Happy Friday!
I’m really looking forward to this weekend. Lots of fun stuff on the agenda!
Workout
Today started like any other Friday in our household… with a sweaty workout.
Ryan and I headed to the gym an initially hopped on side-by-side ellipticals, but when Ryan’s machine started clicking and making funky noises, we hopped off and decided to do 20 minutes of incline walking on the treadmill instead.
I honestly feel like walking on an incline can be harder than running at times. Phew.
Treadmill time was followed by an upper-body workout that included the following exercises:
- Superset One: Lat pull downs + Upright rows
- Superset Two: Incline bicep curls + Overhead press
- Superset Three: Tricep dips + Chest press
- Tricep pull downs
- Bicep curls (3 minutes non-stop, inspired by BodyPump)
- Mac raises (Also inspired by BodyPump)
- Ab work on the exercise ball
My arms feel like Jello now!
Breakfast
You know the drill…
Clearly I’m still on my egg sandwich kick. Mmm.
Awesome Whole Grain Month Giveaway
Two weeks ago I first blogged about Whole Grain Month which is going on right now. Whole grains are not only nutritious, but they’re delicious to boot.
Two of my favorite whole grain recipes include:
This post is part two of my partnership with Quaker Oats… and it features one of the most valuable giveaways I’ve ever featured on PBF.
What a great way to kick off a Friday!
First things first, in case you missed my prior post, be sure to check out a neat sweepstakes going on right now on the Whole Grains Council’s website called the Whole Grains Stampede.
Entering the sweepstakes is simple. You simply tell the Whole Grains Council about your favorite breakfast, lunch and dinner that bear the Whole Grains Stamp (you can see a list of the products here) and then you’re entered to win the following:
- One year supply of Quaker products and $5,000 of grocery money
- Apple iPad 2 loaded with food apps
A more detailed description of the sweepstakes may be found here and you may enter here.
But guess what? You have another chance to win an Apple product right here, right now!
One PBF reader will win an Apple iPod Nano and an assortment of Quaker products.
I use my iPod Nano every day at the gym and and love it for its small size and large memory. I am so pumped about this giveaway!
To enter, simply comment on this post telling me about the last meal you ate that included whole grains or tell me about a meal featuring whole grains that you plan to eat this weekend.
For an extra entry you may…
- Tweet some variation of the following: I entered @PBFingers amazing giveaway: http://ow.ly/6CL0t
Please be sure to comment back on this post telling me that you tweeted because I will select the winner from the comments section using Random.org’s random integer generator.
I will announce the winner tomorrow morning. Good luck!
Disclaimer: I was one of three bloggers selected by Quaker Oats to promote the Whole Grain Stampede during the month of September. I have been compensated for my contributions to the campaign, though my opinions are my own. I only agreed to this partnership because I am a frequent consumer of Quaker products and feel that whole grains have an important place in a balanced diet.
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I’m eating whole grain cereal as I type this!
I tweeted too 🙂
I had oats for breakfast! I also plan on making some whole wheat pizza tonight.
I had a whole wheat bagel thin, with an egg over easy!
Went apple picking last weekend and made a delicious apple crisp with whole grain oats in the topping! YUM!
Just finished a bowl of pb banana oats! I love my morning oatmeal 🙂
I’ve been loving quinoa salads lately. This week I made one with lentils and mint.
I had a whole grain bagel this morning! Yay for bagel Fridays at work!
This weekend I will be using Quaker Oats to make some delicious Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies for my youth group. Whole grains for the win!
The last meal I had with whole grains was breakfast! A big ol’ bowl of MultiGrain Cheerios with skim milk (usually I have them with strawberries but they are sadly very expensive now that it’s no longer berry season 🙁 ).
Breakfast this morning! I had fruit with granola that features gluten-free oats. Yum!
I had oatmeal for breakfast, and plan on having that or oatmeal pancakes this weekend since it’s getting cooler!
Planning on oatmeal for lunch made with Quaker Old Fashioned Oats! 😀
I made your pumpkin oatmeal muffins this week- my roommate and I can’t stop eating them!!
I tweeted about it! from @mnstengel
And I tweeted. 🙂 Happy Friday!
given my addiction, it must have been cereal. i seriously eat an aisle’s worth a week
Awesome giveaway! Last night I had a delicious snack bowl of steel cut oats mixed with cottage cheese and flavored greek yogurty
I love quaker oats oatmeal! I eat it literally everyday and I had oatmeal for breakfast this morning and last night for dinner!!!
I tweeted too! =) Now off to make some oatmeal!
Holy awesome giveaway, Batman!
In true blogger fashion, I had a bowl of PB + banana oats this morning. For a twist, I decided to superfood ’em up with chia seeds, cocao nibs, and maca.
I have at least one serving of whole grains (most of the time more) each day! This morning I had whole grain granola with coconut milk and a slice of whole grain bread with jam!
I just entered the giveaway! I just lost my ipod nano so this would be awesome!
Having a bowl of oat bran for breakfast soon!
I had a big bowl of Quaker oats (heyo!) with a scoop of vanilla protein powder, chia seeds, sliced apple, peanut butter and honey. SO good!
Had an amazing bowl of oatmeal with blueberries this morning!!!
I had a bowl of oatmeal made with old-fashioned rolled oats, banana, cinnamon, and topped with NF plain yogurt– and an extra dash of cinnamon 🙂
Last night I ate Baked Tostitos chips
I had oatmeal with cinnamon and honey yesterday morning for breakfast. 🙂
I plan on making a big batch of pumpkin oatmeal pancakes tomorrow! Come on weekend!!!!!
Just this morning I had a big bowl of overnight pumpkin oatmeal, made with quaker oats of course :]
I had the bottom of my almond butter jar left so I made some overnight Oates with Quaker old fashioned and protein powder and chia seeds. One of my faves!!!!
#tweeted
I had some quaker oats with almond butter this morning, one of my favorite breakfast foods. 🙂
I make a big pot of southwestern quinoa every week to bring to work for lunches! Also, steel cut oats for breakfast since they’re so filling! Always gets me through the morning!
Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal…..always a winner!
Protein pancakes using Nature’s Path FlaxPlus pancake mix, cottage cheese, almond milk, and an egg!
pumpkin oatmeal for breakfast! i try and have whole grains at every meal!
I just finished a bowl of Quaker oats with bananas and peanut butter for breakfast.
#tweet tweeted
I had oatmeal for breakfast!
My last whole grain meal was Chocolate Covered Katie’s baked pumpkin oatmeal this morning – it was good!
And I tweeted 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/morganannie/status/117245660096499713
Just ate 2 pieces of whole grain bread with a dippy egg!
I eat oatmeal when I get the chance for a early breakfast.
I made baked panzanella caprese (from Iowa Girl Eats) the other night but used locally-made 9 grain bread instead of white bread. It was amazing!
Awesome giveaway! The last meal I made with whole grains was banana peanut butter overnight oats, using Quaker Oats! i used your method of frozen bananas too! 🙂
For dinner, I made a great veggie curry and served it over a mix of long grain brown rice and brown basmati rice =)
I also tweeted! (from @LeePinkOC)
I tweeted also!
I made an amazing bowl of oatmeal mixed with pumpkin…YUM.