Sunday, March 14, 2010

Springing Forward on a Lazy Sunday

I know I know, I said I was going to be better at blogging and I had great intentions but I have a renewed focus. And have a renewed interest in sharing and exploring.

After running the Disney World Half Marathon in January, I basically gave up on all things athletic. And when I could barely fit into my pj's I decided that it was probably time to get it in gear. Fast forward to about 5 weeks ago when I decided I should push myself to do a 60 Insanity workout. You've seen it, Shaun T...Dig Deeper...Cardio Circuit. Well I am now on week 5 and have run into a bit of a problem with my back. So my Insanity workout is on a bit of a hold. Bummer I know, sad thing is I don't know what I did to my back, but, needless to say it wasn't because of Insanity.

In my experience thus far with the Insanity workout I have a great recipe that is in the nutrition plan that I have modified a bit to be even more flavorful. The recipe is the Protein Pancake:

1 scoop of vanilla whey protein
1/4 cup instant oats
1/3 cup of egg whites
1 whole egg
1/4 cup of blueberries
1/4 cup of blackberries

Get a pan hot with cooking spray, and pour the mixture of all of the ingredients but the fruit. Once you have worked that mixture around in the pan until most of the batter is cooked, add the fruit and spread it evenly around the pancake. When the pancake has cooked most of the way flip it over to finish on lower heat. This pancake is so sweet you don't even need syrup, but if you do use any Agave nectar is very good.

Spring is almost upon us which means NYC restaurants and the summer will bring vacations to LA and New Orleans so I will have lots to share.

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