New beginnings, new journey

Got home just before 6pm, was a looooong day today. Starting work at 9am tomorrow, think I'm working through till 7pm or later. Didn't go out for dinner tonight, we've decided to save money and be unsocial until after we've come back from our weekend away, to save money. So dinner tonight was instead a piece of fish baked in a wholemeal crumb and Greek salad- finished the day on a 882cal deficit.


Tomorrows plan

Breakfast: Baked oatmeal (will be interesting, ran out of applesauce so threw frozen berries in instead... it's PURPLE!)

Snack: 200g Vanilla Pot Set Yoghurt with 50g frozen berries

Snack: Homemade banana bread

Lunch: 2 wholemeal grain sandwiches with ham and salad

Snack: 2 wholegrain and seed crackers with a slice of cheese

Dinner: 4 slices tomato pesto pizza (finishing late so this is my quick fix)


Exercise tomorrow is going to be the first day of c25k... haven't really figured out where I'm going yet though, don't know this area too well! Should finish the day with around an 887cal deficit.


Looking forward to the weekend too, got the whole thing off with my husband. So excited, that never happens!! Going to get the house properly clean and sorted, I think I'll do some baking and cooking too. Got my exercise sorted for the rest of the week too so I know I definitely won't skip any more days!
 
Hey Lucy


I just finished reading your diary or I should say catching up with your diary...you are doing so great! I read that you do your own protein bars....would you mind sharing the recepie (can't spell that word to save my life) Keep it up and I am sure you will get to 68KG in no time!
 
Hey Verob, of course I won't mind sharing the recipe! Everyone I know is soooo addicted to these, they taste sooo good!! (Only catch is you need to keep them in the freezer, they go really soft after being out for about an hour)


Ingredients:

1 ripe banana

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 1/2 cups oats

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup raisins (or date chunks, cranberries, craisins, dried cherries/mangoes/apricots/etc. Any dried fruit will work)

1/2 cup maple syrup

1/2 cup peanut butter (or any nut butter, i.e. almond, pecan, cashew)

1 tsp vanilla extract


Optional Ingredients:

4 scoops protein powder

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (YUM)

2 tablespoons flax seeds

2 tablespoons chia seeds

1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon


Mash the banana with a fork, then combine all ingredients together in a bowl. Press into a lined square baking dish and pop into the freezer. Let it harden for several hours then cut! I usually make 12 bars, the stats are: 291cals, 14g fat, 29g carb, 11g protein, 2g fiber.
 
Originally Posted by luzdafuzz


Hey Verob, of course I won't mind sharing the recipe! Everyone I know is soooo addicted to these, they taste sooo good!! (Only catch is you need to keep them in the freezer, they go really soft after being out for about an hour)



Ingredients:

1 ripe banana

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 1/2 cups oats

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup raisins (or date chunks, cranberries, craisins, dried cherries/mangoes/apricots/etc. Any dried fruit will work)

1/2 cup maple syrup

1/2 cup peanut butter (or any nut butter, i.e. almond, pecan, cashew)

1 tsp vanilla extract



Optional Ingredients:

4 scoops protein powder

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (YUM)

2 tablespoons flax seeds

2 tablespoons chia seeds

1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon



Mash the banana with a fork, then combine all ingredients together in a bowl. Press into a lined square baking dish and pop into the freezer. Let it harden for several hours then cut! I usually make 12 bars, the stats are: 291cals, 14g fat, 29g carb, 11g protein, 2g fiber.
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OMG UNREAL. I am sooooooooo making the protein bars this weekend:)


Thanks for sharing girlyxoxo
 
I always make mine with protein powder, cinnamon and sultanas... only ever put in the chia and flax if I have it on hand. The cocoa powder in them is SOOO good, I have a friend who makes them with cocoa and craisins and she thinks it comes out tasting a bit like a cherry ripe!


Make sure you use pure maple syrup, not maple FLAVOURED syrup... the idea is to use a natural sweetener. Maple syrup is full of antioxidants and supposed to have heaps of other health benefits. Coconut oil you might need to get from a health food store, I've only ever seen it in a supermarket once when I was in the city and it was in a snobby area, haha! I just realised I'd probably have to buy it online up here!


Just come back from week 1 workout 1 c25k, lol think I'll have to run an hour earlier... school kids and tradesmen/miners going to work EVERYWHERE! I don't mind running in public but it was a bit much! Thought I did pretty well though! Just need to sort a better running route out.
 
Oh and a side-note- I got some things I ordered online today including some kelp noodles- they look like stir fry noodles but an entire 340g has only 18 calories!
 
What a loooong day at work, worked 9am-7:30pm and there was just so much drama, a couple of the managers walked out, there was stuff EVERYWHERE. Finished with approx 900cal deficit today.

I'm starting work at 9am tomorrow and will be working till at least 5pm, not sure when I'll actually finish though. And then, weekend off!! I'm so excited!


Tomorrows plan:

Breakfast: Baked oatmeal

Snack: 200g vanilla pot set yogurt

Snack: Homemade banana bread

Lunch: 2 wholemeal grain sandwiches with salami and salad

Snack: Light cheese with crackers

Dinner: Wholemeal crumbed baked fish, salad greens, and a whole bottle of light champagne


Exercise is 30 mins strength training and a 30 minute walk.
 
Originally Posted by luzdafuzz


I always make mine with protein powder, cinnamon and sultanas... only ever put in the chia and flax if I have it on hand. The cocoa powder in them is SOOO good, I have a friend who makes them with cocoa and craisins and she thinks it comes out tasting a bit like a cherry ripe!



Make sure you use pure maple syrup, not maple FLAVOURED syrup... the idea is to use a natural sweetener. Maple syrup is full of antioxidants and supposed to have heaps of other health benefits. Coconut oil you might need to get from a health food store, I've only ever seen it in a supermarket once when I was in the city and it was in a snobby area, haha! I just realised I'd probably have to buy it online up here!



Just come back from week 1 workout 1 c25k, lol think I'll have to run an hour earlier... school kids and tradesmen/miners going to work EVERYWHERE! I don't mind running in public but it was a bit much! Thought I did pretty well though! Just need to sort a better running route out.
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I come from Canada plenty of maple sirup around here...I never actually had the `fake stuff` !! I wil make a batch on the weekend I think they would make a great breakfast for me since I am always in a rush! I will let you know how that went next monday!


You have really long hours at work...how do you fit your work out in???
 
AHeya hun.

:hurray: :hurray: :hurray: YAY C25K ROCKS!!!! :hurray: :hurray: :hurray:

We can did it alongside each other (well, i can try lol)

Hope you have a lovely weekend sweetie.

Xx
 
Catching up on your diary, you're doing so great girl! Those bars sound amazing, once money get settled down, I might have to give that a try. I'm not a fan of coconut though, do you know if there is another oil you can use or if that's needed? I can just leave the actual coconut out, but I'm wondering about the oil.


Your work days sound nuts! I work until 7 two nights a week also, but I don't start until noon on those days! lol Good for you for working so hard and still fitting in time to work out and stick to your diet!!!
 
Hey Verob!! I really hope you like the recipe as much as I do!! As for finding time to work out, I just make sure I get up early enough and do it before work... Unfortunately I think I'm getting put in a department soon that requires all earlies, so I'm not sure how determined I'll be AFTER work. Guess I'll have to see!!


Mizzie- you really need the coconut oil, it helps solidify the bars. Coconut oil goes solid below 22 degrees celcius, it's one of the reasons the bars need freezing. I'm sure if you leave out the actual coconut you probably won't taste much of the oil at all as there are so many other flavours going on in it!


I had the worst sleep EVER last night! I waited up till almost 10pm for my husband to let me know to pick him up from work, but there was a bit of drama and he had to stay and the boss was going to drop him home. I kind of started falling asleep when he rings me at 11pm to let him in- I'd taken his car keys which had his house keys on them, grrr. I went straight back to bed but he stayed up for half an hour and I couldn't really get to sleep. Argh then at 3am he had a phone call saying that a fridge at work was above temp and could he check it out (if it gets above temperature it sets off a remote alarm in some office in Sydney) He decided after what happened last night he'd just go to work and stay there, so then he spent an hour showering and knocking things over in the bedroom. To say I'm tired right now would be the under statement of the year!! Just reminding myself, weekend off....
 
Some bad news... after I posted yesterday I got up and went to exercise... then I REMEMBERED why I stopped running in these shoes. Have the worst pain over the tops of my feet and the front of my shins!! Going to have to stop running until I can buy some new shoes, and don't think I'm going anywhere with a decent shoe shop until January!! Hoping maybe there'll be a place I can get some from when I go away next month but I don't think it's likely! Kind of half hobbled through my walk today... argh!

Caught up on sleep last night, dozed off at around 8pm and woke up at about 6.30am. Feel much better today, yesterday morning I barely made it through possibly the worst workout I've ever done (but I still did it!) and work just dragged on forever, even though it was a fairly short day. Still finished on around 850cal deficit yesterday.

I'm up to my days off now, YAY! Been invited over to someone's house from work tomorrow night, she has a stone pizza oven and her husband is making us pizza. I'm excited!!!!!!! He makes his own bases and everything!!!


Todays Plan

Breakfast: Baked oatmeal

Snack: Homemade banana bread

Lunch: Wholemeal grain sandwich with cheese and salad

Snack: Light cheese and crackers

Dinner: Homemade Singapore noodles (but I'm using my virtually calorie-free kelp noodles, I'll let you know how they taste!)


Exercise was just a 30min walk. Super pissed off I can't do c25k- maybe I can get some shoes online? I'll have a poke around the net later I think...


One last thing.... It's only just finishing the first month of spring, and yesterday the temperature got up to 37c!! (That's 98.6F) I can tell you I'm NOT looking forward to summer in this place!
 
Ate kind of badly today. I actually have to tell myself that so I know it's true, because my body thinks I ate REALLY badly from how I feel right now. I was craving sugar badly and scarfed down 4 mini muffin bars, then made my noodles and pretty much inhaled the first few mouthfuls then started feeling a bit sick... then finished them anyway. I feel right now how I used to after eating a whole pizza and half a tub of icecream! I've still got a 300 cal deficit for the day too. Funny how changing your eating habits changes your body and how you think about food!


Blah. Boo me!
 
Originally Posted by luzdafuzz


Ate kind of badly today. I actually have to tell myself that so I know it's true, because my body thinks I ate REALLY badly from how I feel right now. I was craving sugar badly and scarfed down 4 mini muffin bars, then made my noodles and pretty much inhaled the first few mouthfuls then started feeling a bit sick... then finished them anyway. I feel right now how I used to after eating a whole pizza and half a tub of icecream! I've still got a 300 cal deficit for the day too. Funny how changing your eating habits changes your body and how you think about food!



Blah. Boo me!
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Ah so what, tomorrow is always another day!!!


Those muffin bars sound yummy tho:D:D


Im going to make the protein bars next week:) I will let you know how i get on with them:D xx
 
Yay, another day off! I always sleep so much better when I know I don't have work!



Todays Plan

Breakfast: Homemade protein bar

Snack: 200g vanilla pot set yogurt

Snack: Homemade banana bread

Lunch: Wholemeal grain sandwich with cheese and salad

Snack: Light cheese and crackers

Dinner: Homemade pizza at a friends house- Only 2-3 pieces



Exercise is 30 mins of strength training, and a 30 min walk.
 
AThank you soooo much for my program I will probably hate you when i have tried it lol but i am so gratful and really looking forward to trying it.

Hope you are having a lovely relaxing weekend with you fella and not melting too much in the heat.
 
First 2 weeks will be a bit killer, but by the end of the third week you'll be craving the burn! Good luck with it!! :biggrinjester:
 
Just got back from dinner! I have to say I was really worried going there, just because well, pizza isn't exactly associated with health food... and I'm so close to my weigh in day. But I'd been so good all day to save calories for tonight, that I ended up being really hungry by the time I got there. And when I did get there, there was a couple of platters of cheese, crackers, dip, salamis, carrots and celery... I'm proud to say I ate mostly celery with a few sticks of carrot in there, and when I was offered a drink and everyone else was having beer I had a diet pepsi... Then when they were making the pizzas and I asked for mine without meat and loaded with vegies. And when it finally came to eating them I was full of celery and could only eat 2 pieces anyway, ha! She'd also made a huge iced chocolate cake which I politely turned down. I think I did really well!! Ended with around an 850cal deficit for the day.


Tomorrow I'm starting work at 9am, and we have a house price evaluation tomorrow. So I'm getting up early and doing a final cleaning sweep of the house before work (we spent all weekend getting the place tidy cuz we have a rent inspection Thurs as well).


Tomorrows Plan

Breakfast: Homemade protein bar

Snack: Homemade banana bread

Lunch: 2 wholemeal grain sandwiches with cheese and vegemite (no salad- AGAIN)

Snack: 2 wholegrain and seed crackers with pastrami (is meat on crackers a bit weird?)

Dinner: Roast chicken breast and Greek salad


Exercise is just a 30min walk before work. Weigh day on Tue!!! Going to push for perfection tomorrow!!
 
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! <--------- (Big screech of excitement)


My Vitamix came today!!!! I'm so excited!!!! It came with a heap of recipes too- I really just bought it to make instant soups and healthy ice-creams but it makes me want to try everything!!!!! Here's all the stuff it can do- http://www.vitamixaustralia.com.au/video-demonstration-capabilities.html


Will have to wait till I have a day off to play with it properly though, I've got a long work week this week and probably won't have time. Boo! Have to keep the house spotless until rent inspection on Thurs anyway. Don't know how fussy the real estate company is going to be, but I think we did a good job cleaning!


Hope everyone has an awesome day, I'll probably be back tonight to browse diaries... I'm off to work now (yay for me....!)
 
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