New Cottage
Just moved into a new cottage and we haven’t ordered cable yet, or a couch… but got the
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Hot Chocolate Oatmeal
Hot Chocolate Oatmeal with superfoods added?! Um, yes please!!! Perfect for a BUSY cold rainy day!!
I’m sure this would work too with old fashioned oats, steel cut oats, etc. Cooking Shakeology diminishes nutrient content, but adding it to warm oatmeal is a go!! This is 2 packages Kashi all-natural Instant Oatmeal (honey & cinnamon flavor), add water until it’s VERY soup-like, heat 1 minute until hot and add 1/2 scoop chocolate Shakeology.
If it’s too thick, add more hot water. DELISH! 24g protein & 380 calories. With half banana and sliced almond toppings, more like 450 calories 🙂
Hollowbacks and Shakeology
Jen Delvaux and I had a choice …go out to dinner? Or have Shakeology and practice hollowbacks? Shakeology and hollowbacks… HANDS DOWN (literally).
Powdered Peanut Butter
Have you tried this yet? I’ve been using it. “Just Great Stuff” (peanuts crushed into powder) in my Shakeology for the last several months. It’s organic and seems to have cleaner ingredients than PB2. You can get it at some grocery stores or BettyLousInc.com and it comes in Chocolate too. I think it’s pricier on Amazon.
It’s not for everyone. PB has nutritional value, no one would argue that. But if you have a PB ADDICTION (3 tablespoons is a TEASE to me yet it’s 300 calories and that’s almost = to 1 of my small meals by itself) then this might be worth trying. My hubby is 6’6″ and works out like CRAZY; he can have his PB daily (Jealous!).
But this is great on Ezekiel toast and also for your post-lifting protein shake where you need to avoid PB as the fat content slows the protein delivery to your muscles. It only has 45 calories and 2g sugar per serving. Has 4g less protein than natural PB, but I can get that in 1 extra bite of turkey or chicken 🙂
Mint Chocolate Protein Bars
Ever need something quick, healthy and CHOCOLATE?? I made these protein bars with mint chocolate chips on top for St Patty’s Day!! The recipe includes “Just Great Stuff” Organic powdered peanut butter instead of PB2 because it has cleaner ingredients but you can use PB2 if that’s what you have. “Just Great Stuff” can be found at some grocery stores or online at BettyLousInc.com. The larger bars are 80 calories and 7-8g protein if made as directed.
The recipe:
1. 1cup quick oats (or 2.5 packages of Instant oatmeal)
2. 1cup “just great stuff” powdered peanut butter
3. 1/2cup natural peanut butter
4. 1/2cup unsweetened applesauce
5. 1scoop of Chocolate Shakeology (from your BB coach or TurboSister.com)
6. Six packets of stevia in the raw or sweetener of your choice.
7. Mix all ingredients into large bowl, roll flat on wax paper and cut into bars (or into golf-ball bites), then freeze and keep them FROZEN. They thaw in seconds so just eat from the freezer 😉
Sooo good and convenient!
Travel Blender
What’s your favorite travel blender? These are Just a couple of my post workout meals this morning after an awesome workout this morning with ShaunT! I LOVE having this Oster blender when I travel. It holds at least 20oz which is why I like it better than some others (I like a BIG Shakeology) and it’s light! Target usually carries it.
Afternoon Snack Attack
The afternoon snack attack! If you crave sweets, this is in your wheelhouse! Both have lots of nutritional value and have relatively low sugar compared to the unfilling empty calories you might be TEMPTED to reach for.
LEFT SIDE: 1 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt (fage brand) sweetened with “Stevia in the Raw” (all natural and 0g sugar), 1/4 cup blueberries, strawberries, a slice of orange, and a few pine nuts. The yogurt is 7g sugar, 18g protein. The fruit has an additional 7g sugar. So TOTALS: Calories 150, Sugar 14g, Protein 19g.
RIGHT SIDE: Vegan Raspberry shake! TOTALS: Calories 215, Sugar 11.5g, Protein 15g. SHAKE RECIPE: 1cup ice, 1cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk, 1/2 cup water, 1/4c frozen or fresh raspberries, 1scoop Vegan Strawberry Tropical Shakeology. Blend in a blender. For an even creamier texture, add banana or half cup yogurt.
6 Small Meals
I admit, i’m NOT the CLEANEST eater ..if I was, I bet I’d have that 6pack!
But I’m always working to improve. My meals are fast & simple and it’s a way of eating that is do-able for me because I don’t like a lot of “rules.” But I work towards new HABITS every day, every week, every year.
Now I rarely have (and rarely miss) chips, alcohol, traditional desserts, restaurant foods, pizza and I usually only eat Ezekiel bread as far as breads go. But breaking/embracing habits takes TIME. For years I was a carb-aholic, sugar-addict, drank on weekends & hated most veggies! So you may be further along than me.
I have ~3-4 fruits & 5 veggies/day (because there’s 2 of each already in Shakeology) and I have 100+ grams of protein. So maybe this will help SOMEONE.
Also,I don’t eat ALL of this in a day.. I usually eat ~6 small meals (~300 calories each, roughly) + a couple hundred calories of “misc”. All that said, YOU have to eat based on YOUR
- nutritional needs
- lifestyle
- activity level
- age
- size
- food preferences
- YOUR goals.
The surest way to get results is just IMPROVE what you do now.
- Eat less crap
- Eat more salads
- Reduce sugar
- Avoid alcohol
- Avoid restaurant foods
- AND pay CLOSE attention to portions & grazing.
And when I say avoid, I don’t mean “never”… You gotta LIVE & NOT be obsessed with “skinny”
p.s. do NOT give up, do NOT skip meals or beat yourself up!
Jenelle
Peppermint Shakeology
This was so good in my shake it deserved the “twinkle” effect from Pixlromatic+ (iPhone app)! *่นRecipe: 1 cup ice, 1 cup Vanilla Unsweetened Almond Milk, half cup water, 2 cap fulls of Peppermint Extract (this has a small cap and probably holds only a third of what the other extract caps hold), 2 T of PB2 (if you put PB2 in EVERYTHING) 2-3 packs of “Stevia in the Raw” if you want it to be sweet like a dessert & 1 scoop/pack of Chocolate Shakeology.
Veggie Sandwich
A veggie sandwich for one of my meals today! I taught bootcamp this morning so that means my appetite is outta control & there will definitely be 6meals today plus 1-2 fruit snacks & my shakeology already has fruit & veg’s