In the name of health!

I ended up in the supermarket last night as Ds is making fruit salad today in food tech at school. I ended up spending quite a bit ggrrh. I will say I am trying to eat for optimal nutrition to help myself feel less tired & help myself feel good. I think going through this low mood phase in my life. I want to do everything I can to help myself. Even Mr No Spend & DS have been having granola & blueberries for breakfast with me this week!. We have got through a lot.
Anyway my shopping list went something like this

• orange juice 50p
• orange juice 50p
• pork chops £2.00
• sproutstalk £1.00
• jumbo porridge oats £1.28
• asparagus £1.00
• pak choi £1.00
• dried fruit £1.12
• baking paper £1.50
• lemon tea 60p
• cheese £1.00
• samphire £1.32(never eaten this before is some sort of coastal growing moss!)
• cucumber 80p
• dried fruit £1.12
• aubergine 75p
• green pepper 72p
• mackeral £1.00
• Sardines 84p
• skincare £1.80
• bathfoam 84p
• sardine paste 43p
• reduced carrots 10p
• soy sauce 58p
• linseed 90p
• almonds £1.41
• cous cous 68p
• kidney beans44p
• spring greens£1.00
• blueberries £2.00
• seeds 67p
• rhubarb rachels organic yogurt £1.20
• reduced rolls 20p
• spice jars£2.00
• glass kilner jar £1.45
• strawberries £1.00

In total I spent £37.41.!.  I bought some glass spice jars to decant my seeds into. Also I am making granola today!
Earlier on in the week I bought some granola from M&S it was lovely. I decided to make my own. I used this recipe but tweaked it a bit http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1590/goodforyou-granola. I was quite generous with the mixed fruit & seeds. I have a bowl in the morning with a handful of blueberries thrown on.  It is an initial outlay buying the seeds & fruit. I have loads of ingredients left to make more. I crushed a tiny dark chocolate bar into the mix as well.  I have to report it is much more delicious than M&S granola! Much more seedy & fruity!. It is also nice sprinkled on to yogurt .  I took my lovely neighbour a bag of it enough for a breakfast!. Luckily when I visited her she had not been up long at 11 0 clock!. So she had it for her breakfast & loved it.  We are going to have a granola making session soon !  
In an attempt to eat better & more healthily I have found I have really enjoyed my food more. I do not feel as bloated round my tummy either.

Lots of this is being eaten oatcakes,humous,celery.  Tomorrow I am going to try pak choi ( I have never eaten this before.  For my dinner tonight I had sardines,spring greens, carrots & new potatoes. Followed by DS beautiful fruit salad.

Most of my No Spend Challenge is going on food!.  
I did tai chi on wednesday morning.  I was having a bit of a low day & went with my mum to this once monthly craft group we go to. I did not want to go as I just felt unmotivated,tired & miserable!. When we got to craft group they happened to running a tai chi group in the other room.  I told the craft group I was defecting to Tai chi! as I wanted to try it out!.  Tai chi was very gentle a bit like a long warm up. If anything it loosened me up & made me feel a bit brighter.
I will catch up with bloggy reading soon. I am a bit behind with everything lately
take care x x