Almost at the half way point!
Hey guys!
So I have day three done and dusted and here's a run down of what I did and ate! :)
To begin, this morning I went for a 5km run with my boyfriend Tim. It was ssooooo hard to get up this morning and my body is stiff from the last 2 tough days of gyming but once I was up and going I felt much better!
Here's a little pic of us before our run (Tim not impressed at being hauled out of bed :P)
I enjoyed the run I have to say! We went a bit slower than we normally would but it was easier to run when you have someone with you to pace or talk to! :)
After my run I had some scrambled egg whites with spinach!
As nice as the eggs tasted I didn't find them very filling! I was quiet hungry again after, so in future I think I'll add some gluten free bread to make it a more substantial meal!
On my way to college I had my mid-morning snack which was a handful of blueberries. They were a really nice sweet boost but I could have done with more of them!
For lunch I forgot didn't have time to pack my stuffed mushroom for college!
So I went to the main restaurant in college for lunch.
They have a lot of really nice dinner options but they were roughly around 600 calories which I thought was too much for my lunch option so I went for a vegetable soup which was less than 100 calories and nicely filling! I had a green tea also with lemon and a canderel (I always use honey but they had no honey today :( )
From lunch I learnt I reaaally have to pay more attention to meal prepping and planning as it took a lot of will power to avoid all the nice, rich options in the restaurant!
In the evening I had a Pear for a snack as I was having an early dinner so didn't want to fill up too much!!
Today I decided to make my favourite diet recipe of allll time!!
It is **drum roll please**
Turkey burgers with feta and spinach!!
I have converted soooooo many people to these totally-delicious-can't-believe -there-not-bad-for-you burgers!!
They are very simple to make.
- Basically fry 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic in olive oil till translucent, add some fresh spinach and cook for further minute or until the spinach is wilted
- Put one packet of turkey mince (I use thigh mince as I find its a lot less dry!) into a bowl, add seasoning (lots!), 1 1/2 teaspoons of harissa paste (adds a kick), one egg, 2 table spoons of flour, approx 30g of feta and the spinach mix
- Using you hand's mix up all the ingredients squeezing between your fingers!
- Once there all mixed, start forming patty shapes out of the mice mix and coat with a little bit of flour!
- You can fry, roast or grill the burgers until there cooked all the way through!
I grilled my burgers in my George foreman grill and they were done in literally 15 minutes!
I also had some salad with beetroot, sunflower seeds, (more :P) feta, and balsamic vinegar and for my carbs for the day I had some sweet potato cumin chips!
I lovvvve harissa paste as it gives a gorgeous roasted/smoky warm kick without being insanely hot on your tongue!
I put it in my turkey burgers and it gives it an unreal flavour!
I also make a really nice dip/sauce with it by simply adding some harissa paste to some 0% fat unflavoured natural yoghurt!! Its so delicious and is totally healthy!
so here's my favourite healthy dinner in the world!!
I did another kettle bells class this evening and this one buuuuurned!!
We did, and I kid you not, 1100 squats in the 1 hour class!!
Our instructor Eammon is amazing! He makes the class interesting, dynamic, tough but you don't actually realise how much you've done till afterwards!
I felt amazing after it and can't wait for next Wednesday again!
So here's my last new top and sports bra that I bought!
Top: €3 (penney's finest ;))
Bra: €12.95 (H&M)
Here's a shameless selfie! ;)
Here's a picture I took during a water break in out kettle bell class!
Also as a warm up I did a pretty fast 15minutes on the cross trainer at level 11 so I've done altogether 40 minutes of hard cardio today that I'm pretty proud of! :)
After the gym I ate the yoghurt I was supposed to have for my afternoon snack and a light laughing cow triangle as I felt like something creamy!
So at , approximately , the halfway point the big question is : How do I actually feel?
Well to be honest the first two days were alright, I was peckish but could never say I starving! I also felt the gym sessions were okay as I wasn't too stiff
However.....
Today I felt drained! I was lacking a lot of energy and felt like crawling into bed all day! Getting out of bed was soooo tough this morning!
My body felt heavy and I was slightly less motivated to actually run :/
I will say though, after only 3 days I can see a noticeable change in my body. I have more defined muscles on my abs and arms and my legs feel super firm!
Hopefully the second half of my journey will be equally successful!
Goodnight folks!
xxx
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