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Banana Nut Protein Muffins
Just thought I would share a few muffin recipes...I'm not a baker so if you are and modify the recipe, let me know!! Oh, and use foil muffin cups because these are sticky. Banana Nut Protein Muffins 1 cup of oatmeal processed in a blender/food processor into flour (will be less than 1 cup after you turn it into flour) 4…
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Protein Muffin Recipes
If you aren't my friend here you may not have seen me make a blog post or post these on the recipe forums. Since I know we are all trying to eat more protein, without eating processed foods and snacks can be a problem, here are some protein muffin recipes for you. I'm not a baker so if you modify the recipe let me know so…
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'Endurance' vs. 'Heavy' Lifting
Those of you that lift, I could use some advice/resources. I have been lifting heavy since last April, but I am taking a mini-break to do Butt Bible again, which is more 'endurance' lifting. I've noticed that doing 12-15 reps is really hard for me at lower weight, even though I am fairly strong from my heavy lifting (I can…
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1 Yr Progress - with pics
Okay so I'm finally getting around to posting this on the main 'Success Stories' board. I'm in maintenance mode now, but I still cheer on my friends. Feel free to add me. :) I have stayed committed since Dec 2011, but logged into MFP everyday starting at the end of Jan 2012. It's been a year and here's what I've done:…
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1 year progress pics!
I know everyone would prefer me to post directly in here, but I've had it with MFP formatting problems today. So instead I'm going to link you to the blog post I made. I'm happy to accept new friends and maybe when I'm less frustrated with formatting problems, I'll come back and post directly here.…
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Lemon Blueberry Muffin Recipe - 120 cal/muffin, 12 g protein
Enjoy! Lemon Blueberry Muffins 2 cups oatmeal processed into flour (will be less after you process it) 4 scoops of vanilla protein powder (I use One Titan Complete Nutrition Vanilla Bean, has 240 cal/scoop) 1/3 cup sugar ½ tsp baking soda 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp lemon extract (you can also use zest from 1-2 lemons) 9…
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Carrot Cake Protein Muffins
Just thought I would share a few muffin recipes...I'm not a baker so if you are and modify the recipe, let me know!! Oh, and use foil muffin cups because these are sticky. Carrot Cake Protein Muffins - almost identical to Jamie Eason carrot cake protein bars 1 cup of oat flour (I just grind up old fashioned oats in the…
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Orange Cranberry Protein Muffins
Just thought I would share a few muffin recipes...I'm not a baker so if you are and modify the recipe, let me know!! Oh, and use foil muffin cups because these are sticky. Cranberry Orange Muffins - created from a couple of recipes I found online. 2 cups oatmeal processed into flour (will be less after you process it) 4…
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Progress Pictures - reached my goal size!
Here are my latest progress photos since I've finally reached my goal size (8). I've been on MFP since last December 2011 where I started around 196 lbs and a size 14. Through calorie restriction alone (due to exercise restriction from hernia) from Dec - Feb I lost the first 15 lbs. Then I started back to workouts at the…
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Great blog post: BMI & Scale are liars!
http://www.misszoot.com/2012/06/19/where-i-finally-learn-the-lessons-about-the-scale-and-bmi-that-you-all-accepted-a-long-time-ago-part-1/#comment-899711 Comparison pictures of what being fit means and why BMI is terrible indicator of fitness and why it really is true that the scale is a lying liar.
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Eat BMR vs NET BMR
Maybe I've missed it, but it seems like we should eat our BMR at a minimum while I see people advocating for netting BMR rather than just eating BMR. For me personally I just make sure I eat BMR. I guess I don't understand the logic of worrying about netting BMR. Say BMR is 1500 cal. If a person eats 1500 cal, they have…
