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Hi everyone, hope your week is going well! Here’s a bit of a catch up of the last couple of days of eats and exercise. I started Tuesday off with my strength routine:

Warm up – jumping jacks, bum kicks, running on the spot, skipping (5 minutes)

• Kneeling push ups (17 reps body weight) > 2 reps
• Stiff legged dead lift (17 reps with 2 x 4.5kg db) > 2 reps
• Bent over row with tricep kick back (17 reps with 2 x 2.3kg db) > 2 reps
• Shoulder press with squat (17 reps with 2 x 4.5kg db) > 2 reps
• Forward lunges with bicep curl (10 x each leg with 2 x 2.3kg db) > 2 reps
• Backwards lunges with bicep curl (10 x each leg with 2 x 2.3kg db)
• Upright row with sumo squat (17 reps with 2 x 2.3kg db) > 2 reps
• Weighted sit up on stability ball (20 reps with 1 x 4.5kg db)
• Chest fly on stability ball (17 reps with 2 x 4.5kg db) > 2 reps
• Cardio interval – jumping jacks, bum kicks, running on the spot, skipping (2 minutes)

x 3 sets

I managed to increase most of my reps from 15 to 17. Unfortunately I don’t have dumbbells that enable me to increase the weight slightly so I’ll have to go with increasing the reps for my home workout for now at least.

Breakfast was a delicious Squash Smoothie made with some roasted unidentified squash variety that also included maca and matcha green tea powder, topped with cacao nibs and Rude Health organic granola:

I love the texture of squash smoothies, so rich and creamy!

Lunch was a huge salad beast! I mixed some quinoa with sprouted beans and lentils, alfalfa sprouts, red, orange and yellow pepper, cucumber and parsley then put this on to a base of mixed greens – romaine, rocket and watercress. I added some of my beetroot sauce to the mix and it was complete!

I also had a bowl of fresh blueberries.

Mid afternoon I snacked on some carrot sticks with peanut butter for dipping (such an awesome snack!) then before heading off to yoga I snacked on a cocoa loco nakd bar:

Yoga was quite simply awesome. I had been feeling a bit apprehensive of the class after last week when I had felt a little out of my depth. This weeks class felt more relaxed, the other attendees were friendlier and I was more focused. We did a really brisk one and a half hour class and I was knackered by the end of it, my muscles were trembling!

By the time I got home it was late so for ‘dinner’ I just had a bowl of chopped apples with a pack of Bear Tropical Crunch Granola and hazelnut and almond rice milk:

I went back for a couple of extra apples too.

Tonight I have been working late so I fitted my gym workout in this morning instead. I did 30 minutes of speed intervals on the treadmill followed by 30 minutes of HIITs using the cross trainer, step machine and bike. I also did my usual abs and core work.

Breakfast was a luscious bowl of orange, cranberry and macadamia porridge made with 1/2 cup of power porridge mix, 1/2 cup of water, 1/2 cup of hazelnut and almond rice milk and the juice of an orange. I added some defrosted frozen cranberries, sweet freedom natural sweetener and topped with the macadamias:

I also had the time to make a quick fresh green juice using an apple, pear, cucumber, celery, ginger and parsley. It was so good, I really can’t imagine not having the occasional fresh juice now!

Lunch was same as yesterday but with 2 clemintines and grapes:

Mid afternoon I snacked on a Pulsin Raw Brownie:

This is the first time I’ve tried any of the Pulsin products and I was very impressed! This bar tastes great, is 200 calories, has a great ingredients list and is free of refined sugar. Yum!

When I got home from my meeting it was late and I couldn’t be arsed to cook so I made a big green monster in a bowl with sweet hart cabbage, half a frozen banana, frozen cherries, hazelnut and almond rice milk, spirulina, matcha green tea powder, maca, mesquite and ground flax. I topped it with goji berries:

This turned out an almost black colour from the cherries and deep green spirulina! The mesquite added a lovely sweetness too.

I’ve been feeling a bit tired today, although that green monster has really picked me up. I think this is because I have been so busy and have been out of the house on an evening so I’ve rarely had the opportunity to relax. I’m also not sure if I’ve ate enough over the last couple of days. I have never calorie counted and tend to just eat what feels right – I never allow myself to go hungry now. I know I must have needed more yesterday when I started to hit the apples but once it gets past 8pm I don’t like to eat too much or it effects my sleep. Working or being busy on a evening seems to knock me off a bit, although I am good at being organised enough to ensure healthy meals I just never know if I’m getting too much or too little! Does working late or being busy affect your normal eating patterns? How do you judge if your eating enough if you don’t calorie count and your hunger levels are out of whack?

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