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’ll be baking pizza with my own whole wheat pizza crust. I have a wonderfully simple no-rise recipe that freezes well. Whenever I make it I divide the dough in two and freeze half. I’ll be having that for an easy and tasty meal this weekend!
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies for dessert!
Hummus sandwich on flax whole bread bread! mmm delish! anyway amazing giveaway! thank you!
OATMEAL!!!!!! Ahh oatmeal is the BEST.
I had a bowl of Quaker oats this morning!
old-fashioned quaker oats microwaved with almond milk, banana, and topped with some white chocolate peanut butter from PB&Co. Favorite!
Steel cut oats with a big blob of peanut buttery goodness in the middle. My fave go-to breakfast!
i Tweeted 🙂
Oatmeal with chia seeds and pumpkin! Hello Fall!!!
I eat a big bowl of oatmeal with cinnamon, peanut butter and bananas for breakfast EVERY MORNING. I kid you not.
This morning I ate a delicious bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and cinnamon! Mmm! Awesome giveaway.
I just tweeted.
I had a whole wheat wrap for lunch!!
Tonight’s dinner was a very tasty lentil and falafal + veggies galore salad. 🙂
I love me some oatmeal. Mmm, mmm!
I had oatmeal for breakfast! Topped with apples and cinnamon! 🙂
I eat oatmeal every morning, with some variation of banana, dried apple slices, raisins, cinnamon, various nut butters, vanilla protein powder, sliced almonds, and fresh berries (not all at once, though!). On weekends I may make some whole wheat pancakes.
I had oatmeal topped with peanut butter and banana this morning!! yum!
I had an egg sandwich for breakfast on 100% whole wheat bread.
I am making curried quinoa salad!
I just made some wholewheat oatmeal bread… delicious and of course i tried a slice…. or few… 😀
Thanks for the giveaway!
rolled oats with apple butter, soymilk, and bananas for breakfast this morning! 🙂
I’ll be having some oatmeal with pumpkin this weekend!
crumpet with peanutbutter and banana slices
oatmeal pancakes!!! omg so good! (also tweeting)!!!
Just had a yogurt bowl topped with kashi go lean and a wheat banana muffins with fruit and peanut butter
so delicious!
Mmmm, breakfast was oatmeal w/ honey! Yummers!
This giveaway is amaaazing! Just saying!
Tweeted about it!
For the last week, I’ve had quaker oats, cranberries, and almonds. Yum!
I love oatmeal pancakes! I was already planning on making my protein oatmeal pancakes tomorrow morning!
I had whole grain pasta with marinara sauce for dinner!
Had a cheeseburger with a whole grain bun for dinner!
Brown rice and oats with raisins and pumpkin for breakfast, yum yum
I made a bulgar wheat and summer squash salad for dinner tonight and it was delicious!
Oatmeal with raisins and cinnamon this morning!
I had oatmeal with my breakfast this morning with a banana and peanut butter!
I tweeted! @Jennylicious247
Some oatmeal with peanut butter, fruit and nuts would be great this weekend.
Had a veggie burger on a whole wheat bun! So yum!
for dinner tonight, i made a homemade burrito with a la tortilla 100 calorie wrap, random toppings, and lentils. i know lentils are whole grain, but they sure as heck have a lot of fiber!!
Quaker oats with pure maple syrup is my favorite breakfast!!
Is there still time to enter? I hope so! I love whole grains and am eating oatmeal as we speak!
Last night I had a salad beast with quinoa and hardboiled eggs. Delicious!
oatmeal for breakfast every single day!
i tweeted!
Oatmeal in the morning w/apples and overnight oats (or I guess overday) for a night time snack…I seriously would eat oatmeal for every meal if I could!
homemade granola for breakfast made with oats!!
I had wheat pita bread with lunch!
I plan on eating a bowl of oatmeal with a banana, fage yogurt and peanut butter. Have it almost every morning for breakfast 🙂
I tweeted too! 🙂