The sun is shining this morning WOW! This house is such a bright, sunny house when the sun shines!

I have exercised again this morning; 30 minutes of Tae Bo. I can feel that my movements are getting better and doing this 30 minutes felt easier also so I am rather pleased with myself!

I weighed in this morning as it is weigh day and I have actually gained .04 I'm not sure why but next week should be better because of my exercising.

We got a new phone each yesterday as when it came to re-newing out contract with our existing phone company it was going to be more expensive for the same package. We have been with this phone company for about 8 - 10 years but every time we re-new it gets more and more expensive for the same package...time to shop around! So we did shop around and have found a MUCH better contract and less expensive...thats the way to do it! So here is a pic of our new mobiles...both the same!

We used to get different phones but because I am not very technically minded we now get the same phones, that way I can leave all the figuring out to my hubby and he can just tell me what to do...HA!

I am now on week 2 of my Russell James Raw Food Academy course.

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I didn't exercise this morning but I will be tomorrow morning.
I have had bananas for breakfast until I fell asleep mid morning. I am looking forward to my energy levels SOARING!! My hubs tells me that because I am peri menopausal to get sleep if my body is telling me that I need it...umm I prefer to stay awake though, I don't want to sleep my days away!

I am feeling a tad peckish again so I am thnking of a protein smoothie.

*UPDATE*
Just had a smoothie.

Water, it should have been nut milk but I didn't have any made so I just used the water. I added banana and vanilla protein powder and blended it in the Vitamix.

Well, I finally managed to make the Russell James raw lasagne and very nice it was too.

It tasted fresh and gourmet!! And I don't mind saying so myself.

I was sooo hungry before I started eating this but after I had eaten it I was rather full, I certainly didn't want anything else to eat.

I only made half the filling ingredients and I still managed to make a second and larger lasagne, pic below. As you can see, I didn't skimp on piling the filling between the courgette pasta sheets.
I have covered this portion and I will have some of it tomorrow although it might be water logged by tomorrow, we'll see.

Here is what I have left of the filling so tomorrow I will soak some flax and make 4 different flavours of crackers.

From left to right: Cheese, tomato sauce, pesto and mushroom sauce.

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You will never guess what I done this morning? EXERCISE!...WooHoo - I done a 25 minute Tae Bo with Billy Blanks and I feel great!

I am trying to post some pics from the other day but because we have a new whatever it is called on our computer I am struggling to find save to save the pics...teehee I will ask James, he'll know how to do it, afterall, he is 12 years old...who better to ask than a 12 year old? When kids get new technology things they don't read the intructions but have it sussed within minutes and working perfectly WELL within a day...AMAZING!

I am starting week 2 of Russell James' course on Thursday but today, I am going to make his raw lasagne...YUM!

Right then, I will be back later with my pics..."JAAAMMMES!"

Here are some pics of my salad press/pressing:

I have had this press for over a year and this is the frist time I have used it.

Chinese Lettuce, grated carrot, red pepper and celtic sea salt

Veg and salt in the salad press, ready

The veg have now been pressed down. This is left like this for a good so many hours, 4 - 5 hours or over night. The juices start and come out of the veg, remove the juices after pressing as this contains the salt. Once pressed add a little soy or what ever you like.

Garlic or other flavourings can also be added.

I am going to be pressing more veg soon as these were really yumcious!

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Weather today: Grey skies, looks like we could be in for more rain.

The thunder yesterday turned into an electrical storm which lasted for quite some time, a couple of hours infact. There is a lot of flooding in the UK, we nearly had a flood ourselves until my hubby realised that the drains outside were blocked over with leaves, so he rushed out into the garden and cleared them so no flooding for us, thank goodness!!

Oh! I received my packs of seeds last week, so I have planted 3 different types of kale, beetroot and butternut squash.

I coloured my hair last night so I didn't have to do it this morning, that is one job I hate having to do! The grey is all covered up now.

I have just had a strawberry and banana smoothie for breakfast and I am thinking of making a pressed salad for lunch, which I will show you when it is done.

The weather today: Pouring with HUGE rain drops, thunder, grey skies and the fog horn has been going all day. This weather has been like this for days, infact most of June.

OOps! not blogged for a few days..not good!
Weigh day today and I have gone down 2lb which IS good!! I measured my body last week and I will measure again in about a month or so.
I still have not incorporated exercise into my days yet BUT I am being more active with more housework, my housework rota which is what I am sure has helped with the 2lb weight loss this week but I of course want to lose inches too, so exercise is a must really!

What am I up to? Well, I have just started a 10 week Raw Chef Academy Course and even just in this first week, I am learning!

This week I am learning about:
Setting up my kitchen.
Setting myself up for success.
Setting up my store cupboards, fridge and freezer.
Equipment.
Knife skills.
Flavour balancing.
Meal planning.
Prepping.
Shopping.
We also learn about substituting elements to make our own recipe.

So as you can see, there is a lot in the first week. After I have finished this course I am thinking of doing Russell James' Raw Dessert course.

Right then, I might get back tonight but if not then I will get back tomorrow.
Over this weekend I will be making a Russell James recipe and a recipe that we had to change/substitute elements, so watch out for that.

Been to the GP and I am indeed perimenopausal...great!..NOT! Well, at least I do not have thyroid trouble, anaemia, kidney trouble and my blood count is fine which I am SOO pleased about! Have you noticed that as we get older we start and really hope we don't have whatever wrong with our bodies but when we were kids we weren't bothered, it just meant we got attention, but gosh! Put a few a few year on us and ARRGHH...PANIC! I'm not panicking now though, it is just the normal things, perimenopausal and NOT something horrible...WOOOOHOOOO - I'm happy!

I went for our big grocery shop on Friday, so all stocked up again. Oh! I received a couple of raw orders yesterday.

Raw hot hocolate drink
Vanilla, almond Snakaroons
1kg Raw almonds
Mulberries
3bags Durian, freeze dried
He Shou Wu
Almond flat bread
Cherry extract/oil
Coconut wraps
Sacred chocolate, milk chocolate heart
Gynostemma tea
Box 12 raw chocolates

I took a few pics of my grandchildren also

Ebony aged 7 years
Ellie aged 5 years (6 in December)
Michael aged 3 years (4 in July)

I asked Michael to give grandma a smile and this is what I got...teehee - typical little monkey.
He has some of those water slide kiddy tattoo's stuck on his arms, unfortunately he likes them, they just wash off of course but I would sooner have not allowed him to have those.
Michael's T shirt has, 'My life my rules' printed on it...yep, that's about right for little Michael.
Michael doesn't have a snotty nose, he fell over and banged his little top tip....awwww

AHA....I got my smile from Michael...it came out a tad blurry...typical...teehee Michael is standing (above) as if to say.."ta daaa"...teehee

We had the Olympic torch go by the bottom of our avenue; I managed to capture a picture of it.

You can see the flame but not a full picutre because of the tree's.

You can see the torch bearer in the white track suit. The torch flame can be seen better on this photo.

Well, that is all for today so I will be back tomorrow.
Night Night

Weather: over cast with the sun trying to burst through...wonders shall never cease...sun, here in the UK!

Up at usual, showered, hair washed.
I had a nap again this morning for about 1 1/2 - 2 hours...I am so tired today.
I have snacked on banana's and later I have my blood appointment, such a pain having to go backwards and forwards to the doctors...ah well, it's for my own good and I am grateful to all the doctors and the health service!

Not sure what to have for lunch but I do know that I am not going to stray.

*UPDATE*
Back from the doctors and bloods have been taken. The nurse couldn't get my bloods out of my favourite left arm so she had to go to my right arm...success! She took 4 bloods, she said they were checking other things also but I forgot to ask what....DURR I get the results back next Tuesday...I'm curious now!

I haven't had any lunch, I have been busy doing laundry and hanging it around radiators to dry, I then had to make the boys their lunches and then I had to get ready to go to the doctors, so by the time I had done all that I ran out of time to prepare my lunch...how time flies sometimes eh?
I am craving a banana and strawberry smoothie....a lot better than craving something processed, maybe I am making progress!

I am making the family chicken curry for their evening meal and I will have a salad of some sort AND a smoothie.....why not!?

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