Showing posts with label roast chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roast chicken. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 August 2011

Speculoos oatmeal

Greatest invention EVER! okay, I probably didn't invent it but speculoos oatmeal is da bomb..
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cut oats
  • 1 banana mashed up
  • sprinkle of cinnamon
  • hearty spoonful of crunchy speculoos spread
I made two mistakes yesterday when it came to my workout
1.) I did it at home
2.) I didn't have a plan- ALWAYS ALWAYS have a workout plan. If you don't and you're like most, the sense of accomplishment won't fully be there. I was sort of stumbling my way through some random exercises. Plus, I had this bugger annoying me!
She wants to sleep while mommy works!
4 sets of 10 reps
  • dumbbell squats
3 sets of 10 reps
  • dumbbell reverse lunges
Then I experimented with a bunch of different core exercises. I realized during my session that I'm going to need to work on my hip flexor and glute strength.

Lunch was very random. Bed of greens with sauteed bok choy and Waitrose Giant Green CousCous and Wheatberry salad. The wheatberry salad was a bit too chewy in texture for me.

Afterwards I went to an SLR "Masterclass" held by Vanity Studios. I was sort of disappointed by it all. First, I felt really out of place because everyone had these fancy cameras and I showed up with a camera missing a lens cap and a neckstrap. Apparently, those two things are "must haves", ha! ;) Okay, I admit I should have invested in a lens cap but I've been lazy!! Let's hope I didn't scratch up the lens too bad.. Anyways, I didn't feel like the teacher was very good or that I learned much. The book T recently got me specifically for my camera will probably enlighten me more than the class.

Dinner:
lots of veggies!
Tesco pop in the oven chicken
Yuuumm.. I love the crust that formed on the chicken skin.. so bad but so good!
T ordered us new umbrellas!! Finally!! We have sturdy umbrellas for unpredictable, rainy London!!
I was quite pleased with my dome shaped PINK umbrella :)
Breakfast was more of the same this morning
I just wasn't in the mood for eggs..

Random egg fact from Women's Fitness:
To check to see if an egg is fresh, place it in water. If the egg sinks, its fresh and if it rises it means its gone bad!

Agenda: Gym, Zumba, Zumba teach, Salsa class!

"Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."
Martin Luther King Jr.

Monday, 18 July 2011

A new set of rules

So I've decided to make some new rules to follow. I'm a little tired of being so wishy washy when it comes to my eating habits. I know that things are easier to follow when they're written down and memorized understood. I also want to see some more definitive results in the gym. You know what they say- your body is made 80% in the kitchen and 20% in the gym.. or somethin like that.  So far, here is what I've come up with:

Eat right, get fit rules

No carbs at dinner, only veggies (does not pertain eating out)
Only one dessert per day and it must be eaten before dinner
Fast food, only once a week (occasionally T and I will have our fav junk food: Mc D's!)
Must eat breakfast (this is easy since its already an engrained habit)                  
If going out for dinner, skip carbs at lunch
Must eat vegetables for lunch and dinner
Either no bread at dinner table or if its a must have, eat only one piece
No drinking during the week
Cheese eaten sparingly

Approved Snackages

Nuts
Cottage cheese
Fruit
Vegetables
Hummus
Salsa
Protein bars (only before dinner)
Yogurt
Smoothies (homemade)
Edamame
Oatmeal
Cereal
Nut butters

By all means this list is not final but I think its pretty decent so far. I'll add more if I come up with anything else.

Last night's dinner was a huge success. Mostly because we received a free chicken in our Ocado delivery order. They must have made a mistake and included it on accident but hey I'm not complaining--- especially since the guy who dropped off our groceries this morning was an ASSHOLE!
this bad boy went into the oven for 45 minutes and voila: dinner in a cinch!
I sauteed some zuchinni and shrooms in a wok with evoo, salt, pepper, and siracha. Deliciousness..
god.. why did you have to make the bad chicken skin taste so good. Chicken skin is probably my biggest weakness when it comes to eating "healthy" chicken. There ain't anything healthy bout the skin!
with a side of brown rice
I spent most of my afternoon watching girly chick flicks on the couch w. little Noms.
I really enjoyed Going the Distance- such a cute and surprisingly** funny movie!
aaaand... I'm a little embarrassed to say I watched this because it sucked.. big donkey ballz.. It was really bad :-)
breakfast prior hitting the gym
obsessed fo sho!
I'm currently doing this plan that I stole from T. His men's health magazine came with these little booklets that specialize in different body parts. Each booklet comes with a 6 week program with Workouts A, B, C that contains 6 different exercises. You do workouts A,B,C on non consecutive days for Weeks 1&2, and then do a completely new set of A, B, C exercises for weeks 3&4, and 5&6. These booklets are especially good at compounding different muscle groups to most efficiently burn fat so that you can actually see some ABage!! Okay, I know its not a word but who says I'm trying to talk proper here.
  • medicine ball lunge chop
  • gym ball back extension
  • rest 1 minute after each superset and do 2 more sets
  • seated dumbbell shoulder press
  • gym ball reverse flye
  • cable side bend
  • side bridge
Post gym snack: cottage cheese w. pineapple chunks (I rinsed off the juice from the pineapples). Yum- It was the perfect protein snack.

Agenda: shower, lunch, finish reading The Help (almost done, SO GOOD!), zoooooomba!, study Korean)