Nourished Fitness

Even though I feel a little guilty about it so close to competition, I forced myself to take a much needed rest day today. Usually I take Sunday’s off, but with camp this last weekend, I don’t think I’ve taken a fitness day off since the Sunday before that.

Magical Pumpkin

So apparently pumpkin + whey protein powder = awesomeness no matter how you combine it. I had brought a standard medium-carb snack with me to work today: 1/2 cup pumpkin mixed with 1 scoop of protein powder (chocolate VPX this time around). But when it was time to eat I was in the mood for something warm, so I popped it in the microwave for a couple minutes and tada! Tasted to just like warm moist chocolate cake!

Noodles & New Cookie

Shockingly, I also mixed it up a little for dinner tonight. I’ve had a package of Tofu Shirataki noodles in my fridge for a while so tonight I had a yummy Shiratki & Smoked Salmon bowl. As a “sauce” I used a couple tablespoons of Walden Farms dressing. This whole bowl of filling “noodles” only had 6 carbs and 230 calories!

I made yet another test recipe for my evening snack, and even more surprisingly, had another fantastic success! Instead of using my usual Coconut Oil I mixed 1/2 tbsp of Udo’s Oil with 1 scoop of the Nectar Cappuccino PP and 1 tbsp of Unsweetened Almond Breeze. And much to my  delectable delight it puffed up quite nicely and kept the rich coffee taste! I also tried out the new SF Chai syrup. It’s not my favorite, but quite good when I mixed in just a tad of the SF White Chocolate.

I haven’t really had much of an appetite today, which is very strange for me these days, and had to force myself to have one more protein snack. I hate eating when I’m not hungry, but I was behind on calories and am suppose to be maintaining weight. At least it was a yummy Coconut Protein Pancake hot of the stove. I should start on that cookbook  No school tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to catching up on errands, reading and of course lots of posing & routine practice. Have a wonderful Hump Day!

Written by Alyson