Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Today’s Noms

I actually got up  at 5:30am to attempt to ease myself back into fitness. At my peak I was doing an hour 5-6 days a week (1 cardio, 1 weights, 2 circuits, 1 yoga) but I have barely clocked up a whole hour in the past week! This morning was 30 mins – 10 min run, 10 min brisk walk, 10 min stretches and abs. Its difficult when you come home late, don’t get tired until after “bed-time” but want to get max sleep so you can concentrate on academia and work. But no excuses anymore – it should help me clear my head and get to sleep faster!

But onto the foods!!

Power breakfast!

Breakfast: Muffin and Egg – small but powerful!

Not ideal, but didn’t feel like oats. A “failure” muffin – carrots/bran/chia -  frozen then reheated became doughy and very edible (especially with natural peanut butter). Mini glass of Soy Milky. I also tried to boil an egg, but it came out runny... so I stuck it in the microwave, turned my back and when I came back the egg was gone!

Oopsie

Well... stuck to every wall of the microwave!! I made another… 

Some say egg yolk’s aren’t clean, but they seem pretty natural (and healthy) to  me. Sure, I’ll limit my intake, especially in pies/omelettes, but we don’t have egg beaters in Australia, and it would be such a waste to throw out every yolk!

 

 

Hello Elephant!Lunch: Beef n Black Bean and Brown Rice with Nori and sesame seed seasoning 

A co-worker's meat pie made me doubt my bento for a second, but once I digged in, I was happy. Did get hungry early - sugar in the jarred sauce? Peanut M&Ms were dancing in my head all afternoon – should have packed dessert. Drat. And then watermelon mid-afternoon, still CRAVING chocolate. Had a few cups of stevia sweetened tea.

Such messy bowls!Dinner: Teriyaki Salmon

At least the sauce is clean and the Salmon and veggies are fresh (and Australian!). The hokkein noodles, not so much. I like my Salmon skin-on but crispy, so I seared it in the wok, then added the sauce and brought to a boil.

The clean sauce was a marinade I turned into a sauce (see after the jump) Needs some adjusting – wayyy to salty! The boy didn’t finish his portion (extra noodles, mine was extra veg)

 

Clean Teriyaki Marinade (4 portions)
3/4 c low sodium soy sauce (I would make it 1/2 c and fill the rest with water)
2 Tbsp pure maple syrup or agave
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sesame oil (optional)

Mix and marinate meat for 30 min +. You can use the leftover as sauce, but make sure you boil it as much as possible to kill any bad bugs!

I also had to add a thickener – researching clean ones now, but I used cornflour. I used this for 2 salmon steaks + 2 cups veggies and 2 serves noodles.

So nothing stellar, but still on track to a clean lifestyle! When I am less busy (ha!) I will start putting recipes up.

Sugar + Clean Eating?

Now, I know some people say "sugar is sugar" but for me that's not always the case. I find refined sweets such as chocolate, lollies, ice-cream, cake, don't fill me up. Even worse, they usually make me want more food almost straight away. Either more sweets, or salty, when I crave more sweets, starting the vicious cycle that ends in chocolate dipped in peanut butter... Shame... But I have found If I feel like eating say blueberries or an apple, as long as I have eaten enough that day I rarely feel like shoving cake down my pie-hole.

Alcohol does the same for me - I lose my ability to detect when I am really full and worse, when I am "stuffed" so I can eat and eat (and drink and drink). So I am cutting alcohol right back, and only having it on special occasions and limiting the amount I drink. So weddings, birthdays and graduations, probably some nice wine, maybe a spritzer to spread it out and avoiding Muscato or Baileys - another sweet trigger food.

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PS. Check out my bananas! These were the only two non-smushed ones. I usually eat half a banana with my meals, so the small one is almost the right size, whereas the big one will do me for, probably three meals. Now I get it, Rachel Zoe.

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