Long time no see - and a lot has changed. To sum up my life very very briefly since Wednesday 27th May 2017 (last time I blogged...):
- I graduated Loughborough University with a 2:1.
- I got a job in a GP surgery as a receptionist, and have since moved on to work as a teaching assistant at the high school I went to sixth form at. I am now going to be teaching in (gulp!) less than a week!
- I am still with my boyfriend, and have just got back from a trip to Denmark to see my brother get married, and Disneyland Paris for the 25th Anniversary!
- My family are all in Dubai (and have been for over a year now..!) - one of the main reasons I have not found the time to blog for a while. I am now having to run a house (albeit, not my own house) so time is not my friend with this juggling act! I have visited them out there quite a few times!
- I have gained about 7kg......
The last point is the main reason I am writing this blog post. I have really yo-yo'd with my weight over the past year... I say yo-yo... I just went down once and then back up haha. But it has been a struggle none-the-less. Living on your own can be absolutely detrimental for me in terms of weight gain - no-one can see me or judge me for buying my third Dominos in a month, and the calories just racked up.
However, since hitting a milestone on the scales (and not a good one!!), I have realised that the time has come to make some much better choices with my food. I am trying the lovely Lizel Jayne Strydom's point system method at the moment, to better control my portion sizes, and what I eat. I have taken my before photos, but until I (hopefully) see some progress, I am not brave enough to share them!
With this, I have started to learn to make some delicious recepies that I wanted to share; not only for others to potentially benefit, but also for myself to look back on when going gets tough, and I want to make something delicious because I am craving something bad for me.
Finishing my ramble, here is one recpie in particular that I want to share; with many more on the way!
REESES PIECES NICECREAM (WITH NO REESES PIECES INVOLVED!) - serves 2
Ingredients
- 200g frozen bananas
- 1tsp honey
- 1/2 tsb peanut butter (more if you would like)
- 1 tsb cacao powder
- around 150ml (but I do kind of guess how much) almond milk/ soya milk/ whatever plant milk I have in the cupboard
- Toppings: anything from frozen blueberries, cacao nibs, mixed chopped nuts and sunflower seeds!
Method
- Shove the above in a food processor or a blender, and blend until like a thick smoothie.
- Place in the freezer for around 1 hour, and then serve.
- That simple!
I absolutely love this recipe as it is so simple, and tastes so delicious. For more of a peanutty taste, add more peanut butter! For more of a chocolatey taste, add more cacao, use a chocolate flavoured plant milk or even add cacao nibs into the nicecream!
I have worked out, with the help of Liezel Jane, that this recipe is around 250 calories per serving (the above recipe serves two). It is full of fibre, and some protein, and tastes absoltely DELICIOUS. Whilst I don't recommend that you have this everyday, theres actually not much in here that is bad for you... so eat away!
Anyway - stay tuned for updates. Heres hoping I get back down to a size 10/12 from a size 14/16!
Thanks for reading :D
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