Royal Thai restaurant

Holy crappola it was hot as balls yesterday!! It felt like the hottest day of the year in London but don't quote me on that.

Sonoma wanted to tan with me

but she couldn't handle the heat-she kept trying to find some shelter from the sun poor girl!!

I didn't keep her outside on the patio for long. Back into the cage she went!

When you don't have a beach.. laying on hot concrete is a nice subsitute??!! We are fortunate enough to have a small private patio that leads out from our upstairs bedroom. It felt so nice to be in my swimsuit for the first time this summer. Sheesh! A girl will resort to anything ;-)

smoothie to cool me off- the color of the smoothie wasn't as pretty but I'm guessing it was due to the huge handfuls of greens I put in!

• handful of spinach
• handful of kale
• 1 cup milk
• splash of vanilla yogurt
• frozen berries
• ice cubes
• banana
• agave nectar for sweetness
• toppings: raisins, dark chocolate chips, almonds

http://www.royalthai-res.com/

After sweating my ASS off teaching Zumba, I stopped by Royal Thai on Caledonian road for some quick dinner.

crunchy and delicious veggie spring rolls dipped in sweet chili sauce. I think I could dip anything crunchy in this sweet sauce and it would taste amaaazing!

the chicken pad thai was pretty good -nothing to rave about as the noodles were sort of soggy/mushy but I was starving so I had no problems scarfing it all down.

my poor dog has resorted to chillin by the coolest place in the house.

It's definitely cooler this morning, yippee!!
Breakfast:

smoked salmon on top of scrambled eggs w. warburton's seeded toast.

New fitness reading materials-schweeet!

Agenda: Zumba, study Korean, last salsa class (sniff sniff**), teach Zumba

Sweaty days

So I made my own version of tuna salad with tuna, asparagus, green beans, corn, romaine lettuce, red onion, avocado, and honey balsamic vinegar

I like my salads big and hearty :-D

Dinner: mushroom pizza for me and fish and bok choy for T

I oven baked the sea bass in just EVOO, salt, and pepper. I took a bite and it was pretty damn good!

T made breakfast this morning before heading off to work. Eggs with cinnamon and all-spice (he didn't mean to put in all spice but it still tasted pretty good). It's another beautiful, HOT HOT day in London. I think I could cook an egg on the sidewalk.

Gym this morning consisted of back and chest: 3 sets of 8-10 reps

• straight arm pulldown
• incline dumbbell press
• barbell row
• machine chest press
• rest 1 minute and repeat 2x
• Lat pulldown
• incline dumbbell fly
• upright row
• front raise
• calf press
• rest 1 minute and repeat 2x

even though our house is sweltering, I thought it would be a good idea to make lunch using the stove and oven. STOOPID!!

I seasoned the tilapia with EVOO, salt, pepper, chilli powder, cayenne pepper, and cumin. Unfortunately, the spices didn't work so well together with the fish. ACK! O'well..at least the fish was cooked properly.

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/bok-choy.html

more bok choy and brown rice. I really love the crispiness and taste of bok choy. It's definitely one of my favorite green vegetables to eat plus it's full of good vitamins and minerals (Vit A, Vit C, Vit K, etc!!)

Song of the day: Adele "Turning Tables"

GLEE!

So the Glee concert was amaaazing last night. I wanted to shoot myself in the foot though because I forgot my camera and the stars just happened to switch from the main stage to the middle stage right in FRONT OF US!! Grrr...  All I could do was take really really crappy pictures on my Iphone- Blergh.. Just my luck!

"Mercedes" sounded just as good live as she does on the show.

I was sort of freaking out when the Warblers came on stage. Am I a little girl or what!

They of course performed Teenage Dream *heart swoooooon!*

I'm not really sure why I'm even posting these blurry pictures.. maybe for really crap evidence?

Yes, I could have touched Darren Criss arm but I was too busy taking this really amazing photograph. Lol..

I think Lea Michele is my favorite voice on the show. Her voice gives me goosebumps most of the time!

The concert was really enjoyable even though we were surrounded by kids half our age, ha!

Some of yesterday's eats:

Okay I swear yesterday was the last time I'm going to get Pret's tuna salad (because I'm going to make one at home myself!)

They left out the grilled beans!! Bummer..

with a side of my favorite chips!

and I mixed in some pretzels :-)

dessert

this is an awesome Hagen Daas flavor w. chunks of graham crackers.. yum!

afternoon snack: toast w. aubergine spread and mexican chilli soup

I think this is supposed to go on pasta but its really good on toasted bread!!

Dinner: takeaway from Meza Express

http://www.mezzaexpress-nw1.co.uk/

Grilled meats

with hummus

Everything was really delicious but I'm beginning to think that I've been eating too much meat lately. I've been reading my beauty detox book and one of the suggestions is to switch to a predominately plant based diet. There are numerous studies out there that show a correlation between certain types of cancer and an increased consumption of animal/meat products. I don't think I can give up meat entirely but I don't see myself having a problem with consuming it maybe three or four times a week instead of everyday like I usually do. Anyways.. just a thought!

She's reading it through osmosis :-D

I made some pancakes for breakfast this morning. I heart fluffy buttermilk pancakes!

I made some plain and dark chocolate chip cakes

Agenda: Run around Regent's (I'm going to use my new GymBoss to do some intervals!!), Zumba, Bachata class, Relax!

Shandis restaurant

After my Zumba class, we went out to dinner at Shandish, a Persian restaurant on Upper Street. I had a huge glass of red and T had a sour yogurt drink- blegh! :-D I don't think I like these yogurt drinks he always seems to order.
http://www.shandispersianrestaurant.co.uk/

We got the hummus and a warm aubergine dip with walnuts to start. I was SO hungry!

this dip was delicious- I can't quite describe the taste but the texture was really smooth and creamy. Yuuuuumm!!

Naan as big as yo face to dip

We got the grilled meats platter to share

the chicken wings were my favorite

We both thought that the flavor of the meats were alright. The meats were tender but nothing really had any sparkle to it. My rice also tasted a bit like soap- I swear I'm not joking! T also thought everything could have used more saffron and yogurt. Overall the food was enjoyable but not our favorite. Plus- a server of ours could have DEFINITELY used an attitude adjustment. Listen here lady AHEM*****- you WORK in a service industry, the least you could do is SMILE :) A friendly smile goes a long way!

After dinner, we rushed off to see Bridesmaids which I thought was flipping HILARIOUS! I loved it- aka literally laughed out loud at most parts, which I'm sure T loved. I would highly recommend seeing it. I like that it had a heartwarming (best friend) element to balance out a very funny movie.

Breakfast was a failed attempt at fried eggs- they ended up being slightly scrambled/fried :-D At least it was still tasty! Time to get my zumba on and then it's the GLEE concert tonight at the 02!!

My favorite Glee songs: The Only Exception, Teenage Dream, Faithfully, When I get you Alone, Forget You