We JUST made this for tea tonight and it was so super easy I had to write it up for you guys. I am starting to concentrate more on my food this week as I start a new diet and fitness programme next Monday so want to try out some stuff this week so I have them in my armoury! For more clean and lean recipe ideas head on over here. Enjoy! For those of you using the Beachbody Portion Containers I think each serving counts as roughly...1/2 red container, 1 green container and 1 teaspoon. (I'm not sure where on earth the oyster and soy would go...shhhhh) ...
The First Step…
It's always the hardest step you will ever make, that first one, into something new, something unknown. I know this. I have literally just done it. Long-time readers of this old blog will know that sometimes I am really into my fitness. And sometimes I'm all about the cake. And then I might be on a fast, a cleanse, some diet or other. Yep that's me. Little Miss Inconsistent. I also have occasional periods of great anxiety and depression, though thankfully not too often. I was struck with a pretty bad one this year though that really knocked me sideways. ...
Creamy Asparagus Soup #cleanandlean
This has become one of my staple clean eating lunches. The original recipe can be found here. Several ingredients have been changed to make it more of a clean and lean recipe and it still tastes almost decadent! I am currently at the end of week one of Beachbody's 21 Day Fix and fell off the diet wagon spectacularly towards the end of the week. (Envisage potato gratin meets chocolate meets wine carnage. Ouch.) Today (Sunday) I had to go to work for the morning but have spent the afternoon making the most of the smalls being away on a Grandparent visit and meal prepping for the ...
We’re on our way to Wembley #TeamHonk
"We're on our way to Wembley, we're on our way to Wembley, da da da da...." ...Is not something, as a long suffering Aston Villa fan, I thought I was ever likely to catch myself singing. But today I am. Mr B and I will soon, indeed, be making our way to Wembley. On March 8th in fact. However, this has nothing to do with football, oh no. We are going to dance. For six hours. Straight. *Tries not to look panicked.* We are joining in once more with the mighty Team Honk in an effort to raise money for this year's Comic Relief, and in doing so ...
Prize Draw: Win Davina’s New 7 Minute Fit and Get Fit with Davina…and Me!
As it is January I bet many of you, like me, are once again promising that THIS will be the year to get fit. Considering joining a gym? Wondering how many times a week you will plan to go versus how many times a week you will ACTUALLY go? Yep. Been there before too. I know from experience that joining a gym is utterly impractical for both me and my family. There simply just aren't enough hours in the day. To be perfectly honest even before we had kids I would rarely ever go often enough to justify the monthly membership fees. Finding time to exercise is hard. We all know this, and ...
A (slightly insane) belly-busting update #Insanity
Regular readers of my blog will know that I have had a pretty-much-constant battle with my weight since the birth of the boy. (Just search fitness, weight-loss or baby-weight on this site to see how much.) Prior to being pregnant that first time I had been somewhat of a skinny-minnie most of my life. Which I liked. Post pregnancy I have struggled to get anywhere close. Following a c-section I found it enormously difficult to recover both physically and mentally. Exercising was pretty much entirely out of the equation for a good six months and, even then, I struggled. I honestly ...
5:2 Diet: Delicious Chicken Pilau
This chicken pilau is really tasty and really filling and at just 455 calories per serving it is perfect for the 5:2 diet. I am finding more and more with this diet that it is easier for me to go almost the whole day without eating much at all, perhaps the occasional breadstick or two, and then having a decent evening meal than trying to split my 500 calorie allowance between lunch and dinner. If you are the same then this is definitely one to try. This recipes makes two servings. You will need: 6 sprays of 1 cal cooking spray 2 skinless chicken breasts, approx 150g each, ...
Walk Fat Girl Walk. Trialling The New Fitbug Air.
Shortly before the birth of Little Miss E I was asked if I would like to review the new Fitbug Air. To be honest I thought it was just a simple pedometer but I figured, post birth and mahoosive with baby-weight, anything that may encourage me to exercise a bit HAD to be a good thing. Last week, five weeks post baby, I decided that it was time to get off my now-rather-large-bottom, throw away the Dairy Milks, and give it a go. The Fitbug Air looks just like a small pedometer which clips easily to your waistband. Looks, however are deceiving. This thing does so much more than ...
30 Day Shred: An update
So I am now onto level two of the 30 day shred. I managed to complete level one ten times in total over a two-week period. Two days were missed due to work commitments and two due to sheer laziness other things. My legs were in absolute agony for the first three days and even walking up and down the stairs was like torture. Then, around about day five it stopped hurting. By day seven I was even beginning to enjoy it hate it slightly less. By day ten I was completing level one and rather than feeling sick and dizzy I actually still had some beans left and was feeling great. I figured ...
30 Day Shred: Belly-busting time again
I simply cannot resist a new exercise fad. Correction, I simply cannot resist a new exercise fad for brief periods of time until I: a)get tired, b)lose interest, c)decide wine and chocolate and collapsing on the sofa is a preferable way to spend half an hour. Pick at will. They have all applied at one time or another. This is perhaps how I have ended up where I am now. Nine and a half stone. Some of you may think that doesn't sound too bad. But I am only just 5'3" standing REALLY straight. That image of a slightly flabby oompa-loompa forming, that's about right. I am RUBBISH at ...