Breakfast is the only thing that can drag me out of bed. Apparently for me, food appears to be more important than sleep!!! I must start my day with breakfast, else I will be super grumpy! Who can concentrate on work with an empty stomach, heh definitely not me :p
So here's my top 3 breakfast for my unidays!!! It's really easy and quick to prepare. But most importantly, it is healthy!
1. Oatmeal with fresh blueberries
Want some complex carbs? :)
Prep time: < 3 minutes
Ingredients: 2 tbsp of roll oats, 150-200ml milk, blueberries
Oats are high in fibre and aids in digestion too! In fact, it is a filling food - never fails to keep me full for more than 4 hours.
If you like it more 'watery', add more milk! I prefer creamy one :D
Microwave it on medium heat for 30 seconds - 1 minutes and there you go! *Always keep an eye on it when it is in the microwave. You will never want to see that steamy milk cascading over your bowl and microwave! Yes, I have my horror story of milk boiling over to share, and I spent more than 15 minutes to clear up the mess :(
Served it with blueberries, sometimes I have nuts - pumpkin seeds/sunflower seeds/walnuts/almonds.
2. Eggs on spinach bed Proteins on an extra boost of greens.
Prep time: 5-10 minutes (depends on how you want your eggs to be served)
Ingredients: Handfuls of spinach, 2 eggs
This is awesome and super quick to make. Heat up the oil in a pan, sautee the spinach, crack the eggs into the pan. The cooking time is your own choice, I like my egg yolks to be runny so normally I leave them on the pan for 3-4 minutes on medium heat. The thing I love having this as breakfast is that I can do something else (like refill my water bottle/check student emails etc.) while preparing and I don't need to cut anything up!
Spinach contains approximately 25% of daily iron intake and it is really a gem in the green leafy vegetables kingdom.
Ohh, not to forget the pepper, I'm a pepper lover.
If I have a long morning before I get to eat my lunch, I will toast a mixed grain bread along with the eggs. Love dipping my toast in egg yolks!
3. Smoked salmon, cucumbers and toasted bread If you see me holding this and running all the way to the bus stop, yes, I am late for class. :P
Prep time: < 2 minutes
Ingredients: Smoked Salmon, cucumber slices, bread
I don't like bread, like seriously, I dislike it because it has no flavour - like how i dislike rice. That is why I feel the need to add some flavour on my toasted bread. This is the easiest breakfast to prepare - toast the bread, cut the cucumbers, add a few slices of smoked salmon. That's it.
So yea, in conjunction with the first day of uni, I'm sharing this with you guys. Never skip breakfast yea, at least get something to eat before your class!
Off to bed, hitting the wall of fatigue today. I got caught in the rain this morning and still suffering from sorethroat (eating too much grapes over the weekend -.-)
It's the third day after exams, and I'm feeling bored. Opps, sorry I didn't mean to be sarcastic to those who are still having exams this week. I'm pretty sure you guys will feel the same way as me after exams.
The post-exams syndrome? NAHHH not PTS-ing.
Of course, after exams, you get relieved from stress, and you start to question yourself: what should I do? Cleaning? Watching dramas? Shopping? Or for guys, gaming?
You take out your to-do list which you have written during exams period, there are 20 of them.
But then you are too lazy to start the first task.
Thank God I braced up all my determination on Saturday morning and washed my car. It was a sunny morning and I was exposed to that scorching sunlight for at least 3 hours. I was sweating over once I finished it! (Guess what, there will be thunderstorm in Brisbane for this coming week. oh plssss!)
Then I did my laundry, cleaned my room and settled all the billing stuffs. Headed to church for fellowship, and so concluded my Saturday. Well-spent but seriously exhausted.
Sunday! A morning with God and headed to IKEA after our korean lunch. Somehow I really love IKEA shopping although it is tiring. We spent more than 2 hours there! Got some stuffs for the house but yes, I gotta visit IKEA anytime soon. (blahh.)
Finally, back to gym. Once again I am feeling alive. Running on treadmill for 30 minutes + 15 minutes cross-training + some weight-lifting. The night after, my body was really sore, uhh but the feeling was gooood!
Yea and MONDAY which is today, I woke up late. Sister expected me to prepare breakfast for her but I slept in. A 9 hours sleep from 9.30pm to 6.30am - feeling so refresh! Cooked a really big breakfast to pamper myself, with my favourite green matcha smoothies in the jar. It was a really good kick off breakfast.
However, I got tired/impatient while waiting for an electrician to come to settle the solar system problem. I was lying on my couch watching the TV and felt so lifeless (LOL) Finally, he came, switched on a power switch and left in 5 minutes. I was like O.O cos he could have instructed me on the phone cos it was really super easy to do! Just to get the switch on, that's it. But still, he must be so helpful to come all the way down from (lol, somewhere out there) to help me.
In the mid-day, I got a phone call from an unknown number and was told that my piano was on the way! WUHOOOOO. Oh yeaa my baby is here now, right in front of me.
Apparently I was too lazy to drag myself to gym - too lazy to drive! So I decided to go some toning workout and cardio at home muahahaha. The links below are the workout that I've done today. Try them!
I personally love the Victoria Secret abs workout, it was tough at the beginning when I first started to do it few months ago, but it's getting easier!
Oh I have gained weight! ARGH, I can foresee that during study week and exams period, but still, I felt really grumpy and even scolded myself for the lack of discipline on my food cravings. The main cause of my weight gain is probably because of the eating patterns and lifestyle within these three weeks. I did not get much chances to move around, my butt could stick on the chair for more than 10 hours per day (except going toilet and showering). Meanwhile, we had all those snacks to keep us awake, and I'll never forget the night when all of us were struggling on whether to open that bag of chips or not! opppsieee. Also, 3 cups of espresso EVERY morning has eventually made my body so toxic I guess. Time for detox heyy.
Time to shed some kilos away for the summer! (sounds so familiar, bahaha)
Procrastination doesn't work - don't slack! Cheers for a healthier body and better lifestyle.
ahahaha, sorry for this long and lame post. Off to dinner & of course followed by a dessert session! (Yes, I'm still enjoying good foooood!)
