bout 6 months ago I started doing the 5:2 diet. It’s been a bit of a game changer for me to be honest. I have the metabolism of a hibernating bear which means if I so much as look at a slice of bread, I gain 2 kilos as punishment. Since starting the 5:2 (where 2 days a week I consume just 500 calories) I’ve lost 5 kilos without sacrificing my Friday night treat dinners with wine. If you want to give 5:2 a try, you can grab the book here.
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The 5:2 Diet Book $13.75 from Booktopia
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The reason why I’m talking about the 5:2 is that 300 calories has always been a fantastic figure for benchmarking how much I should be eating for each meal and it fits perfectly into every healthy eating plan I’ve ever tried. I’m not a spring a chicken anymore and even though I never experienced the joyful perk of youth that is a fast metabolism, my sluggish digestion is only getting more sluggish as I get older. Accidental weight loss is a thing of the past and I have to work much harder to ditch kilos than I used to. 300 calorie meals have been my saviour in the past year. It’s an easy way to keep track of what I’m eating without going all cray-cray about it.
- Cooking spray
- 1 egg (60gms)
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon skim milk
- 2 shallots
- 1 clove of crushed garlic
- ½ red chilli
- 100 gms green prawns
- 50 gms button mushrooms, finey sliced
- 1 tablespoon sweet chilli
- Heat a fry pan on medium and spray with cooking spray. Add garlic, shallots and chilli and cook until fragrant.
- Add prawns and cook until they turn pink. Add mushrooms and cook until soft. Set aside in a seperate bowl.
- Whisk eggs and milk in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Spray a little extra cooking spray in your pan and pour egg into the pan to make an omelette.
- When the omelette is almost cooked, sprinkle the stirfry on one half of the omelette and fold the omelette over to form a pouch.
- When the omelette is totally cooked, slide it off on to a plate and serve with a sweet chilli sauce.
This omelette is dead easy and very satisfying – perfect for a ‘2’ day dinner. I usually double the quantities to make one for Mr Smags too and he’ll have his with some toast or a little packet of heat up rice.
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I’m curious… do you watch what you eat? Or do you just eat what feels good to you?
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