Healthy S W E E T S

I love sweets, but I try to distance myself as far from them as humanly possible!
and as for baking....

It hasn't happened much in the Young house. For good reason too:
 
1.. I HAVE ZERO SELF CONTROL
and well....
2. I don't want to weigh 500lbs.

And so the story goes on...

 I started following some amazing people on Instagram.
These chics make bad, fatty, and sugary food.... not bad, not sugary, and not fatty.

I say, Halleluiah!

That being said, things have changed around here lately. I have a new found love for baking healthy delicious "sweets".

My 1st Attempt:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Brownies

Batter: 2 cups oat flour, 2 scoops chocolate whey protein, 3 tbsp PB2 powder, 1/2 cup stevia in the raw, 1tsp baking soda, 1/2c unsweetened apple sauce, 3/4c unsweetened almond milk, 4 egg whites - Mix all dry ingredients first then add in wet ingredients- mix well. - as for topping I melted 2 tbsp of PB and poured on top prior to baking. Pour in 8x8 cake pan and bake at 350 for 15 min. (Middle will not be fully cooked- removing early prevents them from drying out) Thanks to cleanitupgirl for the inspiration!

My 2nd Attempt:

Coconut Cake Batter Blondies

 

These are my favorite so far!!!

 

Ingredients: 1 can chickpeas drained/rinsed, 2 scoops vanilla whey + 3/4 tbsp. golden batter cake mix ( or 2 scoops cake batter protein), 1/3 cup PB, 1/3 cup honey, 1egg, 2 egg whites, 2 tsp. vanilla or coconut extract, 1/4 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. unsweetened coconut + coconut/sprinkles for topping. Mix all ingredients together in food processor/blender, spray 8x8 baking pan or line. Spread evenly in pan, top with coconut/ sprinkles, bake 20min @ 350. :)

I am HOOKED!

And my picky husband is too!!!

Try these out and let me know what y'all think.

What's on the agenda for this week you ask???
- Banana Protein Muffins
- Protein Peanut Butter Cups

mmmmm MMMMMM mmmmmmm  MM MM!!!



Wake Me Up PLEASE!

To all of you morning runners out there.... What motivates you to get up and keep going throughout your morning runs???

I have tried to run in the morning everyday this week...... and each day I end up looking like this on the side of the road.

From: Google Images

My problem is not so much getting out the door, its staying out and running the distance that I had set out to.

I dont enjoy running in the morning, I feel like I fatigue way faster... and it seems like I have tried everything to switch it up.

I have ate some mornings, then others tried not eating... still not enough energy to keep me going.I have tried drinking coffee, and even took some of my husbands pre-work out junk.... still not enough energy to get me through it.

I get enough sleep. I just dont get why I cant push myself in the mornings like I do in the evening. You would think I would have far more energy to push myself in the mornging vs. at night after a long day at work.
Its sooo frustrating.

 Is it all in my head? Am I just making up excuses??? Please, be honest.

Any tips would be much appreciated!!!!!!

Beach bound 4 now.... Catch up with y'all later!

Running in the DARK

The heat here is EFFING killing me... It's been in the upper 90's lately with a heat index of at least 100 on the daily. Ugh!

 Since I am NO morning person, I have had to take my training out into the dark summer nights.... just to beat the heat [kinda]


photo credit

  

I love summer, but running at 9pm is seriously taking a toll on my sleep schedule...
Not to mention I'm scared out there all by myself.
Hoping this weather will take a chill pill soon!
....

I know I probably shouldn't be jamming out while running in the dark... but I cant help myself. I love my new playlist!

 Its upbeat, fun, and I feel like its helped me push myself through the rough patches in my runs....

Check it out below. May be a few you'd want to add to your list. :)

 If you have any songs that are a must on your workout playlist, I'd like to know about em! The more music I can cram on to this list the better. Don't be shy! :)

Hope you all are having a good week!! 5 more days of full time work for me- OH YEA!

p.s. I wanna say HAPPY 28TH BDAY to my WONDERFUL hubby. He's getting SO old. ha! I love giving him a hard time!
CIAO LUVS

a REALLY gOOd workout!!

Yesterday's workout started with a warm up walk/run with my dog Mac. 

Normally I ditch him at the house when I decide to pick up the pace. Running with Mac has never worked out for me. He always tries to bite my butt when I run for some reason... maybe its because it jiggles...  Haha! I don't really know why!?

However, I have FINALLY got him to start walking with me rather than him taking me for a walks... :)  And since he hasn't been dragging me down the road when we walk, I figured I'd try to run with him again to see if he'd run with me while NOT trying to bite my ass in the process!

He did so good!! I was amazed that he didn't try to bite my butt AT ALL!! Maybe its because my butt isn't as jiggly as it was a few months ago, maybe all this body rockin is starting to pay off... MAYBE!! haha...

After our long run we headed inside so I could hurry -n- get the rest of my work out done and OVER WITH!... Before we even made it to our front door Mac decided he was too tired and  plopped down in the middle of our front yard mid-walk. It was so cute. I actually wore him out for once... GO ME! :)

 I got on bodyrock.tv to see what Monday's workout was... Well they hadn't posted a new one.  SO, I decided I'd scroll through some old workouts and find one I had not yet tried.

This one seemed right up my alley... I have had bikinis and beach on my mind quite a bit lately!

Hot Body Beach Workout

I'll admit I was a bit intimidated by this workout... I hate the Commando Push Ups! I have minimum upper body strength, so I really have to push myself to get through those bad boys!

Well lets not drag this out any longer..... I got my butt handed to me during this workout!!

Right when I was about to quit with 2 more intervals left... this song came blasting through my headphones.

I love how music can really give you that extra boost of motivation when you need it most !!

I normally keep a long of my workouts under my bodyrock tab... However, I know a lot of you are trying to get bikini ready... so I thought I'd share this one with you all on my main page.

Try it out and share your scores if you do.

Mine were:

Side Lunge Left: 20, 20, 17, 17
Side Lunge Right: 21,19,18,19
Happy Monkey: 6, 6 1/2, 5 1/2, 6
Commando Push-up + Mtn. Climber: 9, 7 1/2, 6
Jump Lunge: 23,15,15,19,16,14
Diamond Runner Push-up: 7,6,5,5,5,6

In case you were wondering, I am only a follower of bodyrock.tv... I am not affiliated with them in any other way. 

xox