Lunch at work - its easy
Here is a sample of what I have been eating at lunch at work. It beats the heck out of anything at any reasonably priced food outlet that i know of. Total cost $1 US, thats about 1.50 Singapore bucks. Its also super easy to prepare. Even some guys can manage it... haha
Preperation: I marinade chicken pieces by the kilo the day before. In this case the mariande was cooking wine, chicken stock, pepper and soy sauce. Pretty much anything is ok. Mix it up. I think some more curry like spices will be up next. I leave the whole bunch in the fridge and bring it to work uncooked in a thermos container, or i leave the whole batch in the office fridge (if you have one). For Veges I buy what I like and whats in season. In this case multi colored capsicums and broccoli. One general guide for veges is to eat many colors of them.
Ok now for cooking ...
Step 1 - Grease aluminium foil (I use butter because its stable in heat and doesnt change to other kinds of crappy fats) and just lay the meat and veges on it. I wrap it up if its goin into a toaster. It will prevent burning. If you are using a microwave use a microwave safe container. Aluminium foil is NOT a good idea for MW cooking.
Step 2 - Toaster (you can use oven, microwave, hot coals, earthen oven whatever) but you will need to learn the timings since its not your home oven and it will be new to you. I reccomend trying a conservative setting like 10 mins then upping it 3 mins each time if the food isnt cooked. I use 15 mins at max power for my toaster.
Step 3 - Walk around holding your tasty, nice smelling, super healthy, super nutritious meal while trying not say judgemental things to those people who are having fried noodles with a large coke for lunch.
Yummy:)
If you have good recipies to share feel free to email me at captnj@gmail.com I'll give em a try and post them here!
Now what if i cared? - 5 Things I would get for people I care about this christmas
After all that negative emotion in the previous post (yuck!) here are 5 things that show I care! Recieve one of these puppies from me this christmas and in some cultures we would be leaglly wedded haha.
1. Something to take care of my soft tissues quality. This probably deserves a few spots out of the 5 things mention. But its that important. Really made a big difference to my well being and happiness this year. Fixing my knee issues that plagued me for the past 2 years, upper back and neck tightness on the way to getting fixed, more pain free range of motion all over. Bye bye chronic pain, hello smooth joints and chronic pain free living. Here are some of the items that I used.
- Theracane
- Back knobbler
- Deep tissue therapy books - search amazon
- Foam roller
- Tennis balls in socks - use these against a wall to self massage your back. Socks are not magic, but they do stop the ball from rolling around:)
2. Something to take care of active mobilty. There are pretty good information products out there. But even something as simple as:
bodyweight squats
overhead squats with an empty bar
walking lunges
Squat jumps
Unweighted shoulder External rotations
Bird dogs
Cat-camel stretches
Standing hip-flexor stretches
do each of the above for 15 reps before training (no rest between exercises). Add in a few warmup sets of the exercise you are about to do and you should be good to go (not to mention alot more prepared than doing 5 mins on the cycle).
3. Book(s) to build the mind and attitude for succecss. So many options here, it will be tough to list. But for a weightlfter i like "under the bar" by powerlifter Dave Tate.
4. Fish oil - here are some examples of
how good it is. Or you could go to those medical journal sites (medline etc) and do a search... its a mighty long list
5. A bit of my techie side here since I used up so many "fitness" slots for the first item...
get a Digital SLR camera. I love the thought that you can capture a slice of time that will never return. A digital SLR is the way to go. SLRs focus instantly (no need to wait...wait...wait "beep-beep") and shoot instantly. What you see is what you get RIGHT NOW (well maybe 50miliseconds later but for most purposes thats the same as right now) no waiting. For fun shooting I take a Nikon D40 and for sports and action and when I am getting paid I take a Nikon D200. Sure they are a little bigger, but the d40 in particular is pretty portable. Not pants pocket portable, but just wrap it up in some clothes or a towel and it can go anywhere. Batrries last 500-1000 shots (thats alot...) and a cheapo 1GB memory card can hold about 600 pictures.
Step 2 - Toaster (you can use oven, microwave, hot coals, earthen oven whatever) but you will need to learn the timings since its not your home oven and it will be new to you. I reccomend trying a conservative setting like 10 mins then upping it 3 mins each time if the food isnt cooked. I use 15 mins at max power for my toaster.
Step 3 - Walk around holding your tasty, nice smelling, super healthy, super nutritious meal while trying not say judgemental things to those people who are having fried noodles with a large coke for lunch.
Yummy:)
