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5 days to go! Dad requested that I bring home TimTams, hope that’s enough

9 days to go! 9 homemade ANZAC biscuits 💙 read about them here: bodybybecky.wordpress.com

9 days to go! 9 homemade ANZAC biscuits 💙read about them here: http://bodybybecky.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/healthy-anzac-biscuits-vegan-sugar-free/

This is my breakfast: protein pancake with PB2, honey & coconut flakes 😍 ps- 10 days left until my trip home!

Car shopping! Glitta for me and boat car for Ben

Visit to the coast! Our 6km trail walk turned into a 3k walk and 3k run👏

Video from Ben’s birthday with the minute to win it games…sorry it’s sideways :(

This past weekend was Bens quarter-century birthday. Twenty-five!!

Friday night we went to his parents house for a BBQ dinner to celebrate. Ben didn’t really have any ideas of what he wanted, so I stole an idea from a friend and planned him 4 dates instead!

Gelato and money for gambling at the casino.

Tennis and a picnic in the park.

Vietnamese dinner and a movie.

and a take- out, game night (I got him a Wii game and a gift voucher to a local pizza place that he visits quite frequently).

There was a catch though…in order to open all his presents he had to win a series of games taken from Minute to Win It. Ben loves playing games so this was a hit. It was also HILARIOUS to watch!

There will be a video coming soon!

After the games and presents we had cake. Not just any plain birthday cake though…we had a PUFFER FISH CAKE. It was awesome :)

Saturday night we had dinner at a friends house and then went to see Cirque Du Soliel - Ovo.

It was such a good show! I don’t think I’ll ever be impressed by any physical feat ever again after watching what those performers can do. 

Oh, and there was more cake on Saturday too. This one was a caterpillar.

Cute!

We had a great and busy weekend and an even better sleep-in on Sunday morning ;)

jadorelechat asked: could you tell me what you eat to stay in shape, like a week summary or something? i could die for your legs omgggg so jealous.

That’s so sweet thank you! Well it’s a lot of exercise (running, spin class, squats/lunges/etc) but i’ve been posting picture summaries of my daily food via twitter if that helps? @beckygreenawal1

Ben and I didn’t really do anything special for our Christmas Eve dinner (we had a little barbecue) so afterwards we went to get some ice cream and sat on the beach.

That was the most MASSIVE ice cream bar EVER. But I enjoyed every bite of it! After all, we’re supposed to splurge and treat ourselves during the holidays, right?

I spent a lot of Christmas Eve making food for Christmas day—pumpkin pie, sugar cookies, and prepping Christmas breakfast.

Our Christmas breakfast consisted of cinnamon sugar pumpkin donuts…

…and overnight breakfast casseroles with a side of mixed fruit

For the casseroles— I toasted some bread and cut it into cubes for the first layer. Then I sprinkled bacon, ham and cheese overtop. I whisked some eggs with salt, pepper, milk, and dry mustard and poured it over everything else. I let the casseroles soak in the fridge overnight and then baked them at 350 for about 3 minutes the next morning.

Santa was very very good to me this year!

Here is some of what he brought me…

Ben and I are going to attempt to make some ice cream tonight with the Yonanas machine (it makes ice cream out of bananas and other frozen fruit!)

I told Ben that even though I LOVE chocolate, to not put any in my stocking because I’ve been eating WAAYY too much lately. So what did my brilliant boyfriend get me instead?!?

PICKLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hahaha I  love pickles, but they are not a common item here in Australia, and I can’t remember the last time I had them (besides on my sandwiches from Subway). He picked them up at USA Foods —an overpriced store (think $11 for a box of cereal) that sells all American food. 

After breakfast and presents Ben and I headed over to his parents house for a big lunch and our secret santa gift exchange

For lunch we had turkey, a roast, potatoes, pumpkin, veggies and salad. The salad I made consisted of mixed greens, feta cheese, roasted walnuts, raspberries, and craisins.

I dressed the salad with a home made raspberry vinaigrette (to make: blend together 1/2 cup raspberry jam, 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, 1/4 olive oil, 2 tsp stevia/sugar, and 1 tbsp dijon mustard)

Tomorrow is boxing day and we have another dinner with the other side of Ben’s family. After that I think I’ll go back to eating my rabbit food!!

Happy Holidays everyone :)