Tasty Tasty

Why banana omelette? Well I like making pancakes made from bananas and eggs, however my friends lovingly refer to them as banana omelettes as I don't blend the mixture, I just mush it with a fork and the whole effect is somewhat more omelette than pancake. Still damn tasty though! I've put instructions on how to make them at the bottom.

So I've started this blog as I've started on a new fitness journey. After breaking my elbow on boxing day and realising I've suddenly lost all strength in my right arm as a result, I'm embarking on strength training/weight lifting to restore my strength, further improve it and also improve my bone strength. Hopefully in the process I'll shift my winter padding and look awesome.

There's a part of me that kinda wants to look like Jodie Marsh, which would be cool, but I'm also aware I don't have the time nor motivation to work as hard as she does.

This is me now with stats. The date should read 13/02/2015 whoops.

I weigh 150lbs currently (height 5'4), I'm looking to lose at least 10 lbs but given that's all winter padding with no exercise it'll be easy enough.

This is one of the books I'll be using, seems very comprehensive so far.

This is the current state of my biceps, personally I think they're terribly weedy, but a few people have pointed out that for a girl that currently does no specific training they're not too bad.

So exercises?
(Nearly) Every morning I've been doing 3 sets of the following
10 squats
10 lunges right leg forward
10 lunges left leg forward
Plank till I get bored which is anything between 30 seconds and 2 minutes
10 sit ups
10 side crunches

I'll introduce push ups and pull ups in the next few weeks, my elbow is still a little sore.

I've also been doing 5-10 minutes of hula hoop every day, it's hard work and bruises my ribs but good fun.

I've joined a gym too. I used to frequent the gym 5 times a week back when I was very eating disordered aged 15-17. But thankfully I'm recovered now. I've joined various gyms since but never stuck as I never liked them much. But this one seems promising so I've signed up for 6 months!!
I'm currently going every other day or there abouts, so Monday, Wednesday and Friday as recommended by various beginners workouts. But once I'm back in work no doubt this will vary depending on shifts.

I do a full body work out, taking it easy so far to get my body used to it and slowly rehabilitate my elbow. I warm up on the elliptical for 5-10 minutes then hit the resistance machines. I need to get into free weights but I'll get a personal trainer to show me the ropes first.

So far I'm loving it. Now let's see if I can make any changes.

Banana pancakes/omelettes:
How to make them?
1 ripe banana
2 eggs
teaspoon of coconut oil
honey

Heat up the oil in a frying pan. Mush the eggs and banana together (or blend if you're fussy and don't want banana lumps). Pour into the frying pan, cook for a couple of minutes, flip, cook the other side. Add honey to taste and munch!