Increasing the eats
Hope your all having a great weekend! Here’s a bit of a catch up of my last couple of days.
Friday morning I headed over to the gym for my strength and cardio workout. I did my January routine for the last time as next week I’ll be changing things up. I warmed up with a 5 minute treadmill run before doing the weights. I felt really strong throughout and definitely feel that I’m ready to take things up a notch. I finished up with 30 minutes of HIITs on the step machine, cross trainer and bike.
Breakfast was so so good! I made my tutti fruity smoothie with additional purple kale, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter and rice milk. I topped it with some grape nuts cereal and goji berries:
Mid morning I made a green-ish juice with 2 apples, 4 small carrots, celery, cucumber, cos lettuce and ginger:
Lunch was leftover roasted veggies (red pepper, courgette, aubergine, red onion) mixed with some barley couscous to which I had added a little vegetable bouillon powder, garlic infused extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice. I served it on top of a big pile of spinach and lettuce and added some spicy roasted chickpeas on top for added protein and crunch. I also had a bowl of cherries:
This was delicious, I wouldn’t have usually gone for couscous but as I’m trying to get those wholegrain carbs in I’m glad I gave it ago. I was really stuffed but I know my body needs it.
Mid afternoon I snacked on a couple of my leftover cookies from the freezer:
Dinner was two small portobello mushrooms topped with half a Beetroot and Lentil Pattie which had been fried in coconut oil then topped with sweet chilli jam and cheezly mozzarella vegan cheese and grilled. I also had some parsnip chips, roast broccoli and steamed purple kale:
Fab meal,I just loved the loaded mushrooms! Dessert was a bowl of chocolate Freedom Frozen Dessert. I had bought this a while ago and it has been sitting in the freezer. Its free from dairy and soy and made brown rice flour, coconut oil and sweetened with sweet freedom fruit based sweetener:
It tasted really delicious, and even better I know that I’m not going to have a sugar crash afterwards! I also have a tub of vanilla to try, can’t wait!
This morning I was off to the gym for it opening. I ate an orange and 2 raspberry fruit yoyo for a little fuel:
I decided that I need to start increasing my running in preparation for getting back out on the streets when the weather gets warmer and for my Great North Run training. I did 6.6 miles in 1 hour on the treadmill, changing up the speed and incline every 5 minutes to try and combat boredom! I also did 10 minutes on each of the cross trainer, bike and step machine for a very sweaty 1hr30 minute workout. I have to say I was totally buzzing after this!
Breakfast was a bowl of carob oat and quinoa porridge with berries and peanut butter. I used half a cup of oats, 1/4 cup of quinoa flakes, 1 cup of rice milk and 1 cup of water, plus the carob powder and some sweet freedom for this fab bowl of deliciousness!
We were straight off out after this as we were meeting up with J’s family for his Sisters birthday. Here’s a quick OOTD:
Yes I am a high street queen! In town I snacked on a Berry trek bar to keep me going:
Then we hit the Chinese Buffet! I had two big plates filled with crispy fried greens, fried noodles, stir fried veggies and chilli potato wedges:
I proper stuffed myself, my eyes are always to big for my belly at these places!
To be honest I’m feeling pretty yukky from that food, I currently have a big pot of organic green tea on the go to try and make me feel a bit better. I’ve also snacked on a couple of chopped apples with cinnamon and maca:
After everything that’s been discussed in my Finding Balance post hopefully you should be able to see from my eats that I’ve been increasing my wholegrain carbs and nut butter a bit and making my two ‘main’ meals more equal sized, rather than one being very light. I have had to eat sometimes when I haven’t felt hugely hungry but I know that I need to do that occasionally. I know its only been a few days, and that I’ve been out of my usual routines but I feel like I’m finding a good balance, at least for the moment!
Tomorrow I have a mega to do list before going back to work on Monday but I know that getting things done will make the rest of the week a lot less stressful in the long run.
Well I am off to drink more tea, still feeling yukky! Does anyone else end up overdoing it at those buffet style restaurants? To be honest since going veggie I’m not as bothered by them, but on the plus side they have all the vegetarian dishes well marked which I find really useful.
Hope your all having a fab weekend, I’ll catch you tomorrow - I have a fun fashion post planned! :-)
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