Paleo(light) Pancakes

Starting off the week right!

This morning I had these pancakes for breakfast. They're the same as my other pancakes, except made with water instead of milk!

Ingredients
1 sachet instant oats (27g)
1 egg
enough water to consistency

Then fry like a pancake :) I had mine with a banana and a little honey.
Nutritional Info
166 calories
6.5g total fat
2.8g fibre
8.5g protein

Mmmm Snacks

I am a terrible snacker. I can admit it, and embrace it and try to change.

So today I came up with this little picture, which has four of my favourite good-for-me snacks on, which are what I try to reach for when I'm craving something naughty - like haribos or cheese on toast. Ugh, I have such a problem with melted cheese!


Anyway.

Here are four recipes. They aren't all under 100 calories, but they are all yummy and are a great substitute for that cake you're reaching for, stop it!

Some of them take a little more effort, but they are all cheap, because I am. I don't have money to spend on all these made-for-me ready-to-go healthy snacks, I have to make my own with what I have in the cupboard.

The one thing I will say is get yourself a popcorn maker. It has been such a revelation, and to know that a big bowl of it, to myself, is only like 100 calories is simply astonishing. I have to be honest, I haven't tried it with nutella on, I've been sticking to salt, but apparently it's to die for. So you'll have to let me know if you give it a go :)

Exercise and Low Calorie Day

As you may know, I use both Fitocracy and MyFitnessPal. I think they're awesome apps and perfect for keeping a track of your fitness and food. Plus I LOVE gaining levels on fitocracy :).

This is the workout I tracked today:

I hope you can see that. I'm very achy, especially after working out yesterday too. I'm planning on having the weekend off, but I may end up popping to the gym tomorrow - we'll see.

Lots of Yummy Food

Woke up early this morning and spent about half an hour in the gym. Not long, I know, but certainly long enough. After my time in the gym, I made myself some pancakes again, but this time I added blueberries in, and instead of a chopped banana, I had raspberries and honey :D.

 It was so yummy!

And it made me feel good, which is all I wanted from this new 'diet' thing. I'm still trying to lose weight and be sexy in a bikini of course. Me and my fiance have decided that we're going to go somewhere sunny, after my resits :).



Then for my lunch, oh my lunch :)

Two rashers of grilled bacon, one grilled tomato and one poached egg. So yummy, and just what I wanted. I really wanted something fatty to be honest, and my brother was making bacon sandwiches, and I've heard that eating fat without carbs is better for you or some such thing. So yeah :)

I'm feeling much better today, better about having to do these resits and better about myself. Looking forward to two weeks on Monday when this will all be over :)

Super Yummy Breakfast Pancakes

Morning! I'm off to work today for 4 hours, and when I work these Saturdays I always want to eat something for breakfast that will stop be being hungry until 2pm when I get home. Today, I think I'm on for a winner!

Cassey Ho, off of Blogilates, has started a new webseries entitled Cheap Clean Eats. I've never tried any of her recipes before, because generally I simply can't get hold of the ingredients she uses what with being in England and all. But this one, with a little substitution, I can do! (If you want to make the actual recipe, which is definitely lower calories, click on the link above).

Honestly, eating this I did not feel like I was eating diet food! I'm so full and it was so yummy! You just have to make them :D

Ingredients
1 Quaker Oats So Simple plain porridge sachet
Dash of cinnamon
1/4 cup semi-skimmed milk
1 egg
1 banana
squidge of honey

Basically, just shot it all in your blender (but only 1/2 the banana) and blend until smooth. Then fry like a pancake. I made one thick one, or you could make a few little ones. Then I chopped up the other half of the banana, folded my pancake in half and drizzled it with a little honey :)

Nutritional Info
264 Calories
6g fat
9g protein

Fitocracy & Raspberry Stawberry Banana Smoothie

I discovered this website called Fitocracy, and now I'm obsessed.

You gain points by doing exercise, any exercise! And when you have so many points you level up :D I'm not at level 4. It's a little exciting.

Ingredients
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 banana
1/4 cup porridge oats
1 low fat strawberry yogurt
~100mL apple juice

Nutritional Info
238 calories
3.0g total fat
50.3g total carbs
4.8g fibre
11.5g protein
13.3% vitamin C

Cleaning Out The Freezer

Weekends are for shopping, though I'm not sure when I'll manage to go this weekend, what with work and a wedding fair to go to. So I've been using up some of the left over portions of frozen fruit, so I have enough space to buy more punnets.

Forest Fruits smoothie

Raspberry, blueberry smoothie

 Yesterday I made a super purple, thick smoothie. It was really yummy!
Ingredients
Approx. 1 1/2 cups of frozen forest fruits
1 pot cherry yogurt
1 banana
1 tablespoon tinned peaches
squidge of honey
1 tablespoon wheat bran
~100mL cranberry/raspberry juice

And today I've made an equally delicious raspberry, blueberry smoothie.
Ingredients
1 cup frozen raspberries
1/2 cup frozen blueberries
1 raspberry yogurt pot
1/2 cup porridge oats
~100mL cranberry/raspberry juice

Two Very Different Smoothies

I was sick of just making up smoothies on the fly, so the other night I sat and wrote out 9 recipes for me to use this week. I'd been to asda and got some different juice - Mango and Raspberry/Cranberry, and we now have peanut butter in the flat I've got some interesting smoothies :D

strawberry mango smoothie

blueberry strawberry smoothie

Strawberry Mango Smoothie
3/4 cup strawberries
1 tinned pear
1 tablespoon wheat bran
1 strawberry yogurt
~200mL mango juice

Blueberry Strawberry Smoothie
3/4 cup blueberries
1/4 cup strawberries
1/4 cup low fat natural yogurt
1/3 cup porridge oats
~100mL cranberry/raspberry juice

Forest Fruits Breakfast Smoothie

I bought a pack of frozen forest fruits, but I haven't been having much luck with them. They're just too tart for me, and I can't deal. Today, I had a breakthrough.

Being back home again, I packed some freezer bags with things to make smoothies out of, this morning was forest fruits. And it was divine!

Ingredients
1/2 cup frozen forest fruits
~5 red grapes
1 raspberry yogurt
1/3 cup porridge oats
squidge of honey
~200mL skimmed milk

This was a really thick smoothie, and it was really tasty. It properly kept me going all morning-ish (I made it at 11.30am, and was still drinking it at 1.30pm haha).

Another two smoothies...

At uni 9-5 again today, so made two smoothies. I made my lunch one bigger though, so I don't cheat like yesterday.

Breakfast Smoothie

Lunch smoothie

Ingredients (Breakfast smoothie)

1/3 cup raspberries

1/3 cup strawberries

1/4 cup blueberries

1 raspberry yogurt pot

~200mL apple juice

Ingredients (Lunch smoothie)

1/2 banana

1/3 cup mango

1/2 cup raspberries

1 sachet raspberry pomegranate oats so simple

Apple juice to 700mL

Warm Apple and Blueberry Smoothie

This was an odd one. I've wanted to make something warm, because it's so bloody cold here. And I'd been thinking on this recipe and figured I should just give it a go. And it tasted good, but the texture was horrible and it cooled down really quick (I don't think the milk was hot enough) anyway, I didn't finish it.

Ingredients
2 Apples cored, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup blueberries
squidge of honey
1 packet apple and cinnamon porridge
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup hot milk (seriously get it as hot as you can)

Blend it all together until completely smooth.

The texture of mine totally put me off, but other people might not be. So if you try this, let me know :)

Mango, Raspberry Smoothie

The last of my prepared smoothie bags this morning. I'm off to a wedding fayre with my mum today, quite excited :D so I needed lots of energy.

This is a really lovely smoothie that kept me pepped and motivated all morning.

 Ingredients
1/2 cup frozen mango
1/2 cup frozen raspberries
4 pieces of chopped pineapple ring
1/2 cup porridge oats
squidge of honey
~200mL apple juice

Nutritional Info
283 calories
54.1g total carbs
3.8g fibre
10.0g protein
22.9% vitamin C

Summer Fruits Smoothie

Ate this while I was at work. T'was very yummy. Girl at work had a taste to and she liked it - I might have converted her!

Ingredients
1/2 banana
1 cup frozen summer fruits & raspberries
1/2 cup porridge oats
1 strawberry shape yogurt
squidge of honey
~200mL apple juice

Nutritional Info
323 Calories
63.8g total carbs
5.2g dietary fibre
10.5g protein
25.6% Vitamin C
26.3% Calcium


This was quite a thick smoothie, but it was very tasty. I haven't exactly been having low calorie smoothies today, not as low as they have been anyway. But I don't mind, I need something to keep me going when I'm at work.

I'm on MyFitnessPal, follow me - missrebecca12, if you fancy :)

Breakfast Smoothie

Four days ago I bought a blender. Since then I've been having a smoothie a day, but this weekend, I'm kicking it up a notch.
I'm going to have a smoothie for breakfast and lunch, and probably one as a snack before tea, too. I want to kick off my weight loss. I'm not snacking, and all I'm going to drink is smoothies and water.

This morning I made myself a lovely purple smoothie:

 Sorry for the crappy photo, my phone's having issues focusing of late.
Ingredients:
1 banana (slightly past it's prime - makes it easier to blend)
Handful of blueberries (not too many, maybe like 8?)
Dollop of fat free yogurt
1 sachet of Quaker Oats So Simple Raspberry and Pomegranate (or any instant oats you have)
As much skimmed milk as you like for consistency.

Whiz the banana, blueberries, oats and yogurt together, then pour in the milk till it's the consistency you like.

Nutritional Info
302 calories                  1.3% Vit A
2.8g fat                         24.3% Vit C
6.2g fiber                      33.1% Calcium
13.9g protein                1.9% Iron


The other day I also bought myself this pretty nifty bottle. It's got a grate in the top, so I can keep shaking my smoothies and also no big lumps come through. And a screw top, so it's ideal for carry in my car to uni or anything really :).

Not sure what I'll be having for lunch, but I'll be sure to post it.

If you try the smoothie let me know :)