Day four of our 12 habits in 21 days mission

Hello, hello! It’s day five of our mission and even though it’s already dark outside (4pm!!!) we feel good tararararara we knew that we wouldn’t….We knew that we wouldn’t what? Eat this for breakfast yesterday?

Yes, we knew that we wouldn’t eat that, but then again life happens while you’re making other plans. So we prepared it and it was our breakfast yesterday. It’s a vegan version of kaiserschmarrn, which is a satisfying austrian breakfast or dessert, similar to pancakes.

We remember it from our students years, they had it in the canteen and there were 2 pro’s:

+ tasted awesome

+ at 1,50 per portion it was affordable for a poor student – and we could garnish it with cream and chocolate. Oh heaaaveen. Oh poor students heaven.

Just one con:

– You’ll get a fat belly if you have it every day. And it’s quite addictive.

So the one we had for breakfast yesterday was nothing like it. Well first of all – usually it’s made with 4 eggs and like 1 carton of milk and is fried in butter. Some of you might think that’s disgusting, but you know you’re lying. Those things might not be the healthiest but deep down inside we think we all know they’re amazingly satisfying when used right. And in this case – they would be used right.

In our case, we used banana, spelt flour, dark chocolate, flax seeds, hazelnuts, vanilla, coconut cream and we don’t remember what else. It was not that good. And it was definitely, definitely NOT a kaiserschmarrn. It was just something that resembled breakfast. So we ate it and we were pretty full almost the whole day. We'll still keep trying to make the solid vegan pancake/kaiserschmarrn. If not vegan, at least a healthier version.

Oh but before we had this breakfast we had our smoothie again so rule number 2 – check.This time we had put a little bit of coconut milk inside since we had a can open from the last day. Must say we prefer it without coconut milk.

And after the smoothie and the “breakfast” it was time for our lunch. At 4 pm. So yeah the rule with the small portions more often was gone out of the window. That breakfast got us unprepared. You think you can eat a huge portion of fake kaiserschmarrn like that and it turns out you can’t without having to lunch at 4pm. It’s almost like showbusiness. Or any other business.

Our lunch was the same as the day before – the notable coconut lentils curry. We had some leftovers and we were pretty happy about that.

No surprises here.Before going to the gym at 8pm we still had time for a smoothie and we used that time wisely. We in fact had a second smoothie. And then we went to the gym. It was a Zumba class and since we're still today a little sore from the training on Tuesday it was good that it was mostly aerobics and not so much strength. We like Zumba, although we have horrible coordination and sometimes have to look at the moves 5 minutes long before being able to understand how we have to move our legs, or arms. But like everything it’s all training and we've gotten better. Now we react a lot quicker and get new moves faster. Well it’s been only like what, 3 months. But who’s counting.

It was a good training, a lot of sweat and no tears. Our legs hurt like hell. Today we even used the massaging pillow with some heat to relieve our pain. And 7.30 pm is our next Zumba class! We're ready to stay in the corner nodding, waiting and watching who’ll make a mistake. That’s what the class about after all, right?

So let’s check the list.

1. No more coffee – none.

2. Smoothie – yes.

3. Small portions – Naah. 4 portions, with a huge breakfast.

4. No more seconds – Of course not, after that breakfast.

5. Drink a lot of water – Yes. And in this cold depressing weather also a lot of tea.

6. Eat until 8pm – yes.

7. Mix it up – 2-3 fish, 2 vegan, rest vegetarian – Yes. It was our second day vegan eating.

8. Exercise – Yes, hello sore muscles.

9. Wake up early – unfortunately not. We still go to bed too late and can not wake up at 7.30 am.

10. Don’t postpone things – Well, so so. We feel like we're also postponing stuff. But the good news is, we get more things done than before this mission.

11. Smartphone addiction – decreasing, but still got it.

12. Write here every day. We're doing it right now. And we wrote 2 posts here yesterday and every day since the mission started. So check ;).