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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What an amazing giveaway! I had 2 pieces of whole grain toast for breakfast this morning with a few pats of butter.
Awesome giveaway! My last whole grains meal was oatmeal this morning!
I ate whole grain spagetti with turkey bolognese for luch 😉
Breakfast this morning was a bowl of Quaker Quick Oats with brown sugar and cinnamon mixed in. Yum!
Just had quaker oatmeal for breakfast! Great giveaway!
This weekend I’m making a big batch of whole grain pancakes!
Just had a bowl of Quaker Oats oatmeal with PB! 🙂
I tweeted about it too!
Just tweeted!!
Breakfast this morning was pb banana oatmeal!
Hi!! I love a classic PB&J on WHOLE GRAIN bread!! It’s the best combination. I also love oatmeal (with bananas), and I’m a huge fan of Quaker Oats. This is so fun!!
I had a bowl of overnight oats with whole grain oats yesterday morning.I seriously cannot get enough of overnight oats – thank you blog world! Especially when made with cottage cheese. De-lish.
Tweeted you! (@LindseyCH)
I had Quaker oats oatmeal this morning!
overnight oats with LOTS of peanut butter 🙂
I just ate oatmeal for breakfast!
I’m planning on having a big bowl of Oatmeal with banana’s and PB tomorrow morning before heading out to tailgate!
Holy cow…this is insanely awesome!!! I made some baked oatmeal for breakfast…yummy!
My last meal with whole grains was my cereal, Special K Red Berries, this morning. Yum!!
I tweeted!
My breakfast today was whole wheat toast with pb and bananas!
I could use a new iPod… I dropped mine while running about a month ago and it died D:
I had whole grain cereal this morning!
I tweeted!
Man I live for wholegrains…overnight oats and oatmeal pancakes are exactly why breakfast is my fave meal!
I tweeted about this awesomeness!
The last meal I ate featuring whole grains was my breakfast today, a whole wheat Thomas’s english muffin with PB & Co cinnamon-raisin pb and banana slices. It was SO good!
Yesterday I made some delicious oatmeal using Quaker quick 1 minute oats! I added in some banana and chia seeds! (and PB, of course)
I just finished a bowl of whole grain cereal with strawberries and yogurt…..
I made a bowl of overnight oats with pumpkin and cinnamon, a recipe I got from PBFingers! Thanks Julie =)
just had oatmeal for breakfast! best breakfast in the fall and winter!
I eat Quaker oatmal almost every day – I love the weight control maple brown sugar with that extra punch of protein added =)
oh, and every time I eat grilled cheese it’s on whole grain bread. Does that count?! ;o)
i’m eating a whole grain bagel right now!
My last meal with whole grains was about ten minutes ago – I made your pumpkin protein pancakes with quaker old fashioned oats – loved them!!! 🙂
Oatmeal this morning with fresh berries!
I ate quinoa salad last night and today for lunch. Also eat oatmeal every morning!
Aside my two eggs this morning I had a bowl of whole grain oatmeal! YUM
I love oatmeal rasin cookies. I think ill make a batch this weekend!
I tweeted about the giveaway! 🙂
I had whole grain and wild rice mixed with green beans for dinner last night. Delicious!
Whole grains I have recently eaten are the over night oats I am eating right now as I enter your giveaway 🙂
I just had a whole grain piece of toast topped with peanut butter, chia seeds, cinnamon, honey, and banana slices for breakfast this morning!
Oatmeal cookies! That counts, right? 🙂
I enjoy whole grains, and I washed my nano in the washing machine… Perfect giveaway. Oatmeal cookies are delicious, turkey sandwiches on whole grain bread, and my breakfast cereal of choice is Honey Graham Oh’s.
I ate a turkey and avocado sandwich on fresh whole grain bread for dinner last night, delicious!
I tweeted
just tweeted about the giveaway!
“I entered @PBFingers amazing giveaway: http://ow.ly/6CL0t “
The last whole grain meal that I ate was chobani with kashi golean crunch (<–whole grains) yummyy
I had a whole grain English muffin this morning with my egg sammy. Never fails me!
I lierally just finished a big bowl of overnight pumpkin oats…..of course made with Quaker Old-Fashioned Oats!!! MmmmMmmm
Peanut Butter oatmeal pancakes – supposed to be just for the kiddos – but I decided to chow down!