16 Jul 2012

Red meat sunday

I'm anaemic so my diet has to consist of foods that have high levels of iron. I haven't had red meat in ages...So I bought some steaks seasoned them with paprika, garlic and basil and fried them in a teaspoon of olive oil.

Left: Bulgar rice with lean steaks and baby corn, Right: boiled sweet potato with tender stem broccoli and a lean steak. 

Hope you all had a great weekend!

1 Jul 2012

What I ate + did this week....

It's been a while! I felt so guilty blogging because after my exams I just went in another direction with my diet and exercise. So for the past week I've been getting back into the swing of things.

So my workouts this week have consisted of...

Monday: I played some tennis
Tuesday: Walked everywhere I went
Wednesday: Nike Training Club - Get Lean, Intermediate, Wipeout
Thursday: Netball + Nike Training Club - Get Lean, Intermediate, Wipeout
Friday: Nothing
Saturday: Long walks
Sunday: Nothing

What I ate this week..

..perfecting the art of making banana bread. This time round I made it with wholemeal flour instead of oats, yoghurt instead of butter and 1 egg instead of 3.

**Preheat oven at 350°F (175°C)**
1. Sieve the dry ingredients including seasoning: (important if you want your cake light and airy).
2. Mix the mashed bananas with 1 whole medium egg. 
3. In a large bowl add the yoghurt to the dry ingredients and rub the mixture with your fingers to form bread crumbs.
4. Add the egg and banana mixture then mix well to form a thick mixture.
5. Line cake thin with baking paper and pour batter in.
6. Put in the oven for an hour..once cooked let it cool then enjoy!

 
Left: Basmati rice with homemade arugula pesto, steamed greens and steamed tilapia.  
Right: Tuna + pesto sandwich, a beautiful pair of aubergine's (eggplant) I bought in the farmer's market.

Inspiration: Aishwarya Rai


Former Miss World and Bollywood royalty Aishwarya Rai has to be the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. I read somewhere recently that she was getting a lot of backlash from her Indian `fans for not losing weight 7 months after giving birth.

I don't understand what is wrong with the world!! How is she still not beautiful? Because she gained some weight...she is somehow less of a person?

But who is to blame? Media..society...US? Are we so brainwashed that our idea of beauty has been distorted to the point that we all have to conform to this ideal of perfection.

What do you guys think?