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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This morning for breakfast — a green monster smoothie with all the fixin’s: frozen banana, spinach, a bit of peanut butter, 1/4 cup of old fashioned oats, and milk. Love me some oats 🙂 Thanks!
I have a nearly empty almond butter jar that is just begging to become overnight oats! This will make a delicious post run breakfast on Saturday… so delicious and so filling!
I’m looking forward to my first batch of pumpkin oats!
I had an egg sandwich last night with whole grain bread!
Oatmeal for breakfast!
I just made some gluten free bread including whole grain g.f. flour, sunflower seeds, chia and flax seeds.
I’m also now enjoying a chocolate rice cake with peanut butter on top (maybe a drizzle of honey as well) 🙂
oatmeal!!
This morning I ate overnight oats complete with quaker oats, almond milk, chia seeds and vanilla protein powder!
just tweeted too!
I tweeted it!
I had oatmeal with dark chocolate dreams pb and chia seeds for breakfast!
I had whole wheat pasta with chicken and spinach for lunch today! BTW, your blog is awesome!
I ate peanut butter and jelly on a piece of whole grain bread this morning before my 5am run! 🙂
I tweeted over at typearunnermom!
Oatmeal for breakfast!!
can’t wait to have Oatmeal for bfast tomorrow! Quaker oat ftw! 🙂
Homemade vegan whole wheat banana bread!
I’m enjoying some delicious pumpkin oats right now! 🙂
I just ate oatmeal with granola in it this morning! So delicious and gave me tons of energy for my run today! 🙂
Its my birthday this weekend so I will be enjoying whole grain oatmeal pumpkin pancakes! Maybe I’ll make some whole grain wheat flour cupcakes…
I have oats nearly everyday for breakfast!!
i tweeted about the giveaway! @kamartau
I had Spanish brown rice with roasted potatoes & carrots for dinner last night. Planning on a southwestern Quinoa salad for lunch this weekend 🙂
Whole grains are part of my daily diet. Most common: Ezekiel bread, whole grain pitas, rice, oats in my smoothies etc. So filling! 🙂
~Kari
For a quick refuel snack after my run this morning I had a harvest wheat flat out covered in peanut butter, wrapped around a banana, and warmed on a griddle for about a minute….sooooooooooooooooo GOOD ( :
Whole wheat sandwich thins
This morning for breakfast I had rolled oats with carrots, hemp protein, cinnamon and stevia. It sounds weird I know but it’s good!
I had chocolate, coconut , old fashioned overnight oats for breakfast today
I put raw oats in my yogurt this morning! Yummy and adds staying power.
I tweeted about this awesome giveaway! @kariburghardt
Greek yogurt with my favorite – a deep chocolate vitatop! On BOGO at Publix right now ( :
I ate quaker oats oatmeal banana pancakes this morning with some pb on top!
oatmeal for breakfast yesterday!
I also tweeted on twitter about the giveaway!!
I plan on eating some yummy oatmeal this weekend!
I just ate the most delicious whole grain bagel sandwich with egg, tomato and cheese! It was a great breakfast!!
Overnight Oats, blended in a smoothie 🙂 YUM
Actually the last meal I ate was full of whole grains. For breakfast I had quaker oats oatmeal with greek yogurt, cinnamon, salt and stevia mixed in at the end. Very yummy!!
Oatmeal with a crumbled up muffin…yumm!
Breakfast! A poached egg on a whole grain english muffin with smoked salmon, red onion, fresh tomatoes and capers 🙂
As I’m typing this I’m eating one of my homemade pumpkin muffins – made with whole grain oats!
I had Quaker old fashioned oats, with peanut butter, coconut butter and a few dark chocolate chips!
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Tweet tweeted too! 🙂
I’m currently eating baked falafel with sun-dried tomato spread and lettuce on a whole wheat pita! YUM 🙂
I’m scarfing down a whole wheat bagel as I type… 🙂
I just ate a whole wheat bagel for breakfast!
I eat the Eggo whole grain low fat waffles with a tablespoon of peanut butter for breakfast EVERY MORNING. It’s so good, sometimes I eat it for dinner, too! I don’t feel right if I don’t get to start my morning off with waffle and peanut butter!
this morning I had oatmeal with banana and cinnamon.