Thursday 28 July
Note on pictures: I started taking pictures of my meals during my trip. Unfortunately i skipped a lot of the yummiest ones and lost some too. I've started doing it at home but i wo'nt always remember. I haven't got organised enough to post today's lovely salad lunch but i did take the shot.
Somewhere i think i may already have said that i lost a bunch of shots from the first part of my trip including my meal shots of course. Bummer, hey.
Weight was 57.4kg. This is a new low in terms of what i’ve actually got to see on the scale. I think i’ve been down this low on my trip but not had a scale to weigh myself on.
6am Breakfast -
rice pudding with prunes and sultanas as per last night.
served with 1/2 cup of full cream milk
1/2 cup of natural full cream yoghurt
9am: coffee with 1/2 cup of milk
11.45pm lunch -
old pomegranate that was delicious anyway
Salad of 1/2 cup red lentils, tomato diced, boiled potato diced, coriander, parsley, tatsoi leaves, salad dressing with probably about 2 tsp of olive oil.
small handful - probably about 2 tbsp scroggin - dried fruit and nuts.
tea w milk
6.30pm dinner -
A fairly fucked up dinner experience on several fronts.
First, I was trying to make hummus but screwed it up.
Although it was edible, eating it was unjoyable because my sister and i got into one of our characteristic argument things. And finally i probably ate too many calories worth of hummus because i was so distracted by the discussion.
Anyhow, this is what i ate.
Hummus with one sorba wrap bread. I don’t know how much hummus i ate exactly. It wasn’t a great deal but it would have had a lot of calories in it given the recipe below that i used.
nescafe
Hummus made with about 1 cup of chickpeas, soaked then cooked til i just about burnt them, 1/2 cup of stale tahini, about 1/2 cup of olive oil and juice of a lemon, plus some cumin.
ITs about the worst hummus i i’ve ever made and i am not totally sure what went wrong but because of the dynamics going on, its no wonder it went wrong. Even though i burnt the pan, the chickpeas weren’t burnt. Even though i put in so much tahini, it was still dryish and so on. Anyway it must have been a dud recipe and it was from the Weekend Australian, although i had to add the olive oil because it was too dry before that. God knows how it turns out when they make it.
Exercise:
weeding and walking about the garden from about 7am to 8.30am
cleaning caravan from 9.45 - 11.15 - I felt a bit worn out after that oddly.
more walking about the garden and such and work but not too heavy.
Because i am still quite off with my cold and cough i don’t think i will start regular exercise til next week. Also i still need to catch up on my trip.
I'm going to start reporting my sleeping hours. I am sure its utterly irrelevant to many readers but its tres meaingful to me.
Sleep
Get up 6am
Last night bed at 10pm
Nap today - none
KIMBERLEYS TRIP BELOW
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Date 21 May 2011 Saturday
A lot of eating events today as yesterday.
2am Arrival in Darwin Caffe latte
Finish breakfast food - 2 dim sims, rice, mandarine
4am: cafe latte
It was a long night. I got some uncomfortable sleep on the plane but when I tried to sleep at the airport wedged between some chairs sleep didn’t come. So I got up and leisuerly put my bike together.
I rode out in the dark about 4.30am. I rode at least 20 kms this morning in a futile search for a camping ground. The first place was no longer operational. The second place wanted $30 a night and I thought I might as well stay at a backpakcers in town in that case.
So I rode back to town with a plan to find a bed for the night, go to the market for breakfast and then head back out towards the airport where there was supposed to be a bike shop.
9.0am Breakfast at Parap Markets - good brekkie much to choose from
Raw paw paw and prawn salad - thai style with peanuts, sugar, lime and fish sauce dressing, Very yummy. From the cambodia stall. I had a picture of this but somehow i managed to wipe out the first week of my photos from my laptop.
Berry juice/smoothie medium size - boysenberries, cherries, cranberry juice, blackberries.
The markets were bustling. There were a lot of food stalls. I checked out what other people were eating and then chose my food with the aim to try to eat yummy but not ruin my diet. I think I did ok. The food was definitely yummy. See pictures.
I was able to leave my bike in the workers shed which wsa good since I didnt have a lock at that point. The woman there also told me to go to a bike shop in town and I didn’t regret it. It wasn’t the one I went to last year. This one was pretty low key and not fancy with gear all over the place. Brian was really helpful. He fitted my bike stand and sold me some bits I needed and didn’t charge too much as promised by the woman. I still need more bits though. And he told me to buy a shifting spanner for my truing needs instead of a truing tool. He said I shoudl get a chain whip (but that’s the wrong term i think). And showed me how to use it. He said I didn’t need new break pads.I spent $40 odd on bike stuff. Bugger its endless. But its stuff I think I have to have.
fruit snack: A mandarine
I had a quick look in a couple of galleries. Then I went to lunch
It was tempting walking past my old cake cafe from last trip. The display looked good as ever but I resisted
1pm: Lunch at Yum Cha restaurant, cavanagh st, Darwin - excellent
Quite a nice restaurant with a good number of diners, mostly chinese. I had
1 plate (3 pieces) stuffed deep fried tofu in a dark sauce, either musrooms or black bean - yum It was stuffed with a little bit of fish stuff. Wasn’t strong but it was yummy
1 plate steamed prawn dumplings (4 pieces) good but smallish with soy sauce
1 plate sticky rices stuffed with mixed meats and steamed in lotus leaves. (2 large servings - I brought one home) delicious except for one questionable piece of meat. Eaten with sweet soy and sweet chilli sauce
Pot of green tea
I just found out that breakfast is included in my hostel. This gets better all the time. So that’s great.
I tried and failed to have an afternoon catchup sleep. It was simply too hot.
After my failed sleep and chatting with the other girls in my room, I walked up the road to Woolies to do some shopping. I spent $113.74 on food for the trip and worry that i won't be able to fit everything on my bike. I seem to have an enormous amount of gear and now a ton of food. And of course my laptop and camera take up a lot of space and weigh a lot. Its going to be heavy work cycling.
For shopping, decided to buy some almonds and have 50g servings for lunch for my protein fix. With pita bread. They are a lot lighter than cans of tuna. I bought multivitamins, fairly expensive shampoo which I hope will be good. Everything here is a lot more expensive than at home. Oats cost $1.74 a kilo instead of $0.99. I bought a big jar of coffee and hopefully it will last the duration of the trip.
7pm: Dinner at the backpackers kitchen
Leftover sticky rice dish, steamed and sauteed broccoli and mushrooms which were very good to my surprise and tomato and a bread roll. So quite a big meal
1 lid ful of olive oil - maybe a tablespoon full even
1 clove garlic
A whole small head of broccoli, .lightly steamed
3 large mushrooms, sliced
Ground black pepper
Saute the garlic in the olive oil on a low heat, add the mushrooms and cook. When almost done, add the steamed broccoli and cook some more.
I probably ate a bit too much today, but at least I basically stuck to three meals. I should try not to get complacent but the thing is, I am feeling tempted and its better to eat more low cal food and get satisfied than resort to junk and over eat by a long shot.
Its just after 9pm and I am ready for bed. There’s music playing outside but its not bad. And the talk is ok too. If it stays like this I can live with it.
Note on pictures: I started taking pictures of my meals during my trip. Unfortunately i skipped a lot of the yummiest ones and lost some too. I've started doing it at home but i wo'nt always remember. I haven't got organised enough to post today's lovely salad lunch but i did take the shot.
Somewhere i think i may already have said that i lost a bunch of shots from the first part of my trip including my meal shots of course. Bummer, hey.
Weight was 57.4kg. This is a new low in terms of what i’ve actually got to see on the scale. I think i’ve been down this low on my trip but not had a scale to weigh myself on.
6am Breakfast -
rice pudding with prunes and sultanas as per last night.
served with 1/2 cup of full cream milk
1/2 cup of natural full cream yoghurt
9am: coffee with 1/2 cup of milk
11.45pm lunch -
old pomegranate that was delicious anyway
Salad of 1/2 cup red lentils, tomato diced, boiled potato diced, coriander, parsley, tatsoi leaves, salad dressing with probably about 2 tsp of olive oil.
small handful - probably about 2 tbsp scroggin - dried fruit and nuts.
tea w milk
6.30pm dinner -
A fairly fucked up dinner experience on several fronts.
First, I was trying to make hummus but screwed it up.
Although it was edible, eating it was unjoyable because my sister and i got into one of our characteristic argument things. And finally i probably ate too many calories worth of hummus because i was so distracted by the discussion.
Anyhow, this is what i ate.
Hummus with one sorba wrap bread. I don’t know how much hummus i ate exactly. It wasn’t a great deal but it would have had a lot of calories in it given the recipe below that i used.
nescafe
Hummus made with about 1 cup of chickpeas, soaked then cooked til i just about burnt them, 1/2 cup of stale tahini, about 1/2 cup of olive oil and juice of a lemon, plus some cumin.
ITs about the worst hummus i i’ve ever made and i am not totally sure what went wrong but because of the dynamics going on, its no wonder it went wrong. Even though i burnt the pan, the chickpeas weren’t burnt. Even though i put in so much tahini, it was still dryish and so on. Anyway it must have been a dud recipe and it was from the Weekend Australian, although i had to add the olive oil because it was too dry before that. God knows how it turns out when they make it.
Exercise:
weeding and walking about the garden from about 7am to 8.30am
cleaning caravan from 9.45 - 11.15 - I felt a bit worn out after that oddly.
more walking about the garden and such and work but not too heavy.
Because i am still quite off with my cold and cough i don’t think i will start regular exercise til next week. Also i still need to catch up on my trip.
I'm going to start reporting my sleeping hours. I am sure its utterly irrelevant to many readers but its tres meaingful to me.
Sleep
Get up 6am
Last night bed at 10pm
Nap today - none
KIMBERLEYS TRIP BELOW
________________________________________________________________
Date 21 May 2011 Saturday
A lot of eating events today as yesterday.
2am Arrival in Darwin Caffe latte
Finish breakfast food - 2 dim sims, rice, mandarine
4am: cafe latte
It was a long night. I got some uncomfortable sleep on the plane but when I tried to sleep at the airport wedged between some chairs sleep didn’t come. So I got up and leisuerly put my bike together.
I rode out in the dark about 4.30am. I rode at least 20 kms this morning in a futile search for a camping ground. The first place was no longer operational. The second place wanted $30 a night and I thought I might as well stay at a backpakcers in town in that case.
So I rode back to town with a plan to find a bed for the night, go to the market for breakfast and then head back out towards the airport where there was supposed to be a bike shop.
9.0am Breakfast at Parap Markets - good brekkie much to choose from
Raw paw paw and prawn salad - thai style with peanuts, sugar, lime and fish sauce dressing, Very yummy. From the cambodia stall. I had a picture of this but somehow i managed to wipe out the first week of my photos from my laptop.
Berry juice/smoothie medium size - boysenberries, cherries, cranberry juice, blackberries.
The markets were bustling. There were a lot of food stalls. I checked out what other people were eating and then chose my food with the aim to try to eat yummy but not ruin my diet. I think I did ok. The food was definitely yummy. See pictures.
I was able to leave my bike in the workers shed which wsa good since I didnt have a lock at that point. The woman there also told me to go to a bike shop in town and I didn’t regret it. It wasn’t the one I went to last year. This one was pretty low key and not fancy with gear all over the place. Brian was really helpful. He fitted my bike stand and sold me some bits I needed and didn’t charge too much as promised by the woman. I still need more bits though. And he told me to buy a shifting spanner for my truing needs instead of a truing tool. He said I shoudl get a chain whip (but that’s the wrong term i think). And showed me how to use it. He said I didn’t need new break pads.I spent $40 odd on bike stuff. Bugger its endless. But its stuff I think I have to have.
fruit snack: A mandarine
I had a quick look in a couple of galleries. Then I went to lunch
It was tempting walking past my old cake cafe from last trip. The display looked good as ever but I resisted
1pm: Lunch at Yum Cha restaurant, cavanagh st, Darwin - excellent
Quite a nice restaurant with a good number of diners, mostly chinese. I had
1 plate (3 pieces) stuffed deep fried tofu in a dark sauce, either musrooms or black bean - yum It was stuffed with a little bit of fish stuff. Wasn’t strong but it was yummy
1 plate steamed prawn dumplings (4 pieces) good but smallish with soy sauce
1 plate sticky rices stuffed with mixed meats and steamed in lotus leaves. (2 large servings - I brought one home) delicious except for one questionable piece of meat. Eaten with sweet soy and sweet chilli sauce
Pot of green tea
I just found out that breakfast is included in my hostel. This gets better all the time. So that’s great.
I tried and failed to have an afternoon catchup sleep. It was simply too hot.
After my failed sleep and chatting with the other girls in my room, I walked up the road to Woolies to do some shopping. I spent $113.74 on food for the trip and worry that i won't be able to fit everything on my bike. I seem to have an enormous amount of gear and now a ton of food. And of course my laptop and camera take up a lot of space and weigh a lot. Its going to be heavy work cycling.
For shopping, decided to buy some almonds and have 50g servings for lunch for my protein fix. With pita bread. They are a lot lighter than cans of tuna. I bought multivitamins, fairly expensive shampoo which I hope will be good. Everything here is a lot more expensive than at home. Oats cost $1.74 a kilo instead of $0.99. I bought a big jar of coffee and hopefully it will last the duration of the trip.
7pm: Dinner at the backpackers kitchen
Leftover sticky rice dish, steamed and sauteed broccoli and mushrooms which were very good to my surprise and tomato and a bread roll. So quite a big meal
1 lid ful of olive oil - maybe a tablespoon full even
1 clove garlic
A whole small head of broccoli, .lightly steamed
3 large mushrooms, sliced
Ground black pepper
Saute the garlic in the olive oil on a low heat, add the mushrooms and cook. When almost done, add the steamed broccoli and cook some more.
I probably ate a bit too much today, but at least I basically stuck to three meals. I should try not to get complacent but the thing is, I am feeling tempted and its better to eat more low cal food and get satisfied than resort to junk and over eat by a long shot.
Its just after 9pm and I am ready for bed. There’s music playing outside but its not bad. And the talk is ok too. If it stays like this I can live with it.
And you look SO skinny. I am mega jealous.