Compliments To The Chef's Salad - Lite n' Easy Weight Loss Journey Week 25 Day 4

Week: 25
Day 3 - Friday
5/07/2014
Compliments To The Chef’s Salad

Huge Breakfast to start the day!

Breakfast: Cheese and Tomato toasted

Multigrain Sandwich

*Addition: Fruit & Bran Cereal

Homemade Coffee (low fat milk, no sugar)

A HUGE breakfast I know!  But I figure it’s best to eat a lot in the morning because you’re far more likely to burn it off during the day than at night.  It was hard for me to re train my body to eat more, well anything, in the morning and stop having dessert and snacking after dinner.  It is really tough at first and I did feel like being sick in the morning for about a week but you will get use to it, I promise.

Sigh...

Morning Snack: Mandarin

I was so happy to see Mandarins on the Lite n’ Easy menu, but these really aren’t that nice. L

Lunch: Chef’s Salad topped with Sautéed Potato & Bacon and Vinaigrette

Fruit Salad (Rockmelon, Honeydew & Pineapple)

*Addition: Classic Choc & Oats Bar

Potato, Bacon & Egg? Is this a Salad?

Potato, Bacon and Egg in a Salad? Sounds like my kind of Salad! ;)

This was delicious!  I know it’s a great Salad when I finish it without screwing my face up and struggling through it like I do with most Salads.

I didn’t even find it strange to eat this during winter because the Potato and Bacon are heated, yum!

Parsley Meme created with memegenerator.net

Although there were a few things I wasn’t a huge fan of, I loved it overall and I’m just nitpicking now.  I didn’t like the Parsley in it, I just don’t see the point of Parsley?  My sister will probably kill me for this... but when we were younger and out to dinner she asked me what was with the stuff on the top (it was a parsley garnish, it was a popular garnish years ago, but it’s not so common anymore), I said “Oh, it’s really yummy, you have to eat it!” She did and spat it out ha ha ha

Why were they there?

I thought that the Almond slivers were a little odd and I was surprised to see the Vinaigrette with this Salad, I would have thought that a light, creamy (hee hee) dressing would have worked better.  Don’t get me wrong, I still loved it!

Explains how I feel about the Lite n' Easy Classic Choc Oats Bars :)
Image source: Pinterest

Oh my god, the Choc Oats Bars, the Choc Oats Bars, oh my God. ;)

Drooooooool

Afternoon Snack: Tomato Bruschetta on Ciabatta Toast

Hands down one of my favourite snacks from Lite n’ Easy.  I like heating up the Tomato in the microwave for about 10-20 seconds (1200 watt) so it’s all warm... mmmm...warm.  Are you surprised that I topped it with fresh Garlic Chives? No, neither am I. ;)

Nom Nom NOM!

*Addition: Banana PB Bites

One of the best flavour combinations, in my opinion and I love how easy these are and that you don’t need any carbs to make them.  They are simple, quick and a yummy way to increase protein.

Yes, yes and YES!

Dinner: 18 Roast Chicken

How good does that Chicken look? I love this dinner and I never get sick of it.  Chicken, Stuffing, Roast Potato and Gravy, yum!

Glasses of water: 8

*Addition: These are items that are not part of the 1200 calorie Lite n' Easy plan.  I have added these to increase my calorie intake from the calories burned off during exercise.  For a more detailed breakdown, please see the My Fitness Pal image at the bottom of this post.

Exercise: 4 Fast Miles with Leslie Sansone (DVD)

Strength Training (3kg weights)

4 Fast Miles with Leslie Sansone

After a rest day I decided to get back in an do the 4 Fast Miles again, it starts slowly and includes aerobic movements and intervals of jogging.  If you’re starting out, she does 1 Mile walks and you can gradually build up to 5 Miles.  I’m a lot fitter and move a lot more than I did when I first started so I knew that the 4 Fast Miles wouldn’t be too much.  I want to start jogging too so I can gradually build up to running.

Just a little Strength Training

 Video from Youtube here

I want to do Strength Training about 3 times a week if I can.  I think it’s important to incorporate it and have both Cardio and Strength.  I only do 10 reps of each one in the above video, but I gradually build it up.  I have read that the Polar FT4 isn't very accurate to monitor Strength Training but I figure it is better than pulling figures out of my ar$e the air.

Video from Youtube here

My muscles were quite sore after this week, so I decided to do a five minute stretch before the workout.  I usually do my own but I found a good video on a five minute stretch and included it for you.  It's really important to do this before and after exercise to prevent stiff, sore muscles.

So relaxing!

After the workout I wanted to give my muscles more of a rest so I decided to have a nice relaxing bath and pamper my self for all my efforts.

*Radox Muscle Soothe

I love this stuff, it really works and really relaxes my muscles.  I used to use this after moving house, all that lifting and stress, it always worked.

*My Beauty Diary - Strawberry Yoghurt Sheet Masks (I buy mine from Sasa.com here)

I really love the Asian Sheet Masks, you just have to peel them open and arrange them on your face and not have to worry about much mess.  They can be quite cold, so probably not the best thing for winter, but I still enjoy them.  

How can you NOT look sexy in this? ;)

Like all masks, you look incredibly sexy while it's on ha ha.  You leave them on 20 minutes and then let the serum soak into your face.

*Soap & Glory - Breakfast Scrub

(Available at Mecca Cosmetica here)

After the bath, it was time to get my scrub on.  This one smells like Pancakes and Maple Syrup to me, love it.  This scrub is thick enough that it stays on your skin while you scrub and it leaves it moisturised.

*Soap & Glory - Butter Yourself Body Butter

(Available at Mecca Cosmetica here)

After washing the scrub off in a warm shower, it was time to apply a body butter. Can you tell I love Soap & Glory?  This isn't my favourite scent in the range, I love the original scent, but it's such a lovely, thick body butter.

I felt amazing after and I think it's important to take some time out just for you.