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Fitness/ Diet update 18th August.

18 Tuesday Aug 2015

Posted by The Chatterbox Diaries in Healthy Living

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Atkins, Balanceddiet, Change, Diet, Fitness, Food, Foodblogger, Fruit, Healty, Irish, Irishblogger, lblogger, Lowcarb, Recipes, Snapchat, Vegetables

I have gotten into a bit of a routine of doing a fitness update on a Tuesday, so I am going to do my best to continue doing this.

Since my update last week I haven’t done a huge amount of exercise, I volunteered the Dublin Fashion Festival launch night last Wednesday (see post here) and I was exhausted after it, I spent my night running around taking pictures, filling goodie bags and cleaning up after.  It was as good as any gym workout as I was sore after it! I met friends Thursday and Friday after work and then came down with a sore throat and cold at the weekend.

My blog post this week is a little bit different, I have blogged before about my diet and how I followed a low carb diet.  I put up recipes for low carb lasagna and pizza and diet updates about what I ate and I started this diet in April.

Anybody who follows me on Snapchat (@chatterboxdiary) will see I have been very ‘bold’ over the past few weeks and posted pictures of carbs  including chips, pizza, crisps and everything else.  The past few weeks I was sick of it, I tried and had a mixture of low carb meals and not so low carb!  I decided last week to quit the low carb diet and start eating a balanced diet. I am not necessarily going to go and eat all high carb meals but I am going to eat more fruit, vegetables and pasta etc if I want it and not feel guilty about it.

I am going to see how I feel over the next few weeks and if I might go back onto a low carb diet in time.

I will still post some of the lower carb meals I eat, and hopefully these will help somebody out there 🙂

Amanda xxx

Low Carb Diet

30 Thursday Apr 2015

Posted by The Chatterbox Diaries in Lifestyle

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Blogger, Diet, Fitness, Food, Healthy, Holidays, Irish, lblogger, Lifestyle, Lowcarb, Salad, Walking

I know people have different views on low carb diets, its not healthy, you will put the weight back on straight away when you start eating carbs again.  I am currently doing a no carb diet, I don’t  think any of  the above views are true. Like any diet if you start eating the same as you did before you started the diet you will put on the weight.  Also you don’t have to just eat frys every day.  I have started doing low carbs for about 10days before I go on holidays.  To work out the carbs in food I deduct the fibre from the carbs to get my net carbs. Here is a breakdown of what I eat on a daily basis on this diet:

Breakfast:
During the week I am limited enough and normally have a slimbo with ham and cheese.  Slimbos have approximately  15 net carbs depending which type you buy.  Obviously you put what you want into these including bacon 🙂 Brennan’s do a low carb bread ‘Brennans Be Good Wholemeal’ that was about 8grams of carbs per slice!

Lunch:

Not going to lie, I have struggled a bit with lunch options.  I do have access to a canteen in work and normally stick to a salad and cold cuts of meat.  Some days I have the option of a chicken breast, roasted meat or an omelette. Mushroom soup is also quite low depending on the brand.

Dinner:

Dinner is probably one of the easier meals, I have been eating a lot of Caesar salad.  I have been trying Caeser salad with chicken and chorizo and it is so good!!
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Another dish I have tried is courgetti courgette stripped with a julienne peeler so its like spagetti) with chicken and a creamy pesto sauce.  The chicken was in a marinade which explains the colour, I can’t say if marinade is allowed but I am not being overly strict on my carb count.
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Another meal I am enjoying is omelettes, you can throw anything and it is quick and easy!!
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Snacks:

So for snacks I am having sugar free jelly, peanuts and some chocolate.  Not the healthiest snacks really!

So for anybody who wants to do a low carb diet, I am only giving information on the diet I am currently following.  I am not a nutrionist or now much about diets, I am following this in the healthiest way I think fit.  I am drinking as much water as I can and also doing a bit of walking.

Amanda xxx

Malta

06 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by The Chatterbox Diaries in Travel

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Badassburger, Beach, Blogger, Blogging, Comino, Destination, Fblogger, Gozo, holiday, Irishblogger, lblogger, Malta, Sea, Sliema, St.Julian, Sun, Thepoint, Travel, Ubistrot

Hi 🌞

I am sure at this stage most people have their summer holidays planned. I am doing a few blogs on a few of my favourite places. My first is Malta! Last year we went to Malta and Sicily for two weeks and it was amazing!

We stayed in Sliema in Malta, we booked an apartment through http://www.airbnb.com and got a gorgeous, modern 2bedroom apartment for about €75 a night.  The apartment was about a 2-3minute walk up a hill from the sea.
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You can get the sliema ferry over to the capital Valletta, we went on a Sunday and nearly everything was closed. We had a wander around Valletta and stopped and had some Wine and bruschetta. Wine is seriously cheap and starts about €2 a glass.

We also did a day trip out to Gozo and Comino. I think it was about €40 euro for the day, it was about an hour to Gozo where we got a bus tour of the island and about 1 hour to explore ourselves and get lunch. We then got bacl on the boat to Comino, where the Blue Lagoon is. This place is stunning and definitely worth a visit.
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Shopping

Shopping in Malta is great, there is a huge shopping centre about a 5minute walk away from the ferry and it has loads of shops. River Island, New Look, Pull and Bear and loads more! http://www.thepointmalta.com

Eating

Malta has some brilliant restaurants. My favourite is Bad Ass burger and it is amazing. The guy who owned our apartment recommended it and we wished we were staying in Malta for longer so we could keep eating there. It is in St.Julians beside Mcdonalds http://www.badassburger.eu.

Another great restaurant is U Bistrot http://www.ubistrot.com. Food was amazing!! image

Another place that I loved (I am obsessed with doughnuts) was the doughnut factory, it opens 8am to 8pm great doughnuts for breakfast and dessert 😄
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Any questions let me know ☺

Amanda xxx

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