Hump day happenings

Hey everyone, how is your week going?

What a brilliant day over here, the temperature is really starting to rise and we reached a balmy 28degrees today! 

I kicked off the day with a bit of a different breaky, normally I'm all about the muesli- quick, easy and delish. But upon seeing a few recipes floating about on Instagram, I decided to give some of those healthy pancakes a go. I didn't actually follow any particular recipe, I kind of just chucked it all together and hoped it would work out...

Ingredients;

1/2 mashed banana 

1/4 cup quick oats 

1 egg & 1 egg white 

Splash of milk 

2 tbs LSA 

I threw all of that together in a bowl to make the batter, and then I spooned them into the pan which I had already greased up with some coconut oil. It was my first time using that oil actually, I bought it a while ago but nothing I've cooked since has really called for it. I thought these babies would be perfect for it though.  It really is rather coconut-y, which makes it hard to use for cooking, I might try it for a hair mask though (My friend recently gave it a go and swears her hair was definitely smoother and shinier afterwards.... Interesting) 

So anywho- a few mins on each side on really high heat and waddya know? They turned out perfectly! I topped them with some PB, strawbs, banana, desiccated coconut and chia seeds. They were surprisingly delicious, I say surprisingly as its very rare to make up a recipe and pull it off ... For me anyway. I am no Martha Stewart. 

Final product;

After all the excitement of the pancakes, Blake and I headed off to the gym. I decided today I was going to toughen up and do something semi intense. Rather than just my usual procrastinating on the  treadmill in order to avoid doing any weights. So I only did 10 mins of treadmilling before I did a legs session. I mixed up squats, lunges, leg press and dead lifts and I literally felt like I couldn't walk afterwards. I took the lift down to my car rather than the two sets of stairs- that's how fragile I was feeling. The gym has been going really good lately, normally I go hard there one week then switch to other types of exercise but I'm sticking to my guns and doing it at least 3 times a week. Tomorrow I'm going to do a yoga class there which I tried last week & was really impressed with so I'm looking forward to going back, although my legs probably won't be happy about this. 

I realised today I haven't done a 19 week pregnancy post this week, it's a bit late as I'm nearly 20 weeks now. But to summarise, my shadow looked like it has doubled today outside, my tummy seems to be growing by the second, and I've had sushi nearly everyday this week. And I loved it. I don't even feel guilty anymore so it's even better! Here's a bump update from earlier today;

I wasn't in togs for swimming purposes either by the way, I just purchased this set today from David Jones. I've been wanting to get them for weeks but couldn't bring myself to fork out for them as they were quite pricey, but they were the last pair and I couldn't risk the devastation of missing out, so I took the leap and swiped my card.. I figure the amount of time I had spent in the last few weeks trying on cheaper alternatives only to be disappointed makes up for the extra dollars. And besides, Bali is only four weeks away (!!!!!!) these were mandatory. My lesson has been learnt- big boobs = expensive togs. I should have figured that one out years ago. But seriously, why does everything only get to C cup? It's beyond frustrating. 

I also picked Blake up a pretty swish paddling pool from Kmart while we were out, $15 was such a bargain! 

So we have spent all arvo out back in our little patio area splashing up a storm. I may need to invest in an adult pool shortly though, I was more than a little jealous of all of Blakes fun..

Also, only 2 weeks until we take a little roady down south to Margaret river to stay with our friends Lee & Tali. I am SO excited to get away and enjoy some quality time with Tali, and also to explore Margaret river as we have never been and heard such great things! And 2 weeks after that we are jetting off to Bali, that speaks for itself, I can barely contain my excitement! 

That's today in a nutshell, I hope everyone had a good one!

Thought of the day "will I fit in a paddling pool in a few more weeks?" (It's not looking likely)

Gemma