Choc-delight!

This is Dark 85% Cocoa Chocolate from Aldi.  Each bar is is 25g and contains 13g fat and 3.5g of carb.

Even though they are quite low carb I don't eat them unless I use them as an ingredient in Fatbombs.

My fatbombs consist of melted butter, coconut oil, tahini paste and chocolate.  

I also put a spoonful of almond butter in the middle of them - it makes them taste somewhat similar to a peanut butter cup.

Here's step by step instructions to make fatbombs.

Day 5 of the Workout Challenge for Busy People - Fitness Blender Review

Day 5 of the Fitness Blender Workout Challenge completed this morning (I got up at 6.30am to do it before work).


I have to say I found these workouts generally manageable - they were tough but because you knew it was only half an hour long you were able to hang in there and get through.


Onwards and upwards,  I plan to go to the gym over the Bank Holiday and then start a workout plan that will bring me up to Christmas where I will be lying on the beach in Abu Dhabi!


Have you worked out today?  What did you do?

Twingenious: A new blog!

Well here's something of interest!

My twin sister and I have started a new blog together.  It's called "Twingenious" and it can be found here. As you can see it is all about the LCHF lifestyle.

If you are interested in the LCHF lifestyle have a look here at this really great article that was published in Men's Journal.

The above picture is myself and my twin many many years ago when we were flower girls for our aunt when she was getting married.

Dublin Day Out!

Spent the most wonderful day in Dublin with my sister today.  We pottered around a few shops and places of interest.

After a breakfast in Kylemore Cafe, we visited Clery's one of Dublin's oldest department store.  We spent awhile looking around here.  It's a really beautiful building - I adore the entrance doors to the tea rooms.  They do nice cream teas here and the food menu looked pretty good too.

Something that caught my eye in the Benetton Concession in Clery's were these cute jackets and jumpers for dogs!

After visiting Brown Thomas we went to Bewley's Tea Room on Grafton Street - again another old historic Irish shop.  This was very atmospheric and we enjoyed looking at the famous Harry Clarke stained glass.

Here's Amy enjoying her Americano in Bewleys.

After Bewleys we went on Marco Pierre Steakhouse on Dawson Street.  We both had the lunchtime steak special.  

Don't I look happy to get my steak?!!

We ate the steak but didn't eat one single chip.  Too many carbs!!

I should mention the little guys pictured below.  When I met Amy I promised her I would buy her a Christmas Tree Ornament so she would have a memory of this day when she was dressing her tree each Christmas.  

Amy does her tree in silver and white so when we happened upon this really cute Polar Bear Family in Brown Thomas we knew we had to get them. How adorable are they?!

After our time in the city we walked to my house and took a dip in the hot tub.  

The perfect end to a perfect day!

Day 1: Fitness Blender’s Free 5 Day Workout Challenge for Busy People

Join me on a 5 Day Workout Challenge.



Daniel and Kelli will take you through a 30 minute exercise regime - perfect for busy people who only have a short amount of time to workout.



I have just completed the first workout and my muscles are burning.



Let me know how it goes for you!

Parcel Motel

For the first time ever I used Parcel Motel for delivery of a book that I had ordered.

It is so convenient!

I received a text with a pin number and then visited my chosen parcel motel entered my phone number and pin number and then one of the doors popped open to reveal my package.

Using Parcel Motel means that you don't have to be at home to receive delivery of packages which is very handy when working full time.

The other reason to use Parcel Motel is to save on shipping. Postage to the Republic of Ireland can be very expensive while it is less expensive to ship to the United Kingdom.  Therefore when buying things on line you can ship to a UK address which is the Parcel Motel Depot in Northern Ireland and they will then bring it down to be collected in the Republic.  

Quite ingenious!

There are lots of different sized parcel motel slots/boxes for various different sized deliveries. 

There's the book that I bought which came all the way from the USA.

Have you ever heard of Parcel Motel?  What do you think of the concept?

Dunnes Stores - Swan Centre

Dunnes Homewares in the Swan Centre has had a renovation.  It has an updated look and also a new range - Considered by Helen James.

The new store has a great look - kind of like a toned down version of the very cool "Industry" store on Drury Street.

It would definitely entice me to buy lots!!

Look at these adorable mini tart pans........so cute!

That red couch is part of the Carolyn Donnelly range and is very reasonably priced, in my opinion at €1,000.

Helen James also does gourmet designer chocolate!