POST WORKOUT BREAKFAST

Hi everyone, hope your all having a great start to the week.

Just sharing this amazing post workout breakfast with you guys. You can have this anytime of the day. Tastes amazing and is super healthy for you.

INGREDIENTS

• Organic yogurt with 
• Fresh organic strawberries, 
• Toasted muesli and 
• Milled flax, sunflower,pumpkin,sesame seeds and goji berries.

 Enjoy 

QUICK HOME WORKOUT

So there are always those days that you have no energy to workout cause the kids kept you up all night. Well that was me today. But I knew I had to do something, so it was a quick ab and arm workout today. 

THIS MORNINGS WORKOUT

• 50 crunches  (with 8 second pulse at the end of each set)
• 20 leg lifts
• 10 push up on toes ( you can substitute this with 20 knee push ups)
• 30 side crunches on each side (with 8 second pulse at the end of each set)
• 1 minute plank
• 15 straight leg tricep dips (substitute this with any beginners tricep dip)
• 30 flutter kicks
• 10 push ups
• 15 back extensions
• 20 crisscross

Remember to have a 30 second rest between each set

REPEAT 3X 

Please feel free to send me a comment if you are unsure about any of the exercises

SUGAR FREE BANANA BREAD AND SMOOTHIES

Yesterday was one of those days that I spent in the kitchen. 

While my girls were out in the pool I decided to make them a smoothie and some banana bread with it. This time I used my usual banana bread recipe but gave it a little twist. I decided not to add any sugar and to make it gluten free. WOW! I was shocked that it turned out so yummy and without any sugar. 

Here is the recipe if anyone is interested in trying it out.

BANANA BREAD

120g of butter

3/4 cup of natvia 

1tablespoon of agave syrup
2 eggs

4 medium bananas

2 cups of self raising gluten free flour

pinch of salt

1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda

2 tablespoons milk

Now I don't do anything fancy, I just whip all the ingredients into my Kitchen Aid and let it do the work. Once it's mixed I add the mashed banana in and mix it with a spatula.

Then place it in the oven on 180deg celsius for 40 minutes

It tastes so good and the kids will love it.

My finished product. I wanted to add an icing but my girls refused and said they loved it without any icing.

natvia is 100% natural sweetener with no artificial rubbish in it. Its a great substitute for sugar

I love using Melindas gluten free products 

Another substitute for sugar... I use this in my smoothies sometimes

Once that was done I made the girls a smoothie and as usual I add a little spinach in it as well

For this smoothie I added: 

• Rasberries
• Blueberries
• Frozen strawberries
• bananas
• spinach
• a cup of cold water
• a teaspoon of agave syrup

Blend away and enjoy

LEGS LEGS AND MORE LEGS

Are you tired of seeing those dimples on your thighs and the ripples on your inner thighs?

Would you believe me if I told you that you can get rid of them. 

1.WATER
2. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
3. EXERCISE

Looks easy right thats cause it easy.

It only takes maximum of 45 minutes a day to help achieve the body you want. You can even do these exercise in front of the TV

Combine your routine with a proper diet and it really does work.

Even if you don't want to give up all theses coffees and muffins but at least learn how to eat them in moderation and not feel guilty about it.

I've posted a leg workout below for theses ladies that want to start working on their legs. Its a basic one so there should be no excuses. The only reason to not do this would be if you have bad knees, and coming from a person who does have a bad knee, then try and start slow and maybe strap it up and get a doctors approval first.

You can view this on my instagram account as well

GLUTEN FREE MINI - PANCAKES

I posted this a few days ago on my instagram account. 

The most fun thing to do on a weekend morning is to make pancakes with my girls. They love the mini one as well.

Being gluten free I just substitute normal plain flour with store bought gluten free flour and follow the instructions the exact same way. 

You can use any of your favourite pancake recipe to make these. They don't have to be gluten free

It all about a balanced lifestyle 

So easy and tastes delicious.

Bought this cute mini pancake maker from target in Australia. Absolutely love it

I always give my girls some kind of fruit with their pancakes and of course a dash of cream......

The finished product... Made my little jasmine the letter J using the mini pancakes

JUICE

Grabbing a fresh juice is a normal thing for me to do when I'm out and about. Now I'm not saying that I eat greens and fruits all day long but I would rather fuel my body with something healthy then grabbing a chocolate or crisps or a delicious Frappacino. Yes I know what your thinking...... I love grabbing a Starbucks Mocha as well, but for the days that I feel sluggish and tired I grab a shot of wheat grass and a energising juice.

Fuel your body with Super Foods 

So the next time your out and about why not try grabbing a juice instead of a sugary drink. Most of the malls around Dubai have a juice station, so the next time your at the mall look around for it and fuel that body with the good stuff.

Juice station at Mall of the Emirates Dubai

Not sure what's going on with my facial expressions here. 

About to throw down a shot of wheat grass

Getting my mum in on the juicing....

JUGGLING 3 THINGS AT ONCE

This weekend was a crazy one for us. But when I think about it every weekend is a crazy one. On Sunday was the Australian NRL grand final and the Grand Prix, so It was TV crazy.

I had to juggle my workouts, looking after my kids and entertaining my hubby. So while the kids were in the pool for a swim, I decided to do my workouts outside by the pool at the same time supervising them. All 3 of my girls are good swimmers but I always have that fear in the back of my mind. Better be safe then sorry. My man was inside watching the Grand Prix so I had everything covered.

Took a few pics to share with you.

I did a 30min quick leg and ab workout. I've posted the workout on my Instagram and in the pic below for anyone who wants to try.

Kind of hard to do outside in the Dubai heat.

Check out my posts on instagram for daily updates and posts

THINGS TO KNOW

I find that I am constantly learning new things and the most thing that I love reading about is Health and Fitness.

So I thought I would post this little pic for a quick read.

Hope you enjoy.

Don't just educate yourself on being healthy and fit educate your children. Give them water to drink at school instead of juice.

 How important is water!

Love snacking on SUPERFOODS.

 Snack as much as you want and don't feel guilty about it.

REMEMBER EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN ON HOW TO EAT AND LIVE HEALTHY

CROHNS NO MORE

The worst feeling is when you have a date night and you choose to wear a tight black dress but one thing is stopping you. Your tummy that makes you look like you are 5 months pregnant.

For as long as I remember I have only ever gone to the bathroom (and by bathroom I mean number 2) only once every 2 weeks and if I'm lucky once a week. After seeing so many doctors I was diagnosed with crohns but the opposite of what others have. My problem is that I never went to the bathroom. This eventually brought out so many related problems that you would never think would be related.

To cut the story short I decided to change my diet even though I ate very healthy and was a gym junkie, I just couldn't put my finger on it. I would drink green tea but never coffee. After doing a little research I changed my diet and started including a small cup of coffee everyday with over 2 and half litres of water and plenty of fruit to kick start my metabolism.

So after all those years of screaming from pain and crawling to the bathroom, trying so many laxatives and teas, it was the caffein in coffee that did the trick. So everyday after school pick up I force down a cup of coffee with 500mls of water and voila!!!!! Im a happy women.

I know this is off the track from my regular fitness and healthy eating but I thought I should post it incase there was anyone else out there like me.

One day I will have the courage to post pics of the way my tummy would look like but for now just leaving you with this pic.

EATING HEALTHY WHEN YOU HAVE COMPANY

I love having my mum round. 

Being an exapt is really hard but it's times like these that I cherish and love. I'm grateful that my mum loves eating healthy and is all about a balanced lifestyle. So hanging out with her and having her put up with my morning workouts and gluten free diet was handy.

Now I'm not going to lie and say I worked out everyday that my mum was here, but I did get 3 sessions in the 7 days she was here, purely because I fell ill and couldn't manage any workouts let alone picking up my kids from school.

Thought I would post a few pics of mum and I.

A quick 40 minute circuit after dropping my kids off at school and before hanging out with mum

Morning smoothie for mum and I

 Shopping at Dubai Mall

 

 catching up with a special friend over coffee

MARIE'S SESAME AND NUT SWEET

Ive been meaning to post this recipe for a while now, but with everything going on, I just haven't had the time. So here it is finally.
It a very simple sweet that requires only 3 ingredients. Follow the recipe and enjoy. It's the alternative for a sweet treat that has no sugar in it.

roasted unsalted nuts

roasted sesame seeds

pour in the honey and let it boil for 5 to 6 minutes on high heat 

the finished product


MARIES SESAME AND NUT SWEET

• 1.   1KG OF SESAME SEEDS
• 2.   500 GRAMS OF RAW UNSALTED NUTS
• 3.   750 GRAMS OF HONEY

• ·      TOAST THE SESAME SEEDS AND THE  PEANUTS SEPARETLY.
• ·      LEAVE THEM TO COOL.
• ·      BOIL THE HONEY FOR AROUND 5 TO 6 MINUTES ON MEDIUM TO HIGH HEAT.
• ·      ONCE THE NUTS AND SESAME SEEDS ARE COOLED THEN MIX THEM IN WITH THE HONEY AND KEEP STIRING UNTIL ALL IS MIXED IN WELL.
• ·      PLACE IN A TRAY AND SPREAD OUT USING A SPOON AND THEN PUSH DOWN ON THEM USING YOUR FINGER TIPS, OCCASIONALLY DIPPING THEM IN WATER SO YOUR FINGURES DON’T BURN.
• ·      PLACE IN THE FRIDGE AND EAT AFTER 3 HOURS.
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• ·      CUTTING IT INTO PIECES IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART

·      ENJOY LADIES.

·      SIMPLE AND EASY AND HEALTHY.

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