Day 55 - Walking on Sunshine!

 

It felt SO good getting these clothes back on! I haven't been on a power walk for a good few weeks due to my broken toe, but tonight I went for it! And it wasn't too bad. There was a slight ache on some steps, but I'd say 90% of the walk was perfect! I'm going to attempt another walk in two days, and hopefully add some jogging into it as well! :)

The walk wasn't a long one, as I wasn't sure how my toe would hold up, but I am so glad the 'first' walk is now done! My next walk will be back to the normal 3 miles, and hopefully a little jogging! I can't believe I am looking forward to jogging... how strange.

:)

Once we returned from the walk, we then cooked up a feast! We shared a large sweet potato, is it just me or do you reach for the largest sweet potato in sight when shopping?! I don't get why I do, I must feel it is better value for money, even though you pay for the weight! So yeah, we cooked sweet potato and made a chilli to go with it.

IT WAS GORGEOUS! The tastiest tea I have had in a while. Below are our ingredients, incase you are thinking of replicating...(trust me, it's easy)

1 x Pepper

7/8 x Mushrooms

1 x Onion

400g Extra Lean Mince

1 x Carton of Passatta

1 x tbsp of Hot Chilli Powder

1 x tbsp Basil

1 x Clove of Garlic

The receipe is so SO simple, you basically;

• Chop up veg
• Cook mince
• Add veg once mince is almost cooked
• Then add herbs and spices
• After five minutes then add passatta
• Chilli will be ready in another 15/20 mins!

Personally I would add kidney beans, however the otherhalf doesn't like them. How rude?! Our cooking is very 'throw it together and see how it comes out', so you can make any changes to the ingredients above and I am sure it would taste just as good! Let me know if any of you try it out.

And for pudding...

Delicious!

Although it didn't taste as good as it does when on holiday... funny that. It got me thinking about holidays and how much I would love to be laying on a sun lounger, next to a pool in the glorious sunshine. Oh how I would love to be there! I haven't been on a 'sun' holiday in almost two years, and won't be going on another until atleast our honeymoon... in ten months! What about you guys? Will you be sunning it this year, or taking an alternative holiday? Last year we went to Boston and New York, and would love to return one year. As much as I love a chilled holiday by the pool, that holiday won hands down, I would recommend anyone to visit those cities!

*Ahhh...reminiscing*

Ellie x

Day 54 - A Good Day!

Well guys, you know that wagon we all get on at some point in our life? The one that is so damn bumpy you could blink and fall off it? Well, I'm on it! And am holding on for dear life and not wanting to come off!

I am feeling SO motivated, and want to succeed! This is a good day :)

The fridge is stocked with food supplies for the week. I barely bought any cupboard items, the majority was all fresh food, which makes me feel even better about myself! Having the tools to succeed is very important, otherwise it is setting yourself up for failure. Well in my case anyway!

Food Diary -

Breakfast - Special K with semi-skimmed milk
Lunch - Salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing
Dinner - Pork and Sweet Chilli Sausage with new potatoes, peas and sweetcorn
Snacks - Red grapes, sweet and sour noodle mugshot

I didn't get chance to exercise today as I had to make another doctors visit about my heart palpitations. Basically it has been confirmed they are down to my anxiety and stress I have been suffering with recently. It's something I hate to talk about, so am going to leave that here for now, but I am working on it, and will beat it!

So yeah, exercise, I will be going in a 3 mile walk tomorrow. The usual route whitmch I haven't done in almost a month due to my broken toe. I am going to try and jog some of it, but don't want to do any damage when I think it almost healed.

I do still plan on starting insanity soon, but don't think it would be wise for me to do insanity as my first workout in almost a month. Talk about killer!!! So I plan on starting it by the end of the week, early next week, all being well with my walk/jog tomorrow!

Hope you guys are all well, and feeling super super motivated today!
Ellie x

Day 53 - How Sunday's Should Be

Talk about perfect!

The morning spent catching up on tv shows I'd recorded (the majority being repeats of One Tree Hill...yes I'm slow to get on the band wagon!) followed by an evening with my family and Dan reading the papers and generally just relaxing!

The diet is BACK ON properly as of today, and so last night decided to indulge in one last treat... I know I really shouldn't of but could you refuse this?

Thought not.

:)

Day 52 - A&E Visit

Well yesterday didn't turn out as expected!

All day Friday I had been suffering with strong heart palpatations and shortness of breath, and so when I woke up yesterday morning still feeling the same, I phoned the doctor to see what he would advise. I'd never suffered with heart palpatations for this length of time before, and so thought it best to get it checked out.

The doctor advised me to go to A&E have an ECG test to see if there were any problems. Luckily after the ECG test, and various blood pressure tests, I was advised nothing was showing on the tests, and that it was more than likely down to working myself up too much. I had had a very stressful week, and so think this played a strong part in me feeling that way.

The doctor advised me to take it slow over the next couple of days, so that is what I shall do. Having heart palpatations is a horrible feeling, and I feel for anyone who suffers with them regularly. I still have them at the moment, but they are nowhere near as strong as they were. Not the way I wanted to spend my Saturday!

So, that is why there was no weigh in blogpost yesterday. I spent my day with the family, and went for a stroll down to a local village fayre where we played tombola, and chatted with people we hadn't seen in a long time. It was the distraction I needed.

Because of this, the last few days, I've not really concentrated on what I was eating or even thinking about if it was good or bad for me. But that changes now. The diet is back on, and properly. I have just ordered our groceries online, to stop me from impulse buying and going down that dreaded chocolate and sweets isle... and I have made sure to order plently of fruit and vegetables.

Today I will mostly be catching up on some TV programmes, and going to a BBQ at my parents. More distractions!!

Hope you are all having a good weekend!

Ellie x

Day 51 - Week 7 Weigh In

Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday. It was quite the manic day, all will be explained in my next post!

Weight and measurements wise there were no changes. I'm not surprised after my complete lack of exercise and some of the foods I consumed. Slap on the wrist to me!

I am back ON track now and WILL lose that 1.5lbs this week!

Ellie x