Coffins of a different style!!

In Ghana you can order a coffin that represents your life. So what would your coffin say about you if you lived in Ghana?????



If you we a shop keeper you could have a bottle coffin

If you sold shoes you would have a shoe coffin

The perfect prawn and lobster tail braai!!

 

Now that summer is here, the best way to kick off the season is with a prawn and lobster braai.

We have a lovely fish monger at the food lovers market in Hillfox.  I bought the lobster tail and prawns there.

I let the lobster and prawn marinate in crush garlic, olive oil and fresh lemon juice, for about 1 hour.

I prepared the garden green salad in advance, wrapped the potation in foil and had everything ready by the time my guests arrived.

After the coals were at the best I put the prawns and lobster on the fire, I added some fresh salted butter and kept the prawns and lobster moist with lemon juice!!

This was one fantastic afternoon lunch!! I will have to do it again!! Cheers

 

Get moving and do some exercise!!

Exercise

Right so one cannot expect to just lose weight be eating less.  Yes you will lose some weight but what you are in actual fact loosing is muscle mass. This is what the body burns first as fuel.  That is why so many of us who joy-joy diets always tend to pick up the weight and some.

Well in my opinion I will eat as per my “Eat right to lose weight” article and with that incorporate some exercise.

Ok so what can one do regards exercise that does not require a gym membership.  For starters I started walking on Tuesday, Thursday and over the weekends I walk on average 2.5 – 3km.  I also invested in a not to expensive mountain bike, which I take out for a ride at least once a week.

I believe that getting active while watching what you eat will speed up this process called weight lose.

I will keep you all posted on how my attempt goes.

Eating right to loose weight!

My basic food/menu/diet, that I will attempt to follow over the next 3 months.

I am not being to hideous when it comes to what I can or can’t eat.  I feel that as long as I eat in moderation what I think is a healthy combination at various times I should be able to shed some unwanted weight! I am only going to focus on eating as best as I can from Monday to Friday.

Because I am on the road on Tuesday and Thursday this is the only day’s I will eat a full breakfast.

I don’t get time to snack and a proper full breakfast takes me further in the day.

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Breakfast	Mix-cooked dried fruit, high fibre cereal with yogurt.	Bacon, eggs and 1 slice toast	Mix-cooked dried fruit, high fibre cereal with yogurt.	Bacon, eggs and 1 slice toast	Mix-cooked dried fruit, high fibre cereal with yogurt.
Mid-snack	Any fruit		Any fruit		Any fruit
Light lunch	Cheese, tomato and provitas	Salad	Cheese, tomato and provitas	Salad	Cheese, tomato and provitas
Aft-snack	Biltong		Biltong		Biltong
Supper	Chicken & salad	Beef & salad	Fish & salad	Chicken & salad	Fish & salad
Late-snack	Popcorn	Popcorn	Popcorn	Popcorn	Popcorn

I always have biltong in my bag so this can provide a snack when I’m on the road.  Now that we heading into summer there will be allot of weekend braais and salads, so I am not too concerned about the weekends. As long as I watch how much I eat!!

As far as beverages go I am not a heavy coffee drinker so 1 or 2 cups per day at the most. I should really be drinking green tea, maybe I’ll give it a try and change.

However it is very important to drink water and this I have no problem with, I easily drink up to 3L per day!