Yesterday was a big day for me. I didn’t just celebrate a little win. I celebrated a gigantic non scale victory and achieved one of my goals that I set out for myself. One of my main goals as a part of my reasoning for having WLS was to be an active and participating parent
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One word I hear talked about very often within my social media networks for not only those within the weight loss surgery community but just in general has been bothering me for some reason. This one word is also a word that I personally use regularly and regularly suffer from this awful feeling…….. “GUILT” As
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Fruity Oat Bar Makes: 10 bars Ingredients: 3 bananas 1/2 cup unsweetened apple purée 2 eggs 3 scoops (90g) vanilla protein powder 1 cup quick oats 1 tablespoon coconut flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Pinch salt Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and prepare a brownie tin by spraying with cooking
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I generally try to keep my posts uplifting, positive and inspiring….today is not one of those posts. Today is all about realness! To start with I will get the statistics out of the way. At Wednesday’s weigh in this week This week – 1.1kg Total – 90kg 90-freaking-kg LOST. Wow just wow….I can’t even fathom!
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Honey Cashew Protein Balls Makes: 8 Ingredients: 150g unsalted cashews 2 scoops (60g) vanilla protein powder 3 tablespoons honey Up to 1 tablespoon water Method: Place the cashews and protein powder into a food processor and pulse until you have a meal texture Add in the honey and pulse 3 times to mix the honey
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Brown Rice Salad Makes: 4 portions Ingredients: 2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 1/2 onion, finely diced 1/2 celery stalk, finely diced 1 garlic clove, finely diced 2 asparagus stalks, sliced 1 mushroom, finely chopped 2 tablespoons frozen baby peas 2 tablespoons frozen corn kernels 1 bacon chop, finely diced 125g cooked brown rice** 2
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So once again it’s been a while between WHMP blog posts so thought I would touch base and update the exciting things that have been happening.  In my last post I did I was in the middle of attending well being and resilience training for work.  It was an interesting couple of day but has
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Nutberry Bars Makes: 16 bars Ingredients: 2 bananas, ripe bananas 2 apples, cored and grated 2 eggs 4 tablespoons melted coconut oil 1/3 cup milk 1 & 1/2 cup rolled oats 3 scoops (90g) vanilla protein powder 1 tablespoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons chia seeds 1 cup mixed nuts, chopped 1 cup frozen berries, chopped 1/2
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Protein Enriched Tzatziki Makes: 6 portions (approximately 1/4 cup per portion) Ingredients: 1 cup natural yoghurt 2 scoops (60g) pure protein powder 1 garlic clove, finely diced 1/3 cucumber, finely diced 1/2 cup shredded fresh mint 1/4 cup shredded fresh coriander 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil Method: Stir through protein
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Coffee Protein Balls Makes: 6 Ingredients: 100g pitted dates 2 scoops (60g) coffee protein powder 1/2 cup cashews 1/4 cup coconut flour 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil Method: Place the dates in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water for 15-20 minutes Drain the liquid ensuring you keep and set aside the liquid Place
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