Happy Easter Sunday friends, hope you are all enjoying the long weekend.  My lovely husband treated me to these chocolate goodies for Easter.  I started tucking into the mini eggs last night, so good!  They are so addictive and I just couldn’t stop at one.  There is still a few left for today though.  I’ve already envisioned a sugar coma later on this afternoon, but it’s all good! 

We have had a lovely weekend so far, involving catching up with friends and we will be seeing family later on today.  It was lovely having our friends over and playing with their 4 month old munchikin and getting in lots of baby hugs – well it sure made me feel broody!  after a very long catch up we headed into town to a lovely little Thai restaurant and decided to go all with a banquet.

We went all out with the started and ordered at least 2 each between us so we could have a bit of everything, my favourite way of eating.  I chose the prawn steamed dumplings which were a delicious choice.  

For my main I choose the lamb jungle curry which was served with coconut rice.  The curry was lovely, but was a bit watery as I was expecting something a lot more creamier.  Alfie had ordered a duck red curry and we shared these between us. 

My workouts this week looked like this:

Monday – REST

Tuesday – tidying the house from top to bottom – I was so tired afterwards! 

Wednesday – Prenatal yoga session

Thursday – morning gym session (20 minutes gentle cardio and strength routine)

Friday – REST

Saturday –  morning gym session (30 minutes gentle cardio and strength routine) 

Sunday – walking and prenatal yoga routine

Not a bad week for workouts.  I would have like to have squeezed another gym session in, but it was just impossible with the amount of work I have on at the moment.  I haven’t been to a spinning class in ages either.  The original plan was to go every other week as I was struggling to keep up with the class, however now that I’m further along in my pregnancy I don’t think I have a cat in hell’s chance!  I’m loving my current gentle workout routine and think I’m just going to stick with it.

Meals have been very balanced this week too in an attempt to alleviate the impact of all of the chocolate from this weekend: 

Steamed spring greens topped with a smoky organic minced beef Mexican casserole. grated cheeses and avocado

I picked up some fancy wholemeal bread from the bakery last week and have been enjoying it so much.  For breakfast one morning I had a slice topped with butter, scrambled free range eggs and ketchup.   It was also made a great lunch when I toasted it and topped it with hummus and a whole avocado, yum!   

I’ve been eating steamed broccoli like a trooper this week:

This was an organic beef Balti with vegetables, steamed broccoli and basmati rice.  I even made myself a small plate of broccoli for an evening snack and covered it in basil pesto.  The coconut water and pineapple was very refreshing:

I think that I may have a slight addiction!

Strawberries are another thing that I mad for at the moment and had some chopped with Greek yoghurt and some gluten free buckwheat cereal, which was like eating a bowl full of summer! 

Of course Good Friday wouldn’t have been Good Friday without a buttered hot cross bun, ate whilst flicking through all of the tasty treats in Woman and Homes Eating Smart magazine.

I’m now 18 weeks pregnant, which means I’m almost half way there!  It was great talking to my friend yesterday about her pregnancy and labour, she gave me lots of reassurance and I’m very excited about where this journey is going to take me.   My bump is pretty much the same size last week, no change there.  However, the baby had been having a party in my belly and I’ve felt fluttering and ripples galore this week.  I wasn’t sure at first, but the sensations have become more consistent. It’s so strange to think that there is a little person moving around inside of me, it’s such a magical experience. 

So with feeling the baby move and some potential business plans coming together (more on that soon!) it has been a very exciting week.  Not only that I’ve had my very first article published ove on the Cosmopolitan UK blog exploring the pros and cons of sugar alternatives, check it out!   Also,  I’ve had two guest posts published on the fabulous Where are My Knees? on how to make the perfect green smoothie and another one over at Sparkles and Sprint on how to get more veggies into your meals.  Phew!  It has been a super busy week!

Have a wonderful Easter everyone! 

Have you tucked into your Easter chocolates yet?  What  Easter treats tempted you this year?

What has been your favourite thing that you have eaten this week?