29 Dec 2013

Purée 'Apple Red Delisc'

~ Home-made tart Red Delicious Apple Purée ~
‘A natural, juicy and oil free sweetener and Red Apple Delisc

26 Dec 2013

Purée 'Apple Granny'

~ Home-made Granny Apple Purée from Scratch ~
‘Natural, juicy and oil free sweetener – made from fresh Granny

25 Dec 2013

Guaco 'Frozen Hearts'

~ Ready-made Frozen Hearts ~
'Mossy green goodness Guacamole made pretty. For access available

24 Dec 2013

Butter Crunch 'PNUT'

~ Home-made Crunchy Peanut Butter ~
'Golden Skins on Crunchy Peanut Butter, rich in EFAs, DIY and so

Roasted Nuts 'PNUT'

~ Home roasted Peanuts in the Oven or Toasted on a Skillet ~
'Crunchy Bronze Peanuts toasted on the skillet for a better and

19 Dec 2013

Butter Crunch 'Almond Maple'

~ Home-made Crunchy Maple sweetened Almond Butter ~
'Golden Maple sweetened Almond Butter, rich in EFAs, DIY and so

Roasted Nuts 'Almonds'

~ Home roasted Almonds in the Oven or Toasted on a Skillet ~
'Crunchy Amber Almonds toasted on the skillet for a better and

5 Dec 2013

Fibre Jello 'Lime Low Carb'

~ Vibrant citrus fibre full jello ~
‘Bright Lime Green Jello with a semolina like twist, using Gluten

2 Dec 2013

Recovery Balls 'Coco Orange Blossom'

~ Choco Nutfull Recovery Balls awashed in Orange Blossom ~
‘Rich Cocoa Whey Balls scented Orange with a citrus bite, sweetened

30 Nov 2013

Recovery Balls 'Almond Brazil Cashew'

~ Creamy ABC Recovery Balls gone RAW ~
‘Creamy Crunch Almond, Brazil and Cashew Butter RAW balls coated

28 Nov 2013

Amino Fuel 'Tropics'

~ Tropical Amino Acid training Fuel ~
‘Sweet Tropical gold bar the sugar or chemicals. Full of muscle

27 Nov 2013

Amino Fuel 'Cran Boysenberry'

~ Cran Boysenberry Amino Acid training Fuel ~
‘Cran Boysenberry tart tasting bar the sugar or chemicals. Full of

20 Nov 2013

CCNTshake 'Triple'

~ Coconut Milkshake triple the Coconut ~
‘Light, sea-foam milkshake with shades of snow white coconut. Trio of

14 Nov 2013

Tea Flowers 'Chrysanthemum Goji'

'Bright and Bountiful Goji Berries in a Floral Tea. And nope this isn't Chamomile tea,it's

12 Nov 2013

Ayurvedic 'Turmeric GinApple'

'An old favourite for cleansing with super spice. At the moment I'm having to rest injected joints to settle

8 Nov 2013

Fibre Jello 'Berry Low Carb'

~ Vibrant berry fibre full jello ~
‘Bright Berry Jello with a semolina like twist, using Gluten free

6 Nov 2013

Crush Mix 'Walnut Super Seed'

~ Fruitless Crush from Trail Mix full of 6 Seeds and Walnuts ~
'Fine Creamy Crush mix, full of super seeds and RAW. I have it

4 Nov 2013

Butter Crunch 'Almond Brazil Cashew'

~ Home-made Crunchy ABC Butter ~
'Creamy, RAW Butter with rich EFA high Nuts. So much cheaper and

24 Oct 2013

Pantry Add Herbs




Adding Herbs to the Pantry;
  • 'Sage' the meat preserver 
  • 'Thyme' the bravery herb
  • 'Mint' from the Greek Gods, 
  • 'Parsley' to garnish traced back in history to the civilisation of ancient Rome, 
  • 'Rosemary' the memory herb 
  • 'Sweet Basil'  the royal herb 
I find Culinary Myth and history absolutely fascinating, and have decided to share some little tid bits to get your imaginations going. Be enticed to explore more flavour as-well as your health, enjoy :D

... The gathering of a Pantry stock up for today

Pantry Add Spice




Adding Spice to the Pantry;
  • 'Turmeric' ground, the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia herb  
  • 'Paprika' ground, the Mythological Ichor a mineral that was present in the blood of the Greek gods and helped to keep them immortal
  • 'Cardomon'The Spice in political document  
  • 'Cassia Bark' The forgotten fools cinnamon
I find Culinary Myth and history absolutely fascinating, and have decided to share some little tid bits to get your imaginations going. Be enticed to explore more flavour as-well as your health, enjoy :D

... A Shopping expedition

Pantry Add Loose Leaf Tea Flowers




Adding Loose Leaf Tea Flowers to the Pantry;
  • 'Chamomile' One of the nine sacred herbs given to the world by the Greek god Woden 
  • 'The Linden' from Zeus himself
  • 'Chrysanthemum flower' representing manners and virtue, typical drank in eastern cultures for tired eyes... 
I find Culinary Myth and history absolutely fascinating, and have decided to share some little tid bits to get your imaginations going. Be enticed to explore more flavour as-well as your health, enjoy :D 

... Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) Flowers, dried. Best used as a Hot or cold Tisane. The name Chamomile comes from the Greek word meaning "ground apple." Ancient Greeks called it ‘ground apple’ because of its smell.

23 Oct 2013

Roasted Red Bells 'Rosemary Olive'

~ Red Peppers simply Roasted ~
‘Simple, Ruby Red Rosemary sprigged Red Bells roasted with Extra

17 Oct 2013

Biscuits Mandel 'Oat Cocoa Pistachio'

~ Gluten free Coco Heavy Coffee Biscotti with Pistachio pieces ~
‘Dark Coffee, Chocolate, Pistachio nuts with the Goodness of PURE

16 Oct 2013

16th Oct 13 Rehab update - TAC denying medical requested treatment for Whiplash/Head pain & the Trochanter Now is needing another Cortisone/ultra sound





 Hi all... A REHAB very quick update. Been a busy past week to push through treatment requested for the neck - whiplash by my GP/Physio/Surgeon. Need this to get to the next level of rehabilitation. It's been a 5 week exercise and was told today that the TAC insurance company doesn't accept and wont pay for it. It's now hand passed to my lawyers Maurice Blackburn. 

I've only been able to do some rehab at home in the past week half due to the rehab of neck roadblock pending further treatment. I admit after 18 months of this nonsense it did break me today. I want to be able to go out like everyone else, wear my heels, dance and have a social life. Not have to travel by reclining in Taxi everyday to medicos and rehab only... 


11 Oct 2013

Milk 'Goji Ripe'

~ Enjoy and clean up the chocolate coated blender with an Milkshake ~
‘Goji Ripe Milkshake made easy from Leftover scrapes in the

8 Oct 2013

Choc Pyramid 'Goji CCNT Ripe'

~ A pyramid of Coconut marbled Goji Ripe Home-made Chocolate ~
‘The Perfect Brownie Hit, No Nasty's... full of Rich Super Goodness.

6 Oct 2013

Choc Drops 'Goji CCNT Ripe'

~ Coconut marbled Goji Ripe Drops of Home-made Chocolate ~
'Chocolates with Super soft tender insides and Milky Crackle

1 Oct 2013

Injury treatment update for Neck/Whiplash chronic longterm




Hey all sorry I've been alittle on the quiet with my blogs of late but the whiplash at the back of my skull combined with TAC and lawyer /treatment / impairment

26 Sept 2013

Granola 'Narny PawPaw Almond Seed Blossom'

~ Orange blossom Granola with Banana, Pawpaw and Almond mix ~
‘Golden Bright red Pawpaw speckled homemade crunchy maple spiced

Crush Mix 'Almond Super Seed'

~ Fruitless Crush from Trail Mix full of 6 Seeds and Almonds ~
'Fine Golden Crush mix, full of super seeds and RAW. I have it

22 Sept 2013

Recovery Balls 'Apricot CCNT'

~ Coconut coated Walnut Recovery Balls gone Apri ~
‘Way to easy, simple as blending dried Apricots, Sultanas and crushed

19 Sept 2013

Pantry Add Dried Fruit Recovery




Adding Dried Fruits to the Pantry;
  • Currants 
  • Jumbo Raisins
  • Dried Cherries
  • Dried naturally Organic Banana
  • Dried naturally Organic Turkish Apricots
  • Dried Figs
  • Dried Prunes
  • Dried Pawpaw spear
Fruity Recovery Pantry Stock up is for my recovery foods and training treats.  Fruit is still a sugar and must be consumed sparingly, at times to peak recovery and training gains. Vitamin C and minerals are best sourced from a varied and colourful diet of vegetables for many reasons. Probably one of the biggest sources of fruit to watch out for, is consumption of large amounts of  PURE fruit juices.  

It's best to have a veg fruit combo and always with awareness of just how much extra sugars your consuming. Any, excess carbs at the end of the day is going to go straight to bodyfat storage. I see way to many people consuming ridiculous amounts of starchy and sugary carbs (Dont follow the food Pyramid if you dont want to have high bodyfat percentages) and they almost always having problems with bodyfat yet alone body tone. Then spending unnecessary time burning calories doing cardio, which can also reduces muscle - by default increasing bodyfat percentage and dropping the basal metabolic rate. 

How much carbohydrates one requires depends on how many calories one burns in a day. So if your sitting on your butt all day in the office -eating cereal and toast for breakfast, rolls for lunch and pasta for dinner with god knows what in-between - You will have bodyfat that you just wont be able to shake. When I assess clients I always recommend their own special range of starchy carbs based on their daily activities and body composition - no one is the same. 

When in doubt always fill up to your hearts content on lots of bountiful fibrous with some starchy veg, lean clean sources of essential protein, lift weights and get of the cardio merry round. You wont be bloated, you'll be stronger, look younger, have more energy and your waistline will whittle and muscle/tone will no longer be so hard to achieve :D
Stocked up... "Fruity Recovery Pantry Stock up "

18 Sept 2013

Tea Flowers 'Chrysanthemum'

'Nope this isn't Chamomile tea,it's Chrysanthemum Tea The manners and virtue of the 'Chrysanthemum flower' drank

16 Sept 2013

Oil Spray 'Extra Virgin Olive' DIY

~ Can free Olive goodness to Spray ~
'Golden Extra Virgin Olive Oil spray controlled cold pressed

12 Sept 2013

Fibre Capsules Drink Rose-hip straight from the Pot

Why DIY your own Fibre Capsules?? Because when you look at the ingredients from a Real Nutritionists eye - you bulk
at all the added extras. I mean seriously the most popular fibre supplement out on the market today, is just laden with cane sugar and whatnot. So in one hand you are increasing health with meeting optimal fibre needs whilst on the other hand - you're creating or enforcing excess body-fat via peaking glucose spikes. So... Solution DIY - you wont believe how easy and how cheap it is. I did this on the weekend whilst watching the Original War of the Worlds, covered in Face paint (Honey clay Mask) Enjoy :D


Served up... "DIY Fibre Capsules" 


DIY needs
  • Psyllium Husks PURE
  • Size 'OOO' Vegetarian Capsules from NOW
  • Bottles for Storage

7 Sept 2013

Coping PTSD

 As many of you know from the attack I sustained last year I have ongoing PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome) to deal with/manage. Allot of our soldiers have to deal with this as a result of Traumatic events. But what many don't know it can result from a collusion or an attack like in my case. I guess what makes it hang around is depth of physical damage for me. I feel this mental response is a natural and even beneficial state to ones survival, but its no good long term. One of the best ways to manage this condition is to remove the urge to fight or be on guard with certain brain training techniques and coping management. To me crap is an essential by product of life "It's how you deal with it, that counts" 


Diminishing this fight/adrenal trigger has been the biggest challenge for me, for I have to fight daily in isolation for;
  • To keep my company (my baby I worked hard to build previously) - even if just - alive so I eventually have something to go back to when I have full movement restoration
  • Every time I have to explain why I cant do something or when people asks what happens "I end up reliving and retelling the experience with all the emotional reactions as if its happening again" Thank GOD for Heahphones and baseball caps :DDDDDD
  • My injuries prevent me from having a normal life and therefore the sense of being forced to stand still when your a go getter (18 months now - 2 years to go in rehab) makes me angry and want to fight but there is no direct adversary in front of me, that I can take on right here and now
  • The Pain and discomfort reminds me constntly of the attack
  • The physical scarring reminds me daily of the attack
  • With My first (Of what I feel's going to many court cases) wont be until early next year (2 and a half years post collusion/attack) and we are preparing for the first one all the way up to the end of this year
  • I actually have to fight daily, so to be delusional and ignore that fact would be to the detriment of my psyche
  • My weekly timetable is full of ongoing Medical, Physio, Psyche appointments ongoing, along with Insurance company related and 
    ... My Recent Fab Buys
     awyer/court case related (I could be dealing at any point of time 10 medicos in a week - poking prodding questioning and me reliving/retelling) which is time reinforcing the current state of mind which detracts from where one needs or wants to get to
  • My injuries and legal responsibilities prevent me from going back home to Spain to see my family and in these past 2 years I've really needed/wanted to see them - but am forced to do it it tough on my own
  • Most nights I dream of being where I was before the attack and actually wake up as though I still had my pre-collusion body and abilities not to mention social life
  • The missing chunks of muscle I've had all my life that are now gone actually feel as though I'm missing limbs/parts of me
  • Mentally I'm an athlete and have been all my life, so my single mindedness in this matter pushes me to fight and push through anything and everything I have to

... So with all that in mind what do I do to contain/treat PTSD and Hypervigillence?? I;

  • See a Sports Psyche/Psychotherapist weekly (If you've experienced or someone you know has "A Traumatic event that keeps reliving or interrupts

4 Sept 2013

Schnitzel Cauli 'Oat Bake'

~ Steaks of Cauliflower turned Cauliflower Schnitzels ~
‘Golden, creamy and juicy 'Have your veg and Schnitzel in ones' Baked

31 Aug 2013

Recovery Squares Bake 'Zesty Fruit Sesamin'

~ Baked Citrusful rich carb Recovery Bites ~
‘Golden, fruity, Sesame coated Recovery bites full of citrus. Forget

28 Aug 2013

Recovery Updates, Pre Injury Post surgery Progress Pics




IMPOSSIBLE
How do you say it? Impossible or I'mpossible :D
Food for thought...

Hi all, just a quick line to say I haven't forgot you all. I haven't been able to blog daily like a I usually do due to all the extra medicals I've had to do this week and most likely the next few weeks :p Can't wait to get through em. Getting through daily rehab & trying to get quality of life back is hard on time constraints as it is.

It's been tough this week I'm coming to terms with the findings of the Rheaumatoligist saying I still have a 2 year slog ahead of me to get my body and normal life function back. Reason? I didn't have my injuries fixed straight away & he said the 3 to 1 rule. If I was fixed 1 month post collusion it would of taken me out & taken 4 months to get back. But because I didn't get the required surgery until 10 months post collusion, it turns out to be a couple years to get back post surgery (a total of around 4 years of my life - 17 months gone already) I've done 7 months - 2 years to go. How would you feel if something that should of only taken 4 months out of your life was dragged out for 4 years with added pain suffering to not just you but your company, your family abroad etc. Going with my own experience/education the timelines of recovery are about right with my rates of progression.

I went to vote early yesterday & had to change my address whilst there. I was told to press my pen down harder on the form by the staff, But I didn't have the strength in dexterity to write down hard enough to print through the forms carbon. One of the staff had to write for me (I'm right handed) My whole right side from toe to face hasn't been the same since the collusion. I'm getting there but its a long journey. It was such a silly thing that we take for granted that we can do & when its not there... Whoah. I locked myself in the public toilet, cried my eyes out, then washed my face, tied my shoelaces. Before walking to the baths & doing all 4 hours of my rehab followed by walking & practising gait restoration home (75 minute walk) with back pack. Ahhh Resilience, being pushed right down and then getting back up. I definitely need to look into relieving the whiplash though more effectively and managing the pain which is travelling to & paralysing my facial muscles. Will let you know what happens there. The case manager I have now has actually been so good in following the requests of my treaters unlike the the last one I had.

In the Toorak Shed back in 2010 putting my per-iodized training plans together to do my first figure show, with

20 Aug 2013

Chickpeas 'Salt n Pepper Roasted'

'Roasted Salt n Pepper Chickpeas, better than popcorn in so many ways. Full of Protein, Fibre and Quality Starchy

18 Aug 2013

Cream 'CCNT'

~ Creamy dreamy topping or stand alone pudding/desert ~
‘White light fresh coconut cream... always at your own Peril. Wonderful served over oatmeal or fruit. Better than traditional cream, perfect for a meal pre-mammoth weight/training/rehab session but not sitting at a desk. Made from PURE (nothing else on the ingredients listing) is a super food in its own right. Don’t forget there’s more post Links at the end of this creation. Enjoy :D'
From Chapter 07 Sweet Treatfit (C) 0 starch Link
... What I Used;
PURE Coconut Cream
PURE Light Coconut Cream
1 Teaspoon PURE smooth Peanut Butter (Link)
... Start with PURE Coconut Cream, mixed with PURE Light Coconut Cream (Always check your labels) and a little Butter Smooth 'PNUT after some serious blending or whisking - the light cream is ready
... Thank-you, don’t forget to follow and Share.
Some More Post Links Below;

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Butter Crunch 'Beernut'

~ Homemade Crunchy Beernut Butter ~
'Golden Beer nut crunch butter with fibrous skins on. The