What I Eat In A Day

The other day I was at the gym and I was on the treadmill next to a lady who was also pregnant and she asked what I ate to stay in shape during pregnancy. I have had 2 other people ask as well. I don't eat the same thing I change it up but I like to keep it healthy! This is for you preggo ladies who asked me at the gym!

Breakfast 6:30am
Porrige with blackberries cut up almonds and cinnamon.This is one thing that I eat most mornings but I have different berries with it and I also like to add dried appricot.

I also have a hot drink and this morning I had a decaf instant coffee. Decaf because im preggas, I love my caffine!

Morning Snack 9:45:
Quaker Oats apple and cinnamon oatmeal cookie. I like these because these are great on the go. I'm an interior designer and im lucky I can work from home but when i'm off to visit a client these are great to put in my bag.

Lunch 12:10
Chicken beetroot broccoli carrot and four bean mix Salad. Today I was able to make a quick salad because I was at home. I like to include protien and variety if veggies but it has to be fast to make and also tasty!

Afternoon Snack 3:30:
Today I had time to cut up a mango. I love mangos they are a great summer fruit. When I don't have time to cut up fruit I may have a handfull of nuts or handfull of berries.

Dinner 6:45:
Grilled Salmon and roasted eggplant with feta,sundried tomatoes,olives,basil and parsely. This was something that I made up not expecting much of it but it was actually really nice and also healthy!

Dessert 8:05:
As much as I try to eat healthy I let myself have a treat its my reward for the day and today I was craving red velvet icecream it is good you should all go and try it but eat in moderation!

Night Time snack 9:30:
At night I like a cup of tea so today I had half a mug of normal green tea. I like lots of other flavours but I just felt like green tea tonight!

I hope you liked this post and now the people who asked me know what I eat. If you would like Jess to do one or me to do another one tweet us at @JessMalaholin and @SammieRenzullo. Thanks for reading!
Xxx Sammie

Christmas Time

Christmas... You got to love it! Its my favourite time of the year and I know many other peoples favourite time as well. I love the feeling around everything feels festive and happy.

Christmas has been such a huge thing for me from since I can remember, my family make it so much fun and make it such a special day.

I have so many Christmas memories. One of them was my mum would buy my brother my sister and I a chocolate calender each and every morning after breakfast we would open our window in the calender together and see what we all got. Another memory was sitting with mum and my siblings and writting our Christmas notes to Santa together. Mum use to say don't ask for what you want straight away it's rude! My favourite pre Christmas routine was to get a photo with Santa. Every year my mum and dad would take my brother,sister and I up to Myer to sit with Santa. Sammie was a scardy cat so she stood next to Santa but me and my brother Jake got to sit on his knee. I was so excited to see him and telling him what I would like for Christmas and of course getting the photo.

Christmas Eve was and still is one of the most exciting days,my house is always filled with excitement knowing that Christmas is the next day! As a little girl I got up with a big smile on my face and being crazy and super excited with Sammie and Jake. If Christmas was at my place we would all help mum and dad set up the house and make it perfect and up to mums high standards with Christmas carols playing it was so fun. If Christmas wasn't at our house we would watch some Christmas movies to get even more excited. We then went to Nanna's house for a traditional early Christmas eve dinner we ate at around 4pm. After we had a yummy dinner, mum,dad,Jake,Sammie and I set off to look at beautiful Christmas lights we went to so many houses until we had enough! We then would come home all sit together on the couch and watch the carols by candle light that were on tv while drinking either egg nog or choc pepermint milk! We would try and stay up as late as possible because we loved carols by candle light. We then put our Christmas sacks out for Santa we put out 2 each just to be safe, then put a fruit mince pie for Santa and a glass of milk egg nog or if he was lucky a beer and a carrot for the reindeers. It was a tradition that we had a sibling sleepover. We all crammed into Sammies room because it was biggest and we would talk for ages until we all one by one fell asleep. We always wrote a note to Santa to tap on Mum and Dads bedroom window when he had come mum or dad knocked on our door quitely and whispered santa's come! Then we woke up and we were in present galore!

Mum was always first up then Jake then Sammie and I at around the same time. It was a rule we couldn't open our pressies until everyone was up. So once all us kids were up we went into dad's room and started shouting MERRY CHRISTMAS,He soon got up! We then one by one opened our pressies with the biggest smiles on our faces. We played with them for a while until mum said ok you all need to get ready for Christmas lunch. We take turns in our family for who has Christmas lunch. We then spent hours at the Christmas lunch that turned into dinner. We came home so tired but still had energy for some time to play with our new toys. By the end of the day we were always stuffed so we all got a goodnights sleep!


I had so many great Christmas memories from being a kid! Christmas is still as special as it was when I was a kid. I can't wait till next Christmas when I will have my little nephew around to experience it and I can't wait to spoil him!!

Xx Jessica

My Eating Plan

Hey Glammers. Today I wanted to share with you my eating plan, even though im not one for strict diet plans. I have now got something that stays pretty similar. I'm a Personal Trainer so my eating is pretty healthy!

BREAKFAST:
I don't like to always be eating the same thing but this is a variety of things I eat:
Oats/porrige with blueberries and chopped bananna
Special K granola cereal with chopped bananna and soy milk
Carmans original museli with chopped bananna and soy milk
Omlete sometimes just egg whites sometimes not with tomato ham spinach zucchini and parsely

MORNING SNACK:
I have been finding because I get into work earlier now because I now workout in the afternoons, I'm always hungry at around 10-11 so I will eat:
Almonds
mixed nuts
Yoghurt any low fat or natural
cut up watermelon or pineapple or sometimes another fruit but usally watermelon or pineapple

LUNCH:
My lunch varies all the time but I like to include lots of veggies:
Tuna red capsicum lettuce and cucumber mountain bread wrap with low fat mayo
Tuna salad with lots of different veggies
Chicken salad/my healthy version ceaser salad
homemade chicken fillet just buy chicken fillet from the shops and crumb with breadcrumbs have in a mountain bread wrap or grain bread sandwhich with lettuce cucumber red and green capsicum low fat mayo and sometimes as a treat sweet chilli sauce
Quick stir fry I like to heat up at work
Turkey wholegrain sandwhich with salad
Leftovers from dinner the night before

AFTERNOON SNACK:
I only eat a snack if im hungry.
Cut up carrot or celery or cucumber with hummus or taziki
Museli bar or any type of bar besides a choccy bar!
Nuts

DINNER:
Dinner for me changes all the time, I like to try new things so I don't get bored of what I eat. I don't keep away from carbs because I know I work them off.

DESSERT:
Fruit and yoghurt
Fruit Salad
Peach or nectarine with cottage cheese
Yoghurt with berries and cinnamon

This is my updated eating plan. This is what I have found works best for me! Xx Jessica

Celebrity Style: Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian. You either love her or hate her. She's not my fave sister personality wise (I love Khloe) but fashion wise uhhh what can I say she is amazing. Her style is so fab and her makeup is always amazing got to love those killer cheek bones of hers! I can never find a fault in her style its so chic! Since being with Kanye she has cut back on the makeup and made her style I would describe it as cooler and more 2012, I loved her style before but I have to say I like it more now.

Get the Kim look:
Cute Figure Hugging Dress
Big Sunnies
Big Handbag
Blazers in Several Colours
Black Leather Leggings
Wide Leg Pants
Pencil Skirt
Anything with padded shoulders
Killer pair of heels
Pointy heels

I love Kim K's style I think a bit of credit can go to Yeezy for her super cool and chic style! More of these celeb style posts to come! Xx Jessica


Kim K Style Pics:

Im Having A...

This afternoon I went for an ultrasound appointment and just a normal check up. Im now 16 weeks and 3 days pregnant. Ive heard from some people that they found out the gender of the baby at this stage. I was really hoping that I could find out the gender but I knew the baby had to be facing right. I wanted to find out so that I could start planning the bedroom for the new house and when I need too know what clothes to buy...Im a very organised person. I was lucky enough to find out the gender and im...having......a...........BOY
Wohoo im over the moon im having a little boy. My husband is so excited I think he was secretly hoping it was going to be a boy. I had my mum,dad,Jess,my brother,his girlfriend my nonna and nanna in the room at the time so it was a bit of a family affair in there. Everyone besides by tough brother who couldn't wipe the smile off his face had a tear in the eye knowing that there is going to be a little boy coming into the family. I can't wait to meet my little boy.


Now onto my symptoms. This week has been actually pretty good. I went on holidays for 2 weeks for my mums birthday I got back on Friday and the whole time I was away I felt great I was full of engergy and it felt like I was back to my old self. This week I have felt slightly more tired but I think it could be the fact that im back at work and working long hours. Just in the past couple of days I have found that my gums are really sensitive and they bleed when I do my teeth. I didn't know if this had anything to do with my pregnancy but I searched it up and it said that it was a normal symptom. Since about Saturday I have had really sharp pains in the sides if my stomach I have only got them when standing so I have been trying to sit down when I get them. At work sometimes it's so hard to concerntrate but I just take a moment and get back on track!

My baby is now the size of an avocado thats how my doctor described him. He's getting bigger. He has now learnt to breathe and hear external voices so that is really exciting. He can also now pull some slight facial expressions in the ultrasound he looked like he was frowing it was so cute to see that!

Well this has been so exciting knowing that im having a baby boy.I hope you enjoyed reading Xxx Sammie

My Skincare Routine

Hey Glammers. Today im doing a post on my skincare routine. My skin when I was younger was a problem area for me I didnt have extreme acne but I had it pretty bad and I used heaps of different skincare products but none of them seemed to work. Now My skin isn't that bad any more after many bad years I just had to turn to the pill! My skin is in no way perfect but with the new Body Shop Skincare range I have been using has really hepled!


CLEANSER:
Tea tree skin foaming cleanser
I only cleanse at night but it I really love this it really refreshes my skin and does a great job of getting my foundation and all the dirt off my face.

It is described as: A refreshing instant foaming cleanser that effectively cleanses with a triple blend of natural ingredients, removing make-up, dirt and impurities and helping to maintain blemish free, calm skin.
Gently but effectively cleanses skin
Removes make-up and impurities
Regular cleansing will help keep skin blemish-free

TONER:
Seaweed clarifying cleanser
I tone my skin morning and night. This toner is great at getting all the dirt off and really refreshes my face. As well aa the refreshing smell it has a fresh scent that smells really nice!

It is described as:
An alcohol-free, refreshing and purifying toner. Instantly and effectively conditions, purifies and refreshes the skin, removing traces of make-up and cleanser.

Removes traces of cleanser, make-up and impurities
Purifies
Refreshes
Prepares skin for moisturiser

MOISTURISER:
Seaweed mattifying day cream moisturiser
This moisturiser is really great it controls my shine. Even though it says day cream I use it night and day, the lady who was helping me said it is fine to use at night. Maybe a bit of a disclaimer to people but on my skin after a few seconds it starts to sting but it doesnt last long!

It is described as:
An easily absorbed, non-clogging, oil-free, hydrating moisture cream. Innovative technology controls excess sebum and shine whilst delivering essential moisture to areas most in need, balancing the skin throughout the day.

Moisturises dry areas
Balances excess sebum
Gives a matte, shine-free complexion

FACIAL:
VITAMIN C MICRODERMABRASION
This stuff is AMAZING, I use this once a week and after my skin feels really soft and smooth. I leave it on from 2-3 minutes.

It is described as: Treat skin to a professional spa-inspired exfoliating facial once a week with our new and improved Microdermabrasion.

Removes dead skin cells
Leaves skin feeling soft and smooth
Gives skin a brighter, more radiant look
Improves skin texture and tone

FACIAL BRUSH:
Turn your daily cleansing up a notch with this hand-held brush. A compact facial brush for light exfoliation that stimulates circulation, improving skin tone and texture.

Enhances cleansing
Shaped to follow facial contours

LUXURY FACE CHAMOIS:
This silky-soft cloth is the gentlest way to wash your face. Washable by hand in warm, soapy water or in the delicate cycle of the washing machine.

I love this skincare range. There are many more different products in the range but these are the ones I got told are best for my skin. If you have severe acne I don't think this is for you this range is more natural. Thanks for reading Xx Jessica

August Faves

Hi Glammers, Its Jess this month has flown by this whole year is flying by and its the end of another month so its monthly faves time!

SKINCARE:
At the start of the month I went and bought all new skincare products from the Body Shop and Im loving them I will do a full blog post on it soon.

Tea Tree skin clearing foaming cleanser
Seaweed clarifying toner
Seaweed mattifying day cream moisturiser

MAKEUP:
YSL perfect touch radiant brush foundation
Revlon lipstick in stormy pink

PERFUME:
Taylor Swift Wonderlust


SOAP:
Body Shop Coconut Shower Cream- This is so good you have to try it if you have not already I love it and its only been 2 weeks!

TV SHOW:
Xfactor Au
Can of Worms

SHOP:
Sportsgirl
Forever New
Myer

FOOD:
Nut mix
Tim tams as a treat



Thats it for this months faves thanks for reading!


What are some of your faves this month?
Xx Jessica