IN DA PINK: Back to keeping fit!

Hello readers, bloggers, friends, and everyone else!

Due to exams, I haven't done the weekly blogging on my food and workout for about 3 weeks. I am so glad it is over and now its just dissertation which is due end of August. The exams weren't too bad; some went extremely well but one was very very very disappointing. =( oh wells gotta move on.

I didn't workout much during the exam period as I felt I needed every minute for revision. But I made time on the last of week of exams, I went spinning and strength training once, had to release the stress. Didn't even put the time into cooking. I had pizza a couple of times and made some express dinner.

Wild/red rice with minced beef and tomato stew.

Pizza and dough balls from Domino's. The pizza was overcooked, couldn't even taste the cheese. But the dough balls were so good!

I know a lot of people snack while revising but I don't really do that because I find it distracting. Having saying that I did snack during my breaks. Been having halloumi cheese quite a lot.

Last week, I only worked out twice. On Tuesday, I went Tone Zone class (a toning aerobic class) and something embarrassing happened. I almost fainted during the class. Lol. I stopped to get a sip of water and as I was about to get back, I started feeling dizzy. My vision went fuzzy and dark, the sounds were muffled, my chest was hurting a bit and felt nausea. I just stood there trying to recover ASAP (silly me, still wanted to carry on). But the instructor came over to me and got some First Aid trained staff to see me. The lady just sat me down and told me to drink my water and take deep breathes. It took about 5 minutes for my vision to fully recover. I rested for about 20 minutes and went home. After that I felt so tired the whole day. It was the first time this happened, must have been the 2 weeks break and head rush...I think.

On Saturday morning, I was tired and reluctant to go gym but I forced myself. I did a short strength training session, 30 minutes workout.

2 Sets of 20 Reps of each:

- Hip abductor, inner and outer thighs

- Leg extensions

- Squats (I did 2 sets of 50 reps)

- Lunges

- One legged bridge (I think that's what you call it. It's a killer though)

- Russian Twist with a 4 kg medicine ball (Love love love)

- Triceps; not sure what this is called but I pulled the handle bar down. Pulled 6 kg of weights.

- Shoulder press (holding 3 kg dumbbells in each hand)

This week has been a green week. I've been making green smoothies almost every single morning.

Green smoothies

I've heard a lot about the benefits of green smoothies, like how it cleanses your system and gives you clearer skin. Well, I really have noticed result when going to the Ladies. Lol. Sorry about that. Lol. Rushka if you're reading this, you're not surprised with what I just said, right? HAHA!

One of my yummy Green Smoothie recipes:

1 banana

A handful of spinach

1/4 of cucumber

1/2 cup of water

As mentioned in my previous post, I've been having pancakes every morning this week. This is because I was experimenting with chick pea flour. I'm trying to come up with some yummy protein pancake recipes- gluten free too. (Click here to read it)

Since I almost passed out at Tone Zone class, I thought maybe my iron level is low. So I had steak twice this week; rib-eye and sirloin steak. I also had some turkey during the week; stir fried turkey breast with courgettes. And the dish below that is steam tofu topped with some dried seafood (dried mussels and mini scallops) and some "gravy" my dad made. Protein, protein, fiber fiber. Lol.