101 things to do in 1001 days

Start date: 1^st January 2012
End date: 28^th September 2014

1. Donate Blood
2. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
3. Kiss in the rain
4. Don’t complain about anything for a week
5. Answer ‘the 50 questions that will free your mind’
6. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go
7. Go on a picnic
8. Buy a lottery ticket
9. Make a birthday cake for someone
10. Complete a colouring book
11. Spend a day at the beach
12. Write a message in a public bathroom
13. Learn to change the oil in my car
14. Host a board game night
15. Visit Shark Bay, Western Australia
16. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet
17. Write a list of 100 things that make me happy
18. Finish a 500+ piece jigsaw puzzle
19. Listen to a new artist a month, for a year
20. Make a comic strip
21. Attend the midnight premier of a film
22. Take one photo a day for a month
23. Buy a pet fish
24. Write a letter to myself to open after 1001 days
25. Stay at a 5 star hotel
26. Learn the alphabet in sign language
27. Learn to cook a decadent dessert
28. Save $5 for every task I complete
29. Say ‘yes’ to everything for a day
30. Hike up a mountain
31. Be an organ donor
32. Make a sock monkey
33. Go on a day long bike trip
34. Design and name a cocktail
35. Get a family picture taken
36. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
37. Give flowers to someone
38. Read Catcher in the Rye
39. Build a blanket fort and sleep in it
40. Slide down a slide
41. Try a new flavour of ice-cream
42. Finish a crossword puzzle with no help
43. Plant a tree
44. Go vegetarian for a week
45. Put an entire pay check into savings
46. Adopt a dog
47. Learn to parallel park
48. Ride a vespa
49. See a movie alone
50. Go to a state I’ve never been to before
51. Cook every meal in a cookbook
52. Give money to a street musician
53. Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet
54. Get a new hairstyle
55. Pick my own strawberries
56. Learn to hula hoop
57. Reverse-pickpocket someone
58. Paint my bedroom
59. Learn how to crochet
60. Buy a little red dress
61. Create a vision board
62. Take a photo of the same place every month for a year, and then turn it into a calendar for the next year
63. Make something out of clay
64. Knit a scarf
65. Go to Hanging Rock
66. Go to a restaurant by myself
67. Design and make my own dress from scratch
68. Have a dinner by candle light
69. Learn to make sushi
70. Cook a 3 course meal
71. Rent a beach house
72. Go on a road trip with no planned destination
73. Make a fascinator
74. Learn to play poker
75. Donate $100 to charity
76. Send a care package to someone
77. Take a walk in the rain
78. Make homemade bagels
79. Fingerpaint
80. Jump in a pile of leaves
81. Build a bonfire
82. Spend a day in the library/park reading a book from beginning to end
83. Learn to drive a manual car
84. Write all the things that make me happy on my closet door
85. Wear red lipstick every day for a week
86. Do a walk for charity
87. Play minigolf
88. Use a photobooth
89. Celebrate an obscure holiday
90. Make a pen-friend
91. Buy 1 entire op-shop outfit every month for a year.
92. Arrange a blind date for a friend
93. Make a friendship bracelet
94. Carve my name in a tree
95. Eat a new and unusual food
96. Go barefoot for a day
97. Jump into a body of water fully clothed
98. Spend a day in silence
99. Get a polaroid camera
100. Go 7 consecutive days without spending any money
101. Shoot a gun

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And all for less than 30 Calories.

You're welcome.

Jackie's Scrumptious Strawberry Crepes

I was lucky enough to win a prize in round 3, and that was a George Foreman slow cooker. It was in the weekly challenge to create your own meal under 300 calories, or dessert under 150 calories, and being the sweet tooth I am, I naturally tackled dessert. Here it is!

(Serves 5)
130 calories per serve.
Makes 10 crepes – 2 crepes per serve

As a kid one of my favourite desserts was crepes with a sprinkle of sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice, so I came up with this healthy (and extremely filling) version! Perfect for a warm Summer night!

Cooking oil spray (optional)
500g punnet strawberries, halved (126 cals)
1 and a 1/2 tablespoons honey (127 cals)
Juice of ½ a large orange (20 cals)
2/3 cup of rice milk (or milk/other milk alternative) (84 cals)
1/2 cup wholemeal flour (273 cals)
1 egg white (16 cals)
1/4 cup water

Combine strawberries, honey and orange juice. Cover and place in fridge for about 2 two hours.

Place milk, flour, egg white and water into a bowl and mix until blended, (alternatively put all ingredients into your blender and blend until combined).

Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. You can use a spray of cooking oil if you think the crepes will stick.

Pour a tenth of the mixture (about 2 tablespoons) onto the pan and quickly swirl the pan so the mixture is spread in an even, thin circle.

Use your spatula to check the underside of the crepe, when it is golden in colour, flip the crepe.

Once both sides are golden, remove the crepe from the heat.

Divide the crepes between 5 serving dishes (2 crepes per plate) and top each crepe with the strawberry mixture. Roll and drizzle the syrup from the strawberries over the top.

TIPS:

These crepes are only 38 calories each and you can use various fillings, sweet or savoury, for some great meals. Top with smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for breakfast, or fill with chicken breast and mushrooms for a delicious dinner option. Another great dessert option is to fill them with grilled pineapple rings. Use your imagination, the possibilities are endless!

Too lazy to blog

Yeah, I've clearly been too lazy to blog an appropriate amount recently. Don't say you weren't warned though, remember the title of this blog?

Luckily for you guys though, I have made a new goal of updating at least once a week during round 1, 2012. I've also committed to doing at least one vlog per month. I should have made more blogging and recording related goals last round, because I would love to have more of a record of the stuff I did, and more photos and videos of some of the fun stuff I got up to with fellow 12weekers.

I've just signed up for round 1, and I am really, REALLY pumped. This round I'm doing Lean & Fit, with the ultimate goal of completing The Age Half Marathon in the middle of the year, and at least 3 other fun runs between now and then.

I've also managed to convince a few friends and even my baby brother to sign up, so I will have my own little 12WBT crew to keep me motivated. I've heard from a lot of people that your second round tends to be the round where the wheels fall off a little, but I am determined not to let that be me. I've come a hell of a long way, with a grand total of 14kgs lost in round 1, but I still have a lot of work to do before I will be 100% happy with my body, and until I am, I'm chaining myself up to this wagon and throwing away the key to the padlock.

At the moment I have two things keeping me motivated in the break between rounds.

One is this photo taken at the finale:

It basically describes the entire finale weekend. Amazing excitement and so much fun. This was taken right before the workout started, after we had sprinted our way to the front row. I don't think I had ever been more happy or excited in my life, and I'm not particularly ashamed to admit that at the end of the workout I had a little teary, because I have come SO FAR and once I had done that, I honestly knew that nothing can stop me now. The ladies pictured are the amazing Lucy, who was my first 12WBT friend and Bikram Yoga Buddy throughout the round, and the lovely Jess, who I only met maybe 15 minutes before that photo was taken, but instantly fell in love with, and can't wait to have her come stay with me when we go to some Round 1 events! I actually don't know who the person to the left of the photo is, but if you happen to be reading this, holla at me!

The second thing keeping me motivated is the most amazingly beautiful email I got via facebook just a week or so before Christmas, from a guy who I haven't seen or spoken to in quite a long time, and it said this:

Hey there...just wanted to say I had a look at some off the photos you have been posting lately and you look stunning! Whatever your doing keep it up! Have a merry christmas and a happy new year! Cheerio

How ridiculously sweet is that? And I have thought about it every run I've done since then because I have been on STRUGGLE STREET trying to run in this heat.

Kind of hard to believe that this time a few months ago I was chubby and depressed, and now I wouldn't trade my life for the world, and I am really excited to start using this blog again to start updating you all on my adventures!

Stay tuned lovelies.

Before and After

I wasn't going to ever post the underwear photos, but here are some clothed before and afters that I think show pretty accurately how different I look at 14kgs lighter!

I know I've been slack with the updating of this blog, but this program has been an amazing and life changing experience and I am so grateful that it has come into my life at such a perfect time. I needed this boost in confidence and self esteem now more than ever.

I'm sitting on the plane on the way to the finale workout and party right now, so I better turn my phone off before we take off.

Love and light!



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