Chocolate Over Load!
Happy Easter everyone, I hope you have all had a great day. My day has been totally filled with chocolate, which I'm guessing many of yours will have been too! I'm posting a bit earlier than usual today so I can spend a bit more time with the Hubby before he's back at work tomorrow.
I had started out the day with good intentions. I was due Tae Bo, strength and yoga workouts today but I knew that I would be pushing it on the time front as I wanted to make sure I spent some quality time with the Hubby as well as going to my parents for lunch. Instead I decided that I would do a quick 2 mile run followed by just 2 sets of each of my strength routines. Before I headed out I thought I would try out one of the Nakd Cocoa Orange bars as fuel along with a cup of green tea.
This was delicious! It was not what I was expecting at all, it was soft and had a beautiful chocolate orange flavour. I could easily replace a chocolate bar with one of these and still feel satisfied. I will definitely be buying some more of these! However, delicious as it was, it didn't make the greatest pre run fuel, I think it was just a bit too heavy.
I headed out for my run and the weather was beautiful. I really pushed myself as it was only the two miles, and I did it in 18.23. My runkeeper app was a bit glitchy so I didn't get my mile times but they must have been somewhere around 9 minutes a mile which isn't too bad for me, especially as my tummy felt a bit off. When I got back I did my strength routines followed by some stretching.
Breakfast was really good, I had been inspired by a recipe for a smoothie I had seen which included blueberries, pecans and maple syrup. I made up some porridge with water and added a scoop of vanilla whey along with some frozen blueberries then returned it to the microwave for a minute to warm through again. I then topped it with pecans and a drizzle of maple syrup. Yum!
After breakfast me and the Hubby just chilled out and watched a couple of old episodes of Lost. While watching that he got the Cadburys Creme Eggs out! I had two (!)
I felt like a totally piggy after eating them (and a bit bloated and sickly), although Easter wouldn't be Easter without Creme Eggs. I eventually got myself ready and dressed and headed to my parents for lunch. My Sis and Bro in law also came along with my little Nephew Harry and my Grandma came along too. For lunch I had two thick slices of roast beef with gravy and some steamed brocolli and carrots (I passed on the mashed and roast potatoes).
Followed by a slice of lemon meringue roulard with some fresh raspberries (I went back for more raspberries)
I also had a couple of spoonfuls of homemade triffle! After lunch my Mam made up an Easter Egg hunt for my little Nephew. He was running around the house finding mini eggs and just chucking them everywhere! I had two of them, they were chocolate with a praline filling and absolutley gorgeous!
I was also given a Lindt Dark Chocolate Bunny from my parents as my Easter gift.
It didn't last very long!
I thought that I might as well have my chocolate blow out today and just get it all eaten in one go however, one thing about dark chocolate is that I just can't stomach great quantities of the stuff like I can with milk chocolate so I only managed to decapitate the bunny (I took its whole head off after taking the pic!), saving its body for another time.
After I'd eaten that I had a bit of a tummy ache (unsuprisingly!) I drank loads of water and green tea and snacked on an apple to prevent me from going back for more chocolate!
Right now I'm really not hungry but I expect that I will be a bit later, even after my day of total over eating! I think I might have a bowl of miso soup, some rice cakes and a bit of fruit if I fancy it.
Drinks - water, green tea, decaf tea
As I feel like I've really overindulged this weekend, I'm going to try and be extra good for the next few days, watching my carbs and trying not to snack between planned meals.
I also had some fantastic news today, my cousin and close friend Catherine got engaged today! Her Fiance had 'Will you Marry Me' iced on to a chocolate egg! How sweet! I'm totally made up for her, she really deserves happiness so a big congratulations to Catherine and Gareth!
How has all of your Easter Sundays been? I hope you've had a good one and have enjoyed plenty of chocolate just like me! x
I had started out the day with good intentions. I was due Tae Bo, strength and yoga workouts today but I knew that I would be pushing it on the time front as I wanted to make sure I spent some quality time with the Hubby as well as going to my parents for lunch. Instead I decided that I would do a quick 2 mile run followed by just 2 sets of each of my strength routines. Before I headed out I thought I would try out one of the Nakd Cocoa Orange bars as fuel along with a cup of green tea.
This was delicious! It was not what I was expecting at all, it was soft and had a beautiful chocolate orange flavour. I could easily replace a chocolate bar with one of these and still feel satisfied. I will definitely be buying some more of these! However, delicious as it was, it didn't make the greatest pre run fuel, I think it was just a bit too heavy.
I headed out for my run and the weather was beautiful. I really pushed myself as it was only the two miles, and I did it in 18.23. My runkeeper app was a bit glitchy so I didn't get my mile times but they must have been somewhere around 9 minutes a mile which isn't too bad for me, especially as my tummy felt a bit off. When I got back I did my strength routines followed by some stretching.
Breakfast was really good, I had been inspired by a recipe for a smoothie I had seen which included blueberries, pecans and maple syrup. I made up some porridge with water and added a scoop of vanilla whey along with some frozen blueberries then returned it to the microwave for a minute to warm through again. I then topped it with pecans and a drizzle of maple syrup. Yum!
After breakfast me and the Hubby just chilled out and watched a couple of old episodes of Lost. While watching that he got the Cadburys Creme Eggs out! I had two (!)
I felt like a totally piggy after eating them (and a bit bloated and sickly), although Easter wouldn't be Easter without Creme Eggs. I eventually got myself ready and dressed and headed to my parents for lunch. My Sis and Bro in law also came along with my little Nephew Harry and my Grandma came along too. For lunch I had two thick slices of roast beef with gravy and some steamed brocolli and carrots (I passed on the mashed and roast potatoes).
Followed by a slice of lemon meringue roulard with some fresh raspberries (I went back for more raspberries)
I also had a couple of spoonfuls of homemade triffle! After lunch my Mam made up an Easter Egg hunt for my little Nephew. He was running around the house finding mini eggs and just chucking them everywhere! I had two of them, they were chocolate with a praline filling and absolutley gorgeous!
I was also given a Lindt Dark Chocolate Bunny from my parents as my Easter gift.
It didn't last very long!
I thought that I might as well have my chocolate blow out today and just get it all eaten in one go however, one thing about dark chocolate is that I just can't stomach great quantities of the stuff like I can with milk chocolate so I only managed to decapitate the bunny (I took its whole head off after taking the pic!), saving its body for another time.
After I'd eaten that I had a bit of a tummy ache (unsuprisingly!) I drank loads of water and green tea and snacked on an apple to prevent me from going back for more chocolate!
Right now I'm really not hungry but I expect that I will be a bit later, even after my day of total over eating! I think I might have a bowl of miso soup, some rice cakes and a bit of fruit if I fancy it.
Drinks - water, green tea, decaf tea
As I feel like I've really overindulged this weekend, I'm going to try and be extra good for the next few days, watching my carbs and trying not to snack between planned meals.
I also had some fantastic news today, my cousin and close friend Catherine got engaged today! Her Fiance had 'Will you Marry Me' iced on to a chocolate egg! How sweet! I'm totally made up for her, she really deserves happiness so a big congratulations to Catherine and Gareth!
How has all of your Easter Sundays been? I hope you've had a good one and have enjoyed plenty of chocolate just like me! x
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