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Showing posts with label new beginning. Show all posts

Starting Afresh....


Tomorrow (Monday - isn't it always a Monday?!), I'm starting afresh with my health goals.

I've already prepared my fruit and vegetables for juicing in the morning, and I've prepared my lunch and it's ready to grab and go in the morning!

Doesn't this look delicious!  Loads of nutrients, that will soon be packed into a glass!



Breakfast will go something like this:

Fresh juice - 4 medium carrots, 2 small apples, a chunk of ginger and a couple of handfuls of Spinach.

Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie - you can find the recipe here! I can't wait to try it out!!  It's a little higher in calories (399 calories) than I would normally have for breakfast but I'm trying something a little different!

Lunch:

50g Wholewheat Fusilli
70g Tuna in Spring Water
50g Sweetcorn
10g Brianna's Poppyseed Dressing (This is the bomb, yo!)
80g Cherry Tomatoes

Lunch is always a meal I struggle with.  I get very bored with wraps, salads and sandwiches, which usually leads me to binge at work.  I need to break the cycle of going out to the shops and grabbing unhealthy treats at the bakers or grocery store.  So this lunch will hopefully hit the spot!  If the rain has stopped by tomorrow, then I will have a good 20 minute walk during my lunch break and then come back to this delicious meal.

I'm not sure what I'll have for dinner but my snacks will probably be something like Mcintosh Apples, dried dates, cheese sticks or nuts.




Do you see the price of these apples??  £3.49 a kilo - Kenny always says I have expensive taste!  Bahahaha!  At least it's a healthy obsession for a change!  I should have taken an after photo of the apples after I selected 12 of those bad boys!  Slim pickins for anyone that arrived after me.

Tomorrow I will do my "first" official weigh in and measurements.  I will perhaps do some before pics too - though I do have plenty of those!! lol

I just watched the Halloween episode of Pretty Little Liars!  Oh my god!  I just love that show.  I started watching it on Netflix last month and I have been hooked ever since.  I can't wait to watch Ravenswood too.  I'm a real Netflix addict these days.  I hardly ever watch normal TV, and if I do watch normal TV, you can be sure it will be on some music channel!  I'm watching the first episode of the second season of The Carrie Diaries.  I'm a TV junkie!    If I put as much effort into my health and fitness as I do my TV watching, then I will be ripped very soon! Ha!  


If you like you can also follow some of my journey on My Fitness Pal (nuttynewlywed) or on Instagram @healthy_eve


Back to the old!

It's been a reaaalllly long time since I blogged here......or anywhere else for that matter, but I was thinking about this blog earlier today and I realised I really missed it.  I started blogging here away back in 2008 - My goodness has it been that long?!   And I also realised that I've never "made a change".  Not a permanent change that is.  I have been up and down with my weight during this whole time - in fact for the last 8/9 years!  The  lowest I got in that time was last year when I got down to 165lbs for my wedding in Orlando.  And do you know what?  Even though, I wasn't at my goal weight, I realised I feel really good when I stick to my goals, take care of myself and make time for fitness.  I look back at my photos from last year, and I think "Damn, girl!  You did good!  You look good, and more importantly, you FEEL good!"   So, why on earth did I gradually give all that up again.  I realise more and more that I really am crazy!!

So, in the spirit of getting back into health and getting fit again, I figured I would rekindle my old blog. I won't promise I will write every day, or even weekly, but I hope I can use it to help me back on the path to health, wellness and feeling fit!  AND actually Make a Change this Time!  =)

I actually joined a new gym a couple of months ago - and I hope I will be able to share it with you in future posts!  Until then, here are just a few photos!  As you can see (or not see!) there are no treadmills or cardio equipment like that (except for 2 spin bikes!).  Big tyres,  ropes, sledgehammers and prowlers are all you need to get your heart rate up!  Ha ha!!





Happy Monday everyone!!