"Muffin Tops", that perennial nemesis of the perfect beach body. The phrase in itself is beautifully descriptive in its depiction of those dimpled, dough-like slabs unfurling over our post-Christmas belts and your average gym operator just loves them. Around 4.5 million people in the UK have a gym membership and when do most of them join ? Yep. January.
For some the battle is lost before its even begun - the thought of being seen in the buff on the way to the showers and the threat of athletes foot (a misnomer to most) is too much; the temptation of the SITC/Entourage boxset too great. For others the will (if not the physical capacity) is there, until one false move on the bench press almost leads to asphyxiation and the embarrassment is just too much to go back.
And so summer comes in all its flesh bearing glory, but the waist line still looks like it could do with 30 minutes in the baker's oven. Its time to get inventive. But as you lie there wrapped in Nepalese seaweed and clingfilm with a vacuum tube lodged in your most holy of holys, you can't help but think what could have been. That's why this week I am shifting the focus to tasty, healthy eating. Training for the summer starts here and it doesn't necessarily mean a gallon of hot water with tree sap and a side order of military boot camp.
Ratatouille was the only way my mum could get me to eat healthy food as a kid - its basically vegetables in disguise and teamed up with Salmon en Papillote (easy as pulling your hamstring) you're already on your way to skinny muffins.
If you like the recipe let me know and if there's something else you're hankering to learn shoot me a message and I'll feature your recipe in one of my next posts.
Chiropractor strictly optional.
Tuesday 12 January 2010
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