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Hi everyone, hope Monday has been good to you. I've had a pretty good day for a Monday - I've been powering through my to do list at work!

Breakfast was a wonderful green monster with spinach, frozen banana, unsweetened soy milk, a heaped teaspoon of crunchy peanut butter, 2 tablespoons of oats and a teaspoon of maca powder all topped off with some grape nuts, flaked almonds and goji berries.


This is the first time I've tried soy milk. I saw it in the supermarket yesterday and decided to give it a try. I have no idea why I haven't tried it before now. I couldn't really taste it in the smoothie but it did the job!

Mid morning I had fromage frais with some of my orange roasted rhubard and a few flaked almonds.


Lunch was a luke warm bowl of Brocolli, Pea and Mint Soup (I couldn't be bothered to walk back down to the microwave to heat it up more!) and some strawberries.


I had a little home made fuel bar before heading to the gym after work.


I love these chewy fudgey little squares!

I did an hour of intervals on the cross trainer, step machine and bike and then 3 sets of my usual abs moves. I finished off with 10 mins on the bike reading a magazine to cool down seeing as I had time before picking the hubby up. I was shattered! I'm still managing to keep up on the higher resistance levels so I'm happy with that.

For dinner I decided to make a frittata. I used 4 egg whites and 2 eggs with a red onion, a red pepper, a baby courgette and a good bit of grated edam cheese. I had 2 slices with some mixed salad leaves, spinach, cucumber and grated carrot.


Delish!

I've been dying to try out some of my Spirutein protein powder so I decided that desert would be a protein smoothie made with a scoop of Nutty Berry Spirutein, soy milk and some frozen blueberries.


The soy milk is definitely growing on me, this was delicious and really creamy! I also had an apple.


I was very chuffed earlier when I bagged this lovely vintage white cotton blouse on ebay for just £5 including postage!
I'm hoping it will arrive before the end of the week so I can wear it when I go to Brighton. It will look lovely with some skinny jeans and I can wear it in the autumn under a little cardigan. Have you ever bought second hand / vintage clothing? A couple of years ago I had an ebay phase and got a few bits of second hand clothing but most of the items were a bit rubbish once you saw them in the 'flesh'. I hope this is ok when I receive it! I always admire women who can totally work the vintage look. I guess thats what I'm trying to emulate - it can certainly be a bit kinder on the pocket as well as being more environmentally friendly (I cringe when I think of the amount of clothes I've chucked or charity shopped this last year). Buying good second hand and vintage is something I really want to master!

My word I feel like I have not stopped today, just been so busy at work! At least it makes the time fly by.

As I had an evening meeting to attend I decided to head to the gym this morning. I did 30 minutes of HIITs on the cross trainer, step machine and bike and 2 sets of my abs exercises finishing off with a plank that nearly killed me. I rushed home and made myself this delicious Chocolate Cherry Green Monster (frozen cherries, spinach, chocolate whey, soy milk) in a bowl and topped with two tablespoons of Dorsets Cereals Berries and Cherries Muesli.


Loved this, will so be using muesli for topping my smoothies more often! Lots of crunch and chew! Lunch was a bowl of Lentil and Spinach Soup followed by some strawberries.


I had more work meetings in the afternoon. As soon as I was finished I snacked on an apple and two babybel light.


I had a break between meetings so headed to Tesco for a quick mid week shop. Wish I could have headed to Lidl for some bargains but didn't have the time! I had my evening meeting and was so glad to get home and chill. I made myself one of my homemade Bean and Salsa Burgers out of the freezer with a big mixed salad including spinach, mixed leaves, red onion, carrot and cucumber and a blog of ketchup on the side.


For desert I decided that I quite fancied a 3 Minute Oatmeal and Raisin Cookie. I topped it with cashew butter and had a chopped apple on the side.


Warm cookie and melty cashew butter -so good!

I have a few outfit pics for you now! I received my ebay bargain vintage top in the post and I am over the moon with it. Its really good quality and has a lovely loose fit and none of the yucky smell some second hand clothes come with.


I loved the little label - 'Sing and Smile'. I tried it on with these topshop high waisted trousers. What do you think? (Please excuse the shiny fore head I'd just got in from work!)


I also had a dressy up session trying to decide what to wear for my cousins engagement party on Saturday evening. Usually I would have gone out and bought a brand new dress but due to my Budget Challenge I knew I needed to wear something I already own. I think I'm going to go for this purple silky shift dress and my fab sky high heels from Dune.



What do you think?

Huge big thank you to everyone who commented on yesterdays post, I'm even more excited about next weeks trip after hearing about some of the fab places I can go! I don't think I'll be able to visit them all but I'm going to damn well try!

Right I'm off to watch Gok Wan - what do you make of 'How to look good naked?' He's doing a guy tonight which should be interesting! Hope your all having a good week x