You reap what you sow. This is something I've always known. It wasn't until I was a much older child, okay, I mean ADULT, that I fully understood this metaphor. But now I do understand it and at the end of the day, I don't like what I've sewn. I haven't had much money for the gym, but that isn't really much of an excuse for my laziness. I haven't blogged in almost a month and on top of that, its been much longer since I've done any physical exercise. I can feel it as I walk and my thighs clash together like two massive 18 wheelers with drunk drivers at the helm. Its awful. I'm sure the gap between my legs has closed and it is all due to my own lack of structure and motivation.
I've started my job this week. With that will mean structure and with structure comes accountability. So first step, is finding time to run. So 5 am it is.....okay, who am I kidding? Day one and I've pushed back my time to run to 5:30. So getting my fat ass out of bed is the chore for the day.
But on top of that, clean eating. I mean, I have been wanting to do it (hence the blog) and I haven't really applied it. So here is my meal plan for the week:
Breakfast: (6:30 or within one hour of waking up)
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| SOOOO good. Like my mug? It was a gift! Thanks FRAN! xo |
An absolute favorite of mine:
Blueberries
1 scoop of choc protein powder
Oatmeal
Greek Yogurt
Mix together in the blender to create such an awesomely healthy breakfast. AND so yummy and tastey. Of course the blueberries can be substituted with any fruit and once strawberries are back in season, I will be mixing those in. Also, I will give mango a try.
9;30 am: I was pretty poor on this today and only had a banana and some nuts
12:00- mocha with full cream.
12:30 I had my premade lunch of chicken salad (No dressing, but you can have EVOO, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, if you choose and some vinegar) My salad was as green as one could get with green peppers, olives and cucumbers.
3:30 - cookies and cream protein shake and a bit more of my nuts. I also pulled out my raw veggies and had some carrots, celery, and green peppers.
When I got home, we didn't eat until about 7:30-8:00, but it was Honey Chicken pictured below. Receipe isn't as clean as one would like, but it is oh so good. Leave out the sugar if you'd like to try this. It is a bit sweet.
I did also have two pieces of chocolate and one piece of kit kat right after I got home from work. I will need to work on getting this chocolate out of my system. Its amazing to me; 27 years of not eating chocolate and with a small introduction I am hooked two years later. I am working to wean myself from chocolate ASAP.
I do enjoy my mocha's though, so won't be giving those up too quickly.
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| Tim made dinner and it was absolutely amazing! The recipe doesn't have any veggies, but we added Pok Choy |
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Cook time
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 3 eggs
- salt and pepper
- ¼ cup canola oil
- Sauce:
- ¾ cup honey
- ¾ cup soy sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 t sesame oil
- 1 t minced garlic
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper.
- In separate bowls, place cornstarch and slightly beaten eggs. Dip chicken into cornstarch then coat in egg mixture. I have also found that you can put the chicken pieces in a gallon size bag and shake to coat.
- Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook chicken until browned. Place the chicken in a 9 x 13 greased baking dish.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil and minced garlic. Pour over chicken and bake for 1 hour.
- I stirred the chicken every 15 minutes so that it coated them in the sauce.
We didn't bake it either, just cooked the whole meal in the wok. Tasted amazing and didn't take as long to finish cooking. Perfect quick Monday night meal.
So, for the rest of this week. My meals look the same except for dinner. We have salmon and rice, chicken and cous cous and steak lined up. This weekend we're camping at Brooyar, so I will be one of those people who work hard during the week and forgets that the weekend are days too. But I'll be back to my meal plan next week and I'll get you some great recipes.
Ps, if you have any awesome recipes to post let me know! I'd like to try them!
xoxo
