8th March 2016
Happiness
comes from within you. You'll never find
it by chasing relationships, jobs, beauty, money. Happiness always starts within.
My
bed was begging me to stay this morning, nice clean warm bedding and it's a bit
nippy out here, hope the heating warms up soon.
I did manage a little housework yesterday, the living room no longer
feels like I'm walking at the beach, hovered didn't I!
Mom
and I also went for a walk, we took our beat the street cards and got the first
4 collected, we also did a good mile and a half walk, Alfie wasn't impressed,
he didn't want to go that way, so I imagine trying to get any more is going to
be entertaining to say the least.
Had
a few messages from people yesterday, half were on it like a car bonnet, they'd
already been for a long walk or just come back from swimming, really in the
zone. The others were truly struggling
to find their mojo. How do you re-find
your mojo when you feel so yak. I do
definitely recommend the walking thing even thought you likely don't time, or
are too tired, both reasons why you're mojo is missing in the first place! A bit of fresh air and vitamin D does you the
world of good, it's also acknowledging to yourself that actually YES you
deserve some of the valuable time you spend making sure everyone else is looked
after and okay, whilst neglecting yourself.
Next
take a look at what you're choosing to eat, is it giving you energy? Is it giving you satisfaction? Is it causing you to crave other stuff later
on in the day time?
One
cannot live on fruit alone! Remember this
is a lifestyle, not a temporary fix.
Don't
starve, eat! If you try to eat as little
as possible throughout the day, you're going to end up hungry! When you end up hungry, you crave bad stuff,
this makes you feel like you can't 'diet' and you've failed - a vicious cycle
begins!
So
please make sure you have a balance of the different food groups in your day,
don't go all day on barely any food to fuel your body, fill up on good healthy
food. The results will come and you
won't feel like you're constantly letting yourself down.
Now
here's a delicious sounding Smart Point recipe to fill the whole family;
Speedy Biryani
Total
36sp, serves 4, 9sp per serving
This
delicious dish takes just 30 minutes to prepare and cook!!
200g
Basmati rice (20sp)
1 x
15ml tablespoon vegetable oil (4sp)
2
chicken breast fillets (about 260g) (3sp)
Small
bunch fresh coriander
1
medium red onion
100g
French beans
4 x
15ml tablespoons Balti curry paste (5sp)
130ml
water
4
tomatoes
2
hard-boiled eggs (4sp)
·
Cut the chicken into 2–3cm diced pieces
and place in a bowl.
·
Cook the rice according to the instructions
on the packet. If you haven’t already hard-boiled the eggs, pop them
in a separate pan in cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for 5
minutes. Then drain through a colander and leave to stand in fresh
cold water to cool. When cooled peel, and quarter
·
Using a different chopping board and knife,
peel and finely chop the red onion.
·
Wash the French beans, tomatoes and coriander.
·
Finely chop the coriander. Top and tail
the French beans and cut them in half. Cut the tomatoes into
quarters.
·
Heat the vegetable oil in the large
saucepan, then add the chicken, half of the chopped coriander and
curry paste. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring all the time. The chicken will
change colour from pink to white.
·
Add the chopped red onion and French beans
and cook for a further 3 minutes.
·
Add the tomato quarters, and add the water gradually
– you may not need it all. Your Speedy Biryani should be moist enough for
the flavours to spread through evenly, but it shouldn’t be wet. Cook
for a further 3 minutes. Keep stirring.
·
Add the cooked rice. Mix well, cover and
simmer for 2 minutes. You might want to add a little bit more water
now.
·
Spoon the Speedy Biryani onto plates and garnish
with egg quarters
Have a great day, be good to yourself BeYOUtiful, take it one change at
a time. xx
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