>P28 Bread Review

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Jeff from Nutribread was kind enough to send me a loaf of their incredible P28 bread.  I was instantly in love.  Taking the loaf out of the box and grabbing the loaf of bread and reading the nutritional information on the package it at first seemed too good to be true!  Can it be?  Can a piece of bread actually taste good and have 14 grams of protein in one slice of bread?  The answer is YES!!!!!  Now being pretty restrictive in my diet for so long a slice of bread is taboo in the figure/bikini/fitness world…well now it doesn’t have to be!  My hubs was loving it too!  This is a total godsend!  Now, dont get me wrong, im not being super strict right now but even when i am XX many weeks out, i cant possibly see how this cant be incorporated into one’s diet, once in a while??  

Here are the nutritional facts….not too bad huh?

Well i must also say that i got sad when the loaf was dwindling down….and hubs was trying to eat it all and i was getting very stingy and possessive   So i went online on monday and i ordered a case (which is 4 loaves) and it came in the mail yesterday   2 day service to make it even better!!!  I froze 3 loaves and one is out.  It is so fresh and soft and it makes you feel like you are being bad by eating bread…but your not!  You MUST try this bread!!!  A case of 4 was only 20.00 and with shipping i think it was 26.00??  Honestly, i didn’t care spending it because it is that good

>Banana Walnut Crumb Muffins

>I had 3 ripe bananas..i was looking for an easy recipe that i could make that i would be able to tweak a little to make it “somewhat” healthy.  I did…thanks to a blog that i found “Culinary in the Country” i made these

Banana Muffins  

I changed it up a  little bit to make it a “little” bit healthier…i did wind up using real sugar but I used I cant believe its not butter, and i added a scoop of vanilla protein powder to the mix.  Also, i added a handful of chocolate chips and i also added some walnuts into the batter…not just in the topping

Banana Walnut Crumb Muffins

For the muffin batter

1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large ripe bananas — mashed with a fork
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg — well beaten
1/3 cup butter — melted ( i used I cant believe its not butter)

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

For the Crumb Top

1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon cold butter
1/4 cup finely chopped, toasted walnuts

Set oven to 375 degrees. Lightly spray a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, combine all dry muffin ingredients (except for the sugar). In another bowl, combine the bananas, sugar, egg and melted butter; mix well, stir into the dry ingredients, only until moistened. Fill the muffin cups 3/4 cup full.

Crumb Topping: Combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon; cut into butter until crumbly, add in the nuts. Sprinkle over muffins.

Bake 18-20 minutes, or until muffins test done. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Here are some pics…

Im not a food photographer…and i took them with my iphone….

I was pretty excited…they smelled sooo good while they were baking…and yes i had a half of one

the rest went to work with me and with hubby…

I was proud of myself…i am really enjoying baking….maybe I should start a food blog????  LOL!  

I will keep you posted with that one

>happy wednesday

>Some days are just better than others. And what im beginning to learn is that when i get my ass out of bed to hop on the treadmill, the day seems to start out so much better. I did only get in 26 minutes, but i also got a load of clothes done and i made breakfast and got our lunches together too….oh and took out the trash

Monday’s workout was brutal. I must have gone heavier than i am used to because it is still hard for me to walk. Getting up and down out of my chair at work is a chore…and because i have to pee so much because of the water, its beginning to bug me.

I went to my sister’s last night to see my nephew. I had a bag of frozen shrimp left in her freezer so i made that and a salad…they had pasta. I did have a meatball though

When i got home from there, Adam wasn’t home yet from taking Angelica to karate and to dinner (it was her 12th birthday yesterday…we celebrated on friday night since her b-day fell during the week). I decided to take down the Halloween decorations….ugh….it feels like i just put them up, and then i sat….and at around 9:30 i decided to get ready for bed….took a hot bath to soak my aching legs and that made me sooo sleepy! I think i was out cold by 10:15 or so….so i got a good nights sleep….hence me able to get out of bed…its the only way i can do it.

What i am discovering about myself is that i have this mentality that because i dont have a “show date” that i can just lay back and eat things that i shouldn’t (i.e….the pumpkin cookies that my mom made on halloween or the harvest blend m&ms)…that is not me. I like being strict with my eating and knowing that what i am eating is good for me and is going to make me feel better and look better. so why do i feel as though i am “allowed” to eat those bad things? especially when i have a trip that i will be wearing a two piece bathing suit at in 24 days??? Yes, 24 days….and it will be here so quickly!

So i have decided to pull out my diet from last year around this time and do my best to continue to eat clean and get as much treadmill time as i can.

Oh and did i mention that i have my 20 year reunion on November 20th? yeah….dont want to go…i went to my 5 year and that was torture…

the thing is, the people that i want to talk to i do…and there is a reason that i dont talk to the other people i went to school with…and with facebook…i know what is going on in their lives…i dont need to see them…but my one good friend was president of her class and she is organizing the stupid thing so i told her i would go. UGH!

So i need to be good and not a bloated cow for the next few weeks….i think i can handle that

I wanted to also thank Amyella for introducing me to a blog….dooce  She is a great, funny writer…,and she takes pictures daily of her kids and especially of her two dogs….nothing better than a dog in a halloween costume….check it out

>its me!

>Man, I have been trying to update for so long…I just run out of time.

I guess I have to go back a few weeks. I guess it was about the 12th of October or so, and I was beginning to make myself crazy worrying about if I was going to be ready or not for this show. Me and April were going back and forth talking about it….it was beginning to become so stressful. On her end, she had to lose a day off of work without pay…and just the whole money issue itself was getting me nervous. Don’t forget I had to fly (which was $225.00)..plus the room ($120 a night) and my suit getting restoned and the NPC card (90) and entry fee and tanning…so it would have been a really expensive time and without me really setting aside money for it and then on top of it all to worry about christmas right after…so we said lets just not do it this year.
But with this comes my brain doing a 360!

Some of my thoughts:

• How do I cope? I have no goal? What do I do? This has been all I have been thinking about for months!
• Cardio…I don’t have to do 2 hours a day now?
• Oatmeal? I can have my oatmeal back? I missed it so!!!• Im such a loser, I cant believe Im not competing this whole year….I tried to do 3 different shows and messed up during all of them.
• Why do I make myself crazy?
• I know what I want to do…I just have to do it
• I need more muscle I just don’t want to get on stage like I just lost weight.. I want to belong
• ooh…I don’t have to get up at 5:00!

So after all that….I felt ok….at peace…kind of. Because during all this me and hubby also decided to book a trip to Mexico for his 40th birthday. We talked about it back and forth and I was all excited cause I would be all thin from my show on the 14th and then two weeks later I would be all thin for mexico…..well now, there is no show….and my eating eased up a little….so now im not where I want to be for my trip! Ugh!! I hate being me sometimes!! Im so crazy with myself constantly…its exhausting! LOL!!!

So we are going to mexico the Saturday after thanksgiving…so im excited about that!

What else is going on ??? Mmmm…..not sure….nothing else really exciting….

Halloween was fun….we took my nephew out trick or treating..he was Woody from Toy Story…he kept saying he wanted me to be Jessie…but adult jessie costumes were 45.00 and I wasn’t spending 45.00 for an hour of trick or treating But he was so cute and I just love his face!!! Even though he wouldn’t take a picture with me! Grr.!

I did make some cute cupcakes that I got from this fabulous blog and I wanted to try them…I think they came out really cute!!!I was a little impressed with myself

So I guess that is all I got..but at least I finally blogged! Its only been nearly a month! I suck!

I will try and keep up….if there are any readers out there left