Every day ISN’T a Rainbow!!!

- Aka Some days are Diamonds, Some days are Stones (in the words of John Denver)

A couple of days ago, I had a rotten, crappy, down, moody, growly, grumpy, plain ole shitty day! A day where I woke up feeling low and went downhill from there. You’ve all had one of those, right?!?

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Then the lovely voice in my head got started and made me get even grumpier and more down on myself! I hated everyone and everything, especially myself! Then I tried to talk myself out of the funk (you know how we do that – “You shouldn’t feel this way, snap out of it already, stop being such a grumpy cow!”) and the pressure of feeling like I shouldn’t have this bad mood or bad day made me feel even worse!!

And that, my friends, is the rub! I’ve encountered this a lot lately, people who advise or think that all day every day should be rainbows and light. A lot of the time the message is you should never have a bad mood or bad day, you should change how you think about that person/situation, and take a lesson in love and light and peace from every situation! Blah Blah Blah!

So I decided to speak out and admit that you know what, sometimes we have days that just suck! Days where you’re in a funk and you can’t immediately learn from it or turn it around or make it all about peace and rainbows! AND THAT’S OKAY!

Sometimes the lesson is to own your emotions, to not beat yourself up because you’re down, to live in that moment and acknowledge that yes, that person or situation has really pissed you off! Because there is power and growth in this too! Owning your emotions is one of the most powerful things you can do. And it is SO freeing! For myself, I gave up trying to “snap out of it” and just allowed myself to feel down for a while. I had a whinge to my husband and a couple of friends, and by the end of the day, guess what? I FELT BETTER!

At the end of the day, after chatting to a friend and having a long hot bath, I made a conscious choice to have a positive thought in my head before I went to sleep, and VOILA! The next day was great! :D So don’t be afraid to feel down occasionally, it really is alright!

Love and Health,

B xxx

Why I'm Quitting Sugar & Omelette Recipe

Recently I've been reading and hearing a lot of buzz about sugar. And while I've been eating "better sugars" for quite a while now (I can't remember the last time I had white processed sugar), there's some argument that sugar is sugar is sugar. So generally it has a similar affect on our blood glucose regardless  of whether you're using honey, agave, dates, rapadura etc. Obviously it's better to use more natural whole foods rather than refined processed chemical-laden white table sugar, but an argument can be made that its a good idea to limit ALL types of sugar.

So having discussed this topic and read about it at length lately, and having experienced continual energy and mood swings whilst still eating pretty healthily, I thought I'd give it a go!

I've just read Sarah Wilson's I Quit Sugar ebook which is fantastic, and that's the program I've chosen to follow. A couple of friends are joining me: Emma from The Healing Space, and Jodi from Hot Pink Chilli both decided to jump on board and we'll all be running updates and keeping each other motivated and on track, so you can follow our progress or join us via any of the three pages or facebook pages. :D

There's a link on the right of the blog if you want to purchase the ebook and jump in yourselves!

So in the spirit of Week 1 which is to simply CUT BACK on sugar, this morning I made a delicious, filling savoury breakfast:

Quinoa & Chia Seed Flat Bread with Herbed Omelette (Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free):

For the flatbread I simply used Quirky Cooking's Recipe for Quinoa & Chia Seed Flat Bread. This recipe is INSANELY quick and easy and has a fantastic flavour for something that's so minimal fuss, LOVE IT! :D

After getting the flatbread in the oven I made my Herbed Omelette:
Ingredients:
1 clove garlic
1/8 red onion

fresh basil

fresh oregano

1/8 red capsicum
2 eggs (free range organic or RSPCA approved eggs - I've found Yamagishi eggs here which seem to be quite humane)
1 tomato
handful baby spinach leaves

Method:
1. Place garlic, onion, basil, oregano and capsicum in TMX and dice for 3 seconds on speed 7.
2. Saute this mixture for 3 minutes on 100ºC on speed 1.
3. Add eggs to the TMX bowl and beat for 30 seconds on speed 5 to allow mixture to become light and fluffy.
4. Line your Varoma with wet baking paper (just wet it under the tap in a ball then squeeze off the excess, you can't use the cheaper varieties of baking paper for this or they tend to fall apart). Chop tomato roughly and sprinkle through the top of the Varoma, and also sprinkle your handful of baby spinach in.

5. Pour egg mixture over the tomato and spinach in the Varoma. Add water to the TMX bowl (about 1L) and set Varoma on top. Cook for 20 minutes on Varoma temp on speed 1-2.

As always hoping you're all well wherever you're reading this! Come pop by my facebook page and say hello, or even get really brave and put your hand up to join me in quitting sugar! :D

Love and Health,
B xxx