Im the CEO of my body

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all still on track for getting healthy. Who has slacked off on a New Year’s resolution?

I am loving the Mediterranean (Med) style food (diet), I am finding it so easy to keep too, the food is great. In Australia we have an abundance of seafood and fresh fruit and vegies (Australian slang for vegetables) , since I have lived or worked in 55 countries  so far, I am sure you can all find good quality food albeit at different prices. Fish is now my main meal of the day, most days and I am cooking a roast beef or lamb for the 1 meat day per week, it is nice to have  a big family meal altogether. For the vegies (there is that word again) I have turned off from the normal root vegetables that go with a roast and am concentrating on more Med style vegies; grilled peppers, mushroom in olive oil & garlic and my latest find, Grilled Cherry Tomatoes With Garlic.

Grilled Cherry Tomatoes With Garlic

Ingredients

• 24 cherry tomatoes  (3 to 4 cm diameter)
• 1 large garlic cloves , cut into slivers
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1 cup snipped fresh coriander (cilantro) chopped
• 4 fresh basil leaves , chopped
• 1 teaspoon sugar 
• 1/4 teaspoon salt 

Directions

1. Remove stems from tomatoes. Cut top off each tomato, with the tip of a sharp knife, pierce tomatoes. Carefully insert a sliver of garlic into each tomato.
2. Place tomatoes in the centre of a sheet of foil. Drizzle tomatoes with the olive oil; sprinkle with coriander, basil, sugar and salt. Bring the two long sides of the foil together and seal with a double fold. Fold remaining edges together to completely enclose tomatoes.
3. Grill tomatoes on the rack of a grill directly over coals or gas burners for 4 to 5 minutes or until heated through. Or bake in a preheated 175 deg C. oven for 4 to 5 minute or until heated through.
4. To serve, carefully open foil packet(watch out for hot steam!). Move tomatoes to a serving platter. Sprinkle with salt and serve immediately.

All this is done on my trusty BBQ, I will get some pics next week of our Aussie BBQ Roast, my Aunty Margaret is coming over for a Birthday  roast.

Maik & Scott have killed me on alcohol (red wine) in their blog last week. I am not losing the KGs, so I am going to have to kick my red wine addiction into touch. There are studies that show that if you do something with a certain stimulant in your body, your body craves that stimulant when it requires you to do the same activity. This is true for alcohol, caffeine and other prescription & non-prescription drugs. I have hit 99 KG, let’s see if kicking out red wine in my next two 3 day plans works, I am planning on doing 20 mins of floor exercises if my body craves red wine. Wish me luck.

Week 6 was my relax on the exercise week, my first 3 day plan was no exercise and the second 3 day plan was only 50% of my previous weeks massive amount. I think it was a good stage for me to take a week off the exercise and just concentrate on my food and allow my body to settle. This week (7) I am back into full exercise, I have found that no matter how much exercise I do, approx 2 hour per day, I need to consume at least 1600 Kcal of good food to maintain my mental stamina to keep on going on my weight lose journey, Biggest Looser talk there. Biggest Loser Australia has started again and I love the show, especially Master Class on Friday nights, www.thebiggestloser.com.au/home.htm , check it out, Dr Norman Swan is a great health advocate.

Well that is it for this week. I wish you all a good week, until next week,

Jon