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Sleepy Sunday

Posted on by Libby Withnall

Well, maybe not sleepy but I did spend the WHOLE DAY in my PJs :-).

Woke up around 7am (so a bit of a sleep in for me) and straight to the kitchen for a cup of tea and slice of banana coconut loaf. I also sampled the oat slice from yesterday – it was quite nice but a little sweet.

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I had trouble deciding what I wanted for breakfast this morning but eventually decided on an omelette around 9am. I made it using 2 eggs, diced tomato, diced red onion, a handful of spinach and a handful of grated cheese. Twas rather yummy – but too much – I ate about 2/3.

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I spent the morning playing on the computer, making ANZAC biscuits (for ANZAC Day) and sorting some photos. At 11am I made a green smoothie. Love those frothy bubbles.

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Around 1am I made a salad for Kevin and myself. He had egg, I had falafel and hummus. Today I added some of my home grown sprouts. I wonder if I’ll ever get sick of this combination?

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This afternoon I got to work on finalizing more plans for our UK trip in June. Normally sitting working online I’d be eating lots and lots but I really surprised myself today. I didn’t even enjoy my first ANZAC biscuit until 2.30pm.

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My afternoon snack was some protein chips.

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Around 5pm I was feeling like a little something with a cup of tea. Kevin had one of these tarts he’d bought.

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But I was feeling like a crunch so had a couple of cruskits with spreadable cheese :-).

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Dinner was courtesy of Kevin, who braved the cool night and cooked us a BBQ. I had a lentil pattie (with a piece taken out for Christy), sweet potato slices, a little potato, pineapple and onion. It was absolutely delicious.

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With tonights cup of tea I’ll either have another ANZAC biscuit or one of the chocolates hiding in the back of the fridge.

Great start to the weekend

Posted on by Libby Withnall

Thankfully I woke up this morning WITHOUT a headache and managed to stay headache free all day. As soon as I awoke and saw the brilliant orange streaks of the sunrise, I launched out of bed and got ready to go for a walk. Unfortunately by the time everyone was ready (the dogs and Amy) and we got down to the lake we missed the best part of the sunrise but it was still lovely none-the-less. And still so warm for late April.

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When we got back I had a glass of water and read blogs for a bit before going and doing the Red Carpet Ready session I missed yesterday. I did SASE – strong again. Next week I need to kick things up a bit I think. Post workout I enjoyed a green smoothie.

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Played on the computer much of the morning, in addition to doing things like getting dinner started in the crockpot and making an oat slice (a new recipe).

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I had a late breakfast with the family. Only ate half though as the bread had that frozen taste it sometimes gets from the freezer.

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Around 11am I had a handful of grapes…

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then enjoyed the other half of my smoothie on the way to my book group.

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Lunch at book group is often pizza – which it was today. Despite the smoothie at 12pm I was getting hungry again by the time pizza arrived at 1.30pm. I had two pieces of the veggie one. Should have only had one as the pizza today was rather oily and I didn’t feel great after the second piece. I was too self conscious to take a photo – until I found myself alone in our meeting room – luckily there was still one piece left to photograph :-). Yuck – look at the grease – they aren’t normally that bad!

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Got home just after 3.30pm and put together an afternoon snack to enjoy with Kevin. I’m not real keen on store-bought dips (except hummus) but this roast capsicum one was rather nice. However, after looking more closely at the ingredient list (compared to the hummus) I’m not sure I’ll be buying it again.

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Since we’d had a substantial afternoon snack we didn’t end up eating dinner until 7pm. Unfortunately the crockpot meal was a big flop. After cooking for 8 hours the potato was still not cooked through. Oh, well, at the least the dogs will have a yummy dinner tomorrow night. Instead I whipped up a quick substitute of brown rice, falafels, pineapple and hummus. Kevin then proceeds to tell me he’s getting a bit sick of falafel??? Surely that can’t be possible :-).

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The night was spent putting the final touches on this blog before making it’s introduction to the WWW. Around 9pm I enjoyed a small bowl of vanilla ice-cream with a  small amount of chocolate flake on top. Yum! This is about a 1/4 of the bowl I used to have and I enjoyed every bite and did not feel one bit deprived.

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Finally I enjoyed a cup of tea. I was tempted to have a chocolate but realized I didn’t need one and I’d already enjoyed my ice-cream so left it at that.

*** Oh, and the oat slice didn’t quite work out. It’s rather soft but should still be edible.

Sugar withdrawals?

Posted on by Libby Withnall

I woke up with a headache this morning – I’m thinking it might be due to sugar withdrawals. Even though I’ve been having a little each day it’s no where near as much as I was.  I decided to skip this mornings workouts and have today as my rest day instead of Sunday. Hoping to stop the headache from getting worse I had a cup of tea and piece of banana coconut loaf.

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Probably not the greatest start to the day but I made up for it by having a green smoothie (and my multi-vitamin) for breakfast a few hours later.

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I was supposed to do reading at school but Christy’s teacher was away so I ended up killing time at the shops before my manicure & pedicure. I was still feeling a little off so had a banana before my appointment at 10am. I don’t normally reach for fruit like this but I really enjoyed it and it actually kept me full for around 2 hours.

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I was just starting to get peckish after my appointment ended at 12pm but instead of getting lunch out as I planned I decided to wait until I got home. To tide myself over I had a choc nut bar while waiting to get into the carpark in town.

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By the time I got home at 1.30pm I was very ready for my salad – falafel & hummus again today – YUM!!!

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Still feeling off most of the afternoon so had a tea and handful of healthy handfuls at 3pm.

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Todays afternoon tea was 2 vegetarian rice paper rolls that I had picked up in town. I LOVE these but don’t get to have them very often.

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At 5.30pm I had another cup of tea and an hour or so later made some quesidillas for dinner. I forgot to buy salsa for the recipe I had planned to make so had to improvise with refried black beans, tomato and cheese. Boy was it yummy.

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Later I enjoyed 2 chocolates and cup of tea. Unbelievably I was more than satisfied with my two chocs – usually I would have had MANY more than that!

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Around 9pm I was still feeling a little off so had a handful of the veggie tortilla chips and some hummus.

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Unfortunately nothing seemed to kick the headache today but I feeling not so off when I went to bed.

Let the food blog begin

Posted on by Libby Withnall

I have decided to take the plunge in the wonderful world of health food blogging. I get so much out of the blogs that I read that I thought creating my own might help keep me a bit more accountable about what I eat, and maybe even, provide some ideas for my readers – esp, those in Australia, as I am yet to find many Aussie health food blogs (if anyone knows of any PLEASE let me know).

And so…on to our first day. Now is there are a better way than to start the day than with a green smoothie blended in my BRAND NEW Vitamix.

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The morning was spent doing jobs around the house and decluttering stuff in my scrapbook room. Mid-morning I had a cup of tea and a handful of …..healthy handfuls. Yes, I know these are made for kids – but I just LOVE them.

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It was such a beautiful Autumn day and both girls were out playing with friends so I decided to take my lunch outside.

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Most warmer days I have a salad  made up of greens, cucumber, tomato, pineapple- todays was topped with marinated tofu & a squirt of mayonnaise. Delicious. Both the weather and the food.

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My lunch partner…

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Around an hour after lunch I like to have a cup of tea and usually something sweet. I debated having two biscuits…

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But was really feeling like more crunching so swapped for some cruskits with spreadable cheese…

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But I have confess… I did go back for those biscuits later. I also drank many more cups of tea throughout day – rather neglecting my water today :-(.

Around 4pm I was peckish again so had some crackers topped with Camembert cheese – yummo!

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Tonights dinner was made up of leftovers – with the addition of some vegetables – as it was just 3 of tonight (Amy was at a sleepover).

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Dessert was custard – something I haven’t had in months – as I know it’s not the healthiest. I really felt like some raisin toast but we didn’t have any – guess what I’ll be buying tomorrow :-).

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