This morning I woke up in an utterly foul mood. My "sunrise" alarm clock had failed to go off, so I was instead rudely awakened by my backup alarm clock screeching in the corner. My body was being a nuisance as I tried to get ready so I spent way too long in the bathroom, and then I couldn't find my heart rate monitor either. As I was almost ready to leave I remembered that I'd put some laundry on overnight I needed to hang out. Things were not going well. I eventually left the house much later than planned, at around 7.45am. Just missing a DLR, I eventually made it to the gym around 8.10.
Everything in my head had been telling me it wasn't going to be worth going, that I shouldn't bother as I'd not get anything done. And I was ridiculously close to believing it and just going straight to work. But somehow I managed to use a bit of logic to shut it down. Yes, I might be a bit late, but that still gave me just over half an hour in there to do something. And something was better than nothing.
In the end, it was even better than something. I managed to get through 5 out of the 6 exercises on my workout schedule for today (chest and tris, whatever they are), and even found myself at the point with a few of them where I felt I could add more weight next time! So screw you, brain, you don't know best all the time!
Heading in to work I dropped into Crap Tesco downstairs for some berries to go with my usual breakfast Greek yogurt (yay, tasty and healthy and proteiny!) but even a nice bowl of that left me less satisfied than usual. My mood still wasn't amazing so I popped down to Coco di Mama for a treat - one of their delicious sausage baguettes. That did the trick and I was much happier after that.
At lunchtime I needed to go out for a haircut and some supplies, so I walked down to the green where my usual barbers did their usual decent job on my hair (plus trimmed my eyebrows because I'm old now) then did a quick whizz around Lidl. They'd got some of their American specials in again so I was looking forward to picking up a tub of their excellent crispy onions which really pep up burgers, but sadly they'd sold out. Instead I found some linguine, topped up my supplies of tuna and mayo for lunch, and also picked up a couple of tomatoes for some cooking I planned to do tonight.
With it being Bake Off night, cooking was very appropriate! The big dish I was planning was one of the first I looked at online from a link Matt had sent - a beef and spinach frittata. I had planned to make it before but was always missing one or more ingredients, but yesterday's mini shopping trip meant I now had the mince, so I set about making it (recipe below). The one snag was that the original recipe called for it to be oven baked, but my pans aren't ovenproof so I had to improvise and cook it over the hob instead. It still worked, so I was very pleased with the result. That'll do me for lunch for the next few days, I think!
As well as that, I cooked a load of chicken for snacking on. My usual method with this is to pop the chicken breasts on a baking tray (with greaseproof paper under to stop them sticking), then season them, give them a sprinkle of thyme and crumble a chicken Oxo cube over the top. Then I cover them with foil and bake for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of the fillets. Sliced up these make a great high protein snack, and with the herbs and seasoning they're nice and tasty too.
It's traditional to have cake while watching Bake Off, so I ate some of the brownies I made at the weekend. They're worryingly moreish so I'm really having to ration them out as they're not the healthiest things in the world to eat!
Anyway, I think I've now fixed my alarm clock so I can go to bed ready for leg day tomorrow, which oddly I quite enjoy!
Spinach and Beef Frittata (adapted from here):
10 large Eggs
2 tsp Smoked Paprika
3 tsp Salt
A sprinkle of Black Pepper
225g Minced Beef
125g chopped Onion
280g chopped Spinach (defrosted from frozen)
1-2 tomatoes, sliced
Makes 6-8 portions depending how you slice it.
Cook the mince and onions on a medium-high heat in a frying pan until tender.
Stir in the spinach and remove from the heat.
Beat the eggs, paprika, salt and pepper together in a bowl.
Pour egg mix into the pan and mix everything to distribute the meat and spinach evenly.
Lay slices of tomato on top.
Either: pop the pan into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees.
Or: pop the pan back on the hob, put a lid on and cook for about 20-25 minutes on an medium-low heat, or until the egg mixture is cooked all the way through.
Everything in my head had been telling me it wasn't going to be worth going, that I shouldn't bother as I'd not get anything done. And I was ridiculously close to believing it and just going straight to work. But somehow I managed to use a bit of logic to shut it down. Yes, I might be a bit late, but that still gave me just over half an hour in there to do something. And something was better than nothing.
In the end, it was even better than something. I managed to get through 5 out of the 6 exercises on my workout schedule for today (chest and tris, whatever they are), and even found myself at the point with a few of them where I felt I could add more weight next time! So screw you, brain, you don't know best all the time!
Heading in to work I dropped into Crap Tesco downstairs for some berries to go with my usual breakfast Greek yogurt (yay, tasty and healthy and proteiny!) but even a nice bowl of that left me less satisfied than usual. My mood still wasn't amazing so I popped down to Coco di Mama for a treat - one of their delicious sausage baguettes. That did the trick and I was much happier after that.
At lunchtime I needed to go out for a haircut and some supplies, so I walked down to the green where my usual barbers did their usual decent job on my hair (plus trimmed my eyebrows because I'm old now) then did a quick whizz around Lidl. They'd got some of their American specials in again so I was looking forward to picking up a tub of their excellent crispy onions which really pep up burgers, but sadly they'd sold out. Instead I found some linguine, topped up my supplies of tuna and mayo for lunch, and also picked up a couple of tomatoes for some cooking I planned to do tonight.
With it being Bake Off night, cooking was very appropriate! The big dish I was planning was one of the first I looked at online from a link Matt had sent - a beef and spinach frittata. I had planned to make it before but was always missing one or more ingredients, but yesterday's mini shopping trip meant I now had the mince, so I set about making it (recipe below). The one snag was that the original recipe called for it to be oven baked, but my pans aren't ovenproof so I had to improvise and cook it over the hob instead. It still worked, so I was very pleased with the result. That'll do me for lunch for the next few days, I think!
As well as that, I cooked a load of chicken for snacking on. My usual method with this is to pop the chicken breasts on a baking tray (with greaseproof paper under to stop them sticking), then season them, give them a sprinkle of thyme and crumble a chicken Oxo cube over the top. Then I cover them with foil and bake for 20-30 minutes depending on the size of the fillets. Sliced up these make a great high protein snack, and with the herbs and seasoning they're nice and tasty too.
It's traditional to have cake while watching Bake Off, so I ate some of the brownies I made at the weekend. They're worryingly moreish so I'm really having to ration them out as they're not the healthiest things in the world to eat!
Anyway, I think I've now fixed my alarm clock so I can go to bed ready for leg day tomorrow, which oddly I quite enjoy!
Spinach and Beef Frittata (adapted from here):
10 large Eggs
2 tsp Smoked Paprika
3 tsp Salt
A sprinkle of Black Pepper
225g Minced Beef
125g chopped Onion
280g chopped Spinach (defrosted from frozen)
1-2 tomatoes, sliced
Makes 6-8 portions depending how you slice it.
Cook the mince and onions on a medium-high heat in a frying pan until tender.
Stir in the spinach and remove from the heat.
Beat the eggs, paprika, salt and pepper together in a bowl.
Pour egg mix into the pan and mix everything to distribute the meat and spinach evenly.
Lay slices of tomato on top.
Either: pop the pan into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes at 180 degrees.
Or: pop the pan back on the hob, put a lid on and cook for about 20-25 minutes on an medium-low heat, or until the egg mixture is cooked all the way through.
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