Food shopping the healthy way!

In my house hold Sunday is food shop day! I remember when I first moved out of my parents house, food shopping was a hassle and the things I came home with were beyond shameful..

But hay ho we all learn and here I am nearly three years later I have learnt from my mistakes and have a shopping layout that helps me keep in budget as well as come home with healthy yummy food!

Dan rewarded my awesome shopping skills with a yummy soy ice latte, plus a little snack from our shopping endeavours. Realised that my mid morning snack was 100% Vegan, starting to consider a vegan month??..

So here are a few things from my shopping today so excited to try them out! But first a few tips on how to get the most out of your foodie day.

Foodie Tips!

• Make a list- I love this part! Each Saturday in my free time I goggle and put together a list of what I wanna make for the following week. I break it down into Dinners, Lunches, Breaky and snacks/cooking items. This helps you to stick to a guide of what you want and above all a budget! Every time I forget to do this list I manage to go over budget...

• Don't shop on an empty stomach- Whenever I do I'm crabby and all I want is bad food! It's plain and simple eat before you go.

• Take your time- Enjoy food shopping, once you find a love for food you'll put more care into what you eat. Have fun with it!

• Key healthy foods to stock up on!

-Fruits-I get frozen seems I get more for my money and their great for smoothies.

-Veggies- Great for lunches during the week. 

-Eggs- This is the best thing to stock up on, I have egg white omelette's for breaky and then I hard boil them for salads, the chooses are endless!

-Nuts- Great sprinkled on yogurt, I always get hazelnuts I absolutely love them.

-Portion size snacks- I always get a few chooses to keep things interesting during the week.

My weight loss progress!

Hey guys so originally I was gonna take photos of my progress but I've decided now that I wanna save that until the end of my Bikini Challenge. So instead I decided to share with you guys my measurements! I've decided to do it every second Sunday so today is my first ever progress day scary... Na it's not that scary really more exciting seems I did in fact make progress! Check it out.

7th of April Starting point-

• Waist 31 inches
• Hips 39 inches
• Thighs 24 inches
• Upper arm 12 inches

21st of April first measurement!-

• Waist 28.5 inches
• Hips 37.5 inches
• Thighs 22.6 inches
• Upper arms 11 inches  

I'm so thrilled with my progress! Nice to know this way of life is paying off cant wait to see my progress on the 5th! hehe



Amen!

 

Roasted peaches and cream

Mmmmmmm sounds good doesn't it? This was my dessert tonight and god was it yummy. It's simple easy to make and above all healthy and low in fat!

Recipe-

• 1 peach
• 5 hazelnuts roasted and chopped
• 2 Tbsp of non fat greek yogurt
• a few drops of vanilla
• a few drops of honey
• pinch of cinnamon

Cut an X on the bottom of the peach and blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes. Then remove the skin and preheat the oven to 200c. Next place the peach in a baking tray and pour abit of the blanching juice in the bottom of the ramekin. Sprinkle the cinnamon on the top and bake for 20 minutes. While baking mix greek yogurt and vanilla together. Then merely assemble as seen above and enjoy! It was so addictive I'm sad to say I licked the bowl clean, but seems its healthy no guilt for meeee!

How to get motivated for a workout!

So I'm usually pretty good at getting up and working out but like any normal human being my motivation does slack from time to time. There are heaps of scenarios that can lead to this but here's one I had last night.

I'm not a huge drinker but last night I gave into one of my friends and agreed to go out clubbing. In my own little world I like to think that all the dancing I did cancelled out the amount of alcohol I drank, a girl can dream right? After an awesome night out I arrived home at around 3 and crashed unaware of what would face me the morning after. Luckily for me I know my limits so no ugly hangover greeted me when I woke, I did however have the annoying problem of  not wanting to step a foot out of bed!

Now here's where the helpful tips I use come in handy!

• Roll with the motions- For me this involved preparing a healthy breaky. No thoughts of the workout merely getting your head in the right mind set.
• Dress to impress!- When you wake up have your gym gear ready and waiting, having it stare and judge you from the corner is more then enough to more your butt.
• Gogggggle- The Internet is full of motivation, click onto Health section of Pinterest, surf for 10 minutes and I promise you you'll find that little kick to get you moving.
• Just think 'The end result far out weighs the pain'' keep going your future self will thank you!

And I'm proud to say I did do my workout and for the rest of the day I felt great! Sore but great!

Before

After 

Don't worry though I was all smiles after my workout! 

Healthy Bites

Here are a few healthy snippets from my week!

For breakfast I had some warm oatmeal with some bananas, strawberries and peanut butter, great for a chilly morning.

My new obsession is turkey bacon! It's a bit pricey but as an extra healthy protein it's worth it! My lunch was an egg and bacon open sandwich with cooked tomatoes and broccoli, great power packed lunch.

Now my partner is obsessed with mexican fajitas boxes and I love them too, but not so much the hefty calorie intake from the tortillas! So with that in mind I opted for lettuce instead. I thought it would be plain in comparison but it actually tasted really good! Defiantly a great healthy option!

Ice Coffee and PB2 Chocolate!

So today I started 30 day shred level 2 and ow my word was I in pain! I went in thinking 'ow yea might be a bit hard but I can do it'.... Yea so not what happened! if I could sum it up in one word it would be pain, just pain. But after the 30 minutes of torture I realised that that's a good thing! Level two was a breeze compared to this yet I got results so I can only imagine what level two will bring!

The best part of my morning was right after my workout there was a knot at the door and low and behold there was a delivery for me, my PB2 Chocolate arrived 2 days early! I saw this as a reward for my hard work hehe. Loving the spread by the way! Its chocolate peanut spread for only 45 cals whats there not to love!

Also this week I tried my hand at ice coffee with almond milk! Just brewed some coffee and poured it into ice cub trays then poured the milk over the frozen cubs. It was great and had an awesome kick!

30 Day Shred Level 1 Complete!

I've finally reached my first mile stone in this intense workout and I feel great! I thought I would find it hard to do the same workout every single day but instead I found myself bouncing out of bed to get my workout started! After a lot of research I prepared myself to feel sore and tired but was surprised that though I did feel stiff throughout  the day the morning after was not as painful as I would of thought. And for those of you who are thinking 'well yea duh that's because you didn't work hard enough!' I worked my butt off everyday day and I have the sweat to prove it! hehe Just think that the stretching after my workout played a big part.

Now for those of you who are thinking of doing this awesome workout but are a little put off by the intense dedication required, I say if you want results after even the first 10 days that you can see then what you got to loose! I found that the biggest change was my hips and thighs slimming down and best part that little pouch on your tummy that every girl hates! Well mine is getting smaller and smaller and is practically nearly gone!

If you want to get the most out of your workout here are a few things too keep in mind.

So give it a go! Trust me if you put the work in you'll be amazed at the changes you see!