Lean Challenge Day 8 & 9- progress

Hello my lovely readers! As promised, here is a photo of my abs after a week of clean eating and intense workout.  Left photo is day 1 of the challenge and the right photo is Day 8 (yesterday). The abs are definitely coming along, I didn't take a photo of my arms because I didn't think they changed much. Three more days till my birthday, lets see how much my body will change by then.

Left: Day 1 Right: Day 8

I took the photo after my workout which was my usual hardcore Monday workout; weight training and spinning. I changed it round this week, went spinning first then did 45 mins of weight training. The main reason was because I could't get out of bed. I went to bed late on Sunday as I was watching some Hong Kong drama, they can be quite addictive lol.

I think I've fallen in love with green smoothies now, I don't feel complete if I don't have it during the day. I had this before my workout; a handful of spinach, a cup of fresh pineapples, 1 banana, 1 tbp of baobab powder, 1 cup of oat milk, 1 tbsp of maca powder ( for extra energy boost).  I had the same one this morning, tasted so goooood!!

I cooked dinner for my family last night. My parents used to always complain how I don't cook Chinese but Western food only, i.e. pasta. I have now showed them that I have upgraded my cooking skills lol.
I made steamed salmon where I topped it with spring onions and drizzled with some cooked sunflower oil and soya sauce. The dish on the left is stir fried tofu with diced chicken, red pepper, black fungus and green beans. Again I added my favourite Shaoxing cooking wine to this. The last one is just some plain boiled green leaves. I'm not sure what they are called in English, kan choi? This is a typical Chinese meal where it will consist of steamed fish, boiled vegetables and a stir fried dish.

No this is not rice or brown rice, it's bulgar wheat. I had this instead of rice but I cooked my family a mixture of red, black, white and brown rice. My first time cooking and having bulgar wheay.  I think I cooked it with too much water because it turned out quite soggy. This was so filling and tastes better than quinoa.

Day 9 which is today, I didn't workout. But I will do another hardcore session tomorrow to make up for it. I might do some leg raises and 100 squats before bed tonight. :)

My lunch and dinner. Made a big pot of whole wheat pasta with calamari, prawns and mussels in tomato sauce.

That's it for now. Thanks for reading.