Tweety's thought of the day...

Tweety's Thai Green Curry

After a hearty run and a day of little jobs, my Sundays are about cooking and I like to take my time and enjoy the process! 

Today's delicious meal is Thai Green Curry with broccoli

Here are what is going in:

Chicken, red pepper, green pepper, carrot, mangetout, coconut milk, green thai paste, fish sauce, lime leaves, caster sugar.

In progress:

In progress

And the results:   

Served with Broccoli 

From the recipe I used it is about 286 calories for the curry and 50 for the broccoli so a total of 336 calories!
And I have 5 more portions to keep me going through the week! 

Tweety's Sunday Jog and Protein Pancakes

Morning! I got up late this morning as I got caught out and confused by the clocks changing! Its not the first time and I doubt it will be the last but I did get out on my planned jog so I am pleased. It wasn't a great run to be fair, I struggled with pace but I did 4.2km which was okay. Pace has always been my nemesis! 

This morning I used FlipBelt for the first time, it is easy to get on and position comfortably. I clipped my keys in to the front section and my phone went into the back. My phone is a bit bulky but it was no problem getting it in and the belt handled it well. I did have a bit of trouble at the start of my run with my phone pausing music and my headphones became unplugged but I adjusted things around and it was sorted. I wore mine quite low and under my t-shirt and jacket so it didn't ride up like I had read so I was pleased but it did bounce a little bit because of the bulk of my phone and it was a lot less than others I have used. So overall I am pretty pleased and feel confident that next time I will get the fit right before I start! I would recommend! Also arrived very quickly so thanks for that!

I have also tried something new for breakfast after my jog today, protein pancakes! I keep seeing them being made by The Body Coach and they look so easy but although the below picture looks okay the end result was a bit of mess so I think some fine tuning is required! 

The ones I made contain:

1 Banana

a small handful of blueberries

a scoop of raspberry protein powder

a scoop of oats

1 egg

topped with honey.

They tasted lovely and I ate them all! 

Tweety Update - 28th March 2015

Recently I have finally got my groove back, I am eating right and working out at least 4 times a week. There is a good mix of exercise mixed in and I am loving the results. I have just reached my lowest weight this week since I started training 18 months ago which I am extremely pleased about! It is so motivating!
I have started a project recently to see what type of eating plan works for my body and looking at them in more detail so this means four weeks each of the different plans and seeing what difference they make.
I have become more and more interested in nutrition since Christmas and what I eat and what it does to my body!

First up the 5:2 eating plan, so that is 2 days of only 500 calories and eating normally for the other 5. I have done this before for a few weeks and it was relatively easy however this time is a bit different. I will go into more detail when I get to the end of the 4 weeks which is next Saturday.

In the meantime I will be heading out for a run tomorrow with this new piece of kit:

It is a Flipbelt in neon green and I can't wait to try it out! Hold that thought for a review!

Tweety says....

Tweety says: "Hello out there..."

I have been away for a while and a lot has happened but as I am back on track and working towards something exciting I wanted to start sharing again and this morning I saw the below: 

20 Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think You Are  

1. You paid the bills this month, and maybe even had extra to spend on non-necessities. It doesn’t matter how much you belabored the checks as they went out, the point is that they did, and you figured it out regardless.

2. You question yourself. You doubt your life. You feel miserable some days. This means you’re still open to growth. This means you can be objective and self-aware. The best people go home at the end of the day and think: “or… maybe there’s another way.”

3. You have a job. For however many hours, at whatever rate, you are earning money that helps you eat something, sleep on something, wear something every day. It’s not failure if it doesn’t look the way you thought it would – you’re valuing your independence and taking responsibility for yourself.

4. You have time to do something you enjoy. Even if “what you enjoy” is sitting on the couch and ordering dinner and watching Netflix.

5. You are not worried about where your next meal is coming from. There’s food in the fridge or pantry, and you have enough to actually pick and choose what you want to eat.

6. You can eat because you enjoy it. It’s not a matter of sheer survival.

7. You have one or two truly close friends. People worry about the quantity but eventually tend to realize the number of people you can claim to be in your tribe has no bearing on how much you feel intimacy, acceptance, community, or joy. At the end of the day, all we really want are a few close people who know us (and love us) no matter what.

8. You could afford a subway ride, cup of coffee, or the gas in your car this morning. The smallest conveniences (and oftentimes, necessities) are not variables for you.

9. You’re not the same person you were a year ago. You’re learning, and evolving, and can identify the ways in which you’ve changed for better and worse.

10. You have the time and means to do things beyond the bare minimum. You’ve maybe been to a concert in the last few years, you buy books for yourself, you could take a day trip to a neighboring city if you wanted – you don’t have to work all hours of the day to survive.

11. You have a selection of clothing at your disposal. You aren’t worried about having a hat or gloves in a blizzard, you have cool clothes for the summer and something to wear to a wedding. You not only can shield and decorate your body, but can do so appropriately for a variety of circumstances.

12. You can sense what isn’t right in your life. The first and most crucial step is simply being aware. Being able to communicate to yourself: “something is not right, even though I am not yet sure what would feel better.”

13. If you could talk to your younger self, you would be able so say: “We did it, we made it out, we survived that terrible thing.” So often people carry their past traumas into their present lives, and if you want any proof that we carry who we were in who we are, all you need to do is see how you respond to your inner child hearing, you’re going to be okay, from the person they became.

14. You have a space of your own. It doesn’t even have to be a home or apartment (but that’s great if it is). All you need is a room, a corner, a desk, where you can create or rest at your discretion; where you govern who gets to be part of your weird little world, and to what capacity. It’s one of the few controls we can actually exert.

15. You’ve lost relationships. More important than the fact that you’ve simply had them in the first place is that you or your former partner chose not to settle. You opened yourself to the possibility of something else being out there.

16. You’re interested in something. Whether it’s now how to live a happier life, maintain better relationships, reading or movies or sex or society or the axis on which the world spins, something intrigues you to explore it.

17. You know how to take care of yourself. You know how many hours of sleep you need to feel okay the next day, who to turn to when you’re heartbroken, what you have fun doing, what to do when you don’t feel well, etc.

18. You’re working toward a goal. Even if you’re exhausted and it feels miles away, you have a dream for yourself, however vague and malleable.

19. But you’re not uncompromisingly set on anything for your future. Some of the happiest and best adjusted people are the ones who can make any situation an ideal, who are too immersed in the moment to intricately plan and decidedly commit to any one specific outcome.

20. You’ve been through some crap. You can look at challenges you currently face and compare them to ones you thought you’d never get over. You can reassure yourself through your own experience. Life did not get easier, you got smarter.

So I am feeling good today as all of the above applies and I had the scars and memories to prove it!!! Happy Days!