Just a run of the mill everyday kind of day. Nothing special, nothing spectacular just living my life in tea party portions. A day running around playing with my gorgeous little man clocking up 8,000 steps along the way. I am still a long way from where I want to be but I’m so proud of how far I have […]
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So today was German day for my little guy at school. I channeled my inner German exchange past and baked from scratch traditional german pretzels. They smelt amazing, looked amazing so I decided I stuff it, I don’t indulge on carby things very often and picked the smallest one and ate it. Tasted AMAZING……unfortunately Percy was not as impressed as […]
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This weekend has been a really invaluable learning curve for me. While I’m under the weather I did initially feel guilty about not going to the gym, not having the best nutrition and napping a lot more than I have as long as I can remember. But you know what……..The more I think about it I am actually proud of […]
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My cold has well and truly settled in! No pity party needed as it’s just a cold and I will survive. I have been made acutely aware of 2 major things that have changed since my surgery. 1. I’m ridiculously aware of my hydration now to the point that I have been walking around with a Powerade zero bottle in […]
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So kooties have been roaring through my team at work with everyone dropping like flies. I thought I had dodged the bullet until I woke up this morning feeling like I had been hit by the congestion mac truck!! My plans to go to the gym went completely out the window and instead my bum was reacquainted with the couch […]
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Today I have decided to do something a little bit different and celebrate in my inaugural Percy Awards post! And the awards category of the day is….. BEST SUPPORTING ROLE!! And the nominations are: My glasses Today I am wearing “new” frames, which are actually my old frames just to confuse things. I have had so many people tell me […]
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My day started at 4am this morning, not by choice but that’s when my day kicked off….I have no idea why but I thought I’d get on my exercise bike at 6.30am and I did 30 minutes on the fat burner setting. It must have got my happy endorphins going as getting ready for work I felt great and confident […]
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Honeycomb Mousse with Protein Crumble Makes: 12 Mousse Ingredients: 1 cup thickened cream 1/2 cup natural yoghurt 2 scoops (60g) honeycomb protein powder 2 teaspoon gelatine 1/3 cup boiling water Crumble Ingredients: 1/4 cup rolled oats 1 scoops (30g) chocolate protein powder 1 tablespoon cacao 2 tablespoons crushed nuts 2 tablespoons maple syrup Method: To make the Mousse dissolve the […]
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Coffee Protein Up & Go Go Go Serves: 1 Ingredients: 1 weetbix biscuit 1/4 cup boiling water 2 teaspoons instant coffee 1 teaspoon low calorie sweetener 1/2 cup high protein milk 1/2 scoop (15g) vanilla protein powder Method: Dissolve the coffee and sweetener is the boiling water and then crush the weetbix biscuit into the coffee mixture Place in the […]
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Beefy BBQ Sausage Rolls Makes: 20 large, 40 small or 60 party size Ingredients: 5 puff pastry sheets, defrosted 500g beef mince 500g sausage mince 200g diced bacon 3/4 cup BBQ sauce 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1 onion, finely diced 3 garlic cloves, finely diced 3/4 cup breadcrumbs Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and line a tray […]
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