Is This Happiness?

Prep: 5 minutes

Cook: 5 minutes

Servings: 2 (302 kcal each)

200g cooked turkey or chicken, cut into strips

4 tbsp hoisin sauce

2 flour tortillas

¼ cucumber, deseeded and shredded

4 spring onions, trimmed and finely shredded

good handful watercress

1. Heat the grill to high. Mix the turkey or chicken with half of the hoisin sauce so that it’s coated, then spread out onto an ovenproof dish and grill until sizzling. Warm the tortillas under the grill or according to pack instructions.

2. Spread the tortillas with the rest of the hoisin sauce, then use to wrap up the turkey or chicken with the cucumber, onions and watercress. Cut in half and enjoy while still warm.

If you crave carbohydrates, your serotonin levels may have dropped. Eggs, cheese and pineapple are good for raising them again.

If you crave sugar, you may be dehydrated. Drink some water or green tea.

If you crave red meat, you may be deficient in iron. Eat dried fruits like figs or prunes, or beans and legumes, or take iron tablets.

If you crave dairy, your blood sugar levels may be low. Eat foods naturally high in glucose, like oranges or strawberries to raise them.

If you crave chocolate, your magnesium levels may be low. Eat brown rice, whole grain bread or spinach to raise them.

If you crave salt, your blood pressure may be low. Eat salted nuts, whole wheat pretzels, or drink salted water to raise it. If that doesn’t work, you may be dehydrated. Drink water or green tea. 

If you crave bread, your nitrogen levels may be low. Eat turkey, black beans or brown rice to raise them. 

Meal One:

scrambled eggs:

3 egg whites

1 whole egg

1 tbsp skim milk

½ tbsp butter spread

1 serving fat free cottage cheese

Fat: 7.67g

Carbs: 8.02g

Protein: 28.59

Calories: 230

Meal Two:

Toast and cottage cheese:

1 piece Light 35 wheat bread

½ cup fat free cottage cheese

Fat: .05g

Carbs: 14.5g

Prot: 13g

Calories: 105

Meal Three:

tuna fish (sandwich):

1 can chunk light tuna in water (drained)

2 servings dill relish

1 serving Miracle Whip Light (kraft)

1 whole can of green beans

salt and pepper to taste

(can add bread if desired..)

Fat: 2.5g

Carbs: 16g

Prot: 29.5

Calories: 190

Meal Four:

protein bar:

I like Premier brand bars:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bar (premier)

Fat: 7g

Carbs: 23g

Prot: 30

Calories: 280

((This “meal” can be moved to after your workout))

Meal Five:

fish and veggies:

4 cups chopped broccoli

2 servings baked fish (I prefer salmon)

Fat: 6.35g

Carbs: 24.17g

Prot: 48.23g

Calories: 324

Totals* (about):

Fat: 24.02g

Carbs: 85.69g

Prot: 149.35g

Calories: 1,129

Ingredients

- 200g sliced potatoes 150cal

- ¼ tsp chicken soup base 4cal

- ½ tsp garlic powder 5cal

- ¼ tsp chili powder 2cal

- ¼ tsp paprika 2cal

- dash of cayenne pepper 0cal

- water 0cal

- cooking spray 0cal

163 CAL TOTAL

Directions

- Wash, skin and slice potatoes

- Mix seasonings together with potatoes and add a bit of water to help dissolve soup base

- Lay out on pan & cook at 350 for roughly 10 minutes (Every oven is different, so temperature and time may vary person to person)

- Flip around about half way through cooking

- Eat

I LOVE this recipe!! Low cal, healthy, filling and spicy (spice is a natural appetite suppressant + laxative, it’s a win-win!!!)

credit: herskinnydiary

-100 crunches

-30 side leg lifts (left side)

-30 side leg lifts (right side)

-50 bicycle crunches

-20 leg spinners (clockwise)

-20 leg spinners (counter clockwise)

-5 min. of peddlers

-25 crunches

-10 side leg lifts (left side)

After my teacher introduced us to this theory, she asked us, “is love a feeling? Or is it a choice?” We were all a bunch of teenagers. Naturally we said it was a feeling. She said that if we clung to that belief, we’d never have a lasting relationship of any sort.

She made us interview a dozen adults who were or had been married and we asked them about their marriages and why it lasted or why it failed. At the end, I asked every single person if love was an emotion or a choice.

Everybody said that it was a choice. It was a conscious commitment. It was something you choose to make work every day with a person who has chosen the same thing. They all said that at one point in their marriage, the “feeling of love” had vanished or faded and they weren’t happy. They said feelings are always changing and you cannot build something that will last on such a shaky foundation.

The married ones said that when things were bad, they chose to open the communication, chose to identify what broke and how to fix it, and chose to recreate something worth falling in love with.

The divorced ones said they chose to walk away.

Ever since that class, since that project, I never looked at relationships the same way. I understood why arranged marriages were successful. I discovered the difference in feelings and commitments. I’ve never gone for the person who makes my heart flutter or my head spin. I’ve chosen the people who were committed to choosing me, dedicated to finding something to adore even on the ugliest days.

cut up fruit on a plate

doing work at the same table

adjusting someone’s collar, brushing off lint on their shoulder, fixing their hair

bringing home leftovers