Mug Cake Madness!

Good morning beauties!

Today is day No.2 of the Healthy Eating Challenge 2013 currently running on my Instagram. So today I wanted to share with you a very simple recipe, that is again clean and very yummy!!

So here are the ingredients you will need:

1 Egg
75ml Almond Milk
15g Coconut Flour
15g Oats

Put all of these ingredients in a container and blend until the consistency is smooth!
Pour into a suitably sized mug and pop in the microwave for 2-3min depending in power of your microwave!

To make the topping simply use 50g Greek Yoghurt mixed with 50g of raspberries and pour over your cake!

Quick, simple and very yummy!!

Post your pictures on Instagram of your recreations! I want to see how yours turn out! :)

Healthy Breakfast Pancakes!!

I love chocolate and I also love pancakes, so here I have combined the two to make a delicious, nutritious and filling breakfast that is completely clean!!

So how do I make them, here is a list of ingredients you will need for the pancakes:

1 Egg
75ml Almond Milk
15g Coconut Flour
15g Oats
50g Fresh spinach leaves

Now all you need to do is put these ingredients into a blender and blend until it is a smooth consistency.

You then want to pour pancakes into a hot frying pan that has a small amount of coconut oil in (maybe 1/3 of a teaspoon of oil is needed. Cook until there are plenty of air bubbles rising through the mixture, this will mean that it is ready to flip!

Flip and cook and serve on a plate!


Now to make the topping here are the ingredients you will need:

80g Greek Yoghurt
1 Teaspoon pure cocoa power
1 Teaspoon stevia (or other sweetener)
1 Teaspoon Peanut Butter

You then want to mix all of these ingredients together and pour on top of your pancakes!! Sprinkle a small amount of desiccated coconut on top if you wish and enjoy!

Healthy, yummy and clean!!

My Transformation

Hey Rawesome people! (did you like what I did there?)

So if you follow me on instagram you will have recently seen my "transformation" picture. And a lot of you guys have been asking me the same questions, "how did you do it?", "how long did it take?", "what do you eat?" and so on. So my second ever blog post I wanted to share with you my journey to becoming healthier, fitter and stronger.

The first picture was taken on 10th Feb 2013! Yes this February just gone. I had been eating terrible food every day, including 2+ chocolate bars, fizzy drinks (soda) lots of processed sugar and food, and at least 1 KFC or Mc D's a week (at least). I was feeling terrible mentally, I was always tired, I didn't want to do anything other than crawl out of bed, go to work, come home, eat and then go to bed! I was miserable.

Then one day I discovered a woman called Kayla Itsines on instagram and there was one picture of hers that stuck in my mind which is this one:

In my eyes, this girl had the exact same scenario as me, she wasn't obese in her before picture but she had some fat to lose and some toning todo! So I left a comment underneith the picture asking how long this took to do. Kayla's response... 5 weeks!!! Just 5 weeks to get a kick ass body like this! Well that was it, the fire was lit! I got up and after having a shower, I decided to take my before picture (I didn't really think I had that much work to do) I was horrified by what I saw in my picture! 

The fast food, sugar loaded chocolate and next to no vegetables was visible. The poor lifestyle I was living was as clear as day on my phone! I was actually in shock! It was from that moment that I have been on my journey of living a new renewed lifestyle and I feel amazing for it.


So what did I do to make the change from being a junk food junkie? 

I took a very big step back and looked at what I was eating, what exercises I was doing and how I was going to change them.

Here are my excuses that used to stop me:
I don't have time
I can't afford to eat clean
I don't really need to lose that much weight, so there is no point. 
I'm too tired

So once I had looked at my excuses I found how to change them. So here are the remedies for my excuses.

Time: I used to wake up at 7, I now wake up at 5.30! I know it sounds early but I get at least 1 hour cardio in before work now! (I want it)

Cost: I plan every meal! Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner! That way I buy only the things I need and save a tonne of money! I also shop online and have it delivered! That way I can't browse as easily!

I don't need too: I look at my before picture and think you may not need to lose weight, but you need to burn fat! I then look at what I want to become and remember why I started!

I'm too tired: My change in diet has meant I have so much more energy! I go to bed no later than 10pm every night so I get at least 7&1/2 hours sleep!



So what exercises did I do?

When I wake up at 5.30 I throw on my work out gear, wake up my dog (he is normally waking me up as soon as the alarm goes off) and we go for a bike ride together (he run's I cycle) I do 7km around the countryside where I live. And before anyone starts worrying about my dog, I have spoken to my Vet and he has assured me that it is not going to harm my baby running that far everyday! This normally burns around 200-250 calories (but please don't go mad on counting calories each day) I then do 30 minutes of HIIT training (High Intensity Interval Training)

My HIIT circuit:

1 minute activity as hard and fast as possible, 30 seconds rest! Repeat 3 times.

Burpees
Situps
Plyometric Lunges
Jumping Jacks
Bicycle Crunches
Sumo Squats

This normally takes me around 25 minutes to complete. If this doesn't get you sweating, you didnt work hard enough!!

I have incorporated this exercise routine into my lifestyle, along with eating a lot more green vegetables, more natural and unprocesses carbs such as sweet potato, brown pasta and brown rice, and plenty of proteins such as fish, chicken and vegetables.

The first picture was taken 10th Feb 2013, the second picture was taken 28th April 2013.

I have so far lost a total of 12lbs and am now starting to regain some of that weight as muscle! I do not weigh myself very often at all (maybe once every three weeks or so) I started weighing myself everyday at one point and it completely demotivated me so I stopped! 

I am 5ft 8" and weigh 130lbs. My BMI is 20.4 which is in a very healthy range.

I achieved my results through eating more food than I ever have before, the difference is I now eat lots of healthy food!!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! 

Peace, Love & Stuff x

My First Blog

Hi There!!

And welcome to our very first ever blog post.

This blog is going to be about everything to do with natural skincare and how to get your skin looking & feeling its best without any chemcials (you wouldn't eat all of the nasty chemicals you put on your skin after all). We will also be including, health and fitness advice along with awesome super food recipes that will make your skin and soul glow.

Peace, Love & Stuff x