Today while at work, totally focused on work of course, I thought about all the chocolate being sold and wondered how we got to this situation. As usual, Google is my friend and it tells me that chocolate eggs started in 1820 as a delicate piece of food art and then moved to the line of manufactured chocolate we have today. And then I decided that should be the topic for this weeks post. Chocolate Eggs vs Real Eggs
Now your heard the phrase: "waiting for the coconut to drop from the tree" well that's exactly what has happened to me tonight, I've received a post that pretty much sums up what I was going to say, written a little different, but here it is;
Jason Grossman
If you are looking for a few healthy tips checkout what Qualified Nutritionist Sinead Smyth suggests below: 5 Helpful Tips for Not over indulging at Easter1.Chocolate is on the shelves 365 days of the year, so don’t worry it’s not only available just for the 4 days of Easter. Plan a treat, enjoy it and move on!
2.Add some extra exercise. Most of you have 4 full days off work, use this time to add in some extra exercise that you enjoy, going for a walk with a friend, jog along the beach (No excuses Perthians it’s going to be 30degrees over the weekend!)
3.If you get given lots of chocolate & really don’t want to eat it & throw off your healthy eating, give it away to someone less fortunate. Better yet, set the example and buy something non-chocolate based for Easter to give to your loved ones: )
4. If you’re worried about over eating, just stick to your normal size plate and what you would normally eat at that meal time. Just because it’s there in front of you…doesn’t mean you have to eat it
5.Swap a chocolate egg for a really egg! Check out the comparison in nutrients…it speaks for itself:
Solid Chocolate Egg 100g
Energy 2206 kJ
Total Sugars 54.6 g
Protein 7.6 g
Fat 30.5 g
Hard Boiled Whole egg 100g
Energy 583 kJ
Total Sugars 0.3 g
Protein 12.4 g
Fat 9.5 g
Back in the 50's
Your've heard me say how the population in the 50's were so much thinner than today's population, but yet they had little food compared with all the information of today. I went and searched for 50's Easter meals and uncovered this one from 1959 A 1950's Easter Brunch
Suggested Menu for an Easter Brunch- Orange Juice
- Eggs Marguerite
- Baked Ham Slice with Pear Garnish
- Panettone
- Assorted Jams, Marmalades, Preserves
- Coffee
Applying modern standards, you can see the strengths of challenges of what they had, but somehow a day of excess seems to have a lot less than the excesses of today
The Modern Easter
Nowadays we know that eating healthy doesn't mean starving yourself, its about eating smart. Once again google is my friend and up pops some mouth watering recipes, that if we hadn't been told so would see them almost as wicked Healthy Easter Recipes and Menus Awesome !!!!!
Classes
Easter Weekend Classes (Fri - Mon)
SCG
Stadium Fitness Centre Friday 6.15am RPM - not on
Fitness First
Rockdale HiPf Sat 8.15am RPM - not on
Rockdale HiPf Sun 9.30am Ride - I'm covering the classRockdale Mon 6.00am Ride - not on
Five Dock Mon 5.45pm RPM - not on
YMCA
Rockdale Tue 6.30pm RPM
Walker St Thu 6.00am RPM
Rockdale HiPf Sat 8.15am RPM
YMCA
Riverwood Tue 6.15am RPM - Release 54 original
SCG
Sleep Ride Eat Repeat
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