Easy " Anything-Goes" Scrambled Eggs

In my opinion, a Sunday breakfast is not complete without a scrumptious batch of scrambled eggs. Why eat plain scrambled eggs, when you can add so much color to them with an assortment of veggies and practically anything you find in the kitchen?

 Here is one of the simple dishes I cooked up last week for my family. Feel free to substitute anything else you might want to include in this dish!

Ingredients

- 5 Large eggs

-1/2 cup of milk

- 1 cup of different vegetables and fruit( for this meal I used onions, apples, tomatoes and green beans)

- handful of grated cheese 

- Olive oil/ Sunflower oil 

Method

- In a clean bowl beat together the eggs and milk. Add your seasoning of choice

- Heat oil in a large frying pan over a medium-heat stove and saute the vegetables/ fruit until soft

- Add the egg mixture to the pan and fry the eggs

- When the eggs are cooked, sprinkle the grated cheese 

- Serve with a slice of whole-wheat toast

Imani Dlamini 

Fit Thursday: Why I don't run

Starting weight:

63.2 kg (Weight)
28.2 % (Body Fat)
49.3 % (Hydration)
35.6% (Muscle Tone)

This week's weigh-in:


62.7 kg (Weight) = 0.5 kg lost total
28.2 % (Body Fat)
49.3 % (Hydration)
35.6% (Muscle Tone)

Why I don't run

Many people will tell me: "Go for a run, you'll feel so much better''. Well let me tell you this.... I tried to run once and I didn't get the same high as most people do. Instead it makes me feel faint, red in the face, out of breath and sick to my stomach. If running is not your thing but you are looking for other cardio workouts that  will also clear your head. Try anyone of these:

• High intensity interval training
• Kickboxing
• Walking
• Zumba or other dancing
• Spin class or cycling
• Swimming

Try to mix things up as well. I have never gotten an injury from exercising. And that's because I am continuously doing something different each day. Even the workout programs I am reviewing have this same mentality.

Simple Ways to Stay Healthy in Varsity

Use the damn stairs!

Especially if you are going up one floor! I mean, seriously? Do not use the elevator to go from level 3 to 4. You are bound to get mean stares from a few agitated students.

And besides,  if you attend a large university, like the one I do, you will find that using the stairs might get you to your destination in a fraction of the time.

Use the longer route

If you have time use the longer route to your class. Not only will you get to experience the fresh air, you can also burn a couple calories.

Step away from the canteen... step away

Head on to the library instead.

Head on to the library

I've noticed that when I am super busy... I tend to eat less. Mostly because sometimes we eat out of boredom. But what better way to discourage yourself from eating than heading to the library? Besides, you are not allowed to eat in the library;)

Join a sport or the local gym

Not only can you stay fit by participating in sport or joining the local campus gym, you can also socialize and get a breather from the books. 

Pack your own lunch

Just because you are no longer in school, does not mean you cannot still pack a neat set of peanut butter sandwiches wrapped in cling wrap. When you having the munchies, it may be difficult to find a healthy snack on campus. Although some do stock apples! Yes, they actually sell fruit at the kiosk at my school! SCORE!

Drink water

This is a no-brainer. As you know, water is healthy and it should curb your hunger. So stay away from the sodas, the calorie-laden coffee milkshakes and ice teas...  drink some water instead.

The best part of it: it is free.

Peace and love


Imani Dlamini 

Movies that I saw in February.

Since I haven't posted a movie blog in a long time, I'm just going to do a super quick recap of what I did watch in February. It's quite a lot so enjoy :)

1. Jack Reacher (2012)

Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie

Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins

IMBD Synopsis: A homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

My Rating: 7/10

2. Ruby Sparks (2012)

Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening

IMBD Synopsis: A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.

Genre:  Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

My Rating:  6.5/10

3. Love Actually (2003)

Directed by:  Richard Curtis

Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth

IMBD Synopsis: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Genre:  Comedy, Drama, Romance

My Rating:  8/10

4. The Hobbit (2012)

Directed by:  Peter Jackson

Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage

IMBD Synopsis: A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug.

Genre:  Adventure, Fantasy

My Rating:  9/10

5. New Years eve (2011)

Directed by:  Garry Marshall

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher

IMBD Synopsis: The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.

Genre:  Comedy, Romance

My Rating:  6/10

6. Wreck it Ralph (2012)

Directed by:  Rich Moore

Starring: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch

IMBD Synopsis: A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.

Genre:  Animation, Adventure, comedy

My Rating:  8.5/10

7. That's my boy (2012)

Directed by:  Sean Anders

Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester

IMBD Synopsis: While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.

Genre:  Comedy

My Rating:  4/10

8. Overboard (1987)

Directed by:  Garry Marshall

Starring:  Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann

IMBD Synopsis: A cruel but beautiful heiress screws over a hired carpenter, who later is the first one to find her when she gets amnesia. Looking for a little revenge he convinces her that she's his wife.

Genre:   comedy, romance

My Rating:  7/10

9. The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

Directed by:  Marc Webb

Starring:  Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Sally Field

IMBD Synopsis: Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner.

Genre:  Action, Adventure, Fantasy

My Rating:  8/10

10. Se7en (1995)

Directed by:  David Fincher

Starring:  Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey 

 IMBD Synopsis: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.

Genre:  Crime, mystery, thriller

My Rating:  7/10

11. The Silence of the lambs (1991)

Directed by:  Johnathon Demme

Starring:  Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence A. Bonney

 IMBD Synopsis: A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Genre:  Crime, Drama, Thriller

My Rating:  9/10

12. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Directed by:  David O. Russell

Starring:  Bradley Cooper; Jennifer Lawrence; Robert DeNiro

 IMBD Synopsis: After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Genre:  Comedy; Drama; Romance

My Rating:  8.5/10

13. Argo

Directed by:  Ben Affleck

Starring:  Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman

 IMBD Synopsis: A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran

Genre:  Drama, History, Thriller

My Rating:  6/10

14. Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Directed by:  Genndy Tartakovsky

Starring:   Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg

 IMBD Synopsis: Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teen-aged daughter.

Genre:  Animation, Comedy, family

My Rating:  9/10

15. The adventures of Ford Fairlane

Directed by:  Renny Harlin

Starring:   Andrew Dice Clay, Lauren Holly, Wayne Newton 

 IMBD Synopsis: Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals get killed. Why didn't he become a fisherman's detective instead? A must-see for Andrew Dice Clay fans.

Genre:  Action, Adventure, Comedy

My Rating:  7/10

16. The Impossible (2012)

Directed by:  Juan Antonio Bayona

Starring:   Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland 

 IMBD Synopsis: An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time.

Genre:  Drama, history, thriller

My Rating:  8.5/10

17. Total recall (2012)

Directed by:  Len Wiseman

Starring:   Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston

 IMBD Synopsis: A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.

Genre:  Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

My Rating:  5/10

Fit Thursday: Tattoo healing, fitness slump and reunion weight loss challenge

Welcome back to fit Thursday everyone!! : D

It has been a couple of weeks now, since I got my tattoo but since I started exercising again last week I've just been unmotivated. And since I'm getting my touch up done this weekend I decided that it is time for NO MORE EXCUSES and just do lower body work while I wait for it to heal this time.

I have also set out a challenge for myself to loose some weight for my High School Reunion happening the 13th July (a day before my birthday). I haven't made a goal as to how much weight I exactly want to loose but I do want to loose some body weight. Every Friday I'll post my numbers to show you how I am doing.

Enjoy your weekend and keep moving!!

-Heather McIntosh

My first tattoo experience

My First tattoo experience!! (Let it be with a feather quill on my left back shoulder)

On Friday the 16th February 2013 I checked off an Item in my bucket list, and that was to get a tattoo.

Deciding on my tattoo

My first tattoo idea was getting a small bow on my ankle but then I decided against it because I didn't want to get tired of it and regret it later. I then decided on getting the quote: "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible" on my foot. But then people like my boyfriend and he's best friend said "try stapling water to a tree, that is pretty impossible''. So then I thought, well that fucking ruined it. Then I was listening to the song: "Let it be" by the Beatles and a light bulb went off...

The meaning

The words "Let it be" symbolise my favourite song and to just go with the flow and don't stress about the little things. The feather quill symbolises luck and creativity. It also symbolises my nickname ''Heather Feather'' and my love of royal history (the time before computers).

The experience

To be honest I felt no pain while getting the tattoo. It just felt like my cat was repeatedly scratching me (when she is in a good mood ;) ). The lady was distracting me most of the time and spoke to me and constantly asked me if I'm feeling ok. On a scale of 1-5 the pain was 1.5.

The healing process

This is probably worse than getting the actual tattoo done. I am on day 8 and the tattoo is starting to peel and it looks so gross! During days 4-7 the tattoo was scabbing, which also freaked me out and I was afraid that it would ruin my tattoo. I apply bepanthen (three times a day then after 10 days I can stop using it and carry on using my unscented body lotion to keep it moisturised. I also was it with anit-bacterial soap twice a day. In two months the tattoo artist said that I can go back for a free touch up.

I love my tattoo and the way it came out was even better than I pictured it to be. I will never regret it! I am already planning my second