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Big things are coming!

in Be a Fabulous Badass

Whoa, it’s been a big year! It’s that time again when all bloggers take a look back over the year that was and post the hell out of it but firstly I wanted to start by saying an enormous THANK YOU to you for taking the time to be part of the Foxy and Fabulous community! It wouldn’t be appropriate to write this without a celebratory drink in my hand as I type, so cheers to all of you! Highlights In March of this year I took the plunge and nervously moved my blog to a self-hosted environment and all the anxiety about not being able to manage the technology and back-end of it was just bullshit in my own mind. I can’t recommend it enough! To have full control over the look, feel and functionality has been amazing! I only deleted the whole fucking look and feel of it just once. But I blogged that, in case I ever do it again! I have to give a big shout OUT to BlueHost as their 24/7 live chat help and ridiculously well priced hosting plans have gone a huge way to alleviate any teething anxiety I may have had. Check
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Chocolate Raspberry Ripe

in Get Even More Foxy

No shit, this is the BEST thing I make and eat a tonne of. AND it’s helping me lose weight and keep sweet cravings under control thanks mostly to the shittonne of coconut butter it contains. If you are serious about trying or maintaining an IQS lifestyle then don’t questions it, just make this. A lot. And shove it in your face! It has cacao powder and raspberries for extra goodness and I make it every week, keeping it cut up in the freezer and popping a piece in my mouth whenever I make an excuse to detour via the kitchen. I have been known to have some at breakfast, as soon as I get home from work and while preparing dinner BECAUSE THAT’S HOW I ROLL! It’s partly the reason I go through so much coconut butter and get to upcycle these great storage jars cum vases it’s packaged in. I know I’m eating enough ie. a shittonne of coconut butter if I’m going through one of these babies every two weeks (I only cook in it too). If you’re keen to know more about IQS grab the guide and cook book double deal on the sidebar over there.
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My Dogs Have Quit Sugar Too

in Get Even More Foxy

If the acronym for I quit sugar is IQS, then when your dogs’ quit sugar I guess you would call it DQS? A few months back I had to radically change the food my dogs were eating for health reasons ie. little doggie was inexplicably throwing up, mostly at 2am, usually on my bed. It wasn’t a fun time. So my darling {hot} vet suggested  that we go right back to basics with their food and treats. I also was under instruction to shift some weight from big doggie’s frame so that her joints wouldn’t be under undue stress in the long run. Not a lot of weight, maybe just 2kgs to bring her back under 10kg. So began our non-processed food journey. Without realising it I have introduced a lot of the food principles that I follow into their diet. I feed them lean, grass-fed beef mince or turkey mince (it’s not posh, it costs no more than $6 for 500gm, the beef from Aldi and the turkey from Woolworths) pan fried in coconut oil and mix in some frozen mixed veg for fibre and extra nutrients. In the morning they get a little organic high protein dry food
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Gluten and Sugar free Cheesecake Heaven

in Be a Fabulous Badass

In the past I have affectionately described myself as a high maintenance cheesecake fan. What I clumsily mean by that is that I’m a connoisseur of the caking of the cheese and would rather have nothing to eat if I can’t have something amazing. And by uhmaaayzing I mean, creamy top, a crunchy base with a preferred ration of two thirds top to one third base, all made using real cream, butter and eggs as I can taste faux ingredients in the first 2 seconds. I’m not a fan of giant servings, faux toppings like jelly anything or weird flavour combinations and I stay the hell away from passionfruit (childhood trauma). Yes, high maintenance. I’ve always known that a serving of cheesecake contains more calories than the average person is supposed to consume in an entire day, but I tried to block that out as much as I could. Until now, I also never baked them at home as living on my own I would struggle not to eat the entire thing myself. Since quitting sugar earlier this year I knew I would find it hardest to give up cake, but I did for quite a few months and so it’s a
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My sweeter life – an IQS update

in Get Even More Foxy

If you’ve been following my IQS journey, you’ll recall that I gave up sugar on New Year’s Day 2012. I’ve lost count how long ago that was, but an update is overdue. Well, overdue. Let me be up front and disclose that around the middle of May I completely lost my shit and fell off the wagon for about 8 weeks, but now I’m back baby! Over those two months, while I shoved in sweet cakes, takeaway and beer I realised that while I’d achieved a lot in my initial IQS journey, I hadn’t dealt with the biggest underlying problem I had. Yup, I’m an emotional eater. Stressed? Cake. Tired? Chocolate. Angry? Cake. Overwhelmed? Beer. Followed by takeaway. With a cake chaser. All of this, not surprisingly, brought me back to square one and I was, again, being strangled by my underwear. Coupled with the fact that Spring was approaching and my hayfever was off the charts I knew I had to clean up what I ate and get back on the wagon. Stat. Because back when I was eating very clean I had no hayfever problems at, all. Zero. This was the FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE this had
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Outsourcing, and not trying to do it all

in Get Your Shit Together

I don’t know if you can tell from this photo, but I’m really exhausted. I haven’t had a solid night’s sleep since 1949, or at least that’s what it feels like. I woke up with eyes so puffy that I think the bags and dark circles have just all combined. It’s a hot mess kind of look and I’m tying to work it. How am I doing? Being tired is not new, I’m not the first and I won’t be the last woman trying to do it all. A senior management day job, running a small business, volunteering for a professional body, raising two happy and healthy fur-kids and generally trying to keep my shit together. I’m not the first. I know. But christ some days it’s hard work! Repeat after me, it’s ok to admit that you can’t do EVERYTHING yourself! [Tweet this] Which brings me to the point of this post, trying to do all that and not go mental has meant that something had to give. The easiest place to start, for me, was to outsource a little bit of walking my dogs. I hit up my best friend google for some ideas and as eventually I
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Refusing to fade

in Be a Fabulous Badass

Today is my 38th birthday.  Thank you, I’m having a nice low-stress day so far and much cupcakes have been had.  I just need a very cold beer at some point and some more doggie cuddles and I’ll be all good.  My vodka fuelled, ‘look at me’ podium days are long gone. I’ve lived on my own, by choice, for a very long time.  And I like it.  I mean, I really, REALLY, like it because I can walk around in my undies, eat cereal for dinner, never fight over the remote and spread all my pretty crap out as much as I want.  The only downsides would be that there is nobody to leave a light on for you, do the chores you hate or, like today, bring you a birthday present in bed.  But that’s ok, I can deal with the other 358 days of a year just fine.  Lately I’ve had more time on my hands and it has meant that I have more thinking time too.  The other day job/ senior management promotion I started in September is (surprisingly, and so far) much less hectic than I’ve known my professional life to be in about the last 15
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