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I thought I would post a day of eats and exercise for those of you who are curious about how I approach diet and fitness. I’ve long believed that achieving outer beauty has a lot to do with what you eat and how you move; but it is also so connected to how you feel. Emotions, food, and physical well-being are crucial to how balanced (or not) you are health and beauty-wise, so I hope you enjoy this new addition to the blog.

Today’s meals..

10am: Four cups* green melon and spinach smoothie

1230pm: Soaked oats in mix of hemp and walnut milk, blueberries, banana, raisins with a dollop of chocolate peanut butter (I use Peanut Butter & Co.’s Dark Chocolate Dreams – it’s to-die-for). I soak my oats for about 2-3 hours which is enough for me, though some folks do it overnight.

330pm: Green savoury soup (or smoothie if you will). It was a mix of a large tomato, one cucumber, one celery stalk, handful of parsley, one garlic clove, juice of half a lemon, dash of sea salt, dill, and cayenne pepper, and a cup of water, sprinkled with a tablespoon of dulse flakes ( a type of seaweed). If it sounds muddy, it actually was. I should’ve injected it with more sweetness like carrot juice or orange juice. I won’t put a picture here because it might scare some people away.

440pm: Work out with Tracy Anderson’s Metamorphosis Abcentric DVD (review on her previous workout book/DVD, The 30-Day Method, is here) which starts off with 30 minutes of dance cardio and then 30 minutes of resistance training — review coming soon!

620pm: Chocolate smoothie with one frozen banana, hemp milk, cocoa powder, Sun Warrior Brown Rice Protein, two dates, a dash of maca, cinnamon, and vanilla essence — this was so yummy; felt like a treat rather than a post-workout protein shake.

930pm: Bowl of gluten-free fettucine with shiitake mushrooms, onion, garlic, bean sprouts, Chinese greens, a boiled egg in a herbal Chinese shoyu sauce (shoyu, sesame oil, cloves, star anise and cinnamon).

*I mean cups in terms of measuring cups and not drinking glasses or what not so it doesn’t look as much as it is.

Emotions: I slept well the night before so I woke up rested and raring to start the day. I occasionally get such starts which I’m trying to encourage because there are mornings which I feel foggy and it takes me an hour to shake off sleepiness. Time flew by because work was busy but I felt efficient and calm though I could do without checking Facebook so often.

I’m putting more pressure on myself to work out 3-4 times a week because of my impending nuptials in Sept this year — I felt really reluctant today despite the great energy levels I had earlier on in the day. It was strange and I think it was more of a mental block than a physical one. I really wanted to blog instead – honest! I told myself I had to get it in because I can’t work out tomorrow because of several appointments. But I got off my butt and felt enthused about sweating it out 20 minutes into the cardio. Usually it takes me about 10 minutes to forget my reluctance so today was quite challenging.

I’m quite calm and patient today in terms of interacting with others so I would say it was a pretty balanced day for me — no real dramas; no junk food; got in my workout; procrastinated a little bit but overall pretty good.

Good night!

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