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It made a nice change to be able to get up this morning and not jump straight into a workout! I made a lovely breakfast - another layer up creation starting with chia seed porridge, blueberries, rhubarb yoghurt and topped with two tablespoons of Dorsets Cereals Roasted and Toasted Muesli.


Fab!

Mid morning at work I had a vanilla protein shake. I was hungry again by 12 so I snacked on a couple of funsized apples before I had my lunch.


Lunch was another chicken salad with the usual veggies - spinach, cos lettuce, beetroot, cucumber, carrot and red onion topped with peri peri spicy salad dressing.


I used far too much dressing on this (I didn't measure it out and just filled my little plastic tub so I could pour it on at work) but it is all healthy fats and I do like it spicy! I then had two apricots and two more funsize apples (I've had another big appetite day) which I had scoffed before remembering to take a pic.

Before I left work for the gym I had a little pack of pineapple flavoured nakd raisins, oh so lovely and sweet!


At the gym I started off with a 5 minute walk on the treadmill then I ran at a 10 minute mile pace for 30 minutes. I used my knee support and my shoe inserts have arrived so I tried them out as well. I was very happy as I didn't experience any pain while running and only a little niggle when I removed the knee support. I followed that with 30 minutes of HIIT, 10 mins on the cross trainer, step machine and bike and all at my new increased resistance levels. I followed this with 2 sets of my usual abs and then some stretching. I iced my knee as soon as I got home to try and prevent any inflamation, fingers crossed I'll be back out pounding the streets after my holiday!

Dinner was a veggie and egg white scramble. I stir fried some brocolli, asparagus, courgette, red pepper and spring onions with a little garlic and soy sauce then added two egg whites and scrambled it all together.


Desert was a chocolate orange protein cake, cooked so that it was still a little gooey in the middle, yum!


I've just finished off painting my toe nails from last night. For my quick home pedicure I just filed bits of hard skin, trimmed and filed my toe nails, exfoliated, and used some of my foot cream, then popped a pair of socks on. This morning I had lovely soft feet! I just love the coral colour so much.

I'm going to start on my nails now. The lovely Neenie has done a whole post on how to do a fabulous home manicure which I am going to follow. After reading your comments I am inspired to paint my nails with colour as well as my toes for a change. I might leave painting them properly till a bit later in the week to reduce the chance of chippage.

I'm definitely in holiday count down mode now, only two days to go! I've been thinking about how I'm going to have to make an effort to not go totally crazy with the food over indulgence while I'm away. I want to enjoy myself obviously, but I don't want to stuff my face and come home feeling like a piggy either. I guess I'm going to have to wait and see what the food is like when I get there. I am taking a little stash of healthy snacks with me, and a bag of green tea to keep me going. Do you still try to stick to some healthy eating prinicples when on holiday or do you go all out on the indulgences? I'm hoping I can find a healthy balance.

Well I am off to do my nails, they need a lot of work! Catch you tomorrow! x

After yesterday's evening snack fest I was determined to have a day of clean and healthy eats. We didn't book breakfast in the hotel as it was so expensive so we decided to stop at a service station on the way home instead. As I had my snack bag with me I decided to have something small before we left to kick start my metabolism so I had a mug of green tea with an apple and a bag of Bear Tropical Crunch Granola Nibbles.


As the driver it was my choice which service station we stopped at so I made sure we stopped at one with a Marks and Spencer Food so I could have a healthy breakfast. I had a melon and grape fruit salad, a pot of natural yoghurt with some black cherry compote and a super berry smoothie.


I drank half the bottle of smoothie and saved the rest for later. This made a lovely healthy breakie.

The drive home was a long one and my legs were really sore by the time we got back, but I was determined to get my scheduled run in. I did a new route which I looped twice. The route included a couple of challenging big hills as well. I did 4.81 miles in 43.53. Heres my splits:

When I got back I did 3 sets of my usual abs exercises and some stretching.

I didn't fuel up before I went out as I thought I would probably have enough energy in me from all the carbs last night! After the run I decided to try out the carton of Vita Coco Coconut Water to rehydrate myself as it had been such a hot run. This tasted pleasant enough, but I would only really drink this again for the nutritional benefits rather than the taste.


I also made myself a plate of carrot sticks and cucumber to get some veggie goodness in me and a protein smoothie made with a scoop of chocolate whey, a frozen banana and some hazelnut and almond rice milk.


I'd never made a smoothie with just the chocolate whey, banana and milk and it tasted amazing! Just like chocolate banana ice cream and so creamy.

After that I popped to the shops to re stock the fridge and then got on with sorting a few things out round the flat as well as writing my blog post for yesterday's adventures!

For dinner I decided to try something new and make a veggie and egg mess. I stir fried some brocolli, asparagus, red pepper, courgette, mushrooms, carrot and red onion with a little garlic and then scrambled in an egg and 1 egg white. I served it with a bit of spinach and some soy sauce.


It was really good, lots of veggie goodness and some protein from the eggs. I'll be making this a lot more in the future, especially when I forget to defrost some chicken! (which I usually have in stir fries)

Desert was a smal bowl of frozen raspberries with hazelnut and almond rice milk.


Drinks - water, green tea

So I think I have successfully managed to have a day of good healthy and tasty eats to get me back on track and I feel much better for it.

Now I'm going to try and spend some time catching up on blogs and catching up on TV. I'm going to find going back to work tomorrow really hard after this lovely little break me thinks! Hope you have all had a good week so far, at least we are now over half way! x