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 had a nice hot bowl of cinnamon apple oatmeal for breakfast. Best start to a damp, dreary day.
Well this week I have had a bout with food poisining so my intake has been whole grain saltines, but before that I would I woudl have to say Quaker Oatmeal I my staple breakfast!!!
I had oatmeal for breakfast
I tweeted! Thanks for this julie!
lunch was a turkey sandwich on 7 grain bread! i’m currently deployed, (hence my time zone is a bit off) so this and oatmeal in the morning are my best bets to get whole grains right now!
I have a whole wheat pita, turkey + spinach sandwich waiting for me to eat for lunch today…and I’ll be eating oatmeal for breakfast this weekend!
this morning! i had homemade oatmeal muffins 🙂
I made whole wheat pasta last night!
I was thinking about making some whole grain pasta this weekend with tomatoe sauce. My five year old loves whole grain pasta and has no idea it’s actually healthy 😉
Just now, I had oatmeal with chocolate coconut butter and banana!
I definitely plan on having some of Gina’s Perfect Protein Pancakes this weekend!! Thos suckers kept me full until 2pm last Saturday!!
I had pizza made with whole wheat crust last night. Mmmm!
I tweeted
just had quaker oats for preakfast!!! and plan on having a whole wheat bagel with turkey for lunch!!
Every morning for breakfast I have Quaker’s Instant Oatmeal (Apples and Cinnamon!) with two big spoonfuls of peanut butter mixed in. YUM!
I had oatmeal for breakfast this week!!! And I have some whole grain pasta waiting to be made in my pantry as well!
I finished my breakfast as I was reading this post – 5 egg whites and ezekiel bread! have you ever tried ezekiel??
I had overnight oats using Quaker oats for breakfast!!! I am also making oatmeal raisin cookies to enjoy after running a half marathon on Sunday!
Making your pumpkin pancake recipe for camping this weekend!
I tweeted you!
I had a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast!
What a great giveaway! I made a huge bowl of pumpkin pie oats with quaker oatmeal, pumpkin, greek yogurt, chia seeds, honey and cinnamon!
Ok this is seriously the greatest giveaway ever! I had pumpkin oatmeal this morning which was inspired by all the bloggers posting pictures of pumpkin oatmeal over the past few days. I love oatmeal!
I made a fabulous stir fry loaded with veggies and whole grain brown rice last night! Yum!
For breakfast this morning I had pumpkin oatmeal! Oatmeal is my morning staple, starting with whole grains is the best way to start the day!
I had pumpkin oatmeal today! yum!
I just tweeted this as well!
I tweeted too! 🙂
For dinner I had baked tilapia with whole grain brown rice and veggies. YUM!
Definitely made home-made granola bars filled with oats, dried fruit and coconut lsat night, so good!
I had oatmeal this morning with apples (from apple picking!) & cinnamon mm
I just made your oatmeal pancake recipe for the first time, absolutely delicious and might just be my new favorite breakfast 🙂
The last meal was at breakfast, I had Rum infused Maple syrup Oat Pie! Made with Quaker Quick oat, egg whites, Local Indiana rum infused syrup, all baked to amazing goodness
Last night I made chicken cacciatore and ate it over brown rice (althought I only ate the veggies; the chicken was for my boyfriend).
after seeing your pancake recipe using quaker oats, i had to try it! now we don’t make pancakes without them. thanks for the great giveaway!
I plan to whip up a batch of snack bars using gluten free oats to have on hands for quick snacks!
I had whole grain toast with blueberry jelly. I also plan on making oatmeal and oatmeal pancakes this weekend.
The next meal featuring whole grains will be Saturday night, when I make my Brown Rice and Cream of Chicken Bake!
I tweeted too!
I’m chowing down on a beautiful bowl of pumpkin oats as I write this! Quinoa this weekend. Wahoo!
I just made pasta the other night, whole wheat pasta really makes the meal better!
I am a pretty regular morning oatmeal eater, but I just recently made a batch of the PBF pumpkin oatmeal muffins!!
I had a salad with quinoa and a black bean gardenburger crumbled in for dinner last night!
I had some whole grain cereal last night, does that count? 🙂 And I plan on making some pasta this weekend!
apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, a tad bit of sugar and butter, then baked ina ramekin..like a mini apple crisp for breakfast! yum!
I had quaker quick oats with peanut butter and strawberries!
oatmeal muffins!
I had pumpkin banana oatmeal this morning 😀
I love using Oats to make doggie treats for my little Boston Terrier and also for myself for oatmeal and overnight oats Juliiieee taught me how to make!! 🙂
I TWEETED!! Thanks for this crazy awesome giveaway!!