This morning, despite vowing to myself to have an early morning walk last night, I had a celebratory end-of-exams lie-in until 11am - it was totally worth it, even if I did miss out on the walk! For my breakfast I had a bowl of Kellogg's Bran Flakes (with milk), a banana and a cup of tea (strong with a teaspoon of unrefined sugar and a splash of milk). This breakfast is full a fibre, which is essential for maintaining a healthy digestive system. Bananas are also a good source of minerals (such as potassium and magnesium). After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day - especially when it's healthy!
Due to such a late wake up and breakfast, I ended up having a late lunch too (4:00pm is some people's dinnertime!) But I didn't feel hungry at all, but admittedly I should've at least had a glass of water in between my breakfast and lunch (but oh well!). For lunch I concocted a very luscious plate of shredded Norwegian smoked salmon with a rocket and baby leaf salad, lightly drizzled in the Hellmann's Fat Free Vinaigrette. I also cut a small apple into 4 which added a lovely and natural sweetness to my lunch (I'd also recommend this for when you are in need of a snack). A meal full of iron and other minerals and well as the healthy essential oils in the fish. This was all washed down with a delightful cup of peppermint tea ((cooled down of course) in my cup from a Christmas market I visited in Berlin last year - even better!)
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Today's lunch: smoked salmon and a leafy salad
with sliced apple and peppermint tea. |
After lazing around at home since I'd woken up, at around 5.00pm I went for a walk around the block. This may not sound like very much but, according to my pedometer, it was 1231 steps (out of the daily recommended amount of 10,000 steps) - not bad for a quick breath of fresh air!
Once I got in from my bimble (small walk) I treated myself to a very delicious, healthy and satisfying snack: M&S Fat Free Greek-style yogurt with raspberries, blueberries, chopped up strawberries, grapes and to finish it all off, a small dashing of honey on top. This was delightful! The yogurt is lovely and creamy - not what you'd expect to a Fat Free one to be like - and the honey really added to the dish, giving it a lovely sweetness and extra flavour. With this I also had a glass of water: clarify, hydrating and calorie free!
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| My lovely mid afternoon snack: fruity, tasty and healthy! |
Tonight's dinner was the very simple but very yummy Spaghetti Bolognese packed with lean minced, lean bacon, beef, red peppers, chopped tomatoes, onion and garlic (no wonder everyone has been avoiding us this evening!). And there was enough left over for another meal - an added bonus! Admittedly, I did have this with white, refined spaghetti even though one of my conditions is to eat more wholemeal foods, but we still had some left to use up and - within reason - I don't believe in waste. So once that is used up, I shall be using wholemeal spaghetti.
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| A yummy (bit slightly naughty) dinner |
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| Look at the leftovers! |
This evening my mum and I put on our trainers, grabbed a bottle of water each and packet of tissues (anyone else find that their nose runs on walks too? No pun intended!) and we went on a charming walk (or march) - approximately 6919 steps - in a delightful woodland area which is practically on our doorstep - at one point I even went for a sprint, but not for long as I soon lost my breath and got a stitch which only encouraged my motivation for my fitness project further, so that I can get fit enough to be able to run a good distance. Not only was this walk extremely peaceful but it also gave us a good, yet not a too strenuous, workout: our upper thighs were really beginning to ache by the end of it. It was really nice to explore parts of my hometown with which I am less familiar, as we have very rarely used that walkway. We ought to use it more - it will be especially great for the dogs too and it's a good distance with benches at frequent intervals which will be great if we start to run properly too (but hopefully the fitter we get, the less we'll need them!).
Here are some pictures of the scenery we we were lucky to have this evening:
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| Proud to say that we didn't sit on that bench, we carried on going! |
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| Sunlight on the trees |
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| Bird boxes |
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| Am I the only one who thinks that this tree looks like a Picasso painting?! |
To round off the evening nicely, I firstly treated myself to a Milbona Fat Free Mint & Chocolate Sprinkles yogurt from Lidl with blueberries and raspberries. Yum yum! The best thing about it is that the yogurt is just like a Müller Corner Light yogurt but they are a lot cheaper (only 31p. Bargain!) so we stocked up, understandably! And then to perk up after tonight's England World Cup defeat, I treated myself to a cup of tea (like this morning) and had a Daim bar and a Cadbury's Curly Wurly (what a lovely treat it was too!) Does anyone else like dipping their chocolate in their tea too? (I've even got my mum into it!)
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| A yummy and healthy dessert |
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| A tasty and bargain yogurt! |
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| Nowt like a cuppa tea and chocolate |
Fin.
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