For tea I made some mini lasagnas because I am currently having a love affair with my muffin tray. I don’t have instagram, so the pic is dodgy, but I promise they’re amazing!

These are great for a few reasons:

• It satisfies any pasta cravings with less pasta than, say, a bowl of spaghetti 
• They are portion controlled 
• You can make lots to freeze/keep for another time
• They’re inexpensive!
• They are FAB with veggies. 
• They are SUPER SIMPLE to make

Ingredients

• Mince (I used heart smart mince, about 500g)
• Wanton wrappers
• Cheese (I used a blend of mozzarella and parmesan) 
• Your favourite pasta sauce (or make your own)
• Veggies (to serve).

That’s it! 

Basically, cook your mince and add your pasta sauce. Then spray some oil into your muffin tin. Line the base with one wanton wrapper per muffin container…. thing. Then spoon in a little bit of mince. Repeat. You’ll probably get about three layers. Then put a sprinkling of cheese on top and shove them in the oven until the cheese is how you like it. Everything’s already cooked, so you get discretion here. 

Then all you need to do is take them out of the tray. 

I managed to make 12 muffins. I had 2 for dinner, but honestly, one would have probably done me. I also had a double serve of veggies. 

Enjoy!

I just made a batch of protein muffins so my snacks are organised for the week. I made two different flavours: blueberry and almond; banana and almond nut butter. 

I was going to take a photo, but honestly, they look ridiculous. My oven made them all crawl out of their muffin cases and over to the side. It’s like they’re waving… ANYWAY

This is what’s in them (basically, random stuff in my kitchen). 

2 cups wholemeal flour

2tsp bicarb soda

3 scoops vanilla protein powder

Some of a packet of slivered almonds (left over from fried rice)

5 eggs (about to go off)

A dash of milk (some skim, some rice milk)

A few packets of stevia. 

I shoved all of this in a bowl, mixed it and then separated it into 2 bowls. 

In the first, I put in frozen blueberries than shoved it in the muffin tray. 

In the second I put in 4 teaspoons of almond butter and 2 mashed bananas. 

Then I put it all in the oven at about 220 degrees celsius and left it alone until it was done. 

Yum. 

It made about 15 smallish muffins. 

We all have those days when it feels like we may as well be back at the start of our weight loss journey; like we may as well give up. I know that I’m certainly guilty of forgetting just how far I’ve come from where I was when I started. 

There are several different things you can do. Some people only need measurements, whether it’s the scales or inches, to remind themselves how far they’ve come.

Some people take photos to be able to compare, side by side, their change. 

Personally, I prefer something a little bit more physical. 

Whenever I’m feeling fat or like my weight loss means nothing, I pick up something to remind myself just how much weight I’ve lost. 

If I’m at the gym, I’ll pick up a 25kg weight. If I’m at home, I’ll pick up a 2 litre bottle of milk and remember I’ve lost 13 of them off my body. 

There’s something about holding the weight in your hands that really makes it feel more real, how far you’ve come. For bonus points, try putting that weight in a back pack and going about your daily activities for a little while. 

Whether you’ve lost, 2, 5, 10, 20 or 50 kgs (or pounds), you should feel proud of it. Weight loss is not easy. Focus on how far you’ve come, not how far you have to go and don’t give up. 

Having to try really hard to get a double chin for a photo. 

What would you do if you needed/wanted to use the squat rack and there was a guy in there doing ab work… on the floor… not using the bar (yes, this happened)? Is this worse than curling in the squat rack?

And another one. Sigh. These fascinate me as much as they make me sad. Just another reminder that even celebrities don’t look like celebrities and why everyone needs to learn to appreciate their own unique beauty. 

And it burns. My poor shoulders! I could barely walk up the stairs to get into the house. I hate hate hate lunges. But oh well. It’ll be worth it (and to be honest I was putting off doing my new legs routine because it’s meant to be super hard. That’s future (Monday) me’s problem). 

Now to have a lovely protein breakfast smoothie with banana, cinnamon, yoghurt and cereal being the ingredients. Yum.  And then to settle in for a day of hard core study. 

Just got home from the gym after my first full-hard try at my new upper body workout and wow. I am wrecked. If this doesn’t give me amazing definition (combined with a good diet, of course) I don’t know what will. I was drenched in sweat and every part of me was shaking by the time I was done. I had to sit and stretch for ages until I worked up the courage to walk home (it’s only an easy walk!).

It’s a circuit with no breaks between exercises and each circuit is broken up by 10 minutes of intense cardio. 

At the moment I’m only doing two rounds but my trainer has said that I need to be doing three in an hour (only two rounds of cardio) by the time I get home in June. I’m probably going to struggle but I’m really excited by the challenge. 

When I get around to it, I’ll post up my circuit so y’all can check it out. 

I’m actually scared to try legs on Saturday because when we did the circuits on tuesday (only one of arms and one of legs) it was the legs that made me spew. I’m actually looking forward to my strength day because even though the individual exercises are harder at least I get a rest in between :p

Shit just got real over here and I am loving it. 

- Up and test my squats. Currently 55kgs for 20 reps x 3. I’d like to up it to 60-65kgs. I’d also like to find out my max for squats. At the start of feb I was doing 75kgs for 8. But at that time my high reps were at 40, soo… (Also, I started including barbel weight). 

- Figure out my max bench press. Improve it. Last time I checked (again, feb) I think it was around about 30kgs for 8 reps x 3 sets. 

- Take my dead lifts to 50kgs for high reps. Currently at 40kgs. Again, figure out my max. 

- Go to the gym a minimum of 5 times per week. Use the other two days as active rest days (do a body balance class, stretch day, walk to the shops, etc). 

- Have a minimum of 2 cardio days in the gym. 

- Up my interval intensity on the treadmill. Currently doing 1min at 4.5kmp/h and 2min at 12kmp/h then walk then 1min at 14kmp/h. Repeat for 20 minutes. 

- Eat clean. Drink enough water. No fast food. Limit ice-cream to one day per week. 

- Do 3 hours of study per day, excluding lectures. (not fitness, but it needs to be here). 


Finding out my max weight should be easy considering I’m going back to my trainer over Easter. He’ll set me straight with what I should be doing and tweak my form if I’ve gotten sloppy. Should be awesome. Can’t wait. 

Today was my first day back in the gym since Thursday and boy did I feel it. I also didn’t do arms or chest last week and I’m seriously aching now. But it was nice; I think I needed the break. I was really able to amp up my cardio, too. I had chest and back sweat going by the time I was done, which felt nice. And, for the first time since I started at my new gym, I actually had an interaction with someone else that wasn’t a subtle hint to get out of the boy’s zone. I got a compliment from a guy about my form with the weights. So that was nice too. 

Other than that, everything’s going swimmingly. I ate a bit off plan over the weekend but it had been a while since I’ve had a treat day so I’m not feeling badly about it. 

Also, I’d like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who helped me with my white dress dilemma. I’ll try to limit my wardrobe panics on here, but you made me feel great. I had a good night out and got hit on by lots of seedy old men, so I must have done something right, haha. 

Health and Happiness, dear followers <3  

Wouldn’t that sort of weight lifting be bad for her development, at her age? It’s amazing, but yeah. What do you think?

(Source: anna-s-aint)