Super juice part 2 + cleanse plans

I've been juicing again, I think I'm addicted. MANGO, RED GRAPES, RASPBERRIES, PINK LADY APPLES, PLUMS...went for red fruit this time round (I know, mango isn't red inside but it was red on the outside lol). Once again, full of vitamins and nutritious for the whole family. I've been thinking about going on a cleanse after my holiday and I think this combo and my green juice should do the trick. Might try 10 days, hopefully i'll be able to keep up with my workouts and stay energised. Try this combo and let me know what you think. Seeeeee, i recycled my bottles and put some labels on this time round. They're the same ones from the green juice production. Super juice!! Have a great week xx

Super Juice!!

SPINACH, WHITE GRAPES, KIWI FRUIT, GRANNY SMITH APPLES: Don't judge the bottles, I'm recycling and helping conserve our planet and I didn't drink all the wine beforehand loool ...I've fallen head over heels for my juicer, I've been juicing everything!!! My fruit intake is terrible and I can't eat apples as they make me sick so this is the easiest and tastiest way for me to get those important extra nutrients into my body. Also a great thirst quencher after a workout 💪💪 and I can take it with me on roadtrips as part of my snack. Try it out and let me know what you think

Squash and turkey mince pasta bake

Just cooked a yummy healthy pasta dish that I thought I should share with everyone as its sooooooo delish and easy to make. My recipe makes enough to feed 8 eeeeeeek! But just take as much as you need to eat and freeze the rest in portions.

1 medium squash
500g wholewheat fusilli pasta
400g turkey mince
1 pack mushrooms sliced in half
5 tomatoes chopped
2 courgettes
3 cloves garlic
Salt and pepper to taste

Peel your squash. Chop in half and remove seeds with a spoon. Cut into cubes and boil till soft and mash. Set aside.

Cook the fusilli as instructed on pack and drain.

Brown the turkey mince then add garlic, courgettes, mushrooms and tomatoes. Stir everything gently together and place in an ovenproof dish. Mix the pasta into the mince sauce and layer mashed squash on top. You can add a little cottage cheese too if you want, I just decided not to.

Bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.

Serve and enjoy!!

Xxxx

Portion control and target weight

Eating healthy is pretty easy if you know how to cook. I've always been interested in cooking, baking etc. The problem is knowing how much to cook, especially if you're used to cooking large meals for your family all the time, it must be an African thing, ha!! The weather doesn't help either to be honest. But, I've soldiered on and decided to cut down the portions for everyone and just cook healthy foods but make them yummy at the same time.

I've given myself a target weight as well just to have something to focus on and keep me motivated till my birthday which is in summer. So my new body will be a birthday gift to myself (though a pair Louboutins wouldn't hurt either 😜)

So here is a basic example of the types of meals I'll be eating from now onwards. I was going to start in April but I'm an impatient little bugger lol.

I also had liquids only for breakfast. To be honest, I just didn't feel like sitting there chewing. So protein shake + 1/2 avocado, herbal tea and homemade orange & mango juice it was. That kept me going through my morning workouts and a little past lunchtime. Then I had banana with the other 1/2 of the avocado topped with some strawberry yogurt for lunch.

Dinner was so simple but soooo yummy. This was also my post workout meal after kettlercise: Grilled pork, with asparagus and tomatoes + half a slice of wholemeal toast. Fancy water, featuring blood oranges, I'm a lil vampire lol 😂 Cutting down my portions even more. 125lbs/55kg is the target and I'm currently 131/59.6kg😩...summer is gonna loooove me though!!😜

Have a great week and stay positive xxx

Healthy dessert option

It's been about 7 weeks since I started eating and cooking healthier. I've posted up some meals etc and given loads of ideas on Instagram (lilcherub3...follow me 😊) showing what I eat for my pre and post workout meals or dinner. But, I was struggling to come up with dessert recipes that were healthy and to my taste.

I don't like strawberry or chocolate flavoured foods e.g. Ice cream, protein shakes etc. I just can't stand the idea of something begging to taste like the original thing. Like, if its strawberry, let's have some damn strawberries in there or something but don't con me with some fake flavour lol!!

Vanilla is the only flavour I will tolerate. I believe it's the original flavour, the basis of most flavours you know, GO VANILLA!!! So I decided to make some ice cream using my new Vanilla whey protein shake powder. It's pretty easy and tastes yummy, here you go:

1 large ripe avocado
2 ripe bananas
2 scoops vanilla whey protein
100ml Alpro vanilla milk

Blend everything till smooth and freeze in a suitable container.

Thank me later and enjoy!! Xx

Bootcamp is over :( but....

I started this blog when I started going to bootcamp 6 weeks ago. I'm definitely stronger, fitter, faster and best of all slimmer (woooohoooo!!). I thoroughly enjoyed the experience 100%. I've never wanted to succeed so badly, I was kind of racing against myself for those 6 weeks. Sounds crazy but that was exactly what was going through my mind the whole time and, I won lol!!

My whole perception of working out has changed. My mind is in beast mode and I constantly want to push just that little bit more to see what I can do. My weights have gone up at the gym too with regards to kettlercise (gone from 5kg-9kg) and I also do a mini weightlifting set that began at 5kg but I'm now using up to 20kg weights. It's progress all the way from here on out.

All you need is to make a decision, use your mind to control and strengthen your body. You can do it, you just need to take baby steps and keep going.

I've decided to sign up for another 6 weeks of bootcamp as I find it beneficial and wort the hard work.

Here are some pictures of the results I've seen so far and also some of the equipment I use in my workouts. More to come and hope everyone has a great week :)