Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cookies!
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This is one of those incredibly easy recipe where all you have to do is mix a handful of ingredients you can always have on hand and 15 minutes later you have a healthy tasty snack! You can try adding white chocolate chips, mini chocolate chips, chopped nuts or any combination to make it a more interesting cookie but I liked the simple brown sugar oatmeal taste.
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Must bake these cookies!
goodnessgracious-fitandbodacious:
This works.
^keepin this in mind for my next run.
What always works for me is inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth
As a cross country for about 4 or 5 years, I can tell you THIS WORKS.
Interesting enough to try…
Lesson #1: Protein Won’t Make You Bulky
Let’s just get this out of the way before moving on to the benefits of protein:
- Protein is only important for bodybuilders?
- Women shouldn’t use protein powder because they’ll get bulky?
Wrong and wrong.
First of all, if you don’t want to be a…
As a general rule, your pre-workout nutritional regimen should be broken down into two phases. The first phase consists of having a meal one to two hours before working out (depending on your metabolism).
The second phase takes place 15 to 30 minutes before working out and consists of supplements…
I keep getting questions regarding protein so I thought I’d make a blog about it =)
WHEY PROTEIN
WHAT IT IS: One of milk’s two proteins.
WHAT IT DOES: Whey’s primary characteristic is its digestibility. Once in the body, it breaks down quickly, swiftly sending its aminos to muscle tissue. This is beneficial because there are certain times of day (first thing in the morning, before and after workouts) when the lean whole-food proteins we normally recommend (eggs, chicken breast, lean steak, fish) digest too slowly to be effective. But whey doesn’t deliver only protein. It contains peptides (protein fragments) that have been suggested to help increase blood flow to muscles, which is particularly helpful before workouts, so that muscles may receive more oxygen, nutrients and hormones right when they need them.
How to take it: Take 20 grams of whey protein (mixed in water) first thing upon waking, within 30 minutes before workouts and another 20 g within 30 minutes after training. And you can always have a scoop as a snack between meals.
CASEIN PROTEIN
WHAT IT IS: The other of milk’s two proteins.
WHAT IT DOES: Though they come from the same place, whey and casein couldn’t be more different. Casein is extremely slow to digest, which means it provides a steady stream of aminos over a span of several hours. That makes it ideal for certain time periods, like right before bed, when your body is about to go without food for seven to eight hours. In fact, one study performed by the Weider Research Group found that when subjects took casein protein before bed, they gained more muscle than those who took casein in the morning. Another study found that when subjects consumed a mix of whey and casein after workouts, they had improved muscle growth as compared to subjects who took just whey.
HOW TO TAKE IT: Take 20g of casein right before bed. Also consider combining 10g of casein with 10g of whey in your post-workout shake.
Both proteins aid in muscle building and fat burning! And I know what you are thinking….. No, protein powder will not make you gain weight. The only thing that can make you gain weight is eating an excess of calories (more calories than your body needs to maintain itself). It doesn’t matter WHAT those calories are coming from…. candy, fruit, meat, protein powder, cookies, whatever… too many calories will result in weight gain.
The proteins I personally like are: Pro Fusion by Muscle-Link (in Vanilla, their choc. sucks), and Optimum’s Casein in chocolate supreme.
Read more about supplementation here!!!! <3
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/girls-guide-to-supplements.html?CJAID=10599507&CJPID=2136017
