Eating clean

This week I am feeling a little under the weather... AGAIN!!

I don't know what it is about this winter but this is the THIRD time I've been sick! Thats totally not normal right??

Anyway, despite feeling a little lousy and getting back into uni study, I am determined to stick to my "eating clean" plan as I mentioned here.

I tried a new recipe from the Clean and Lean book and it was delish!

I adapted the recipe a little according to what I could get at the supermarket and what I like etc (can you believe it that on a tuesday there were no spring onions in Woolies??! I mean I live in a decent sized city, this is something we get used to in the bush, not the city!)

Any-who, the recipe is called the Chicken and cashew stir fry and its a winner in my books.

Before I started cooking a lot I used to whip up quick stir fry's using frozen veg mix, some chicken thighs and chuck on a heap of Master-foods marinade for flavour because it was an easy meal and it was impossible to stuff it up! This recipe has no sauce or marinade as such in it but is so full of flavour it doesn't need it! I'd never go back to my old ways of making stir fry now that I've tried this.

Instead of shallots I just used half a brown onion and I added in green beans and only one chilli because I thought it would be quite spicy but I think it actually could have done with the extra chilli, I couldn't really taste a "hot" sensation, it was a good spice.

I definitely recommend this! Drop me a comment if you want the full recipe!

Clean eating = yum!

Is it spring already??

I don't know about you but lately, (since I got back to the "almost city" in stead of the spending my days in "the bush" aka my home town!) I have noticed that more and more retail stores are flogging the idea that "Spring is on the horizon" or "Spring is just around the corner".

I'm sitting here in my woollie pjs and have the heater cranked thinking, what the hell? Am I in the wrong hemisphere right now or am I right when I say, it's freakin' winter ya'll!!!!!!

As much as when the stores try and get their next season fashions out like super dooper early ticks me off, I have to admit that I am the sucker that gets roped in and loves to buy that pretty, sleeveless blouse waaay before its time to show my bare arms again!

With this in mind, here are some trends that I am totally digging by Witchery right now. These guys are the number one culprits for the "Spring is on the horizon" campaign, but pftt if their stuff is this cute I'll keep browsing and dreaming of spending my pennies (one I save some *damn uni budget*) in their store!!

Neon is so cute right now! This year I have become very very obsessed with yellow! I have never in my life been able to wear yellow, or at least I thought I couldn't. I'm sure there are tonnes of girlies out there like me, and unfortunately due to my very fair and pale skin, sometimes when I wear yellow on my top half (as in close to my face) I look sick. And I don't mean "sick" in a good way. BUT, since new shades and tones of yellow have popped up, and more accessories are coming out everywhere, I can revel in this awesome colour too!! 

Loving these cute skinnies by Witchery!! Not sold on the leather tee though? I'd more likely wear a white shirt with this outfit like the model. Cute either way!

I also love this silk boyfriend tee. I have seen it in person and its beautiful. This is so me. I'd probably wear it with some skinny denim jeans (as I'm a bit of a sucker for jeans) but with this tube skirt could dress it up too! Love love.

Check all of these cuties out at witchery.com.au 

And just because i have been DYING to buy a new pair of TB's lately, here are some I've been craving but sadly can't afford right now:

These beauties are called Mansell and would look so sweet in Spring/Summer! Not completely sold on the white but if I had the dollars I'd buy them anyway! Hint of yellow again! Love them!

Okay enough shop dreaming, "Being Lara Bingle" is about to start on channel ten. Haha, (TV obsessed), my aunt thinks I need to get a life, I just think I am addicted.

Ciao peeps!

So behind the times.... tweet tweet

Its official. I finally made it on Twitter!!!

Im so behind the times. I've been um-ing and ah-ing about whether to jump on the band wagon for AGES especially since I'm already on FB and Instagram, but now that I'm on it, I'm loving it!

I'm still working out what to do and for the most part of setting it up and testing it out I looked like this:

HAHAHA Isn't that hideous?! lol (I've also been playing with my mac photo booth as you can see!)

Any-who - tweet me! Or whatever they say?!!

I'm @misselle_tweets

Catcha later bloggers!!! ;)

Cutting the CRAP

Its an all new term at uni starting next monday and that means a few new things around here.

One. New subjects to study, new classes, new assignments and new people to meet.

Two. New "kick-start" into a healthier lifestyle.

I'm cutting the crap from my life and by crap I mean CRAP - Caffeine, refined sugar, alcohol and processed foods.

Some of you may have heard of the "Clean and Lean" diet or eating plan. Well its kind of new to me but I am diving right into it and enriching myself with new, healthy knowledge on how to change my life and become a healthier and better version of myself.

Clean and Lean is a book written by James Duigan and you can purchase it here.

Ever since I started reading through this book it got me thinking more consciously about what stuff I have been putting into my body and the damage some of the junk could actually be causing. Of course, for me some of the "changes" mentioned in the book that need to be made are pretty drastic and I am going to attempt to attack this in the most sensible and realistic way possible but most importantly, I am going to try and stick to it for a long time.

This "diet" isn't really a diet, its about a lifestyle change and its an exciting one!

Have any of you attempted the 14 day kickstart program by James? I am thinking its time to tackle this one and see if I can get results and ultimately a healthier and leaner body!

I'll be updating more info soon, stay tuned, or join me! Grab a copy of the book from a store, online or from your local library and we can cut the "crap" together!

I hate goodbyes

My little sister dropped me off at the Townsville airport yesterday and started to cry when she had to say goodbye. This of course, set me off too. Tears were a'rollin' down my cheeks.

I hate goodbyes.

I hate that my family and I can't all live in the same post code and town where all of our dreams can come true and all of our ambitions can be met.

I hate that my little sister is a million miles away in another state, sometimes on a different time and definitely in different weather (it was warm and sunny up there just like Summer!!).

I phoned my mum once I checked my bags in at the airport and after I had a little cry to myself in the ladies toilets. I said to mum, "Life is so cruel". She said to me, "It's not always life that's cruel, we make our own decisions and thats why we cant all be together".

She has a point.

Sometimes I find myself blaming the universe or God or something else for sad things happening, friends moving away, sad goodbyes or bad karma but really is it our own fault? Is it just that we have made certain choices in our lives that make us sad and make our lives the way they are? I mean, if my little sister hadn't had moved away with her boyfriend for work and I hadn't moved away for university we would all still be together in the same small town, doing the same old things. But we wouldn't be achieving what we want out of life. I guess you must take the good with the bad.

Either way, I hate goodbyes and I miss my sister.

Come home Jess?? (I know you won't but it can't hurt to ask right?? Heheh) x