Healthy Eating

Yumm Yummm!!



 

 

Planning ahead is essentail to avoiding the "food zombie" mode.

Youre busy or not near any food and all of a sudden.. youre cranky, tired, lazy, headache, just want to sleep, sometimes you might get tummy pains.. and you get to a point where you would jam ANYTHING in your mouth just to get some energy because you are starving!!!!! I call this the "food zombie" and it happens when i dont plan what im doing with my food! Its easy to get side tracked from eating! Your body doesnt always tell you when its hungry.. until youre starving. Youre supposed to eat every 3hrs! Im a classic for missing morning and arvo tea! but these times are just as important as your main meals! If you skip snacks youre more likely to over eat at the next meal cause the starve/binge cycle you dont want your body to get into.

 

 

Youve gotta keep your metabolism cruising along! Once you skip a meal/snack time your body goes into starvation mode and will store everything in reserve. This is your bodies primal programming reverting back to nomad times when we had to hunt and gather our food and could go days without eating (especially if you were a shit hunter lol) . The body held onto everything it could from what we ate to keep the body running when food was scarse and where does it store all this reserved energy?! I dont know about you but it goes straight to my love handles! haha Our body fights to hold onto it for survival!

 

 

We cant change this programming but we can do things to help! In this day and age we dont have to walk anywhere for food! So we have to work twice as hard to get these reserves off!! If we are regularly eating small healthy meals our metabolism will speed up! Combine that with regular exercise and slowly you will work off the extra weight but its about getting that balance! Eating the right amount and not pushing yourself too hard! It's hard to find your personal balance and its different for everyone but keep at it and youll eventually find it!  Remember you can also have too much healthy food so watch your portion sizes! Just because its healthy doesnt mean you can have a bucket full haha

 

Planning in action..

 

 

Decided to grab a healthy lunch before i went to the hair dresser.. i know she takes atleast 4 hours to do my hair when im getting a colour so i have learnt to pack a picnic! Especially because shes right near hungry jacks and red rooster! I normally take a bottle of water and a peice of fruit or protein bar.

Its always a good idea to carry a protein bar or i like an apple around with you in your handbag.. or car for guys.. just in case you get stuck somewhere longer than you thought! You dont have to revert to eating/buying shit. 

 

Enough preaching.. Heres some recent photos!

My easy ass stir fry.. im pretty sure ive posted this before but seriously.. try it! If you dont like prawns you can try salmon!  or chicken! Its a great way to get all your greens in!

 

Another morning tea for Imogen!

 

Mango her new favourite! Strawberry, pecan nut, carrot and cheese

Summer time! BBQ fever...
OMG the most amazing thing i have made! Satay Chicken skewers with capsicum and red onion.. Snow peas and beans cooked with soy sauce, garlic and ginger.

The "Satay sauce" is actually made from ABC spread (instead of the usual peanut butter and cream) with onion, garlic, lime juice, tumeric, ground corriander seeds, ground cummin, chilli powder and a touch of brown sugar. YUM!!!

home made rissoles.. just lean mince, onion, garlic, grated carrot and some australian mustard! YUM

Breakfast.. Omlette with bacon and mushroom.. Yoghurt dipped strawberries with cinnamon..

 

An easy tip for managing your portions! Use a snack plate..

 

 

i really want to try these! theyre like lunch parfaits! hehe so cute

Healthy bullying..

 I just wanna get this rant off my chest cause lately some people shit me to tears..
What is it about other people and feeling they have a right judge or make comments on what you eat/do in a negative way.. i went to my mums Intimo party (bras undies etc) and there was an afternoon tea spread set out.. I had made my cupcakes and my mum had made a pavlova! (FML) My favourite! I wasnt intending to eat any of my cupcakes cause they just didnt interest me so i thought i was safe until she bought out the pavlova! Now im responsible so i only got myself a small piece theres nothing wrong with having something every now and then! So i wasnt feeling guitly.. but then two (Overweight) people piped up and was saying shit about it! "oh Rach how long will that take you to run off?" "you shouldnt be eating that" im sorry but i think im the expert in this situation! Ive lost almost 30kgs! One peice of pavlova is not going to put it all back on! Grrr.. losing weight has this blanket judgement like youre only allowed to eat one stick of celery! Get educated people and dont say shit to me when i decide to eat something "naughty" out of the ordinary!

Also when i bring my lunch bag into work everyone always has to make a comment.. they started off saying stuff like "oh are you going to be here all week?! got enough food!" and "wow youre feeding an army" but thankfully people have started saying more positive things.. like "oh wow thats healthy" and "oh wow that salad looks good". No matter what people say you just have to brush it off.. im not doing this to look good for other people im doing it to improve my life! You are able to have your oppinion but keep it to yourself! If you want advice just ask..

Keeping updated

I didnt weigh myself this week! haha ive finally broken 80kgs! and i dont watnt o see it go back up so i refused to weigh myself this week! Giving myself a break a week longer to cherish being under 80! haha I was supposed to measure in this week as well making sure im keeping on track to fit into my dress that was a bit small for my cousins wedding! But... that didnt work out either.. so oh well =)

 

Had a lovely date night with my husband and his parents! Went to Harrington grove country club! Little bit ritzy! The food was amazing!!!!!

 

 

All my clothes are too big =( i have to go through my wardrobe and chuck stuff out! but ive been putting it off because then my closet will be empty! and i dont have the money to buy new stuff!  

 

 

 Had an amazing night out in the city! NO DRAMA!!!! holy balls! for once! It was just so great!

Got all dressed up we all looked and felt amazing! Went out had a few too many drinks and danced the night away in ridiculously high heels! Everyone fell over but me haha woo! i win!

 

 

 

 

 

The day after was simply perfect! The weather was sunny we had some breakfast and decided to do some yoga?

 

 haha Mel and I went to the maritime museum to see the Titanic exibition!

 

 

Went on a yhousand km trek to find frozen yoghurt..eventually Found frozen yoghurt!!!! OUR FAVOURITE!!!! yummm it was totally worth it! and then slept on the train home haha

It's healthy eating! it says it on the container haha Think i got a rather huge serve haha With coconut and strawberries! YUMM!!!!

 

Been trying to start doing some laps for triathlon training! Build up my stamina in the pool! its almost like starting to run again! its so hard at the moment! i do like 100m and have to stop haha ill get there =)

So my swimmers were too big and would fall off when i was swimming haha so i bought these ultra funky new lap professional swimmers! No one is going to lose me in the lake haha

 

Also got a shoulder injury from work and squash! so have been trying to take it easy! But i LOVE pump on thursday so i wouldnt miss that!

Things to come!

Ok so lots of things coming up peeps!! So excited! It really helps me keep motivated if i have events to keep me going.. you eventually lose interest in going to the gym to lose weight once youre happy with your body.. In saying that i do still have another 9kgs to lose but im comfortable enough now that if i didnt lose that it wouldnt be the end of the world!

 

So.. as the calender goes.. i have..

My cousins wedding in Newcastle.. Excited because we are getting dressed up and having a night away without the girls!

 

She's making her own cake! How amazing!!

 

Mother Daughter Retreat at Leura

Excited to have some mummy daughter time!

We dont get much these days we are both so busy

 

 

 

 

Kaz's Running clinic with the amazing SWSYD 12WBT group.

Excited to get some confidence with running!

 

http://www.mindbodymotionrunclub.com.au/clinics/ 

 

The Valley Stampede!!

I changed my time so i could do it with my bestfriend!

So hoping we totally smash it! I want to finish in under 3hrs

 

Womens Triathlon Festival!

Im going to Try a Tri! hehe

 

 

So excited! I've always wanted to do a triathlon!

Just have to seriously get some swimming training!

 

 

 

That takes us into december! My husbands birthday and Xmas!

Then it'll be 2013!! This year has flown by!!

Blogging Mojo at a low..

ok so i had all these amazing blog posts planned... but the photo uploader is ridiculously frustrating! So i uploaded all the photos for my blog which takes me forever! Then it froze.. so i cracked the shits and through my computer out the window.. only joking.. but hey atleast im strong enough now a days if i wanted to i probably could! =) haha

Healthy Eating!

Some exciting things this week!

 

MY MOST AMAZING MUESLI!!!

The improved version!

 

 Oats, Bran, coconut, pecan nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, apricots, raisins.

I've had the best results when i have had 100% clean eating and only exercised a few days a week!
So dont think you can over exercvise to make up for shit eating because its a bad cycle to get into!

 

 

New additions..

 

ABC Spread and celery or on apples..

 

 

THE BEST!! and simplest stir fry i have ever made!!
Had the left overs for munch at work it was so amazing!! 

 

Green Prawns.. cook with some chilli garlic and onion
Set aside
Put some vermicelli noodles (found in the asian section) in warm water to separate
Stir fry snow peas, brocollini, Pak choi, mushrooms and bean sprouts in some soy sauce until soft
Add prawns and noodles and a dash of fish sauce to taste
Mix all together until the noodles are softened.
then ENJOY!! mMMmm

 

Lunch! Curried egg sandwich with a berry salad!

Pumpkin seed bread..

always have some boiled eggs in the fridge! Theyre a great emergency snack! Also good for sandwiches! I just added some curry powder and mixed it together!

The berry salad is strawberries, raspberries and blueberries with almond flakes and yoghurt.

Always have some protein when you have fruit. Even though its fresh and full of vitimins it is still just sugar! Added it with some protein will keep you fuller for longer and help your body assimilate the sugar around your body! Instead of storing it on your ass =)

 Speaking of sugar! I've always wanted to try this! Strawberries and carob chocolate! melted into ice cube trays add the strawberries and refrigerate! MmmMm a small treat!

Family BBQ summer is coming!!

Prawns, asian salad and BBQ chicken! MMmMMmm

My Imogen having Ants on a log for afternoon tea!

Celery, ABC spread and raisins!

(or peanut butter if theyre fussy)

YUM!!

Enchiladas! I made mine with refried beans (in the mexican section)

It was somuch better than the chicken ones!!! YUM!!

 

Brown rice sushi!!! Could there be anything better?!

i think not!

All my food i packed for a full day at work haha

Breakfast, morning tea and lunch!

 

 

 BARGAIN!!!!
A bucket of ice water for only .50c!!!
Why pay $2.50 for a tiny bottle that gets warm when you can save $2 and get a litre of iced water!!!
SO HAPPY when i discovered this!!

 

If youre ever at a loss for healthy ideas or advice there are always resources around and people who can help! Buy books.. read magazines! Google the shit out of stuff! See a naturopath or nutritionist. The more you learn the better equipted you will be to look after your body =)

CELEBRATION TIME!!!

 

So i thought this post could be good time to reflect on how far ive come.. After all it has been 1 year of my weightloss journey!  AND IM FINALLY UNDER 80kgs!!!!!!

HOORAY!!!!!

 

This is me a year ago...

 

Weighing in at just under 100kgs.. Everything was an effort. I was always exhausted. Always hungry. i hated myself and would constantly remind myself how shit i was. I didnt have any motivation to do anything. Cried alot and was depressed. I was in a bad place but always put on a happy face so people wouldnt make me talk about my feelings. It was easier for me to stuff crap in my mouth than talk about what was going on.. it was less painful.I didnt have the energy to make healthy food decisions. But the toll it was taking on my mind,body and my life was too great a cost! Something snapped inside me one day.. i had enough and something had to change! I was sick of hating myself!

So i started doing the obvious.. Getting active.. I started at the gym just on the treadmill and the bike taking it in little steps getting a routine going. I was seeing small results but nothing that can really keep you motivated when all you want is instant results in the beginning.. Your mind will break before your body does and my mind let me down alot. "oh whats the point?! youre not getting anywhere so dont bother with all this!" but i kept going i would have my weeks where i would throw it in! Eventually i realised my eating was not supporting my efforts. So i started trying to have more veggies and salads and cutting down on carbs.. I have read MANY diet books over the years (atkins,womens health mag, body trim, Michelle bridges, interviews with celebs who have lost heaps of weight etc) and seen many people who have told me tips on nutrition and healthy eating. I even joined weight watchers back in the day. So i have alot of knowledge and differing ideas about what to eat what not to eat but to be honest.. its all the same! Ramp up your fresh veggies and cut down on your precessed food and refined carbs.. White bread to pumpkin seed, packet mixes to freshly made sauces, half your plate full of veggies and only a palm sized serving of protein. Watch your portion sizes! Smaller plates= smaller servings! You dont have to finish whats on your plate! Listen to your body take small breaks have a sip of water.. i used to guzzle down my food and then sit back and wonder why i wanted to throw up i was so full it hurt! It takes your head 10-15 minutes to register that your stomach is full!

"Some experts claim it can take up to 20 minutes for the body's signal to reach the brain. So in theory, someone who takes one bite a minute may only overshoot her fullness by 20 bites of food, while someone who takes five bites a minute eats 100 bites more than her body really wants before the satiety signal makes it to the brain.
Twenty minutes seems like a very long time for a signal to reach the brain; but as it turns out, the signal is coming from the intestines, not from the stomach. It takes time for the food we eat to move from the stomach to the intestines, which could explain why it takes so long for our fullness to register with the brain"

Some of the food i used to eat all the time..

Im a bit of a dessert queen and i loved my sweets! Always making desserts, cookies, cakes. We would go out just for food..

 This is tuna pasta bake! Pasta, creamy sauce from a jar, tuna and bacon. Garlic bread. The salad is boring and was added because i was starting my healthy eating stage.. its all carbs.. theres no veggies and i would feel so ridiculously full after and bloated the next day. These feelings you dont recognise are associated with food until you start regularly eating healthy. We dont have this anymore much to my husbands dismay haha You can still have these things but in moderation!




            Before.. when i started at the gym..         This is me still going strong a year later! =)

You can do it! Just keep going! Like the little train that could! Youll be proud of yourself if you push through when times get tough! when youre heading down the other side of the hill youll be glad you kept pushing up the hill!