It was a nice evening yesterday. I got out of work on time to do my training and so happy to see my trainer seeing that all is well with her. After that, been so long that I have taken an evening hot yoga class, I went and did Topaz last night. I knew I miss the people, the atmosphere and Titus but wow, it felt real good! Need to reevaluate that into my life once again.
Interestingly this past week - two of the yoga guys complimented on my weight loss and toning up. They said they can tell I've been working hard. I am struggling with this because I still see me as a fat person - in due time!
I was so totally exhausted that I actually slept to 8am on Sunday morning. I had hope to get to a
morning Warrior or Mystery circuit class and Topaz so good thing I got to a Sparta class. Sam, my partner in crime was back in town so we partner up with the supersets. These sparta classes kills me but my hopes is to get stronger and leaner from it.
Fri night I did a group training with my trainer and another lady who is getting ready for her show. It was intense but I know my trainer was bothered by things. I was so worry about her. In the long run, things worked out but can you imagine the stress? So I was worry and then could not get good sleep which I never do since I always have to wake up early Sat morning at 5am to do a Galloway run. I had contemplated of not going but I have responsibilities. I was happy that I went but after that my foot was hurting me again. I sure hope it stops so I can go back to my training so ready for my half in November. I was hoping for an uninjured rest of the year - but I have to go with the flow.
I experimented with my cooking. I know my trainer is going to get ready for her own competition and I don't know totally what she eats but apparently what I eat and what I share with her, she loves so now to take it one step further, less salt, less oil, no sugar
This week's menu on table was:
Flounder - I seasoned with sesame oil, ginger, tahini, cinnamom, cumin, coriander, white pepper, dash of grapeseed oil, splash of Bragg's Aminos - broiled in the oven at 450
Chicken Thighs - I seasoned that with garlic, rosemary, onion, black pepper, coconut oil, soy sauce, nutritional yeast - husband grilled those to perfection
Eggplant - did these differently - more of a dry rub - I used tahini and ginger dressing, along with a dash of rice wine, crushed red pepper, splash of chicken broth - and put that in the oven. Drier but I think it was tastier
Cabbage slaw stir fry - I had a big bag of coleslaw and decided to stir fry that - I used a combo of coconut and oil olive - heat the wok hot and added ginger, sesame oil, little bit of oyster sauce and xylitol (natural sweetner) and then a splash of dark soy sauce to carmelize
Quinoa with sweet potatoes and kale - I had some left over quinoa, and sweet potatoes and cooked some kale and just threw the whole thing together -easy as that.
My husband who is on one of those diets said it was good and my trainer loved it - So I think I am OK. When people are happy with my cooking I am happy!
Until next time, Enjoy these so to speak recipes. If you want me to create something for you - I will take the challenge.
Sue
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Busy week, very tired, need to re-evaluate
I don't know where all the time goes! There is just not enough hours in the day! Especially not enough hours for rest and play and relax but then I don't know how to relax. I have to keep moving, just too much energy!
Work has been busy and will get more so which I am glad because I can't stand idleness- but then it can be exhausting.
This weekend, I still did not do the group runs but stuck with leading the Late Start Program runners. We did 4miles so this is great accomplishment for the group who struggles but is hanging in there.
Went for my x-ray at Wake Ortho and no stressed fracture so this is goodness so I can slowly get back to my runs now - hopefully get back into the main stream since I got a race coming up in November but I think I should be OK.
Did some more inventive cooking - trying to not use as much oils and salt in the cooking process. It is a challenge that I am willing to take. I am interested in what my trainer will eat to prepare herself for her show and for me to help her out if I can. I mean I am sure what she eats which is of the same type of foods, can be rather boring. If I can come up with foods that is enjoyable - and who knows I can market this for the future competitors of the sort.
This week I made:
Rice Medley - which contains different rice, legumes - I cooked it in vegetable broth instead of water - does not contain salt or oils
Snapper and Salmon - I marinated it with ginger root, rosemary, garlic, onions, sesame seeds, cumin, coriander, cinammon, oregano, dash of sesame oik and a tbsp of coconut oil, - the oil is needed to grill otherwise it will stick - no other salts except for salt and pepper
Asparagus - stir fry - garlic cloves, combo of olive and coconut oil - mainly to burn the garlic cloves so the little bit of oil can seep into the vegetable, topped with white sesame seeds, dash of bragg's aminos -
Oh - I got some winter melon from my niece Nancy and I made soup with it - that melon was sure hard to cut up - I used a combo of vegetable and chicken broth and added with it shitake mushrooms, red dates and dried oysters.
That's it for now! Enjoy! If you need some ideas or help with your cooking, let me know - I probably won't know how to blend these exotic ingredients but if you tell me what they do, I can experiment. And I think that is what cooking is about - experiementing.
Sue
Work has been busy and will get more so which I am glad because I can't stand idleness- but then it can be exhausting.
This weekend, I still did not do the group runs but stuck with leading the Late Start Program runners. We did 4miles so this is great accomplishment for the group who struggles but is hanging in there.
Went for my x-ray at Wake Ortho and no stressed fracture so this is goodness so I can slowly get back to my runs now - hopefully get back into the main stream since I got a race coming up in November but I think I should be OK.
Did some more inventive cooking - trying to not use as much oils and salt in the cooking process. It is a challenge that I am willing to take. I am interested in what my trainer will eat to prepare herself for her show and for me to help her out if I can. I mean I am sure what she eats which is of the same type of foods, can be rather boring. If I can come up with foods that is enjoyable - and who knows I can market this for the future competitors of the sort.
This week I made:
Rice Medley - which contains different rice, legumes - I cooked it in vegetable broth instead of water - does not contain salt or oils
Snapper and Salmon - I marinated it with ginger root, rosemary, garlic, onions, sesame seeds, cumin, coriander, cinammon, oregano, dash of sesame oik and a tbsp of coconut oil, - the oil is needed to grill otherwise it will stick - no other salts except for salt and pepper
Asparagus - stir fry - garlic cloves, combo of olive and coconut oil - mainly to burn the garlic cloves so the little bit of oil can seep into the vegetable, topped with white sesame seeds, dash of bragg's aminos -
Oh - I got some winter melon from my niece Nancy and I made soup with it - that melon was sure hard to cut up - I used a combo of vegetable and chicken broth and added with it shitake mushrooms, red dates and dried oysters.
That's it for now! Enjoy! If you need some ideas or help with your cooking, let me know - I probably won't know how to blend these exotic ingredients but if you tell me what they do, I can experiment. And I think that is what cooking is about - experiementing.
Sue
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
My recipes, would it help others with eating clean, weight loss or just plain old taste good
So for those who don't know me, cooking is a passion, a hobby and therapy for me. I am also a giving person and moreso for those I truly care and love. I am also one who shows the utmost respect for people around me, people who help me and people I truly care about. So the only ways I know how to thank them is through my cooking. When I see a smile on their face and they say Wow to the tasting of my food - I am happy because they are.
I was at training this morning and my trainer - who loves my cooking said I should write my recipes down so to help other people. What I create thus far does not have addded sugars, salt and the only oils I used is coconut oil and at times sesame oil and olive oil - These recipes I feel can help people to stay eating clean, good for them and maybe weight loss.
This weekend, I made many foods - I made roasted brussel sprouts, green beans, chicken and salmon and wild rice/quinoa/black rice concoction.
This is from memory of the spices and condiments I used. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you how much of this and that - it's up to you and your taste buds - if you truly need a recipes per se- let me know and I see what I can do.
Grilled Chicken Breasts - I used organic Chicken Breasts. I pounded the chicken breasts - this way, it will absorb the spices better and it will be much more tender.
- condiments and spices used - fresh is best but dried is good too - rosemary, garlic, onion, poultry seasoning, bragg's amino, nutritional yeast, either coconut oil or olive oil - since chicken breasts don't have a whole lot of fat- need an agent that will keep it moist while grilling, some cooking wine - marinade and grill
Grilled Salmon or whatever fish you like - I use wild caught any kind of fish - since it is fish, it requires a balance of condiments such as sweet/salt , sweet/sour, hot/sweet, hot/sour - like that.
Ginger is a must( fresh is best but ground is good as well), garlice, rosemary, onion, coconut oil, marsala, salt, white pepper, soy sauce and little bit of honey
Green Beans - I found the french thinner style beans at Costco - I stir fry that in a combo of coconut and grapeseed oil - first adding minced garlic cloves and let it burn - and then throw in the beans - the garlic oozes into the oils - I add salt , pepper some crushed pepper flakes if u like little spicy and if you got other sauce , u can add - I threw in some agave nectar a dash just to off set the salt
Brussell sprouts - I believe I had a recipe in the other posts
Last week, I made a rice medley that had brown rice, beans, other grains and was quite tasty - trying this other recipe which I cooked in part vegetable broth
Enjoy,
Sue
I was at training this morning and my trainer - who loves my cooking said I should write my recipes down so to help other people. What I create thus far does not have addded sugars, salt and the only oils I used is coconut oil and at times sesame oil and olive oil - These recipes I feel can help people to stay eating clean, good for them and maybe weight loss.
This weekend, I made many foods - I made roasted brussel sprouts, green beans, chicken and salmon and wild rice/quinoa/black rice concoction.
This is from memory of the spices and condiments I used. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you how much of this and that - it's up to you and your taste buds - if you truly need a recipes per se- let me know and I see what I can do.
Grilled Chicken Breasts - I used organic Chicken Breasts. I pounded the chicken breasts - this way, it will absorb the spices better and it will be much more tender.
- condiments and spices used - fresh is best but dried is good too - rosemary, garlic, onion, poultry seasoning, bragg's amino, nutritional yeast, either coconut oil or olive oil - since chicken breasts don't have a whole lot of fat- need an agent that will keep it moist while grilling, some cooking wine - marinade and grill
Grilled Salmon or whatever fish you like - I use wild caught any kind of fish - since it is fish, it requires a balance of condiments such as sweet/salt , sweet/sour, hot/sweet, hot/sour - like that.
Ginger is a must( fresh is best but ground is good as well), garlice, rosemary, onion, coconut oil, marsala, salt, white pepper, soy sauce and little bit of honey
Green Beans - I found the french thinner style beans at Costco - I stir fry that in a combo of coconut and grapeseed oil - first adding minced garlic cloves and let it burn - and then throw in the beans - the garlic oozes into the oils - I add salt , pepper some crushed pepper flakes if u like little spicy and if you got other sauce , u can add - I threw in some agave nectar a dash just to off set the salt
Brussell sprouts - I believe I had a recipe in the other posts
Last week, I made a rice medley that had brown rice, beans, other grains and was quite tasty - trying this other recipe which I cooked in part vegetable broth
Enjoy,
Sue
Friday, August 9, 2013
Tiring week but feeling better!
So this week is killing me. For some reason, I feel exhausted, and lacking energy. The element that I have left out is doing my weekly 2 short runs and that I could not do because of my hurt foot. Did pay a visit to the Ortho guy, did x-rays, cannot determine if it is a stressed fracture or not, have to wait 2 weeks but he said just continue doing whatever but nothing that will hurt the foot. So I guess that is good news. So last Sat, I did not run with the Galloway group and I was so besides myself but fortunately, I was able to do other exercise so going to Sparta on a Sat morning at Arrichion Hot Yoga was rather enjoyable (Sadistically speaking).
I had a horrible migraine on Sunday in which my total body just shut down and Monday I was still trying to recover from a migraine hangover - it is worst than a regular hangover. So yes, I actually took a day of rest. My trainer would be proud.
The rest of the week went back to normal. I have been reading many different articles, thank goodness, they are short - about intermittent fasting, glycogen depletion. I know what I am doing is helping to reduce my body fat percentage but I also I got lots more fat to lose - and reading these articles - some say you need to eat less but then you lose muscle mass, you eat more, you have muscle mass but you may gain fat- Doh! Totally Confused! So whoever is reading my post - if you can give me some insight, that would be great.
I am also so happy so see how my cooking has put smiles on people's face and stomach. Cooking for me is a passion and a hobby and therapeutic so I do not think much of it and I don't cook to impress upon my skills. I just do it.
This year, we got a crop of eggplant, tomatoes, and soon peppers. I've been grilling the vegetables in the oven and seasoning with different spices. This is what I did this time:
coconut oil, rosemary, garlic, sesame seeds, crushed red pepper, cinammon, onions, nutritional yeast, some vegetable broth
I also did some chicken and lamb kabobs - in which I used more or less the same ingredients above except I added tahini, marsala, cumin and coriander. I screwed it with olives, tomatoes, artichoke hearts , avocado.
I need to be mindful what spices I used at least with the meat - I think I excluded the crushed hot peppers since my husband cannot have that.
I also made red snapper -as well.
I took some of that to my trainer - I am so happy to see her happy eating and enjoying. That tells me I did a good job and also to know that my trainer trusts what I eat, she will eat - since she is a very clean eater. Kudos to me!
The training with my trainer is going well. She keeps changing up on my exercises focusing of different parts of my body that needs the extra work- don't I know it with my mid section. Flab city!
I like the 1 hr sessions but I also liked the half hour ones where it is like High Intensity Interval Training where she has me go from one exercise to another - but I think the 1 hr are to focus on muslce groups. She's the boss!
This weekend, I am not going to run , but I will participate in helping out the Late Start Galloway run - help with the walking - that I know I can do.
That's it for now, thanks for reading my blog -
If there is anything in terms of cooking you want me to investigate in, let me know.
I am trying to eat as clean as possible but I have alter recipes for people with soy intolerances, no fat, no sugar, - so so far, none of my cooking is high in sugar, or salt.
Sue
I had a horrible migraine on Sunday in which my total body just shut down and Monday I was still trying to recover from a migraine hangover - it is worst than a regular hangover. So yes, I actually took a day of rest. My trainer would be proud.
The rest of the week went back to normal. I have been reading many different articles, thank goodness, they are short - about intermittent fasting, glycogen depletion. I know what I am doing is helping to reduce my body fat percentage but I also I got lots more fat to lose - and reading these articles - some say you need to eat less but then you lose muscle mass, you eat more, you have muscle mass but you may gain fat- Doh! Totally Confused! So whoever is reading my post - if you can give me some insight, that would be great.
I am also so happy so see how my cooking has put smiles on people's face and stomach. Cooking for me is a passion and a hobby and therapeutic so I do not think much of it and I don't cook to impress upon my skills. I just do it.
This year, we got a crop of eggplant, tomatoes, and soon peppers. I've been grilling the vegetables in the oven and seasoning with different spices. This is what I did this time:
coconut oil, rosemary, garlic, sesame seeds, crushed red pepper, cinammon, onions, nutritional yeast, some vegetable broth
I also did some chicken and lamb kabobs - in which I used more or less the same ingredients above except I added tahini, marsala, cumin and coriander. I screwed it with olives, tomatoes, artichoke hearts , avocado.
I need to be mindful what spices I used at least with the meat - I think I excluded the crushed hot peppers since my husband cannot have that.
I also made red snapper -as well.
I took some of that to my trainer - I am so happy to see her happy eating and enjoying. That tells me I did a good job and also to know that my trainer trusts what I eat, she will eat - since she is a very clean eater. Kudos to me!
The training with my trainer is going well. She keeps changing up on my exercises focusing of different parts of my body that needs the extra work- don't I know it with my mid section. Flab city!
I like the 1 hr sessions but I also liked the half hour ones where it is like High Intensity Interval Training where she has me go from one exercise to another - but I think the 1 hr are to focus on muslce groups. She's the boss!
This weekend, I am not going to run , but I will participate in helping out the Late Start Galloway run - help with the walking - that I know I can do.
That's it for now, thanks for reading my blog -
If there is anything in terms of cooking you want me to investigate in, let me know.
I am trying to eat as clean as possible but I have alter recipes for people with soy intolerances, no fat, no sugar, - so so far, none of my cooking is high in sugar, or salt.
Sue
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Not happy this weekend but all turn out OK
Someone said to me "Sue, you are some athlete" and I never recognize this about myself since I do not have an athletic body, or strong limbs or muscles to show for it, but I certainly got the KT tape to show for it. KT tape on my shoulder for a shoulder injury and KT tape on my leg- shin splints and hurt foot.
I was not a happy camper this weekend. Tues night, my foot was in pain for no reason at all - it is like old injury coming back and come Fri, it was not better so regrettably, I had to skip my long run with the Galloway folks. Boo! But I could not sit on my fat ass and do nothing so I texted Ty at Arrichion and asked if I can come to Sparta on Sat morning and off I went. You know, I rather enjoyed that class at that time. You get done early, not as many people and the whole supersets get done quickly and then you have the rest of the day. So all is not lost.
This morning I contemplated on either going to a Warrior/Mystery circuit class or Sparta, I chose Warrior since I had things to do and have not taken this class in a long while. When I used to take warrior, I would go through the motions, do the weights that are not hard, forgo things that I was too afraid to do but now, ever since I am doing training with a trainer and I am taking Sparta, my whole mindset is so different. I want to do more, I want to do harder, I want to do my best, I want to challenge me and you know, it is the greatest feeling you have after- you are dead tired but you have that big smile on your face :-)
Oh did I do any cooking this weekend...oh sure! We got some eggplant, tomatoes coming in and I did some grilled eggplant, I did some chicken and lamb kabobs - I created a concoction marinade which turn out pretty tasty
Marinade:
1. coconut oil
2. sesame oil
3. marsala
4. rosemary, garlic, onion, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, tahini, salt , pepper, ginger, nutritional yeast,
Probably a couple of other spices I forgot - Sorry, I don't have recipes written. At the moment I would look at the food item and say this is what I am going to do.
After that I skewered the meat with different veggies and the husband grill them
tastes better on the grill
Tomorrow morning, going to see the ortho guy to check my foot- let's hope it is not another stressed fracture. Wish me luck!
Enjoy -
If there is anything you want me to help you with -as far as cooking, let me know
I was not a happy camper this weekend. Tues night, my foot was in pain for no reason at all - it is like old injury coming back and come Fri, it was not better so regrettably, I had to skip my long run with the Galloway folks. Boo! But I could not sit on my fat ass and do nothing so I texted Ty at Arrichion and asked if I can come to Sparta on Sat morning and off I went. You know, I rather enjoyed that class at that time. You get done early, not as many people and the whole supersets get done quickly and then you have the rest of the day. So all is not lost.
This morning I contemplated on either going to a Warrior/Mystery circuit class or Sparta, I chose Warrior since I had things to do and have not taken this class in a long while. When I used to take warrior, I would go through the motions, do the weights that are not hard, forgo things that I was too afraid to do but now, ever since I am doing training with a trainer and I am taking Sparta, my whole mindset is so different. I want to do more, I want to do harder, I want to do my best, I want to challenge me and you know, it is the greatest feeling you have after- you are dead tired but you have that big smile on your face :-)
Oh did I do any cooking this weekend...oh sure! We got some eggplant, tomatoes coming in and I did some grilled eggplant, I did some chicken and lamb kabobs - I created a concoction marinade which turn out pretty tasty
Marinade:
1. coconut oil
2. sesame oil
3. marsala
4. rosemary, garlic, onion, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, tahini, salt , pepper, ginger, nutritional yeast,
Probably a couple of other spices I forgot - Sorry, I don't have recipes written. At the moment I would look at the food item and say this is what I am going to do.
After that I skewered the meat with different veggies and the husband grill them
tastes better on the grill
Tomorrow morning, going to see the ortho guy to check my foot- let's hope it is not another stressed fracture. Wish me luck!
Enjoy -
If there is anything you want me to help you with -as far as cooking, let me know
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