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The Gallery: Yellow

November 12, 2014 By fitness4mamas 24 Comments

banana
This week’s gallery theme is “yellow”. My little two year old Olivia absolutely adores yellow, so we painted her bedroom in that colour despite me being against it at first as I do not really like this colour, but have to agree that the result is great.

As this blog is about fitness, I am presenting you an image of a banana I had after running my usual 5km every second morning instead of my daughter’s bedroom.

Top fitness tip: Remember to get your energy levels back after exercising. Bananas are great fitness food before, during or after a workout! I had plenty when running the London and Prague Marathon, and always have a few at home.They’re also packed with potassium, which may help with muscle cramps during exercise. Bananas are an excellent source of vitamin B6 and contain moderate amounts of vitamin C, manganese and dietary fiber.

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Comments

  1. Merry says

    November 15, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    Looks like a picture from a pro shoot – I’m impressed ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. Honest Mum says

    November 15, 2014 at 9:40 am

    Fab picture chick, now I want a banana. I know and love your blog of course but came here this time from #blowyourownbloghorn x

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  3. kelloggsville says

    November 13, 2014 at 10:26 pm

    you ate them whilst you were running the marathons? did they hand them out?

    I’m starting to struggle, every Friday I’m running about 16k but at about 9k I can tell I’m hungry. I’m not sure whether to by some gels. I can’t imagine stopping to eat a banana and not getting stitch.

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 14, 2014 at 2:30 pm

      Absolutely, they were giving out chopped bananas, salt and sugar. I personally could not dip it in salt (to keep water in your body) or sugar, but if you eat them slowly and really chew, you can do so while running. I hate stopping and find difficult to get back into pace. I will be blogging more about me running the marathons, but absolutely you need to get some energy back when you run such a distance. I use gels/chocolate/jelly beans if I run for more than an 1.20 minutes, and then top up every 25/30 minutes. You need to experiment and find out what works for you. You will feel the sugar rush after eating something and feel like you need to speed up, but don’t try to keep the same pace ๐Ÿ˜‰

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      • kelloggsville says

        November 21, 2014 at 9:17 pm

        Did my first long run (16k) today since we spoke about this so I thought I’d let you know how it went I had a small handful of gummi bears at 8k and 12k and it stopped the tummy rumbles. I think it helped me mentally and you are right I did feel a bit brighter physically too. Thanks.

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        • fitness4mamas says

          November 25, 2014 at 2:39 pm

          Fantastic to hear that,and thanks for letting me know about your updates.

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  4. Sarah says

    November 12, 2014 at 10:47 pm

    Yum! I love bananas!

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 14, 2014 at 2:27 pm

      How about some banana bread?

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  5. LauraCYMFT says

    November 12, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    Love a yellow banana!

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 14, 2014 at 2:27 pm

      Me too, can you tell?

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  6. Mari says

    November 12, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    Nice tip you give out there and nice take on the theme. No one can deny it’s yellow ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 14, 2014 at 2:27 pm

      Very true Mari ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  7. Molly says

    November 12, 2014 at 1:59 pm

    Great shot…. the best fast food around

    Mollyxxx

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 14, 2014 at 2:26 pm

      Absolutely!

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  8. Susan Mann says

    November 12, 2014 at 1:25 pm

    What a great picture and it’s a lovely bright, happy colour, but I can see where you are coming from. Glad it all worked out x

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 12, 2014 at 2:01 pm

      It did, and actually really love the shade of yellow we went for.

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  9. Babes about Town says

    November 12, 2014 at 11:58 am

    Well this is a post for the boys, Ezra’s fave colour is yellow and Jed’s fave fruit is banana! In fact he saw this pop up on my Facebook stream and instantly was like ‘mum, what’s that banana for?’ So now I can tell him ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for the tip x

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 12, 2014 at 2:01 pm

      Thanks Uju, glad to see some people learn from my posts too ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  10. Kizzy says

    November 12, 2014 at 11:09 am

    Great tip, wish I could run as I really need to get fitter.

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 12, 2014 at 2:00 pm

      Start with power-walking (very fast walking), you can build it up, and start running soon.

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  11. Sarah MumofThree World says

    November 12, 2014 at 10:32 am

    Bananas! Bleurgh!
    I know how good they are for you (and I make my kids eat them!), but they are one thing I really can’t stand! I’m good and always refuel after running too (although it *may* involve chocolate!).

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 12, 2014 at 2:00 pm

      Ha ha ha, I know not everyone’s favourite. My older daughters starts gagging when she sees/smells bananas!

      Reply
  12. Tara says

    November 12, 2014 at 9:39 am

    ha ha, that’s a GREAT take on the theme!

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    • fitness4mamas says

      November 12, 2014 at 1:58 pm

      Thanks “Gallery lady” ๐Ÿ˜‰

      Reply

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