I can hardly believe tomorrow’s Friday, this week flew by. And thank you so much for your sweet comments on yesterdays post! It really is just a part of my learning process and journey to being a healthier version of me.. but it’s wonderful to be able to document it here and have your support. <3 you all!
FITNESS
Just plain old Cardio today. I’d planned to go to Yoga in the afternoon, but my appetite after fasted cardio (not purposeful, just wasn’t hungry first thing this morning) got the best of me. Today I just did 20 min on the treadmill, mostly a brisk walk (~4.0) at an incline (9%), then 20 min Elliptical Intervals. The weather’s been so nice, there’s really no excuse for not running outside. So I checked out a couple loops around my neighborhood today and plan to try that tomorrow.
NUTRITION
Each meal today was completely inspired by blog world!
I would have never in a hundred years thought to create these flavor combinations.. but then beautiful people and their amazing blogs & ideas came into my life.
First up: Cornbread for breakfast with Yogurt (of the Goat’s kind) and Nut Butter.. I bet you can guess who inspired this… yup.. the fantastic HEAB again! ..
I re-heated a slice of Pumpkin Cornbread, then topped it with Goat’s Milk Yogurt, Homemade Healthy Pumpkin Butter and Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce (~1/2 of 2 tbsp Peanut Flour + 1 tbsp Raw Cacao Powder + ~2 tbsp H20).. so so good!
Dinner was inspired by Bobbi’s, of N’ Her Shoes, Cran-Apple & Swiss Sandwich. I used a low-carb wrap, 1 tbsp We Can’t Say It’s Cheese Cheddar Sauce, deli Turkey, a little fat-free Feta, dried Cranberries and ~1/2 sliced Granny Smith Apple. Then grilled it up on the Foreman. I completed the meal with a little Kale Salad and Carrot Sticks..
The delicious layers..
I was having a major Chocolate craving tonight.. thankfully I was prepared. The other night I made crockpot Spirited Butterscotch Hot Cacao, and had leftovers in the refrigerator. It was equally as good chilled, and perhaps even better served in a cocktail glass.. just for fun..
What are some of the foods or flavor combinations that the blogosphere introduced to you? For me the flavor combinations are endless but some of the specific foods include Kale, Kabocha, Seitan, and Chia Seeds!
Fun Links
oh ya, loving this weather! By the way, YOU got me hooked on Kabocha. THANK YOU!
I always say the week "flies by", but it totally did this week! I'm so sorry for not commenting lately! life gets in the way of my blog reading.
that way I feel somewhat responsible for that fabulous combo!
That chocolate peanut sauce sounds yummy, I hope it came from my bag that i gave you
Hi there, can you give me the recipie for th pumpkin cornbread. When I click on the link it says "site not found"Thanks everything looks soo yummy!!
Wendy
Twitter: NourishedFit
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Thanks for letting me know! I fixed the link but it is this recipe <a href="http:// (http://www.yogaisyummy.net/?s=cornbread&x=8&y=11&paged=2)” target=”_blank”> <a href="http://(http://www.yogaisyummy.net/?s=cornbread&x=8&y=11&paged=2)” target=”_blank”>(http://www.yogaisyummy.net/?s=cornbread&x=8&y=11&paged=2) but with 2 scoops of pumpkin in place of the one of the eggs, though I used all egg whites and it worked great!
Oh kale, kabocha (thank you for that one), um….PB and almond butter. I love all the blog inspiration (on so many levels). Happy Friday girl.
the hot cacao (or cold!) looks incredible! also, i need kale. stat.
I think there is enough "chill" in the Texas air for Spirited Butterscotch Hot Cacao
Hope you're finally getting settled in Austin – are you excited about the big game tomorrow ? I am, however being in Dallas, I am not looking forward to all the crazies on i-35 as I commute home from work.
wowwza that all looks so good!! i love blog inspired meals
Twitter: gabigpereira
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Blogworld made me try yogurt messes, PB with apples, baked sweet potatoes, roasted pumpkin, zucchini…
I love them all these days, and they now staples in my diet!
I am hungry looking & reading this! I have got so many great things from right here & over at a couple others… too much to keep up with!
Greek yogurt and pumpking is SOOO GOOD!
Dana xo http://happinessiswithinblog.com/
All your food looks amazing! It's so nice to see there are others out there that eat just like me. Pumpkin YUMM!! Sadly, in Canada, we have a hard time finding greek yogurt (but I make my own). Just a question you could help me with.. When you are working out, you seem to know just how many calories you burn. What is your net calorie total at the end of the day? Do you compensate?