The CLM Health&Fitness 8 week challenge kicked off on the 2nd August with the challengers getting the Brett Elliot’s Herbal Slim kit which is a compilation of specific herbs to increase metabolic rate and detoxify the body. The challengers also listened to myself on how we need to irradicate processed or ‘dead’ foods and get back to our dietary basics. Good fats, complex carbohydrates and quality proteins. This will be the hardest aspect for the challengers, no diet just good food. Make the effort and plan your quality meals and you will feel fantastic!

Stay up to date on how the challengers are going.        CLM 8 Week Challenge Mt Wellington

I like to be creative with all my meals, it is always fun to try something new every day to keep breakfast or lunch fun, interesting and of course healthy!

Savoury

Poached, fried, scrambled or eggs on top of wholegrain toast with steamed spinach and sliced tomato

Eggs on top of wholegrain toast with smear of lite cream cheese and avocado on grain toast.

Lite cottage cheese with sliced tomato on toast

Baked beans on toast with sprinkle of Edam or mozzarella cheese

Lite cream cheese with tin of salmon or smoked salmon, try tomato too on top.

Breakfast Burrito- You can use any tortilla but Mountain Bread is very nice for a low calorie wrap. Slice tomato and place in centre and/or spinach. Then add scrambled eggs on top. Fold each side up so ingredients are enclosed- best to use knife and fork to eat this.

Sweet

Honey and peanut butter with sliced banana

Any fruit e.g. sliced banana or tinned peaches or defrosted berries with few tablespoons of yoghurt(I love plain yoghurt) on top with a sprinkle of cinnamon and pumpkin seeds

Honey, lite ricotta cheese and tinned peaches or grated apple (steamed apple goes very nicely)

Breakfast burrito- Mountain bread wrap with honey smeared over it with sliced apple and banana (can use other fruits) placed on one side with 3Tblsp yoghurt and 1Tbslp seed mix (pumpkin, sunflower and linseed) on top. Carefully role the wrap so all ingredients are enclosed. Best to use a knife and fork to eat this.
Can also use a wholegrain pita bread to add all ingredients into.

French toast- You can still use wholegrain toast for this. Whisk two eggs and little milk together then dip bread into the mixture until well soaked. Place on hot pan and grill each side for about 2mins. At the same time grill banana. Smear abit of honey over toast and grilled banana. You can make this a savoury option with adding a Tuscan seasoning to the egg mixture and then grilling tomatoes or mushrooms with the bread.