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BF cooked dinner tonight and since it's #12wbt accelerator day it was leftover leg ham from Sunday & egg salad. He even made the glaze sauce healthier by turning a small amount of the glaze into a dressing with plain non-fat yoghurt and horse radish. He's a keeper <3
Well it hasn't been a great start to the year! Have had a cough/cold and haven't exercised since before New Years. To top that off, just as I'm starting to feel better, I've somehow managed to injure my hip doing nothing in particular - I mean, I just woke up on Sunday and it was sore, then yesterday I could barely walk.... What's all that about, I feel like a grandma saying "I've thrown my hip out" :( Anyway, trying to look for a positive.... Clean and healthy eating all planned out for today including this yummy beetroot and lentil salad for lunch.
Angélique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright... Amazing
Sing the truth @ the domain... Wine, cheese and crackers
Getting off to a (somewhat) healthy start to the new year - tofu stir fry with basil, pepper and chilli.... Unfortunately I've managed to come down with a bug (sore throat etc boooo) which has left me exhausted and achy so no training the last two days :( Hopefully tomorrow will be better and I can smash out a couple of hours at the gym on my last day of summer holidays!
Love this!
Morning espresso from a festive sake jar!
Who said comfort food has to be bad for you?
Comfort food doesn't have to be loaded with calories, my mac & cheese recipe, including side salad comes to a grand total of around 300 calories per serve so dig in!
Serves 6
Ingredients
250g dried macaroni pasta
100g rindless middle bacon, finely chopped
10g reduced-fat olive oil spread
10g plain flour
500ml (2 cups) skim milk
50g (1/2 cup) coarsely grated reduced-fat vintage cheddar
4 green shallots, ends trimmed, thinly sliced
30g (1/3 cup) shredded parmesan
10g dried (packaged) breadcrumbs
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C. Cook pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water following packet directions or until al dente. Drain.
Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes or until golden. Add the spread and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until melted. Add the flour and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds or until foamy. Remove from heat and gradually stir in the milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes or until mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat.
Add the cheddar, green shallot and half the parmesan to the milk mixture and stir until cheese melts. Add the pasta to the milk mixture and stir until well combined.
Spoon the pasta mixture into a 2L (8-cup) capacity ovenproof baking dish. Combine the breadcrumbs and remaining parmesan in a small bowl. Sprinkle pasta mixture with breadcrumb mixture. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until top is golden.
Spoon the macaroni cheese among serving bowls and serve with a fresh garden salad
Thursday - Toning Workout
Almost slept in again this morning but dragged my butt out of bed and hit the gym for my Thursday toning session. Man I love weights these days, there's really nothing more satisfying than feeling your body getting stronger and starting to see definition in your muscles.
This was my workout this morning
Warm up
Run to the gym (well I was running late!)
Workout
Super set (x3) 15 chest press on bench with dumbbells (6kg) 15 steps up (each leg) on bench with dumbbells (6kg) Superset (x3) 15 barbell squat (35kg) 15 lateral raises with dumbbell (2.5kg) 15x3 seated row (20kg) Super set (x3) 15 bicep curl with barbell (10kg) 15 triceps dip on bench 2x24 Jumps over the fence on bench
Abs
15 side plank raises (each side) 15 full sit ups 15 double leg extensions 15 side taps (each side) 15 full sit ups
Stretch
Time - 65mins
Calories burned - 486
Last night's dinner
12wbt Cajun pork with coleslaw and corn on the cob. I used pork fillet for this, browned it in the pan and then oven roasted for 20 mins at 190 degrees... OMG it was devine!
Dessert was frozen banana pureed with a little natural yoghurt and peanut butter which was just like icecream - it didn't last long enough to be photographed lol!
12wbt Week 3 Weigh In
Not such a great result this week! Up 800g :( But I'm owning it… I had a bit of a blowout weekend food wise with a night out for dinner on Friday night where I ate so much I almost felt ill and then followed that up on Sunday with a chicken schnitzel burger for lunch and Pide for dinner.
On top of that, my SSS effort on Saturday was pretty lame to say the least, had zero energy and felt like I was almost going to pass out a couple of times. Monday's cardio wasn't much better - I had a weird pain in the tendon at the back of my knee which meant I couldn't run (something I really could have benefitted from given my efforts on the weekend).
Yesterday was toning day and I slept in and almost missed it! Thankfully I got a text from my training buddy and was able to bounce out of bed and get some kind of workout in… but I had a headache for most of it, no doubt from the effort of making it from sleep to workout in 15 minutes flat.
Today things are looking up though. I woke up tired and unmotivated but pulled out the JFDI card and headed off for my first run in weeks. Started off feeling a bit flat but in the end managed to finish week 9 day 1 of the couch to 10k program - 5.68km in 42mins and 573 cals smashed. Pretty happy with that.
Tonight is football, last game of the season before finals and we have a chance of making it. So a few more calories will go there.
I may have had a gain today but I'm determined to get back on track. I saw a quote today that I'm making my mantra - "You haven't really failed until you give up"
Lamb meatballs with quinoa tabouli #12wbt. These were so tasty and the tabouli was so fresh! I accidentally put the lemon rind in the meatball mix instead of in the tabouli but it worked.
Something a bit different for breakfast
This fruit/yogurt/granola concoction was great, and so refreshing on a warm spring morning...
Not-so-naughty Nachos
Another delicious 12wbt dinner! Kidney bean nachos with mountain bread "chips". I modified this recipe slightly and left out the sour cream. Delicious!
Cauliflower pizza crust
After successfully making cauliflower "rice" the other day, I'm definitely keen to try this!
Cauliflower Pizza Crust
