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Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice
Wow ! Huge cheers for you Donna !!! 
You are so amazing and so disciplined !!!! 
Also, wow soon,,soon...for you to come home !!!! YAY !  |
Thanks Joanne! I just hope I can maintain that discipline when I get home. It is easy to focus on me while I am here because it is 12 hours work, then the rest of the time it for me to do whatever I want to do with the gym being priority #1. When I get home, that "free" time won't belong to only me anymore and it is so easy for fitness to be put on a shelf. I will just need to find the balance between me time and family/friend time. Hopefully though, I will be where I want to be or pretty darned close so I will mostly have to maintain which will be easier than losing fat/gaining muscle.
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Originally Posted by Sanddemon
Looking good soldier.  |
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Here is a great recipe for fall!! Can't wait to get home to make these!
Pumpkin Protein Bars
Ingredients:
½ C Xylitol Brown Sugar Blend (Ideal)
1- 4 oz. jar baby food applesauce
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 ½ tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. ground clove
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 large egg whites
1- 15 oz. can of raw pumpkin
2 C oat flour
2 scoops vanilla whey protein
½ cup almond milk
½ C chopped walnuts (optional)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350.
Spray a 9 X 13 Pyrex dish with non-stick spray.
Combine first 11 ingredients and mix well.
Add the final 3 ingredients (4, if adding walnuts), and mix until incorporated.
Spread batter into the Pyrex dish and back for 30 min.
Makes 24 squares.
Nutrition (without walnuts): 1 square = 47 calories, .7 g fat, 8 g carbs, 3.7 g protein
Nutrition (with walnuts): 1 square = 63 calories, 2.3 g fat, 8 g carbs, 4 g protein