Healthy eating

Ok so this blog is predominantly a beauty blog but I do want to include some health related posts too because beauty is so much more than foundation, blush, mascara, lippy and an awesome hair 'do! So anyway tomorrow is THE day. I am going to go on a health kick because god knows lately I have not been looking after myself very well and have let myself eat whatever I want, whenever I want (was on holidays). So no white bread, no white pasta, no white rice, no junk food, no chocolate and at least one piece of fruit a day. The original start day was suppose to be today and it was going really well. Small serving of porridge for breakfast, a wholegrain salad and tuna wrap for lunch and some wholegrain crackers with some dip as a snack. See - it was going all good until I ate 1/3 of a bag potato chips!!! So angry at myself because I had a massive dinner too :(
Wish me luck!

Chocolate vs Porridge

Sitting here, on this cold winter's afternoon and trying to complete an important assessment due tomorrow, I was overcome by the need to EAT! Chocolate, preferably. I brought some chocolate on the weekend and it has been sitting in the drawer for a few days now but I have used all of my self-control to stay away from the very idea of eating it. I know, even if I said "ok just one piece", I would end up eating WAY more than one piece! Anyway sitting here a couple of minutes ago I wanted chocolate......but I resisted. Yay for me! 


A magazine I brought a few days ago came with a porridge sample. Apple and blueberry flavoured sachet. So I whacked it into the microwave for 90 seconds and it actually worked!!!! 
It smelt divine and it tasted pretty good too. And I didn't have any of those "this is soooo not healthy for me" moments because it's porridge - healthy right? Since it was only a sample sized sachet it didn't fill that void in my stomach and now typing this, I WANT CHOCOLATE. But, I'm not going to eat chocolate, well not today anyway. 


My next point is now, porridge is healthy, right?  I think I will have to research this and get back to you! 


Sorry for all of you out there now craving chocolate!

Goodbye rice - alternatives please

I love rice. Rice with fish, with curry, with chicken, in salad  and as a snack. And whilst I always knew anything "white" - white rice, white bread, white pasta - was not the healthiest for me I thought it was a good favourite (at least relative to chocolate and hot chips)  however I now know that its not that good for me. It increases my chance of type 2 diabetes. That was definitely something I did not know. 


A few months ago I tried brown rice, knowing that "brown stuff" is better than me however I obviously did not do something right because it tasted wrong. So please, what are good alternatives to white rice? What is the best way to cook brown rice? And finally, healthy brown rice recipes? Would really appreciate some helpful tips :)