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SoFit xxxxx

Toxic free Tuesday 😷

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It's as simple as it sounds. A toxic free Tuesday. No processed food and no crap! :)

My yummy toxic free lunch was a yummy salad of 

•Ham

•Cos lettuce

•Cucumber

•Pepper

•Jalapeño

•Fresh peas 

Yummyyyyyy :)

SoFit xxxxx

Smoked salmon and trout omelette 💚

I went shopping last night with a friend and am now fully stocked up for a healthy & clean week.

I got lots of fresh salad, fruit and veges 💚 meat, eggs and almond milk. 

For dinner last night we made a massive 8 egg omelette which we split and served with salad.

How we made our omelette:

•Heated coconut oil in a large frying pan

•Cooked a whole white onion, diced

•Added 8 eggs blended with pepper

•Poured in half a bag of fresh peas

•Cooked the omelette on a low heat

•Topped with torn fresh spinach 

•Added smoked salmon & trout 

•Served with cos lettuce, cucumber & pepper

Nom nom!

So good! So filling! So nutritious! :)

What's your favourite omelette?

SoFit xxxxx

Giving paleo a go go!

Happy October all :)

As I mentioned in a previous post- I majorly lost the plot and was eating gross food and not exercising.

I realised during this time that I had changed my diet type this year, to one a bit more restricted, yet I wasn't in my best shape and didn't lose as much (fat) weight as intended.

I love that old saying- 'if it ain't broken- then don't fix it'. So, with this in mind, I am returning to the type of diet I had when I was in my best shape.

Please note- when I say diet, I am referring to my dietary intake and not a diet that I am following, I am not on a diet, I am finding my best suited dietary intake for my life.

• I am returning to eating meat if I want it

• Cutting back on grains hugely after reading into the negatives of them

• Low carb intake 

• Avoiding processed food always

• Only good carbs eg sweet potato & brown rice - definitely NO pasta & white bread

• A more relaxed approach

After speaking to one of my closest friends Emma, I realised that how my diet used to be isn't far off paleo. Emma and her partner have been following paleo for a while and both find it to work for them. 

Unintentionally, my diet used to be paleo (I had never heard of paleo at that point) so I am looking forward to going back to it and hopefully getting in good shape.

There are lots of diet approaches, but only a few will suit a person. Lets see if paleo suits me.

So what is paleo?

I won't be able to eat that much meat- and I don't want to. But I will be following the back to original food groups and 'eating the way nature intended'!

I will let you all know how it goes!

Let me know if you've tried it? Love it? Hate it? 

SoFit xxxxxx

October <3

Hello there October!

I am welcoming October with new goals, new challenges and a new approach.

I am letting go of the worries and pains of September, and remaining positive & excited for the good things to come.

I am quitting smoking- Stoptober is in full force.

I am clean eating, positive thinking and all round healthy living this month.

I am detoxing out my binge (caused by worry and stress) and as soon as my 2 week rest period is over- I will be back to exercising and getting my fitness levels up to where they should be!

Challenge yourself this month.

Do something new! Try a new food, a new diet approach, a new gym class, go for a run- anything. Mix things up a bit- have some fun!

Let me know how it goes.

We can do this 😘

SoFit xxxxx

Subway salad

Now I'm not going to make a habit of it, because I am going to start prepping my lunches again, but check out my lunch!

I walked into a few shops after turning my nose up at the staff canteen & couldn't find anything clean and nutritious anywhere! What my work needs is a massive salad bar nearby. But there isn't one. Except at subway. So that's where I went, and instead of a sub I had a salad bowl. 

It was actually soooo yummy & filled me up with fresh crunchy goodness.

I ordered a turkey breast bowl, no dressing, with extra pepper :)

It's got me in the mood for salad lunches all week! The freshness felt good after surviving on carbs for the last few working days (not good- I know)!

Then at 3.15 I had an organic raw bite fruit and nut bar- cashew flavour. Nom!

All washed down with 1.5 litres of water so far today.

Hope you're having a good clean day too, SoFit xxxxxx

Return of the blogger

Ladies & gents- I am back!

I have been eating junk food & lots of carbs. I have put on 5lbs. I am out of shape.

I am admitting it and I am going to work on it! I will not give up! 

I always turn to food as a comfort, and due to some worries I have had I have been eating like a trooper! NOT ANY MORE!! Lets get back to it!

I can't work out for 2 weeks- doctors orders! But that is not going to stop me from eating clean and sorting my life out!

Bring on the nutrients! Bring on the goodness! Bring on the health!

No one wants to look like a big round snowman before its even started snowing!

Have a good week all!

SoFit xxxxxxx

Cute cafe lunch

I have been rubbish at all preperation this week and am not eating very clean- I am having a word with myself this weekend and getting motivated again.

On my lunch break the other day I went to a lovely cute cafe and had organic fresh carrot & poppy seed bread to share, an elderflower soda jar and pomegranate and halloumi salad.

I really am becoming addicted to haloumi! It's so good!

SoFit xxxx

Cod and salmon dinner

I absolutely love fish! I could never go without it. Especially if on holiday by the sea- mmmmm fresh fish!! :)

The boyfriend was round at mine last night and we are both being clean and healthy so we had fish (him salmon and me cod) with lots of veg and salad.

I chopped up some fresh chilli and garlic and sprinkled it onto the fillets with a dusting of chilli powder. Wrapped up the fillets into parcels with baking paper. Then popped hen into the oven on 180 for 25 minutes.

I served mine with mixed leaves, peppers, olives, jalapeños and broccoli, sugar snap peas, celery, green beans and fresh peas.

Alex had mixed leaves and green veg with his.

Yummy yummy in our tummy!!

Hoping you're all having a good week! :)

SoFit xxxx

My goodies :)

I really had to restrain myself when I found the organic health shop near where I was working yesterday. I walked passed and read the sign, and before I know it I had a basket in hand half filled with organic healthy goodies.

I stocked up on my favourite pulsin raw protein bars & found so many other makes doing similar things. There was also a lot of similar products to the nakd bars that I am a massive fan of.

I ended up with one if every brand of bar in my basket- then had a quiet word with myself and selected a few instead.

Please don't ever, ever replace a meal with a processed thing in a packet - always make yourself something fresh and nutritious. But do keep products like this handy- they are perfect for a pre gym snack, or to fulfil a craving without breaking the clean approach.

I'm going to try this one later today before the gym tonight- I've been looking for this brand for a whole after seeing a lot t Instagram fitspo people posting about then from other countries. 

These organic raw bars sounds perfect too?

Now- just to remind myself that these are going to last a looooong time! And I am not to have one a day! Willpower switched on!

If anyone has any other brands to recommend let me know :)

SoFit xxxxxx

New organic cooking goodies!

I worked an extra shift yesterday (Sunday) in Islington, district nursing. I love I earn extra pennies- although I think I spent half of what I will be paid for the shift in an amazing organic health shop I found!

I am so excited to try all of my goodies! 

I bought this amazing baking mix- perfect for muffins, pancakes, bread and cakes! So be prepared for lots of new recipes! 

The mix is made of Quinoa, Teff, Brown Rice, Flax and Chia. Even better- it is gluten free! :)

Now, I knew all of those ingredients- except Teff! What on earth is Teff?

Please imagine how happy I was to find out that it is an amazingly nutritious grain- then multiply that by 100! (I was very happy!!)

So- What is Teff?

☮ Teff leads all the grains – by a wide margin – in its calcium content, with a cup of cooked teff offering 123mg, about the same amount of calcium as in a half-cup of cooked spinach. It’s also an excellent source of vitamin C—a nutrient not commonly found in grains—and also a good source of iron. Teff is high in resistant starch, a newly-discovered type of dietary fiber that can benefit blood sugar management, weight control, and colon health. It’s estimated that 20-40% of the carbohydrates in teff are resistant starches. A gluten-free grain with a mild flavor, teff is a healthy and versatile ingredient for many gluten-free products. ☮

So there we go!

Recipes to follow!

Have a good and healthy week :)

SoFit xxxxx

Me so happy- miso soup!

Yummy in my tummy!

Lunch on the go when I hadn't food prepped was at an amazingly cute Japanese restaurant.

I ordered my fave - miso soup! :) if you haven't tried it- do! You have to! It is the perfect soup!

Do you know how many health benefits miso soup has? Honestly, it's like a miracle soup! Here is a list of 10 amazing miso soup facts :)

Pretty impressive huh???! :)

I then had a tofu salad! Which was also yum!

See- lunch in the go is healthy, clean and nutritious! :)

SoFit xxxxx

Healthy Lentil & Veg soup

I don't know about you guys, but I am finding the sudden weather change depressing almost. Especially seen as just over a week ago I was tanning myself in Marbella- and now I'm jumping over puddles and getting umbrellas caught in my hair!

After work last night I could think of nothing more that I wanted to do than relax and have a bit of me time.

I made a massive hearty lentil soup- it was so good! I made loads and have put 4 more portions in the freezer! :)

I don't have exact amounts on how much I used because I just kept adding and tasting as I went. But I will give you a list of the ingredients.

Basically I: 

•Boiled some water with 2 organic vegan vegetable stock cubes and salt and pepper.

•Added 2 big chopped carrots

•1 big white onion

•3 stalks of celery

•1 cup of green lentils

•1 cup of yellow split peas

•3 big garlic cloves

• Chopped tomatoes (or 1 tin of toms)

•Chilli powder

•Mixed herbs

•Another stock cube and more salt and pepper

I boiled it all up for 15 minutes whilst stirring, then left it to simmer for 40 minutes- tasting and adding seasoning as I went.

I had about 3 kettle full amounts of water to mine- and it made 5 good sized portions.

I hope you enjoy it :)

I have lots and lots of soup recipes to come- I am so excited that winter is here. My winter recipes are my favourites! & I have so many of them!

Enjoy :) 

SoFit xxxxx

Egg pie again

You should all know by now just how much I love eggs and veg. So on Monday I prepped this lovely mix for breakfasts :)

•Tomato

•Onion

•Mushroom

•Spinach 

•Peppers

•Eggs

•Heat half a teaspoon of coconut oil in oven dish

•Spread melted oil around pan

•Throw in your chunky chopped veg

•Season as desired

•Pour on your whisked eggs

•Oven bake for 40 minutes on 180c

Serve immediately or microwave or enjoy cold :)

This goes really well with my home made baked beans (for recipe please see previous posts).

SoFit xxxxxx

Healthy clean breakfasts

Yesterday for breakfast I was meant to have egg pie but ended up not being able to.

So I grabbed a juice from an amazingly cute local cafe.

Carrot, Apple and Lime juice! So good and tasty to wake up to!

I had a banana and a naked bar too. 

I am trying to avoid processed things- yes even naked bars- but they are clean so it's not too bad of a fail.

This morning for breakfast I had a banana, an apple and an apricot with lots of water :) yummy!

I have another banana and a naked bar for elevenses!

Have a great day :)

SoFit xxxxx

Quick & Easy Chilli con carne

Happy Tuesday all :)

Yesterday was a 500 day for me, so by the time I had got home I was starving.

Me and my housemate made a quick and simple chilli con carne for tea, it was just what I needed.

I love how many different vegetables you can put into a chilli- you can get so many nutrients from a quick and easy dish.

Instruction:

•Cook in a small amount of coconut oil

•1-2 thinly sliced garlic 

•Chopped onion, mushroom, tomato & peppers 

•Add portion of quorn mince

•(if using meat- brown the mince before adding veg)

•Add chilli powder, chilli flakes & cumin

•Mix in red kidney beans

•Add tinned toms/chopped toms/passata

•Stir in some spinach for the last 2 mins

•Season with salt and pepper

•Taste- add more spice/cumin if required

For the 'rice':

•Boil quinoa and bulgar wheat

•Add in peas & sweet corn in last 5 minutes

Dinner is served :)

Often when I have more time to make a chilli, I add in stock cubes & more vegetables: Brocolli, Chic Peas, Lentils & every other type of bean (full of beans!)... And I will slow cook it.

Yummy. :)

I hope you enjoy :)

SoFit xxxxx

Veggy Egg

My breakfast yesterday was so good!

I love eggs!

And I love veg!

Cook some chopped tomato, mushroom, peppers and spinach in a little coconut oil

Season with some salt and pepper

Crack to eggs onto the mix and fry like regular eggs

Serve and enjoy :)

SoFit xxxxx

Detox time

I have 13 days until my beautiful friends wedding- and in those 13 days I will be following a strict detox and attempting the 5:2 diet!

The 5:2 diet is 5 days eating a normal healthy and clean diet intake, and 2 days fasting & having only 500 calories. 

This diet is meant to be amazing for weightloss. But has the worries of: is fasting healthy? Is it not starvation? Will you be weak?

I am going to give it a go and let you all know what I think- has anyone else done this diet? Do they do it regularly?

If you are going to attempt this diet then remember to eat healthily- eat 500 calories of clean food spread throughout the day- not one binge on junk food 500 calories. 

Let the detox BEGIN!

SoFit xxxxxx

The juice of life

I had the most amazing juice for breakfast this morning in Marbella before flying home (I also definitely had junk food afterwards- but it was good to start the day with a bang).

I went for the Zinger- apple, carrot, orange and ginger with added spirulina, wheat grass & echinacea. 

It was amazing- a good blast of health after an amazing week filled with alcohol and hangover food.

Back on it now guys- detox for me!

SoFit xxxxxx

The last hen supper.

We went for an amazing meal last night with all then hen party (minus one who flew home a few hours before) it was one of the girls birthdays also.

We went to an amazing sushi and Thai restaurant, and I had the most amazing food- and a lot of it. Washed down with 3 magnums of rosé wine. Amazing.

I am looking forward to a good detox on return- 3 weeks until the wedding so I have a target.

Hope you're all having a good clean week!

Sofit xxxxx

Half a goats cheese, asparagus and pepper salad.

1 salmon and 1 prawn sushi with ginger 💚

And the worse of the bunch- a massive king prawn Thai green curry, with extra fresh chillies and basmati rice.

Heaven!