TLC: Trust, Love, Consistency

I just completed a nice long posing session. I put on the 2007 INBA all female DVD and posed along to all the madatories and then set my iPod to repeat and worked through my routine 10 or so times. I never understood when competitors said they were sore from posing practice, but let me tell you, I was getting sore. The first half of my routine is looking really good but I just haven’t got a good feel for what I’m doing in the second half. Luckily I’ve booked an extra session with Mareike so I can sure things up a bit more.

Yesterday was my first day in the gym with my new program from JD. I looked at it with contempt, a glute and ham day without any deadlfiing or squatting is foreign to me. But let me tell you, it got the job done. The workout also started with a back focus. It called for assisted chins, but when I walked into the gym (different gym from usual) and looked at the machine, it beckoned me to try a BW chin. No worries. I knocked out 4 in a row! Before my accident I could only do 2, hence there was a bit of a grin and a happy dance performed, much to the amusement of my fellow trainees. Today the whole back of me, shoulders to calves is telling me I worked hard. What was really nice was that I even had time for a sauna and steam afterwards.

I almost skipped the whole session because I was feeling so flat. My chiro/natro, upon examining me, told me I wasn’t getting enough sleep, and he was right. I’d bounced out of bed at 5.30am that morning feeling wide awake (no cardio was even scheduled so it was a waste of sleep time) and couldn’t get back to sleep. After my chiro visit though, I felt so flat, I was ready to drive straight home but couldn’t get in contact with the boy to see if he needed a ride so I figured I’d just try. Lucky I did, I think weights went up on everything. I came home and cooked an amazing fish stew and fell into bed salty (over salted dinner) and tired.

The fish stew was awesome so here’s the recipe:
2 serves

110g skate, cubed
4 big green prawns (shrimp)
1/2 onion, finely sliced
1 clove garlic
1/4 red capsicum (bell pepper), finely diced
125g tinned tomatoes, diced
a pinch of smoked paprika
a pinch of ground fennel seed
a pinch of saffron
2/3 cup, canned, cannellini beans
1/2 cup fish stock
1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
cooking oil spray

Lightly spray a non-stick skillet/wok and saute the onion for 5-8 minutes or until soft. Add in the garlic and capsicum and saute for a further 2 minutes. Add a drizzle of stock if your pan is getting too dry.
Add in the tomatoes and spices and simmer until reduced 2/3 and a thick paste is formed.
Stir in the fish stock.
Add in the seafood and beans and simmer, covered, for 5 minutes.
Stir through the fish sauce and basil and season to taste.

Serve with the mandatory green beans and broccoli. Sprinkle with a little Parmesan cheese if you’re braver than me.

In other exciting news, we got a new microwave today. Meaning I may not die from eating the melted glad wrap that was getting deposited on my raw food WFT!? The new one claims to defrost chicken boobs super quick and be able to roast meats. We’ll see.

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