November 2011

Juiced Up – Three days with Schkinny Maninny

November 30, 2011 · 5 comments

Ahh here we go. For some reason I was silly enough to say “yes” to the idea of having only juices for three days straight. All in the name of blogging, I swear!

What I got each morning

(forgive that I seem to have lost a few juice pics along the way!)

Six rather large bottles of juice or soup arrived in a little esky. So much there, I wasn’t going to starve!

Breakfast each day was a Schkinny Leap frog. It had kiwi, which I shouldn’t really have drunk, but hey, I’m still here despite tingling lips!

A little morning tea.

Tomato and lentil soup for lunch. Quite filling!

Fruit afternoon tea on the road.

Cage fighter biatch!

Some ‘claims’ #skepchic

Dinners to soothe to taste bugs. There were all YUM!

A night cap which I never drank more than a few sips of.

Teeny tub of nibbling seeds

Tea for the tummy.

The Best Bits

Not having to think about what to eat for three days.
The ginger!!!!
Getting off coffee for a few days, but still being awake in the mornings!
The pumpkin soup was yum! Actually, all the dinner soups were :)

The not-so best bits

The evening drink. Couldn’t get into it. But then, I wasn’t that hungry so it didn’t bother me. I’ll use it on oats this week
All the plastic bottles! Yes, into the recycling, but still…
The same lunch 3 days in a row. Maybe I’m normally that boring anyway (tuna and rice cakes ftw!) It was yum though!
Going to the loo. Lots!

I know some people use those sorts of juice diets to lose weight, but I don’t think you really can if you have most of the juice! (I was back to my low weight for the year, same as Oct 25, at the end, but we’ll see if that motivates me to keep going!!) Not to worry, I’m sure my body is relieved to have a little change in routine, and a break from the sneaky mentos. The low fruit menu looks quite appealing.

At the price, I’m not sure it’s something I’d purchase myself, but I can see sooo many advantages. No way I could motivate myself to prepare that much fruit and veg in a day!

(yes, this was provided to me at no cost by the good folk at Schkinny Maninny. RRP $215 plus $19.95 delivery in Sydney)

Tagged as: cleanse, detox, diet, juice, schkinny maninny

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Eat Love Pizza, Darling Harbour

November 29, 2011 · 1 comment

Why are all my dinners at Darling Harbour ‘quick’ ones?

Oh well, The roo pizza at top I’m told was delish, and my seafood gluten free pasta went down well, as did this different take on chicken parmi.

mm crispy.

Tagged as: Darling Harbour, dinner, gluten free, pasta, pizza

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Had a little bit to drink….

November 28, 2011 · 0 comments

Oh my. I’ve had this in my head since I went to Marrickville on Saturday night

Had a little bit to drink
There’s a little thing I want at a do out East
Nothing too emotional, my good miss
I couldn’t be serious in a room full of jack-knife eyes
Stop talking ’bout the years – you sound like Louis Burdett
And we roll on to my backshed, play some poker, scratch my head
Look at the sky and spot the planes, where would I go on holidays?
Roll with the punches, down the aisles, and down the street the weeks roll by
I’m chewing ice and grinning, I’m spewing up and spinning
It’s billiousness as usual in my corner of the kitchen
Hey you, lose that friend before we go anywhere
What? Someone might see you alone?
Stop bagging out the band, you sound like Louis Burdett
All my friends are fuck-ups but they’re fun to have around
Banana chairs out on the concrete, telling stories to the stars
how Gemini’s love Wooden Dragons, and how down the street the weeks roll by
The moment the night wears off, the bombsite reappears
They’re all asleep but the morning tastes like wine
It tastes like wine in Tempe
I feel so good I just might wake him up
Pat him on the bald head – tell me about a dream Louis, something
obscene Louis, your life’s an open magazine Louis
I’m stoned in a bookshop, sober in a nightclub
Sex is everywhere but nowhere ’round me
By the time she gets to Marrickville we’ll be masturbating
never rains in Tempe but the planes remind me of family money and the lack down here
Stop talking frustrated, ’cause I sound like Louis Burdett
Most of my friends are very fruity indeed, such fun to have around
Terror, like charity, begins at home
Chris don’t like madness, but madness likes him
He’s got a finger in his chest saying how it should have been

It tastes like wine in Tempe.

Tagged as: Inner West, music

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Chobani creamy creamy Greek Yoghurt. Oh my.

November 28, 2011 · 3 comments

This stuff is HEAVEN.

I tried some samples sent to me of blueberry, mango, passionfruit and one more. And they were so creamy and awesome.

Look out for Chobani this summer. mmm

Tagged as: fruit, yoghurt

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Iku Wholefoods Mezze Plate

November 27, 2011 · 2 comments

Wandering up to the 5th floor food court at the Westfield in the city, in need of lunch, brought me to this ‘Mezze Plate’ – gluten free, including some yummy polenta, rice things, rice paper roll, pickled cabbage and more.

Tagged as: gluten free, Iku, lunch, Westfield

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End Marriage Discrimination

November 26, 2011 · 0 comments

Tagged as: equal rights, marriage

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Cat. Girl. (because you asked)

November 26, 2011

Went as a cat girl (think girl with cat features, not a batman type catwoman) to a 30th on the weekend. Love this outfit, and I’m sure it will see light again. Especially on the train to Town Hall. hehe.

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Adria Rybar & Grill, Darling Harbour

November 25, 2011

A simple platter to share over a glass of wine before heading up the the bridge for the fireworks. The seafood was a little… ‘fishy’ for me, unfortunately.