3 Things on Friday

1. I think my skin is getting better from Paleo (What’s Paleo?). A quick Internet search will tell you that eating Paleo is known to help skin, and as one gets rid of all dairy, processed food, sugar, and grains (wahoo for me!) while eating Paleo, it kinda makes sense. Although… I should note that my face skin care regime is simply water on my face in the shower, and I usually don’t worry too much about it, but I’m THIS CERTAIN it’s smoother, and THIS CERTAIN there are not as many blackheads to find under my constant magnifying glare (which actually makes me kinda sad. Hmm blackheads. TMI? Deal.)
2. I admit, I am getting lazier with Paleo. If one was to take a gander at my My Fitness Pal account they’d quite quickly see I am simply grabbing fruit for breakfast. THIS IS BAD. THIS WILL NOT DO. I need to put effort in and cook eggs and bacon and make Paleo Life delicious. Last night’s dinner was simply leftover veggies on kabobs + bacon. AND. The scale has gone up the last three days and this makes me really sad as I’ve been so perfect.
3. I think telling everybody is the key to making sure Paleo is a success (or at least a 12-day success - as that’s all I can claim so far). This was the first weight loss endeavour I set for myself that I announced on The Facebook. The Instagram. The Twitter. The EVERYBODY IN MY WORLD. To be honest, the Sunday night before I started Paleo I was REALLY nervous of attempting it, but I think the fact I’ve told everybody has kept me on track (the peeps in my office would be all like, “SAY WHAT?!” if they saw me sneaking a cookie from the jar 4 feet away from me). The above photo (bottom, right) is this morning’s morning tea. I whipped up these Paleohmygod Chocolate Coffee Bars from my absolute favourite Paleo Recipe website, Paleomg.com. They were super delicious, but a b*tch to make - seperate post will have to come on that.

Over ‘n out. 3 hours until the weekend. CrossFit after work. And then dinner with a friend.

Paleo Blueberry Pancakes

1 Banana
2 Eggs
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Natural sweetener (if desired)
Toppings of choice

Mash the banana in a bowl. Mix the two eggs in. Add cinnamon & sweetener. Make like pancakes. Top with blueberries/strawberries & honey/maple syrup.

Eat, lose weight, get healthy & thank me later :)

(original recipe inspired by Haley)

Yesterday’s Get-In-Ma-Belly-And-Make-Me-Healthy-And-Skinny food.

Breakfast: 1/4 avocado | 1/2 tomato | 2 whole hard boiled eggs

Lunch: Sauteed lemon/herb chicken & onion | steamed asparagus, cauliflower & broccoli | homemade paleo mayo

Snack: Peach | nuts | hard boiled egg (<— DID NOT EAT. WAS TOO FULL)

YUM! The weekly fruit my office provides never ceases to make my mouth water.

And in honour of eating healthy this week, here some fun fruit facts incase you ever find yourself on Millionaire:

• A banana is considered a berry
• There is a theory that strawberries were named by 19th century children who picked the fruit, strung them on grass straws, and sold them as “Straws of berries”.
• Have you ever bobbed for apples? Apples are 25% air.
• Pumpkins & avocados are fruits, not veggie
• An orange’s vitamin C content helps fight back assaults from viruses and germs, cold and fatigue.
• Red fruit helps your heart, orange fruit helps your eyes, green fruit helps your bones ‘n teeth, yellow fruit helps prevent sickness & blue/purple fruit help your memory – or so they say!
• Bananas are actually an herb, not a fruit. It is in fact the world’s largest herb, related to the orchid and lily families
• Eating an apple is a more reliable method of staying awake than consuming a cup of coffee. The natural sugar in an apple is more potent than the caffeine in coffee.
• Watermelon is 92% water.
• Cabbage is 90 % water.
• Carrots are 87% water.
• Carrots were originally purple - orange carrots were not produced until the 16th century. (Coles in Australia carries purple carrots!)
• Don’t ever store onions and potatoes together. They both produce gases that when in close proximity to each other, cause both of them to spoil much faster.
• (Source: My Brain & Fruit Facts)

A delicious steak, feta, tomato, olive, spinach salad.

Get in ma belly (and make me skinny, pa-leasssssssse)

Romantic (overlook the wilting flowers please), steak dinner for one.

Don’t mind if I dooo

4 friends.
3 pizzas.
1 salad.

You can send your congratulatory cheques to:
   Liz of Awesome Fame
   125 Soon-to-Be-Skinny (again) Av.
   Melbizzle, Vic, 3141
   Australia, Earth