Between a mad work schedule and a total lack of energy, I have been slacking in a huge way over the past few months. “She’s let herself go” is one of the saddest statements ever, but that is pretty much what happened. I let myself go – not only my body and my fitness, but a lot of other important things too. I’m not sure what helped me reach the point where I decided enough was enough, but at the …
So it’s a new month, filled with new challenges. On Tuesday I went back to Muaythai. After starting in 2006, grading and getting up to senior class, there are many times I wish that I had never left at all. But as is life, things got hectic and for various reasons I stopped and started for the past two or so years. Somehow though, I always find my way back. Maybe I need to get yelled at when I work …
May the long time sun Shine upon you, All love surround you, And the pure light within you Guide your way on. ~ Kundalini farewell blessing With the upbringing I had, it’s amazing that I only discovered yoga and meditation at the ripe old age of 30, but there you have it. Maybe sometimes when things are right there under our noses, we can’t see the wood for the trees. Whatever the case, I started kundalini yoga last week Monday …
Some of my best food memories include the time I discovered lentil burgers. It was Grahamstown Festival back in 1994 or 1995, and the lentil burger stall was the hottest food spot to be seen at during lunchtime. The ones this stall made were legendary – massive rolls, delish lentil burgers, chutney and a slice of cheese, at something ridiculous like R5.50. Every day, we would all patiently wait in the queue to ‘lentil out’. While I eventually learned how …
Well, I don’t know about y’all, but my Monday is kinda sucking. Between stresses and strains, an achey back that won’t quit, and the realisation that my bank balance and back issues are not boding well for boxing this month, it’s all just been a bit of a bleary one. Rather than sit around and play Def Leppard and feel sorry for myself, I have decided to be constructive and share some tips for beating those Monday Mehs… enjoy! 1. …
My Urban Khana dinner last night was so yummy that I forgot to take a photo… for reals! I am a sucker for pasta, and the spicy veg pasta I got last night was truly divine. I also got a great desert, which was a yogurty, light, fluffy fruity pudding. Tonight is veg breyani with sambals and yogurt salad… can’t wait! Honestly though, by the end of this week I will be so spoiled and lazy that I may forget …
I really did have the best intentions to try yoga and find my inner peace, really I did. It’s just that for me, a workout isn’t the same without sweat, pain, bruises, yelling, push ups and torture. Maybe I’m weird, maybe I’m crazy… but I just need to be pushed to my limits. Call it a workaholic thing, who knows! I’ve been seriously feeling disgustingly unfit and lazy lately, and I knew that gym was just not going to cut …
So last night I had my first meal from Urban Khana, and I was rather excited when my order arrived. The packaging is really clever – everything was in this nifty multi-level orange container thing, which was in a cooler bag. Monday’s meal was 2 veg curries with rice, dahl and a spicy carrot salad – it was enough for supper, and then more leftover for lunch today (bonus!). The one curry was a mild mushroom one, with the other …
Now that summer is finally (almost totally) here, that means more salads and other light, easy meals. Being vegetarian my whole life means that I was raised on salads, and to me, the more you can stuff into a salad the better – especially to get the protein value up higher. Here are some of the awesome salads I’ve made recently: 1. Cottage Cheese and Sprout Salad – mixed sprouts, cucumber, cottage cheese, carrot, pear and red pepper. 2. Spiced …
While I occasionally manage to get myself into gear to make dinner, over the past few months I am finding it harder and harder to make time to prepare a proper, healthy meal. More often than not, it’s just easier to call Butlers, or make toast or waste money on pre-made meals that usually end up not even tasting all that great. So when I first heard about UrbanKhana, I was immediately won over by the idea of having home-cooked …
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