Whats been on my plate lately?

Haven't posted ina while, been a little busy here and trying to keep up with life and all of its demands but have been keeping up with my nutrition goals! Thought I would share with you a few things that have made its way onto my menu lately!  Yum Yum!

The above is ingredients for the below photos!

Scoop of choc pp

sprinkle of instant coffee grains

baking powder/ baking soda

wet ingrediants are water and egg whites

mix up

put in oven at 350 for 15 mins or until sides pull away from greased bowls edges

turns out looking like the above, but wait! we aren't done yet!

added some greek yogurt mixed with a packed of splenda, pb2 and then natty almond butter on top!!!

DELICIOUS!

Though I know I started with a delicious snack, supper was pretty awesome too! I cooked this up for my Mum and I. I stayed at my parents place for the weekend and made sure I stayed in charge of meals (I could get in my proper macros and Mum got a break from cooking, win win!)

The above dish is shrimp and beans with a few baby carrots thrown in. Stirfried it all with some Coconut oil, sea salt, fresh ground pepper, lime juice and thai seasoning, finger licking good!! Even Mum cleaned her plate!

This dish is a mix of canned tuna, spinach, red peppers, spices and Shirataki noodles. Not sure if any of you have had them but this was my first time trying them and I have to say I am impressed! I don't think that they ever could replace pasta noodles but think they fit in asian dishes quite nice!

I had Miracle Noodle brand, a package I picked up in Calgary when I was there but found these ones at my local Asian store

Think I am going to give them a try some time soon to see how they compare :)

This is an awesome find that I recently discovered as well! HOT HOT HOT mustard that tastes great for dipping my chicken in....almost like hot wings....but not lol

And lastly, here is one thing that I did NOT eat, but def wanted to, my decade old niece's Birthday cake!

The Butterflies were made out of chocolate by my sister and my niece......they looked soooooo Yummy!

Happy belated St Patricks Day (written yesterday, posted late)

My roommate is a young Irish lad ( people always laugh when I use that word but somehow it's made its way into my vocabulary) and this is his first St. Patrick’s Day in Canada! He immigrated here in August and has lived with me since December. Great guy, accent is a bit thick at times but pretty much one of the best roommates a girl can ask for. I wanted to make him feel more at home so I when I was leaving for my spin class this morning at 6am, I snuck a few St. Patrick Day surprises by his door. When he saw the beer, in typical Irish fashion, he asked, is there only one?


Spin class this morning was awesome, new instructor, new music – different routines. I do spin class twice a week so getting a switch up is awesome. Kinda revives the interest and makes you work that much harder. I have been going to spin class now for approximately 2 years and still love it. It’s partly the organization of it; I have a hard time doing cardio on my own so being in a class holds me accountable. When I am not there, it’s noticed and other classmates ask me where I was. It’s also a timed event, so I am sure to get in a certain amount of exercise. I find I can talk myself out of Cardio pretty quickly if I let myself, even if I get to the gym. How many of you are enrolled in some classes that your gym offers? Are your reasons similar?


Tonight I am heading back to the gym for my weights work out. This is not the usual but I have decided to head to my parents place for the weekend and although I can do cardio out there, sprints or running, there is no gym to get my weight routine in. I don’t feel right about not doing it so I figure this is the best option. I find it tough to make it back once I have already been there for the day but know I will feel accomplished once I get it all done!

No Body's Happy til Momma's Happy

How true is that? If you are not happy with things such as your life, your job, your friends, your workouts, your hobbies etc, then how can the people around you be? If you don’t truly know yourself and love yourself, then how can anyone else? Many people that I know, get in to a cycle of trying to find happiness in other things or people and rely on them to be happy that they don’t truly know what they like or what they are interested in. I have been there, guilty as the rest as I spent many years of my life trying to ‘fit’ in. But do you know where that got me...no where!

I am not sure what changed or when it changed. There is no specific time that I can pinpoint and say, “This is when I started being me”. Nope, I think I just evolved. But there is one thing that I do know. I started to evolve when I started taking care of me first. When I started going to the gym, working out, eating better, caring how I looked AND felt. The gym adds strength not only to the body but to a person’s character. I am a prime example of this and a firm believer. If you don’t like something, CHANGE IT!

I know that many people think that I go to the gym to work on my body, to lose weight, to work on my vanity....but these are the people that don’t really know me. Do I care what they think? Nope! I may have gone to the gym and eaten better in the past for these reasons but now it’s more about the whole package. Not only is it about looking better it’s about feeling better. It’s about caring for my body, both inside and out. It’s about making sure that my mind is active – I read and research various theories of thought; it’s about making sure that I stay positive - If I don’t get in regular exercise, I notice drastic changes in my moods (and not for the better); It’s about making me strong, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well; it’s about making sure that I take ME time out of each and every day and that is essential to living a long and health life. There are so many positives of caring for one’s self that I struggle to see the negatives.

Since I have worked so hard, and become so involved in fitness, I have decided to become a personal trainer. I help and assist majority of people that I know already, whether it be with diet or exercise, people come to me with questions all the time and so many people ask me why I haven’t’ done it already. Well, I can’t answer that question, I guess like everything else timing has to be right and it is now. This is for me. Not for anyone else. Just me. And you know what? I am perfectly happy about that

Getting to know who YOU are

The last couple of weeks have been long and hectic. Have been in 4 different provinces in the past 2 weeks for a variety of reasons. But between work and a mum and me trip, I have spent a lot of time planning, organising and figuring out my workouts (when and where to fit them in), my food (What and how to take it), and my life (making sure the necessary stuff got done). I have spent a ton of time with people that I didn't know and some that I know well. And one person that I thought I knew best....Me.
In all my travels, my constant companion was myself. Its crazy how time to yourself really makes you think and figure out what is important to you and why. I have spent a lot of time in the last couple of weeks thinking about my life, who is in it, what's in it, what I want and where I want to be in the future. I thought about why I do what I do and why I continue on. My answers changed everyday of why I do my workouts and follow my nutritious way of eating. But there was something in common with all of my answers and it all came back to me.

I do this because I like to, I want to have a passion and a goal, I do better in all other areas of my life when I get up and work out compared to 5 years ago when I didn't. I am a  happier person all the way around and actually a lot more pleasant and positive *smile* to be around when I eat right and get in a good good good workout.

I bought a car when in Calgary so my mum and I drove back following each other in separate cars, and we were texting back and forth (shhhhhh). She said something to me that stuck after I told her that I had been thinking about things. She said in life, the most important thing, is liking yourself.

You know what? I absolutely love myself, faults and imperfections and all :)