Woke up this morning ready and raring to get stuck into my I want my bikini body workout. This was the first time I’ve done the new program and it was really good – as always. If you’re looking for a great program you can do at home with minimal equipment be sure to check it, and red carpet ready, out.

Workout complete I made a green smoothie. I forgot to take a photo but I’m pretty sure you know what it looked like :-).

Later I had the half of a breakfast cookie (I’ll post the recipe tomorrow), and then finished it off during the morning as I cleaned the kitchen.

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Lunch was salad (surprise, surprise) with egg, pineapple, corn and hummus.

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Despite getting hungry throughout the afternoon, I managed to survive by filling up on water and tea. So I really enjoyed my afternoon snack of tofu marinated in catsup manis with some leftover roast veggies. Yummo!!

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I was still feeling a bit hungry and so had an apple and a cup of tea.

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Our organic delivery arrived – it always looks so good.

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I unpacked it and put everything away while making dinner. Tonight 2 soy BBQ sausages – can you believe there is 20gms of protein in those? – and some veggies. I forgo the potato since I’d had some this afternoon.

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With all that protein I didn’t need anything more to eat but did enjoy another cup of tea before heading to bed.

Terrific Tuesday

Had a fantastic day as far as food and exercise and feeling good goes. Started off with an early morning walk with the dogs. I was hungry when I got back so had a small snack of 2 cruskits with spreadable cheese.

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Later I made a scrambled egg with onion, placed inside some mountain bread with BBQ sauce.

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Then it was off to the gym. I decided to ride up with Christy (the school is right next door). I let my membership go in Jan so paid for just 15 visits (that will take me up until we go away). Was nice to be back and see lots of familiar faces. I did 15mins on the bike, 5 mins on rower and 15min on elliptical. Then rode back home. My legs were like jelly when I got home. And my face rather red…

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After cooling down I had a shower and made myself a green smoothie.

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I made a short 5min video about my recommitment to the Red Carpet Ready program.

 

Lunch was yet another salad with egg and pineapple and new favourite homemade dressing. I also added some pinenuts.

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Spent the afternoon playing on the computer and reading. Legs are feeling it after this mornings workout. But I did manage to get a start on some vegetable soup – just chopped up what I could find in the crisper and added some chicken stock (the kind that doesn’t contain chicken!).

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Around 2pm I had

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4pm…

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and 5.30pm a half bowl of the vegetable soup…

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Dinner was a very delicious selection of roast vegetables…

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My plate… with one vegetable finger…

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A few hours later I was feeling a little peckish so myself a chocolate protein shake. I haven’t one of these in ages – not since discovering green smoothies so it was very nice for a change.

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Next it was time for a nice hot bath – to try sooth my aching legs. Then bed with a good book and a cup of tea (courtesy of Kevin).

Weekend Food Fog

Okay… we’re not going to dwell on how bad eating was over the weekend and i hardly took any photos – so I’ll just give some highlights.

Lunch on Saturday was leftover pizza..dinner was tacos made with TVP…

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Sunday was Mothers Day. I was bought tea and freshly baked cookies in bed. I didn’t eat all of these mind you :-).

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Later we had breakfast…

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my portion..

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We then headed off for a day at Belgenny Farm. Lots of fun but nothing proper for me (being vegetarian) to eat so I kind of snacked…

an icee…

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chocolate covered strawberries…

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and some cookies in the car on the way home. Needless to say I rather starving when we got home at 4pm so enjoyed some cheese and crackers.

Later I dug out some fried rice from the freezer which we enjoyed for dinner.

 

Freaky Friday

A lovely morning walk – though a good bit chillier this morning. I’m in a bit of a slump because my weight loss is VERY slow and at the rate I’m going I will NOT fit into my jeans before our trip. And buying another pair isn’t another option – I’ve tried but I’m right in between sizes. The next size up are too big. I don’t want to gain weight so I therefore, have to lose a bit of weight – only about 4kgs so it’s still doable but I need to get a move along. Not that you’d think so by todays eats :-(.

Breakfast…

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Lunch…

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Dinner…

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Desert….

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There was other stuff conveniently not photographed :-). Not good. Definitely not the way to be fitting in my jeans, and hardly a fruit or veggie to be seen.