Reflections on my health, fitness and wellbeing
I just made these pancakes that I discovered on instagram. I added a big handful of frozen blueberries to the mix which worked really well. Full of protein and fibre so great after a run. They were delicious! Scan the QR code to see the instagram post!
I have to say I’m not the best at moderation, particularly when it comes to alcohol. I’m great at having no alcohol but once I have one drink I really struggle to stop until I fall asleep (sometimes in the middle of a party!) Then I wake up the next morning feeling rubbish and waste the day feeling sorry for myself. So, this week I had an internal battle going on in my head about whether to drink last night or do parkrun today. In the end I gave myself a good talking to and made myself drink in moderation. It worked! I got up feeling fresh as a daisy this morning and smashed Graves parkrun! It was mostly easy to drink moderately but there were moments where it could’ve gone either way. I did it though and practise makes perfect!
I forgot to make my overnight oats last night but really fancied some this morning. So, I just covered the oats in boiling water to soften them and left them to cool while I blended the kefir with fruit and prepped the fruit to go on top! Voila! You wouldn’t know they hadn’t been prepared last night!
Until last week, my only goal for running was getting to the end of the run. It felt like that was a big enough achievement. However, I have signed up for an extra 2 months health and fitness coaching with Jazzy B fitness and Beth, my coach, wanted me to have a goal to work towards. As I’ve lost most of the weight I was planning to lose, a weight goal of a few pounds didn’t seem enough. So I’m aiming to run Chatsworth 10K on 22 September in an hour or less. To help me work up to this, Beth has set me some running goals for the week and one of them was to do parkrun in 30 mins (which is a personal best for me). Well I totally smashed that goal today as I did it in 27:30 mins!!
I’ve bought some breakfast jars and taken my overnight oats to the next level!
I haven’t been organised enough to make my overnight oats this weekend but I wanted to get back into my routine of having kefir every day so I threw together this breakfast smoothie which was delicious!
Ingredients:
I am so incredibly proud of myself for completing the Yorkshire three peaks! I honestly don’t think I had it in me before starting this health and fitness coaching. I am stronger, fitter and weigh less which all contributed to my being able to tackle the 24 miles with over 1,500m elevation.
I stumbled across this recipe the other day and I have made it twice since as it is soooooo delicious! Also really easy to make. It’s full of protein and fibre so a great addition to my day! If you cut it into 12 slices then it has around 123 calories, 7g protein and 2g fibre.
I’ve been reading, watching TV programmes and listening to podcasts about the gut microbiome quite a bit recently and I’m becomming increasingly interested in doing what I can to make mine healthy (particularly after having a bowel cancer scare 18 months ago). After a couple of friends told me about their home made kefir, I decided to give it a go and I’m obsessed!
I have used the Kefir Company starter cultures which are so easy to use! I will have a go at using some live grains at some point but, for now, this is so easy.
I blend the prepared kefir with what ever soft fruit I have got around and then pour it over oats, leave it in the fridge overnight and have some delicious over night oats for breakfast every day. I usually add some grapes, a chopped up pear or what ever fruit takes my fancy.
Before I add the extra fruit, the overnight oats with home made fruity kefir comes in around 10g of protein and 5g of fibre so a great start to the day!
There’s lots of information about the health benefits of kefir on the internet but I’m not an expert so I’m not going to say which sources are the most accurate. It’s worth having a google though if you’re interested!
What an achievement! Fee and I completed the Round Sheffield Run on Saturday. I was a bit apprehensive about it as it is further than a half marathon (although you only run 20Km of it) but we both found it relatively easy and we didn’t ache nearly as much as we did at the end of Brighton Half Marathon 2 years ago. So what has changed? Well, losing weight will obviously make running easier but also we are both doing regular strength training which is really paying off
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