WIAW #9 - getting back to healthier eating.

As I've mentioned in my previous post, I spent the last two weeks in the bush eating very processed food and doing no exercise, so today's and yesterday's food has been an attempt to return to my usual diet. I think after eating crappy food for two weeks it's been a little more difficult than I anticipated - I've actually craved two minute noodles!

Anyway here's some new things I found at the store today - MAN did I miss grocery shopping - plus it was like CHRISTMAS with all these exciting new products.

Rice crackers, a healthy cookie (fruit & nut) and caramel rice cakes in SINGLE SERVES! Awesome...

Chai Latte sachets in berry flavour. I plan to probably mix these up with some oats rather than drink them ;)

Um, this doesn't fit the "healthier eating" bill, but I have never seen this in Australian supermarkets so it had to be bought, and had to be sampled as soon as I came home - with a spoon.

OK, so here's what I ate today:

BREAKFAST:

Banana protein sachet + 5 or 6 frozen raspberries + sprinkle of oats + greek yoghurt.

SNACK 1

RAW food bar - spirulina & cashew + 

My favourite iced tea guzzled in the car on the way to the shops.

LUNCH:

Salad made with leftovers: Couscous salad, some mince, a boiled egg, a sprinkling of feta cheese, baby spinach, peas, cherry tomatoes, carrot, asparagus.

The cherry tomatoes in my backyard have gone mental:

This is a much bigger bowl than it looks like... and there's still a bowl's worth on the bush that I couldn't be bothered picking!! They taste AMAZING, like candy almost...

SNACK 2:

Banana with PB + an unpictured apple.

My unhealthy vice. No matter how many times I want to quit, it never happens...

What I worked: Nothing yet... I'm still trying to get my mojo back after two weeks of inactivity :( Hopefully I'll have the energy / motivation to go for a run later on. If not I won't beat myself up about it.

In the meantime... anyone have any good recipes for mountains of tomatoes?

OMG 99% Dark Chocolate...

The last couple of days I've felt pretty crappy. I think I overdid it on Wednesday's workout, so Thursday I slept in and wasn't able to go for my usual Thursday walk... I did walk around a lot on campus though, and same with today. But my legs feel like lead still! I might go for a swim later tonight but honestly I feel pretty awful, and I don't have much of an appetite either :(
I'm hoping I feel better by Sunday because it's the City 2 Surf run! So if I'm not feeling up to the swim later I'm not going to go.

For some reason blogger adds the pictures in backwards... but anyway, after uni today I stopped off in the city, and I found some 99% dark chocolate! So excited, as I've always wanted to try it. I liked it, but could only eat it in tiny bites at a time! One square took me ages to eat, it's so so rich, but delicious... I'm thinking it might be nice melted in some oats, or shaved into some kind of dessert... hmmm, we'll see :D

See? Mmmm high quality goodness.

Ooh, I found these at the same shop and got excited, they were at the counter though so I didn't grab too many... just two. There were like four or five flavours there. I think the other flavours were Ginger and I forgot what else... oh well, I'll be back :D

Here's my lunch from yesterday... it's a lunch I get really often at uni so I thought it needed picturing :) There's loads in there - beetroot, olives, bean salad, potato salad, cous cous salad, spinach, onions, olives, sundried tomato, carrot, tuna, falafel balls... probably more! It's like a buffet thing and I just grab everything and put it in. So yum.

Well, I'm off to maybe have a nap, then time for uni work I think... best way to spend a Friday night... :/