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Holy crap, the heatwave going through Queensland, Australia at the moment is ridiculous! I have never sweated so much doing so little. And of course we live in a old renovated house with no  air-conditioning. So the idea of standing in the kitchen cooking dinner tonight is more than undesirable. Instead I am trying out a new recipe that only takes 5 mins to prepare and means I don't have to literally sweat over a hot stove to get a healthy filling meal on the table tonight. So this is my crunchy ramen salad. With only 6 ingredients, 3 of which is in every kitchen at least. Ingredient's: 1 bag of coleslaw mix 2 packs ramen noodles ( any flavour as seasoning packet not used) 3-5 spring onions (scallions) sliced 3/4 cups vegetable oil 1/3 cup white vinegar 1/4 cup granulated sugar Steps: 1) mix together the white vinegar, vegetable oil and sugar in a bowl. 2) crush up the packets of ramen noodles. Add to coleslaw mix in a large bowl. 3)...

So I'm sharing another new recipe I have tried, and although not the healthiest in terms of carbs it was a day where all I wanted was comfort food. So instead of my go to extra crispy wedges with melted cheese and gravy I decided to give this twice baked potato and spinach a try as a replacement. All in all it turned out well and curbed my unhealthy comfort food cravings I was having.  This is my Hubby's plate, I had 2 halves of a smaller potato. Ingredients: 3-4 medium to large potato's 1 cup of boiled/steamed broccoli 2 handfuls of spinach (I used frozen) Dash of milk  Sprinkle of low fat cheese on top Salt and pepper to taste Steps: 1) preheat oven to 230c or 450 f 2) wash potato's removing dirt but leaving the skin on, pierce each potato deeply with a fork (be carefull,  my hand now has fork dents in it) 3) bake potato's on a pan for 50-60 minutes. Once cooked remove from oven and slice then in half length ways. ...

So following along my healthy journey, I have another healthy-ish recipe to share with you all. I haven't done any updates lately because Christmas just came around and I'm to embarrassed to say how much food I consumed in the days leading up to and of Christmas.  So in my total lack of a strong mindset I have decided against measuring myself and being disappointed with the weight gain numbers. So instead I have focused on getting a meal plan together that the whole family can enjoy while I work my way towards being more healthy in my life choices. Once I am a few days into eating healthier and drinking my 2-3L a day as well as not feeling the Christmas food baby bloat. I will again pick up on my every 3 day measurement updates. Now for the fun part. The recipe!!! So this is a meatless spaghetti bolognese, I got the main idea for the recipe from a YouTube channel "AnarhistKitchen" I will link the video below if you want to check it out. I did change the recipe sl...

So I have what I would consider a healthy option in my attempt to meal prep to ensure I eat regularly and healthier. These tasted so good and I have realised I can use them in so many ways that it keeps it interesting.  So what I used for these mini veggie chicken meatballs was; 2 small grated carrots 1 medium grated potato 1/2 a small sweet potato grated a handful of broccoli florets chopped finely 500g lean chicken mince 1 egg 1 teaspoon of garlic powder Now its pretty much mix roll and bake with these meatballs, you could cook them in a fry pan, cook them on a tray in the oven like I did or another method I use for family sized meal of meatballs is cook them in a casserole dish with 2 cans of tomato soup for about 45 mins at 200 Celsius, and serve over pasta of choice. Because these were going to be used as finger foods and snacks I baked them on a tray in the oven instead of in a fry pan to not use any extra oil, and because my fry pan is small an...

Welcome back if you are following my weight loss and healthier/happier me journey. If this is the first blog you are reading check out my previous blogs where I share my starting measurements and my updates every three days. But I did it! I managed to eat breakfast and for once it was more than a mouthful of my children's leftover food. After a bad day of eating yesterday and already an inch back on my hips I am more determined to get that inch plus more off and starting today, food is going to be my main focus for a while over exercise. I will still do workouts but I'm finding because my eating is poor/irregular and not enough to fuel me I'm not putting in the effort I want to when it comes to my workouts. So what did I have for breakfast? Well its not pretty, and rather very basic. But it was filling and actually tasted pretty good! So the scrambled eggs are obvious, 4 eggs scrambled with a dash of milk and no salt or seasonings. And no I didn't ...

Welcome back if your here following my journey to a happier, healthier and fitter me. And if this is the first blog of mine you are reading don't forget to read my previous posts where I share my my starting measurements and the days up until this point. So its been 9 days since I started this journey. And these past three days haven't been the best. But very surprisingly I have lost the most combined inches these past 3 days than any other 3 day period so far. I think the stress of being the week before Christmas and the lack of food in our fridge has contributed to my old habits of not eating during the day except the scraps off my kids plates. I haven't the time or motivation to prepare healthy meals regularly during the day these past 3 days and I have come to realise that meal prepping may be the way to go, at least to make sure I have lunch and snacks for each day to eat regularly.  But where to find the time to meal prep is beyond me. Hubby works f...

If you have been following my blog you know that I have started my weight loss and healthy lifestyle journey. 8 days in and I have lost a combined 7 inches or 18 cm off my body including my hips, waist, legs, arms and boobs. To find out what I have been doing to lose this many combined inched read my previous blog's. My starting measurements on the 12/12/17 were Hips: 44.5 inch Waist: 35 inch Legs: 27 inch Arms: 13.5 inch Boobs: 39 inch And now 8 days later 20/12/17 they are Hips: 42 inch Waist: 32 inch Legs: 26 inch Arms: 13 inch Boobs: 38 inch So a total of 7 inches or 18cm has been lost. These are my before and after photos of these past 8 days This was my starting photo This is 8 days later This is my starting photo This is 8 days later So thank you again for joining me in my healthy and weight loss journey and stay tuned if you want to follow me. I'm still planning of updates every 3 days. Re...

Welcome back if your here following my journey to a happier, healthier and fitter me. And if this is the first blog of mine you are reading don't forget to read my previous posts where I share my starting and 3 day measurements. So these past three days have been OK except for the day we went to the beach to have some family time, what was a planned lunch of baked chicken and roasted veggies had turned into a lunch of hot chips. One thing I realised in my guilt at that point was that, although I use to enjoy hot chips on the odd occasion, truthfully they tasted like crap. So while I sat there eating out of politeness and hunger, thinking of how big of a workout I would have to do that night, I figured in itself this was a good thing. Although I haven't been on this journey very long, and even though I still had cravings for junk food. I realise that from this healthy food I have been having, that the junk tastes like, well junk! Don't know if chocolate would still ...

Welcome back if your here following my journey to a happier, healthier and fitter me. And if this is the first blog of mine you are reading don't forget to read my previous post where I share my starting measurements. So its been three days since I first measured myself, and four days since I decided it was time for me to change my lifestyle to better myself and be a better example for my two young children. In these past three days I have made a conscious effort to dramatically improve the food I eat. I can say honestly that it has not been perfect in any way, but I'm not beating myself up. I'm trying to do better and not going to let little slip ups discourage me and make me give up. At the same time I'm trying to retrain my brain so these slip ups don't recur regularly.  So filling salads have been my main meal for the past three days, usually eaten mid afternoon when the kids are having their naps and I have a chance to both prepare my meal and not ...

So I am either crazy or just sick of the way I am currently. Right now I am between 78-80kg (slight guessing from the last time I used scales, I don't actually own scales either) 155cms tall and absolutely disgusted in the way I look. So my current measurements (12/12/17) are as followed Hips: 44.5 inch  Waist: 35 inch Legs (upper thigh): 27 inch Arms: 13.5 inch Boobs: 39 inch So a bit of my background, my whole family is big, I wouldn't say obese but we are all short and solid built, big boned or just stocky. So I think genetics is a little bit to blame for my size. I have never, even at my fittest been a lean shape. Another reason for my current body shape is my wonderful children. Born 1 year and 3 days apart. I know this has made the shape of my body, well stomach area mainly really messed up. I went from the smallest I had ever been to pregnant to giving birth to pregnant a short couple months later. Another thing I am aware of that contributes to my w...