I’m going to be busy this week and may not be able to post regularly. Thought I’d do a quick summary of my menu for the week ahead instead. For simplicity’s sake, most of my meals are going to be the same each day, with dinner being the main thing that changes. Here’s the plan:
Breakfast: oats, dried fruit, milk, flax oil
Morning tea: rice protein shake with milk, fruit
Lunch: toasted sandwich with tomato paste, spinach, artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, and mix of low-fat feta and cheddar cheeses; veggie sticks; fruit
Afternoon tea: same as morning tea
Dinner (with fish oil and fruit):
In between I will be juggling two jobs and organising an offer on a house. The latter involves liaising with the lawyer, savings bank, mortgage broker, registry office (so I can buy a house in my married name; apparently the ceremonial certificate you receive on your wedding day is not valid for financial purposes), real estate agent etc. Hope I don’t explode!
Have a great week!
Happy Mothers Day!
This morning Rob made me a (strong) coffee with milk, and even took the photo for me:
Then for breakfast I made us fruit French toast. For my portion I sliced a spelt fruit bun into four pieces, soaked it in beaten egg and cooked it in a non-stick pan. Before eating I drizzled it with a little flax seed oil:
Lunch was ryvita crackers with low-fat cheese (two with tomato, two with vegemite), carrot and red pepper sticks, and a mandarin:
Afternoon tea was a shake with choc rice protein, milk and water, and an apple:
Later I had another snack of chocolate rice protein and banana mashed together with a bit of water:
Then I walked to the shops to get some supplies for next week.
When I got home I made up some sandwiches and put them in the freezer for next weeks’ lunches. I’ll just grab one out each day, take it to work, then put it in the toasted sandwich maker at lunchtime:
For dinner I sautéed together some garlic, red onion and chilli flakes, then added capers, sliced black olives, salsa, drained tuna, pepper and salt and reduced it down a bit. Near the end of cooking I grated in some zucchini. I served it on top of some gluten-free spirals:
I also had half a green apple:
Later I got hungry again so had some more of the tuna dish:
and some celery with almond butter (unpictured)
Weight this morning was down 200g from last Saturday. Girth measurements were the same as last Saturday. Am happy with that since I ate a lot more than usual at the start of the week, and missing a training session yesterday.
For breakfast I had steel cut oats soaked overnight with raisins, then finished off this morning with milk and flax oil:
Morning tea was a shake with milk, water and choc rice protein, and an apple:
I had it on the way to having a second look at the house we are interested in. We had our first look at night time so I wanted to see what it was like during the day. Still keen!
When I got home I had a toasted sandwich with low-fat feta cheese, red onion, mushrooms, olives and pizza paste, plus some carrot and celery sticks, and some dried cranberries:
I had a small afternoon tea as Rob was hungry and wanted an early dinner. Just coffee with milk:
and half a large pear:
We’ve had a jar of korma paste sitting in the fridge for ages so tonight I made chicken korma. I had mine on steamed silverbeet and topped with coriander:
I had quite a lot of sauce left in the bottom of my bowl, so just added a bit of brown rice to soak it up:
Rob felt like having something sweet tonight. We had two open jars of tahini in the fridge (my bad), so he made Tab’s Tahini Balls. We didn’t have any LSA, so he rolled them in a mixture of almond meal and sesame seeds. They were very moreish. So I had two lots:
Before bed I had an apple:
Forgot to mention yesterday that we got tickets to see Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) in June. Really looking forward to it!
Last night I put some steel cut oats and dried cranberries in a pot with a bit of water, brought it to the boil, then turned the heat off and left it covered overnight. This morning I added some soy milk, turned the heat back on to low and cooked until the soy milk was absorbed. I had it topped with a little bit of milk and some flax oil:
I went to the gym this morning but only got as far as doing my foam rolling and mobility exercises. I went to bed too late last night and felt quite tired and negative about my workout while at the gym so I decided to give the rest of my training a miss.
Check out what I picked up at the supermarket on the way home:
Organic skim milk marked down to 94 cents for a litre! (They’re close to expiry date, but fine to freeze until needed). I’m going to try using this for a while instead of soy milk and lactose-free milk.
Once I got home I put dinner in the crockpot for tonight:
Then had a coffee with milk:
and a smoothie with choc rice protein, milk and banana:
Lunch was a toasted sandwich with low-fat feta cheese, red onion, red pepper, mushrooms, olives, spinach and pizza paste, plus a carrot and some raisins:
For afternoon tea I had a hot chocolate made with chocolate rice protein, hot water and hot milk, and an apple:
Here’s the dinner I prepared earlier - lamb with silverbeet:
And here’s my share, with mashed potato and some extra silverbeet:
I also had a mandarin:
Today I received electronic copies of the paperwork for the house from the real estate agent, and emailed them to the lawyer to review before we make an offer. This is the first time we’ve bought a house in Australia, so want to make sure we’re doing everything properly!
We just took TJ out for a short walk along the bike track this morning as it was drizzling. We also had to allow a bit of time to put some drops in his ears when we got back. He’s got a bit of gunk in them at the moment – the poor thing keeps shaking his head all the time. Apparently ear problems are quite common in labs.
After playing vet I had oats cooked with water, salt and banana, and topped with banana, soy milk, flax oil and cinnamon. Yum!
For morning tea I had a coffee with lactose-free milk:
a choc rice protein shake and an apple:
Lunch was a toasted sandwich with low-fat feta cheese, artichoke hearts, olives and pizza paste:
some steamed cauli:
and a few dried cranberries:
For afternoon tea I had a hot cocoa with lactose-free milk:
and vanilla rice protein mixed with apple and cinnamon:
Dinner was split pea soup, with toast:
and half a large pear:
Later I had kangaroo sausages (x 2):
some broccoli leftovers:
and a carrot:
Today I started proofreading a book on TV-free activities for kids. I’m enjoying it so far! Next week I will be juggling the proofreading with some in-house work at Lonely Planet. I’d still like to get to the gym if I can, but it will most probably be after work. I’ve planned a few crockpot meals for next week, so I can just come in the door and eat after training.
