Got to get fit , GOT TO GET FIT, want to go back to fencing but I would be an embarrassment at the moment, so I have set my self a baseline first

23/04/2017

Run 2.4 Miles (3.9 KM) to the Park and back {{So the passing score for the Army 2 miles run (I have no idea which Army the US one I expect is 19:30 for an old fart like me I have no idea if that is carrying pack or what but its a good start, the park I will be using for fitness is 1.2 miles away, Sooooo 19.30 which equals 1170 Seconds, Pro-rata that: ( 1170 Seconds / 2 ) * 2.4 = 1404 seconds = 23.24, that will be my baseline the end goal will be the top mark in the old fart chart of 13:36 which Pro-ratas to 16.20 (hahahahahaha)}} : 33:45 Fail

1 x Complete 7 Min Workout : 4 out of 12 Fail

25/04/2017

1 x Run 2.4 Miles (3.9 KM) to the Park and back : 31:22 Fail

Complete 7 Min Workout : 5 out of 12 Fail

27/04/2017

1 x Run 2.4 Miles (3.9 KM) to the Park and back : FAIL WORKING LATE

Complete 7 Min Workout : FAIL WORKING LATE

Due to my squash partner twisting his ankle while pissed, I was looking round for a cheap interesting exercise this morning, turns out the Local pool is 5 Min’s walk away from me and costs £3 with my “Iz card” WHY haven’t I used it before now????

Its open at 6.30 for lanes, done my first 500M (starting slowly)

Only 6,649.5Km left till I’ve swam the length of the Nile :p

Old Comments

Mark Barton(28/05/2012 13:15:56 GDT)

Won’t all of the wookie fur block up the filters?

This Christmas I was treated to a full veggie/vegan xmas, with many nice bits but my fav was the stuffing, and thus here is the recipe:

ingredients

1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 packet (150g) of Asda meat free Lincolnshire sausage mix (the dark green packet)
1 packet (110g – 130g) of good quality stuffing, not too strong a flavour, and try and avoid sage stuffing as the sausage mix has that in it)
1 heaped desert spoon of veg suet (Atora light shredded vegetable suet)
1 teaspoon mild mustard
1 tablespoon soya cream
knife edge of Marmite
3 full size pieces of sun dried tomatoes in olive oil, finely snipped or chopped
Vegan parmesan
3 finely chestnut mushrooms, finely chopped ( if your sick and twisted . . . Yuck! )
salt and pepper
olive oil

1) Fry the chopped onion until softened
2) Make up the stuffing mix and sausage mix each separably as per packet instructions
3) Mix them all together with the sun dried tomato, suet, mushrooms, Marmite, soya cream, mustard, 1 desert spoon of Olive Oil, salt and peper
4) Put into oiled roasting dish
5) sprinkle with Vegan parmesan
6) Cook for 35 mins at 190 or until golden brown

You will have to forgive me for the terrible picture, but i had eaten nearly all of it before i remembered to take a picture 🙁

Old Comments

Ben Poole(28/12/2011 11:19:34 GMT)

Yes!

Mark Myers(28/12/2011 10:52:33 GMT)

there, corrected!!, happy now

Ben Poole(28/12/2011 09:48:18 GMT)

I’m assuming the sausage mix is veggie sausage??

Regardless, sounds good. I love a good stuffing.

As those who have to deal with me on a daily basis will tell you, I have a thing (bordering on an obsession) for little “packs” of stuff. One item I have been searching for for ages is a compact food pack that I can just leave in the bottom of my rucksack that would hold me or a loved one for 24 hours. All the ones I have found so far have been army packs, which are designed for living on for months and are huge or energy bars which ain’t filling and don’t have a balanced content. Added to this is the need for it to be vegan/vegetarian. A couple of days ago I found Seven OceanS standard Emergency Rations , which only those who have been unfortunate enough to be trapped in a lifeboat will have come across. They seemed perfect, so I ordered some, and opened a pack (as there doesn’t seem to be a review or proper details anywhere)

They come in a very traditional cardboard box, which contains a vacuum foil pack,

Open up the foil pack (it says you can rip it, but I had to bite it) and you find 9 grease proof “bars” wrapped in plastic

Each bar contains 2 biscuits, the biscuits taste vaguely sweet (sort of about the level of a digestive biscuit), they have the consistency of shortbread, I could quite happily eat them on their own, but they would equally go with most things from peanut butter to baked beans. My better half also tried them and said they were good.

The makers website does not contain much actual detail so I include the nutrition facts from off the box

All in all they are just right for my needs, an additional and far more practical use they could be put to is for the vegan/veggie lot, sometimes they are placed in a situation where you find very little suitable food to eat when travelling, and it would cost nothing to keep a pack in your luggage (my better half says they would make great vegan shortbread when there is only black coffee in the morning). It would be nice if the box had “once opened” instructions. The fact that they are low cost, about £5 for 9 bars (2500 calories) and have a shelf life of 5 years are excellent bonuses.