I may be a day late, but it comes with more good news :) I had my first few hours of paid work today after waaaay over a year off, and it felt good. It was humble cleaning. Honestly, I loved it. I wanted to make that church sparkle and shine and hopefully, make people smile when they walk in tomorrow. My cleaner makes me smile after her 2 hours every 3 weeks. I hope my one off 3 hours is equally as impressive. I know that in the PC-ness of today, we reward all effort, but I was raised by the standard that if you do something, do it well, and with all you have. I applied that today. The only thing letting me down was a not quite fit enough body.
Now, cast your mind back to my last post. My make-over shop was last Thursday, and what an initially terrifying, but ultimately fun experience that was. Terrifying because I was going for a complete new style. Comfort zone- gone! What did amaze me was clothes that I would normally have ignored made me pop and look simply fantastic. I mean- WOW! However, dear readers, I can't reveal a thing just yet. The shop is not yet complete, and the big reveal shall be early in November. I can't wait to show off my fab new style :)
Friday was my second courtesy training session. I left a little deflated- my pain and inflexibility is frustrating. I do have to remind myself- I will get better and my strength will improve. Small steps can be the most difficult things to accept when you want results yesterday, but it didn't take me 5 minutes to end up in this mess, and it won't take 5 minutes to recover. But recover I will!
Now, onto hubby and me. We have been eating so much better overall. I haven't been keeping a detailed list of daily meals. Trust me- we have been quite good :) Have a look through the pics to get an idea of the types of foods we are eating...
Late lunch on Thursday- salt and pepper steak and salad with olive oil and lemon juice dressing.
Had to throw these in- a gift today from my sweet hubby :) He brought them along when he picked me up from the church. It was the nicest way to be greeted after a few solid hours of cleaning.
I finally found some reasonably priced zucchini's, so I can show you my high protein zucchini slice at long last. And just in time- we ran out yesterday. The ingredients are simple and the slice is easy to make. Start by grating 2 medium zucchinis and thinly slicing a quarter of a brown onion.
A refreshing afternoon drink: mineral water with a chunk of lemon squeezed in.
In a bowl, place 1/2 cup almond meal, 1/4 cup unbleached self raising flour, 1/4 cup coconut flour, 1 tablespoon of chia seeds and half a teaspoon each of salt and white pepper. Mix together.
To the flour, add 5 eggs and 1/2 cup olive oil. Beat together.
Mix in the grated zucchini and onion, add 1/2 cup grated cheese and mix well. Spread into an oiled, long baking dish and cook at 180 degrees celsius for around 35 mins. I had to cover mine for a further 10 mins to cook it thoroughly.
While that was in the oven, I grated some veg: zucchini, carrot and beetroot, ready for sandwich fillings, wraps and salads.
The finished slice, minus one piece. It was good! When cool, slice into 12 pieces. Can be stored in the fridge- covered, or frozen. perfect as a snack with pesto spread on top. It can last for days, if it isn't eaten first!
Dinner tonight was a simple rice noodle, beef stir fry. Since getting the magic bullet as a gift, my teen has been making herself daily smoothies, and I'm trying to keep the healthy eating up by making appealing, veg filled dinners.
This one fed 3- a hubby and 2 hungry teens. I grazed as I cooked, and had a plain veg stir fry for myself.
Slice 300gms of beef steak thinly. Fry in a pan and remove to a plate when cooked through. Add a little more olive oil and butter to the steak juices. Add chopped broccoli, onion, carrot and fry until just tender. Add soaked and drained rice noodles and steak again. Season with soy sauce and rice malt syrup.
That is your lot for today. I forgot to mention, that though my weight is barely below 65kg currently, I was able to wear some size 8, even one size 6 top! And my bottom half could manage mostly 10's, and only 1 size 12. I am one very, very happy girl. This healthy eating is paying off. Can't wait to show you the proof soon :)
Until next time, thanks for reading.
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