A Saturday Treat - Low Fat Banana Bread

I say this is a 'treat' in the tittle because even though its a low fat recipe it does have some butter in it. Although I used marg to make it slightly better. I found this reciepe on the BBC site and it is ridiculously scrummy! I also added so Omega Sprinkles (mixture of pumpkin seeds etc) to make it and energizing bread. I do love banana in everything..I made Banana and Walnut Muffins a while ago which you can find HERE. Let me know if you try this yummy goodness :)

Ingredients

150g Caster Sugar

50g Butter or Margarine

2 eggs

4 tbs water

3 mashed Ripe Bananas

200g plain flour

1tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

1- Preheat the oven to 180°C 

2- Beat the sugar and butter/margarine together then beat in the eggs, water and mashed bananas.

3- Mix in the flour, bicarb of soda, salt and baking powder.

4- Pour the mixture into a loaf tin and bake for 60mintes (check at 50minutes)

5- And Hey Presto! 

EAT!!! EJOY!!! SHARE!! (or maybe not!)

Lauren x

30 Day Shred: Day 1

So I decided to join in the 'fun' of doing the 30 day shred. I have never been one for fitness videos dvds but since I have seen such good results from other people I decided to give it a go. If you haven't heard of the 30 Day Shred before its a 20 minute workout for 30 days. There are 3 levels in which you do for 10 days each level and over the month you are meant to feel stronger, fitter and lose a little weight. You can buy the DVD although I have found all three levels on youtube HERE. HERE & HERE. If you are going to have a go at it though please research first making sure its right for you.

I have been quite lucky with my weight as I have never felt the need to go on a diet. In college I took performing arts so was doing jazz, ballet and tap a lot which kept me fit. Then when I lived in Cyprus for four years I did some dancing but I have to say..the heat made you not want to eat loads anyway. Now being back in the UK for a few years I have definitely felt the pounds start to pile on and my boyfriend and I are massive sweet lovers so that never helps! 

I did the first workout today and my goodness..it looks easy but its not. I came away feeling like someone had punched me in the legs and arms (weird places to punch someone in the leg?!) but a few hours later Im not in as much pain. Please bare in mind I am a massive wimp so I may exaggerate a little at times. 

Im looking forward to tomorrows session though so it cant be that bad! I am taking before and after pictures. Whether I will post them on here or not is a different question but I will keep you updated on my progress.

Oh and after Tuesday's post I have bought myslef a little notepad that is just for my daily lists and it is for sure helping me get things done! Thanks for the lovely comments and tweets :)

Lauren x