Juicey recipe for moody mondays

Happy Monday!! 
A miserable Melbourne day today but no Monday blues in my pink world full of green juice!!
My shiny new cold pressed juicer is smooth, sexy, silver & slimline, something to aspire to!
& my recipe of the day is nutrient niceness & good greeniness to beat the blues - green goddess!! - apple, pineapple, cucumber, celery, spinach & ginger. 
To finish my day I'm going for a power yoga practice. Good prana peeps xo

Not so lazy Sunday...

My morning run today + sunny spring morning = 20k's of happy running.

It was pretty warm so I took a bottle of powerade with me & had in my mind to run as far as I felt good. I felt really good until about 18k, pushed through another couple of k then walked in the sunshine home, happy with my effort. Loving the day, loving my soul.

My lunch reward, plate full of nachos!! Kinda healthy nachos!! I made a bean chilli - butter beans & red kidney beans with tomatoes, onion, garlic, chilli, cumin & paprika & packed with protein. & I smashed an avocado with lime juice & served all with organic seeded corn chips. Yum.

& for my tea, lots of fresh cold pressed juice from my new juicer, yay to the yay!! Beetroot, celery, kale, apples, lemon & ginger goodness. Served with bliss balls of walnuts & dates with cardamom & coconut =) 

& just pressed my very own almond milk. Mmmmmm!!! It's for my morning smoothie but just had to have a sneaky sip & surprised at the deliciousness.. But I'll blend it in the morning with some banana, blueberries, apple & spinach with chia seeds. 

let it begin!

now the training starts in earnest...

Back from another whirlwind worldly trip for work with a little fun thrown in. 2 weeks of flights, family visits, hotels, fashion, jet lag, friends, shopping, running, dinners & drinks, shows, taxis & not much sleep!!!

Cities visited - New York, London (my hometown), Morpeth (my native village), Paris, Tokyo & back to Melbourne (my new hometown). 

I arrived back on Sunday, shattered from the 10 flights taken & the lack of rest & exercise routine. I suffered terribly the effects of jet lag from the 1st city (NYC) & I never really got into the swing of sleepy things. In London I tried to get an early night only to thrash around wide eyed until 5am then fitfully snooze only for my alarm to go off at 7am. Meh. 

& my flights were through the day but arriving at the destination in the morning with a full days work (shopping) ahead of me. Even in the luxury of business class the luxury of sleep was elusive. & then I got sick probably from my exhaustion. More meh. & travelling with a fever, fainting at airport security is not recommended!

& did I mention the food?? Airplane food is so bad, so unhealthy & so nutrient poor. 

New York was good though as I went to the wonderful wholefoods market, food heaven & for juices & vegan treats! & I found a fab vegan takeaway in the Lower east side on Allen st.

London for vegans is getting better, visited my fave soho restaurant, Mildred's - the sweet potato & cashew coconut curry is dreamy & the mushroom & ale pie with mushy peas is english food at it's bloomin' best. But in Paris, the only food I could have in the cafes was pain et tomates, not really on the menu but asked for nicely in my best french, so hard to be vegan en Francais. In Tokyo I went to my fave Nepalese cafe (not very Japanese I know) & I had room service for midnight feasts of fruit & nuts, I couldn't sleep & this was all on the non dairy menu I could eat!

So here I am, so happy to be back, now I can eat me fresh veggies & drink my nutritious juices & starting to feel my energy returning. & I have got my new Hurom cold pressed juicer set up ready for the weekend =) 

& my exercise diary is looking awesome. Feeling fine...

Monday......... vinyasa yoga + 1.5k swim

Tuesday........ 5k run + 45mins PT session 

Wednesday.. 10k running + ashtanga yoga

Thursday....... 10k running + PT session (with x2 5min intervals)

Friday............. 6k run + pilates reformer

Proposed weekend training -

Saturday........ ashtanga yoga + 1k swim

Sunday.......... 20k + run (how ever long I feel like I wanna run for whoop whoop)

Looking forward to the weekend!! & my first long run in a wee while. Training for the Bruny island 64k is my next challenge & I am psyched!! & with a 9 week training plan to plan this weekend... Happy Friday xo

Melbourne mornings

Back from the beautiful blissful Bali & the sun is sure shining on my Melbourne home, spring has sprung, my cherry blossom tree is blooming & I had a super morning run in the sunshine. Happy to be home. & just letting all the holiday experience assimilate whilst running around my fave city is the perfect way to start the day.
& I'm even loving being at work! Seeing all the girls. Smiles =) & tonight heading to yoga. Life is good.

For a bit more goodness I juiced a papaya & mixed in cinnamon, still tasting just as deelish without the poolside position.
& with freshly baked gluten free bread baked by me with thyme & rosemary for tonights dinner I am feeling fresh & healthy & full of good energy...

My exercise plan this week may tire me out just a bit before I jet off the New York fashion week on Saturday!!! 

Mon      : 8k running + 75mins power yoga
Tues     : 10k running + 45mins PT strength
Weds    : 10k running + 60mins ashtanga yoga
Thurs    : 10k running + 45mins PT strength
Fri          : 5k run & packing!!!