Morning everyone!
I hope you are having a super fabulous, healthy, & rocking start to your day!
I had a lovely morning myself. I slept in until about 8:30am and had a big bowl of Nature’s Path Spelt Cereal to start my day. While that settled, I puttered around the condo and checked my email.
My heart rate was 59 as I got ready for the gym…but it wasn’t for long…!
And I was off to the gym!
My workout was rockin’:
- 4.0 mph walking warm up on treadmill, incline 15
- running for 30 mins. @ incline 7, speeds 5.5mph -7.0 mph
- 4.0 mph cool down for a few mins.
- Total treadmill duration: 35 mins.
- 3.4 miles
- 300 calories burned
- Max heart rate: 203 bpm (!!!!!)
- Average heart rate 161 bpm
- 15 mins. on the Elliptical (5 forward, 5 backward, 5 forward)
- Varying inclines (7-14), resistance 6-10
- 24 flights of stairs (3 mins 30 secs.)
- Calories burned: 140
- Avg. Heart rate: 155 bmp
Total duration: 53:30 mins.
This workout rocked!!! I had new tunes blasting on my iPod and it felt amazing! I had a quick shower and a snack of cucumbers and dressing when I got out.
Still having problems with blisters on my right heel. I am going to look at the other pair of sneakers that I was debating getting at the sports store today. I may also return my HRM for one that logs distance.
I have an appointment with the podiatrist on Monday morning- yawhoo!! I hope I can get some orthotics made (my insurance covers it so it wouldn’t cost me a thing)!
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I made some delicious pumpkin-banana-bran-and-oatmeal muffins last night. These would make a great pre-workout snack!
I created this recipe myself and I was pretty impressed by it! :D
Recipe: Pumpkin Banana Bran & Oatmeal Muffins
By:
A great pre-workout snack!
15 min
22 min
37 min
12 small muffins
Ingredients
- 1 banana
- 1 cup pumpkin
- 1 brown egg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup melted light butter
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup oats
- 1/2 cup wheat bran
- 1/2 white flour
- Cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Smash banana and mix in pumpkin, sugar, and egg.
- Mix in melted margarine or butter.
- Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl and then slowly add into wet mixture. Do not over mix.
- Divide batter equally into 12 pre-greased or lined muffin tins.
- Bake for 22 min. @ 350 Degrees.
Note. I added some dark chocolate chips into a few for Eric (he loves them!). These would be great with nuts too. I also sprinkled my spices on after I had already spooned the batter (because I forgot!), but normally I would mix it in with the dry ingredients. The condo smelled amazing!
Each muffin has only 105 calories and almost 3 grams of fibre!
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Here is a beautiful picture I took of Sketchie laying in the sun this morning! He’s got the life I tell you!
See you later for a poll recap & Foods that Fight Cancer!
I am also going to try and post a pic of my new haircut later today!
Ciao :D
Sketchie is so pretty! I’m ssooo not a cat person but I found myself checking prices on these cats online today, I found a silver one that is so beautiful! You may have started a trend here :D
Yummy muffins, always do the trick to fill me up perfectly!
Nice workout. The muffins look good too. I think I’m going to bake today :)
Great workout, muffins; and cute Sketchie! :-)
I dont even like cats, but yours has to have the most gorgeous coloring Ive ever seen. Like a leopard!
Kelly Turner
www.groundedfitness.com
The muffins look fabulous! Thanks for sharing.
Heather
Thanks for the muffin recipe!
Yesterday’s post inspired me to open a can of pumpkin to try the molasses bars, but then had so much pumpkin that I tried this recipe too. Both are excellent and am going to make them again. I’ve frozen the bars to grab when I need a snack for outdoors activity. How long do you think they’ll last in the freezer?
These muffins turned out awesome! Very satisfying. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks for sharing the recipe. I think next time I will put less sugar even and maybe skip the butter too since the muffins are very soft and moist, it took me a hile longer to bake them to make them a little bit firmer.
otherwise tastes awesome. I love your recipes. thanks
Yana
Hi, I was wondering if there was a substitute I could use for the egg in your muffin recipes??
Thanks!
Hey Jill, Unfortunately this recipe was posted before I became a vegan, so that’s why there is an egg in the recipe. I would suggest making one of my vegan muffin recipes found here: http://ohsheglows.com/categories/recipes-2/breakfast/breakfast-muffins-squares-qbreads/