Body Pump class
  • Wednesday – 5 min cross trainer warm up, strength workout B from Base phase of Female Body Breakthrough, 10 min HIIT step machine, 10 min HIIT bike
  • Thursday – New yoga class! (1hr 15 min)
  • Friday - 5 min cross trainer warm up, strength workout A from Base phase of Female Body Breakthrough, 10 min HIIT step machine, 10 min HIIT bike

I tried out a new yoga class last night and as I suspected it was another slower paced Iyengar class. It actually wasn’t too bad and I did find some of the poses more challenging than I had expected, I certainly got an excellent stretch. I have another class to try on Tuesday and then I’ll probably make a decision about which of them I’ll continue with or if I’ll go for DVD’s and podcasts instead. I’ve also increased my strength workouts this week from two to three which has been great!

Its been a bit of a busy week where I’ve need to start work early so a couple of breakfasts have had to be eaten on the go. For this I’ve been making green smoothies and storing them in a jar in the fridge ready to drink as soon as I get back from the gym. This one contained kale, spring greens, frozen banana, strawberry hemp protein powder, maca powder, ground flax, midori greens, ice and water:

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Luckily I did have time to enjoy one in my usual ‘in a bowl’ style. This contained kale, frozen blueberries and strawberries, chocolate sun warrior protein powder, berries powder, maca, ground flax, water, ice topped with Dorset Cereals Simply Muesli and sunflower seed butter:

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I’m doing well with not needing to add any additional sweeteners or gums to them at the moment, they are certainly turning out thick enough on their own! I also enjoyed another late breakfast nut butter plate of banana, apple, roast kabocha squash and raw almond butter:

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This was eaten later in the morning at work after a green juice first thing. I have to say there’s nothing quite like starting your day with a green juice although I don’t think I’ll be making a regular habit of it, I like my breakfast foods too much!

For lunches I’ve been back on the salads, firstly topped with Gourmet Raw beetroot crisps…

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…and then topped with home made high protein hummus:

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I also remembered to sprout some alfalfa to add in, I just love hummus topped salads!

Today I made myself some raw wraps by wrapping a mix of grated carrot, raisins and raw tahini in spring green leaves:

So delicious, I haven’t made raw wraps in forever and these tasted wonderful, I’m crazy for the tahini and raisin combo! For dinner the last couple of nights I’ve had a massive portion of veggie chilli with a baked sweet potato and steamed greens:

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This has been perfect warming meal, I love that chilli it really is such a simple recipe and so easy to throw together!

For desserts / evening snacks I’ve had big bowls of frozen berries with some home made sunflower seed milk. This bowl had frozen raspberries, apple and some almond butter:

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I also treated myself to some sharon fruit the other day and enjoyed a few of them chopped up and accompanied by some raw chocolate covered raisins:

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Those raisins are seriously addictive, it took a lot of will power not to eat the entire bag!

Well I’m sitting here feeling nice and relaxed ready to start the weekend. I’m going to make a big bowl of popcorn later as me and James are having a movie night and I can’t wait to enjoy a lie in tomorrow followed by a relaxed breakfast and a giant mug of coffee!

What have you got planned for the weekend? What are your favourite on the go breakfasts? I like smoothies as I can drink them while I’m getting ready, not sure what else I could have for breakfast that is quick to make and eat? I might start experimenting with just having a small snack and then something bigger once I’m at work. Any ideas would be much appreciated! Hope you all have a great weekend whatever your up to! :-)

WIAW–an example of intuitive eating?

Happy Wednesday everyone, only one more day and we are officially into the Christmas countdown! I’m so excited!

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Thanks again to Jenn for hosting the WIAW party! These are my eats and happenings from yesterday. I got up and did my usual Tuesday morning yoga – I did the Yoga for Runners 20 min podcast while trying to wake up! I drank some warm water with lemon juice while I was getting ready then made breakfast:

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I had a wonderful kabocha squash smoothie (roast kabocha, vanilla sun warrior protein powder, ice, hemp milk, cinnamon, ginger) topped with shoyu roasted squash seeds, buckwheaties and maple syrup. I also had a delicious Vanilla Nut Teeccino with some stevia and hemp milk. I love Teeccino – this was a new flavour from iHerb, its caffeine free you brew it up just like coffee, its well tasty!

I decided to wear some of my new clothes I got at the weekend, OOTD:

P1110782 New mustard yellow coat: New Look (half price), new wool snood: Primark, basic grey tee: H&M, black ankle length trousers: Whistles, cream flats: Next.

I had seen a very similar coat in Warehouse that I loved but when I saw this in New Look almost exactly the same and half the price I snapped it up! I’m in love with the scarf too, so warm and cosy!

I had a morning of meetings at work so by the time I got back to the office at 11am I was starving! I had some chopped veggies with some Red Pepper, Cashew and Mesquite raw dip and a pink lady apple (that turned into 2 apples as I was still so hungry!)

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Red Pepper, Cashew and Mesquite Raw Dip (adapted from Kristen’s recipe, makes about 3 servings, vegan, raw)

  • 1/2 cup of cashews, soaked for at least 2 hours
  • 1 large red pepper, de seeded and roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp of mesquite powder
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • Pinch of salt

Transfer all ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth, store in the fridge.

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This would also be delicious as a salad dressing, spread on some crackers or in a wrap!

For lunch I decided to have something a bit different. A while ago I’d ordered these raw coconut wraps from Viva Pure. I filled them with some carrot ribbons mixed with tahini and raisins. I had more filling left over so I also made a couple of wraps with some nori (I keep some nori in my snack drawer at work now as every so often I get a craving for it and its handy for wrapping stuff in!):

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These were so delicious! The coconut wraps had a nice texture and very mild coconut flavour. The carrots, tahini and raisins went surprisingly well with the nori too! These were also pretty filling, I had a Nakd bar with me as an afternoon snack but I didn’t feel hungry at all which is practically unheard of for me!

After work I headed to the gym. I did 20 minutes of HIITs on the cross trainer and step machine (10 mins each) and as I had some time I did 10 minutes on the rowing machine at a steady state before my body pump class. It was a good class but I am so ready for the new release!

Dinner was something I’d made at the weekend ready for a quick mid week meal – Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chilli!

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chilli (based on my Veggie Chilli recipe, vegan, makes 3 medium servings or 2 large)

  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 peppers, chopped (I used a yellow and green pepper)
  • 1 courgette, chopped
  • 2 sweet potatoes peeled and chopped into small pieces
  • 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
  • 1 cup or 1 tin of cooked black beans (I cooked mine from scratch)
  • 1 tsp of hot chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp of ground cumin
  • 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper

Begin by frying the onion and garlic in a little oil over a medium heat. Once the onions have softened add the peppers and courgette. Continue to fry for a further 2-3 minutes then add the sweet potato. Add the tinned tomatoes plus a little hot water if needed to cover the vegetables. Cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes or so until the potato is tender. Add the beans and spices – adjusting amounts to your desired spiciness! Serve.

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I got 2 large portions and one small portion out of the recipe. I had one of the large portions with some spinach and it was lush. The perfect comforting meal on a cold night! I also served it up in my pretty new bowl as I managed to smash my old favourite ‘pasta, salad, rice’ bowl! I was quite taken with the little hearts on this one and it was on sale :-)

For a bit of a dessert I made a bowl of protein ice cream with 1 scoop of peanut butter swirl spirutein, ice, water and stevia and topped it with peanut flour sauce and cacao nibs:

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So so good! A bit later I had a nice big mug of cococardio while reading up on allotments!

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In addition to that I also drank loads of water and lots of green and peppermint teas, I was so thirsty!

I think yesterday is a good example of how I’ve been trying to eat a bit more intuitively, I probably didn’t eat that much today compared to what I do usually but I was listening to my body. I ate that extra apple because I wanted to and didn’t eat the nakd bar just for the sake of it. In the past I’ve eaten according to my meal plan and at set times without really tuning into my bodies needs and that’s something I’m really trying to balance out. Now I’m becoming more comfortable eating more when I feel my body really needs it (rather than because I’m bored or stressed) and likewise I’m also trying not to eat just for the sake of it because its ‘time’ or because I have food available. I know that today I could have risked being low on energy for my evening workout but I feel like I know the signs when my body is really in need of more fuel and I was confident that I would have enough energy for my class.

Do you try and eat intuitively? What does eating intuitively mean to you? I know I’ve blogged a bit about this before – for me its something I’m constantly working on, some days I do well and other days I totally fail, but I know its worth the effort!

Hope your having a great week!

Big Budget Challengers, I’m going to be posting my final Big Budget Challenge round up tomorrow evening so if your doing a Big Budget post let me know and I’ll include you in the links!

Hot and Productive

…are the two words that would best describe my week! The highlight has undoubtedly been my first hot yoga class at the wonderful Yogalilies:

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I absolutely loved it! This is the kind of yoga that I adore, hot, sweaty and challenging yet relaxing at the same time. I really liked the feel of the studio which is located in the centre of Newcastle and everyone was very friendly and welcoming. The lovely Lissa has invited me to try one of her Pilates classes and I can’t wait! I will certainly be back for more of that yoga!

Other workouts from this week have been:

  • Saturday – REST
  • Sunday – 7.5 mile run
  • Monday – AM 5 min cross trainer warm up, strength workout A from Fine Tune phase of Female Body Breakthrough – heavy weight / low rep, 10 min HIIT step machine, 10 min HIIT bike
  • Tuesday – PM Gym: 20 minutes cardio on machines, Body Pump
  • Wednesday – AM 3 mile run, PM Hot Yoga Class
  • Thursday – PM yoga class 1hr 15 
  • Friday – AM 5 min cross trainer warm up, strength workout B from Fine Tune in phase of Female Body Breakthrough– light weight / high rep, 10 min HIIT step machine, 10 min HIIT bike

If you’re in the UK I’m sure you’ll agree that we have had a fantastic week of sunshine. I’ve been craving smoothies like a crazy person and have had two a day minimum! Here’s some of my faves from the week:

Photo 23-05-2012 07 34 26Pineapple, romaine, vanilla sun warrior protein powder x 2, water, ice, maca, ground flax, goji’s, coconut

Photo 23-05-2012 21 33 37Post Hot Yoga frozen raspberries and Vega Choc a lot protein powder

Photo 24-05-2012 20 19 59Cookies and cream spiru-tein, water, ice, xanthan gum, stevia topped with peanut flour sauce and dark chocolate chips

Photo 21-05-2012 08 42 58Mixed frozen berries, Good Hemp Chocolate Gym Shake, spring greens, spinach, water, ice, maca, ground flax, gojis, flaked almonds with a Tea Pigs chocolate flake tea with hemp milk and stevia

If I had been at home during the day I would have probably been making them for lunch! Obviously there have been salads:

Photo 24-05-2012 12 30 25Romaine, courgette, cucumber, carrot, red onion, cannellini beans, orange basil dressing

Photo 21-05-2012 12 02 25Romaine, cucumber, carrot, red pepper, red onion and a big portion of home made hummus

I also thought the warm weather provided a good excuse to use up some Pure Wraps. These are made from coconut meat and are completely raw. I had them for lunch with home made hummus and a big pile of veggies plus an apple on the side:

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Then again for breakfast with almond butter and strawberries (plus a vanilla smoothie with sea salt on the side)

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They are so delicious both sweet and savoury!

The hot weather has also encouraged me to finally get my summer wardrobe into action! I love being able to get my legs out and wear lighter clothing for a change:

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Two of my outfits from this week: floral tea dress: Florence and Fred @ Tesco, yellow cardy:H&M, sandals: New Look, wooden bangles: Oasis // pink floaty vest top: H&M, linen trousers: Dorothy Perkins, necklace: New Look, gold sandals: Next

On the weekend send off Love List this week…

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This week I feel like I have been able to get a lot done at work, at home, for my business ideas and blog stuff. I love that feeling when you can tick things off your to do list! Also…

Pay day! // the sunshine (goes without saying really!) // Warehouse’s collection of dresses – I’m seriously tempted to treat myself // designing my business cards and flyers // raw cacao cinnamon kale chips (I’m munching on some as I type!) // spending time with James // wonderful comments, emails and encouragement from you fantastic blog readers!

In case you missed it:

How has your week been? What two words would you use to describe it? What’s on your love list this week?

WIAW – Prioritising

Hi everyone, happy WIAW! Hope your having a good day :-)

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My day kicked off with a brilliant run. I did my ‘hilly’ route – 7 miles in just over an hour, average pace 8.37, a huge improvement on the last time I ran that same route – and moaned about it – so I was very happy!

I refuelled with a delicious green smoothie:

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This contained kale, spring greens, frozen banana, nectarine, scoop of fruitein protein powder, maca, spirulina, msm, coconut water, ice and xanthan and guar gums. I topped it with a drizzle of PB&Co Mighty Maple Peanut Butter and some gojis. Perfection! I also enjoyed a bug mug of Clippers Indian Chai tea.

For lunch and snacks I took this lot to work:

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Three big cabbage wraps stuffed with garden pate and cashew mayo, chopped carrot, red pepper and beet, full punnet of strawberries, trail mix containing dried cranberries, cashews, brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds and pistachios and an organic pink lady apple.

I don’t know what it is right now but I have a major obsession with beets, specifically raw beet and beet greens, I just can’t get enough!

For dinner I raided the freezer and found a very old portion of my Cheesy Butternut Sauce so decided to cook up some kamut pasta with cannellini beans and raw courgette and served with a big rocket salad and topped with basil:

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So good, I can’t believe I’ve left this in freezer for so long, very tasty!

Dessert was a mini Raw Cookies and Cream Cheesecake:

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The perfect sized treat, this tasted just as good as it did last time :-)

At the moment I’m trying to use up as much food from my cupboards and freezer as possible. My grocery budget is taking a major beating and I really need to get back to some sensible budgeting as per last years Big Budget Challenge. Most of this month has been spent trying to make up meals using what I have and just buying in fresh fruit and vegetables along with bits and pieces for James. I have really enjoyed using the dehydrator to make very cheap tasty food out of veggie and almond pulp that would have otherwise been thrown out. I even have my eye on some wild damsons I noticed while I was out running this morning, I’m planning a late night fruit picking mission!

P1090362Today’s mini shop: cheap veggies from Aldi – little gem lettuce, rocket, spring onions, spinach and radishes. I got a few of these on the 39p deal!

With pay day now approaching I’m still wanting to be as frugal as possible with grocery spending but there are just some things I can not do without! Some times you also have to spend a little upfront to be able to save in the long run as well. I’m thinking of placing an order with Healthy Supplies for nuts and seeds which I’m now almost out of. I’m also dangerously low on green and rooibos tea, goji berries and peanut butter – I know I have lots of other nut butters but god forbid I run out of plain crunchy pb!

I also could do with more beans, tofu, tempeh, shoyu sauce – the list goes on and on!

Do you feel the grocery shopping pinch? With great sites like iHerb and Goodness Direct tempting us with their goodies, how do you prioritise your health food spending?

Melon, Raw Balls and Myvitamin GIVEAWAY

Happy Friday! How’s your week been? Mine has been jam packed! So much going on at work and at home but I’ve been loving it :-)

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This weeks workouts:

  • Saturday – 30 Day Shred level 2
  • Sunday – REST
  • Monday – 5 min warm up on cross trainer, new strength routine, 10 min HIIT on bike
  • Tuesday – 20 minutes cardio on machines in gym, Body Pump class
  • Wednesday – Hot yoga class at Yogalilies (with Jessica!)
  • Thursday – REST
  • Friday – 5 min warm up on cross trainer, new strength routine, 10 min HIIT on bike

As I was busy with the birthday party at the weekend / recovering from it and really busy, my workouts have been a little different this week. I wanted to get my sweat on Saturday so opted for the quick and effective Shred. I’ve also decided to make Thursday a totally optional workout day as I’ve been finding that I am just so busy with all the things I have going on right now. Now that most of the holidays and celebrations are out of the way I have a good stretch of about 6 weeks when my routine should be fairly constant so I thought it would be good to start a fresh strength training routine which I’ll share more on once I’ve really got it figured out! As part of it I’ve decided to cut the HIIT down from 20 mins to 10 mins – both to save time and to reduce the stress on my body. Oh and I can’t forget my Hot yoga date with Jess, it was fantastic and was such fun to go with a friend!

I’ve been trying to use up some things left over from the party at the weekend. I’d bought a load of melons for the fruit kebabs but ended up with two leftover so I’ve been eating half a melon a day for the last week! It’s been lovely for breakfast:

Photo 16-08-2012 06 36 59Two egg omelette with peanut butter and Clearspring sugar free strawberry spread plus the melon on the side

Photo 15-08-2012 06 37 50Dorset Cereal granola with Total Full Fat Greek yoghurt and more melon

I had more party leftovers for snacks. Some of my raw date, almond and coconut balls (just 2 cups of pitted dates, 2 cups of almonds and about 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut chopped up in food processor, I did in two batches, rolled into balls and rolled in more coconut) were not eaten - I know, who would choose a slice of cake over a raw ball eh? ;-)

Photo 16-08-2012 15 00 36Total Full Fat Greek yoghurt with a small chopped apple, sunflower seeds, goji berries and crumbled raw balls

Of course the regular salads have been enjoyed too:

Photo 15-08-2012 12 00 54Romaine, spinach, cucumber, red pepper, red onion, perfect tofu, avocado

Last night I was straight out after work visiting my cousin and friend with the new born babies. By the time I got home I needed something super quick to eat:

Photo 16-08-2012 19 46 03Semi raw sweet potato, tahini and raisin wraps

Luckily I had a pre baked sweet potato in the fridge so I just spread that on a spring green leaf, added a generous amount of tahini and raisins and inhaled. So good!

On the Love List this week…

Photo 17-08-2012 08 19 04Funky vitamins to sample! – See more below…

Plus so many things on the list this week…

new born baby cuddles! // exciting developments for future work // organic free range eggs // this post from Gena about being obsessive versus dedicated around food and healthy living – lots I could relate to // ordering a brand new yoga mat and bag // raw chocolate // Project Eve – check it out if you are a woman in business // iced coffee blended with full fat coconut milk // kind and thoughtful birthday gift from Jessica!

In case you missed it:

I’m really looking forward to this weekend as I’m planning a bit of birthday money shopping in the morning, my cousins wedding party tomorrow night then our 4th wedding anniversary (!) and my Mam’s 50th birthday celebrations on Sunday :-) Bring it on! Now for the GIVEAWAY!!!

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Win a 3 month supply of True Women – Skin, Hair and Nails and Myprotein discount code

First up, blog sponsor Myprotein are offering 10% off for new customers using code NEWMP (code valid until Sunday 19th August). Time to stock up on the awesome Almond Butter!

I’ve also teamed up with their sister brand, the new Myvitamins to bring you the chance to win a 3 month supply of True Woman - Hair, Skin & Nails.

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