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Well it looks like I have a full blown head cold! I had a rubbish nights sleep and feel really groggy. Luckily I tend to be able to shake these things off quite quickly by making sure that I drink plenty of hot fluids, lemon and ginger tea or fresh lemon with ginger and honey being my favourite, get some rest and eat lots of fresh fruit and veggies. I always have my pack of tissues with me, as well as my wonder product - Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream, which I use on my dry lips and the end of my nose to prevent the skin getting dry and cracking.

This morning I had my hot lemon water and then decided that I would still do my DVD workout. I usually find that some light exercise makes me feel better rather than worse when I have a head cold. I took it easy, but did level 2 and 3 of the 30 Day Shred back to back, I just did low impact versions of moves but I was really chuffed as I managed to do one of the plank exercises with the dumbbell row and leg raise in the full plank position rather than on my knees!

After sweating it out I made breakie. I had a yoghurt mess containing - a pot of greek yoghurt mixed with a scoop of vanilla whey, 2 chopped plums, brown rice puffs and grape nuts.


Work was a real drag today, I just kept going and getting myself cups of green tea and lemon and ginger tea. I had thought I'd be ok to stick it out all day but I ended up giving in and coming home mid afternoon. Mid morning my lovely work mate went to the chemist and bought some effervescent Vit C tablets so I had one with my bottle of water.

Lunch was a bowl of my home made Brocolli, Pea and Mint Soup which I'd defrosted from my frozen soup stash.


Followed by an orange (for more Vit C) and a small apple with cinnamon and maca.


I was so glad I chose to have soup for lunch today, it was good to have something lovely and hot. I must make some more soups up when I get back from my holidays as my supplies are starting to run low!

I finished work at 2.30 and headed home via the shops to pick up more lemons! When I got back I made a chocolate berry protein smoothie. I blended a scoop of chocolate whey with some mixed frozen berries, ice cubes and water. It blended up really thick so I couldn't resist eating it from the bowl.


This big bowl full can't have been more than 150 cals and it was de-lish!

I then ran myself a lovely hot bath and soaked in it for half and hour while sipping hot lemon with ginger and honey. My little tea making kit -


For dinner I made a big stir fry with chicken, red pepper, spring onion, spinach, carrot, savoy cabbage and a few left over sugar snap peas. I made a sauce using plenty of garlic, ginger and chilli as these are all good for the immune system along with a sprinkle of chinese 5 spice and some soy sauce.


I needed those lovely strong spicy flavours just so I could taste something! For desert I tried out something new. I have seen the Fitnessista make egg white puffs a few times so I thought I would try out making a sweet egg white puff.

Sweet Egg White Puff

2 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of mixed spice
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
2 tablespoons of agave syrup

Mix together the egg whites, vanilla and spices in a bowl. Microwave for 2 minutes (or until done, it will start to pop, just keep checking all the liquid has gone). Serve topped with agave syrup.


This was suprisingly tasty, it certainly filled me up as it contains so much protein. It could perhaps have done with being more sweet, I guess if you had sweetener like Stevia that would work really well.

Drinks - water, green tea, lemon and ginger tea

I'm due my weigh in tomorrow but I'm not expecting great things. The snackies have really had me the last couple of days and although the only time I've gone over my planned eating has been 3 small bowls of muesli and an orange and two plums I 'feel' a bit heavier. Probably due to impending TOTM, we shall see what the scales say tomorrow.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow night as me and my friend will be attending the NewcastleGateshead EAT Festival Launch Party. I can't wait, we get to sample loads of tasty food including cocktails and local beers and other lovely tasty goodies. I'm so looking forward to it! Have you ever been to a food festival?What was it like? Well I'm going to call it a day, I think I need an early night, I'm hoping to wake up revived tomorrow! x

After I had posted last night I was feeling a bit snacky so I had some faux red wine in the form of a few glasses of red grape juice (watered down as its so sugary) with 3 little squares of dark chocolate. I just couldn't resist!


This mornings breakie was utterly wonderful. I crumbled a slice of my home made Date Carrot and Walnut Loaf cake with some greek yoghurt, chopped strawberries and a spoon of crunchy peanut butter. I also had a mug of English Breakfast tea with a splash of milk.


A-maz-ing! This just tasted so good!

I spent the morning just chilling out and trying to sort through some of my magazines. As the hubby was off today we decided to go to the cinema to see Iron Man 2. I made up three bags of snackies - the last of my lentil and bean sprouts, raisins and a few dates and a couple of savory rice cakes.


The movie was ok, not as good as the first Iron Man and the middle bit of the film was quite slow but we still enjoyed it though. To be honest it was just nice to get to the cinema for a change!

When we got home I took the hubby for a KFC (yuk!) and I made myself some lunch. I decided to use up all the random veggies in the fridge and do a stir fry with some wholemeal noodles. I stir fried asparagus, courgette, red pepper, carrot, red onion and spring onion with some garlic, ginger and soy sauce and served it with the noodles.


It was so tasty! I don't usually have noodles with my stir fries but as I had no chicken or salmon defrosted I thought I would have them for a nice change. I also had a chopped apple and orange.

For dinner I made some turkey and hummus wraps with cos lettuce and spinach and some chopped carrot and cucumber on the side followed by a huge bowl of chopped strawberries, kiwi and red grapes.


I feel like I've ate bucket loads of fruit and veg today, I must of had at least 10 portions!

Drinks - water, green tea, decaf tea, English breakfast tea

Well another weekend bites the dust! I'm happy that I've had the opportunity to chill out a bit this weekend, I feel a bit more prepared for the week ahead when I haven't been rushing around like a headless chicken!

I finally managed to finish looking through all of my magazines and pulling out the bits I want to keep so I think I might spend the rest of this evening watching TV with the hubby whilst starting to get my inspiration board together. I'll definitely be posting some pics of that when its done!

Hope you have all had a great weekend, catch you tomorrow! x