Sunny but rather chilly!

Well here I am on the sunny Gold Coast.  And it IS sunny, but it’s bloody cold!  I took my coat off in this photo just to make it look like I wasn’t at the snow!!  I have had the heaters cranked up the whole time!  The Meriton at Broadbeach is great, nice spot here, I’m almost becoming a local.  Right at this moment it’s 7.24am on Saturday and I’m sitting here having an awesome coffee at the 3 Bean Cafe on Surf Parade.  Alas, their heater is not working! 

I need to go back and wash my hair and get ready as Kristin and I are off to meet Hils for another coffee at 10am.  I think we will be doing a bit of shopping too.  I haven’t done much yet – well just one pair of Rusty pants thus far. 

I had the BEST massage ever last night.  Anyone on the Goldy, Calmer Therapies at the Savannah Resort (right next to the Meriton).  A guy called Raymond – hehe, no not really, Eleni you are probably the only one who might get that joke.  His name is Chris, and he was excellent.

Speaking of Eleni, Kristin and I caught up with her and Kerry on Thursday and had a good old chat.  Picture above.  I plan to come back often so we can keep doing this!   Eleni has invited me to her place which is lovely, and I am definitely going to take her up on the offer!  A special hi to Ashleigh G who we met while at the Coffee Club.  I was chuffed to be recognized as “Sue from Ideal Bodies Online” on the street of Broadbeach!  Ashleigh, if the photo is any good, send it through to me.

I have only trained once since I’ve been here as I had the worst sleep the 2nd night, I was still awake at 5am!!!  But, I have done quite a bit of walking, on the beach and so forth, and yesterday I did have a great back and arm session – already feeling some DOMS.  Later today I plan to do another beach walk, and tomorrow Kristin and I are training together after a morning coffee.  We do love our coffee.

Now, Lisa, here is the curry recipe you asked for.

Sue’s Secret Curry

It’s a little bit difficult because we used a jar of stuff we purchased at the Noosa Farmers Market, but here goes:

900g lean lamb, cubed

3 tablespoons from above jar of secret spices!

1 onion, chopped

mushrooms, sliced – as many as you want

can of tomatoes with Indian Spices (not sure of brand) 

baby spinach leaves - 1/2 bag

1tsp of coconut oil (optional)

Natural yoghurt

Cook onion and mushrooms in coconut oil (couple of minutes).  Set aside.  Add lamb and secret spices, cook to brown.  Turn down heat, add cooked onion and mushrooms to pan, along with the can of tomatoes.  Top with spinach leaves.  Stir to mix through.  Simmer with lid on, for about 10 mins until lamb is cooked.  After removing from heat, stir through a couple of tablespoons of natural yoghurt (for each serving) for a creamier curry.  Serve with rice if desired.

Kristin’s lovely partner Eric managed to upload Nadia’s and my tv interview to You Tube.  If you want to have a look, check it out here.  There is some competition footage as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c_Bk7pm5v4

Speaking of competitions, check out our home page – www.idealbodiesonline.com – we have a super competition going on at the moment where you can win up to $5000 cash just for losing weight and getting fit!  What better incentive than that!   Check it out – the competition closes August 7th so you still have some time to get organized.

Have a great weekend everyone!