Early morning beach walk time

For a healthy gut which helps you to be healthy overall, if you leave 12 hours between your last evening meal and your breakfast/brunch/first meal of the day you are giving your digestive system a chance to digest and rest. Take your exercise before this first meal of the day. 20 mins fast walking or […]

Selfie on the way to a 50th birthday party- dress code ‘blue’

I’ve had this tie-dye turquoise silk slip dress for 20 years ( bought in a sample sale). It’s my go-to Summer dress to dress up or down and take on holidays as it rolls up into a tiny nothing. I wore it with flat sandals as the party was at a farm house in a […]

Breakfast for three on the beach- my human, her friend and me

My human’s breakfast is the healthier one of the two on the table with the poached eggs(protein) with smashed avocado(good fats) on granary toast(complex carbs-low glycaemic index that helos keep blood sugar levels more constant) and crispy bacon( protein). And an Espresso coffee The other is eggs Benedict (white muffin-simple carbs-not so good has a […]

Lunchtime

… when you’ve just had a swim in the sea together with your human. . . . . . . @misslucy_lou x

At polo in the Park with my cuz

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Pink flamingo poolside

This could be somewhere abroad but this is my pool in the Isle of Wight in the UK whilst we are having a weekend heatwave. . . . . . .

Saturday night dinner entertaining

My supper party last night was a gaspacho starter with added chopped cucumber and croutons to add texture to the cold soup. Then this home-cooked paella. The rice was cooked in shellfish stock (lobster, mussels, chicken, garlic and onions in the vegetable water stock), and chicken thighs roasted first with crispy skin, chorizo, prawns, mussels, […]

My home-cooked meat-free veggie Bank Holiday weekend cooked breakfast

Eggs from the local farm shop chickens, seeded wholemeal bread from the Island Bakery with rather a generous spread of organic butter, wilted spinach, beef tomato slices, avocado and mushrooms. I always eat breakfast or brunch straight after working out, or doing any fitness or exercise. Healthy mix of carbs and protein and good fats. […]

Crab and courgette spaghetti with chilli and rocket

Crabmeat with spiralized or courgette strips with spaghetti, olive oil, lemon juice and chillies and rocket leaves. Mixing spaghetti with courgettes and leaves helps the dish become more nutritionally balanced and to last longer as fuel for your body. Courgettes and leaves are healthy low carb foods and crab is protein. Less heathy processed white […]

Finally a chance to relax in the sun by the pool

In the Isle of Wight, UK. It’s important to find time for yourself- even 5 minutes- however busy you are with your work, your family, your chores, your day to day life. If you don’t look after you who else is going to? .