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Pi Day? Should be Tri Day!

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Actually today was chest and back but I hit tri’s with chest so counting it!

How’s it going guys? Today was a pretty standard meal day up until dinner and dessert when I stepped out of the box a bit. For dinner I changed the pizza game up a bit with this new Mountain Bread wraps that I found. I decided that I would try some pastries with the toppings that I was going to do a pizza with. What did I discover?

  1. I need to work on my wrapping ability
  2. I should have cut the pastry squares differently
  3. Mountain Bread is awesome!

So as I work on my wrapping of these I am going to hold off on making a video about making them for now but I promise I will keep trying. The macros for the dish wasn’t bad at all and ended up leaving me extra room for more fun stuff for dessert. The macros are 21c/12f/34p. The fats can be reduced by using egg whites, fat free cheese and a leaner meat. I plan on trying this with some other fillings as well maybe even go a little Asian or Mexican with it to get some different flavor profiles. Let me know what you guys think and what your thoughts on some fillings could be. Thinking also of rolling some up and making some fluff and piping it inside as a “pronoli” or protein cannoli! In all I have big plans for the Mountain Bread. End this rant!

 

Only using one of the wraps gave me an additional 14 carbs to play with for dessert and I had some options that included crumbles of chocolate chip cookies which might be in the cards for tomorrow, Hershey’s cookies and cream cereal, Fiber One Cereal for that extra fiber, fruit, or what I ended up going with was Reese’s puffs! I have been afraid to go to some of the sugary cereals because I tend to start to crave them but I figure the way that my weight has been going I can keep strong and that is what I am doing! I hit 171.8 yesterday which is again a new low! So I used my standard cake recipe, topped it with some Chocolate syrup and Chocolate Arctic Zero then topped that with the Reese’s puffs. I was in heaven! Macros are 24c/10f/36p.

Strawberry protein cake with chocolate Arctic Zero, Walden's Frams chocolate, and Reese's puffs.

Strawberry protein cake with chocolate Arctic Zero, Walden’s Frams chocolate, and Reese’s puffs.

 

Maybe instead of tri day I’ll call it try day because of the different foods I tried today. The weekend is tomorrow and I plan on posting up 3-4 videos including the tuna casserole and a pizza recipe. Watch for some crazy stuff coming up!

 

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Pumpkin Pancakes, Miso Eggplant, and a Cake

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Today I started off the morning with some pumpkin pie pancakes. To top them off I made a mix of Fage 0 Greek yogurt, orange marmalade, and some whipped and fat free cream cheese. I then used some Walden’s Farm’s pancake syrup to top it all off. I have been using this recipe for a a couple of weeks now and found that I can only eat them on rest days because of how they sit in my stomach they screw with me during my lifting. The macros are 47c/5f/52p for just the pancakes and for everything its 61c/10f/69p. Heres the recipe:
Pancakes:
1 Scoop Cellucor Cinnamon Swirl Whey
1 cup Pumpkin
1/2 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
1tsp Baking powder
1/4 cup Whole Wheat Flour
4 egg whites

Combined everything in a bowl and whisk till combined. Heat a pan on medium high heat and cook for 2-3 minutes each side. Continue till out of batter.

Topping:
1 tbsp Polaner Sugar Free Preserves
1/2 cup Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
2 tbsp Whipped Cream Cheese
28g Fat Free Cream Cheese

Mix in a small bowl and put on pancakes.

it was my brothers birthday on the 2nd and we went to a Japanese restaurant for some sushi and they had nasu dengaku which is Japanese eggplant with miso glaze. I only had some sushi and sashimi and was craving this dish. I held off eating it because I am on my cut right now and couldn’t get any idea of the macros. I found miso last night at the grocery store and the macros weren’t bad for a tablespoon it was 3c/1f/2p and I knew it would need thinned out a bit. I decided to give it a try for lunch. I ended up just guessing on the amount of water to add and i ended up making it a bit too thin. I then cut up 100g of eggplant into thin slices and spread the glaze on top and poked it with a fork to get the flavor throughout. I turned on my broiler and let them sit under it for 10 minutes. When I pulled it out they were nice and soft and the flavor was there. I think there are still a few tweaks here but wanted to at least get this out there and show you guys the pictures. If you have any thoughts on improving it let me know!

Finally I finished the day with a cake and topped it with chocolate whipped topping and it was GAF!

Thanks for checking it out guys. Don’t forgot to check out the other post and the videos that I posted up today and subscribe to the YouTube channel.

New Computer Mean New Videos!

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Well guys I got my new iMac 27″ setup and put together a couple of videos. Its weird using a Mac for the first time since elementary school and considering I actually work for Microsoft I have to say I like the hardware but the OS is going to take sometime. While the videos I posted are getting better I am still deciding on editing software to make them better between Adobe and Final cut.

Lets get the videos going!

First I posted up my pork and sauerkraut cooking video. This is a quick and easy way to have a large amount of meals ready to go for the week using a slow cooker.

Next I put together my Shopping2Fit series first episode. I recorded what I picked up at Whole Foods the other day and got some pretty good stuff for pizza and other foods.

Let me know what you think of the videos and don’t forget to subscribe to the channel. I’ll have a few more food photos up today. With the new Adobe stuff that I am thinking about getting I will be able to do some touch ups.

Mountain Bread Pastry Test and MyOatmeal

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Today for dinner I decided to give the Mountain bread that I found at Whole Foods a try. I used the rice version for this one and filled it with 60g of pork, 25g of mushrooms, 42g of spinach, 42g of broccoli, 1 slice of swiss, and 31g of pizza sauce. The top crisped up really nice but could have given it some more time so that the insides were a little hotter and the bottom and sides were a little more crisp. In all it was great tasting and I would definitely buy and use it again. Its got great macros too. the whole meal was 33c/10f/33p and the bread was 26c/1f/5p for two sheets. I can see this being used for a lot of different pastries, using a single sheet for a pie crust, or trying to make some dumplings. Going to start coming up with some ideas. Hopefully this is a product you can find and try out.

Another product that I wanted to talk about was MyOatmeal. This is custom flavored oatmeal that you can make some great flavor combination. I have two flavors, Key Lime, White Chocolate, and Graham Cracker Crust and Pumpkin Spice, White Chocolate, Graham Cracker Crust. I used steel cut oats for each combination and I have been soaking the oats overnight with some unsweetened vanilla almond milk and it comes out great! Today I had the key lime and it kept me full through my workout. They also do flavored powdered peanut butter! I highly recommend checking out http://myoatmeal.com!

First Day of Eating and First Upload

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Cooking up the pumpkin panckakes

Cooking up the pumpkin panckakes

Today is a pretty big day for this blog/channel. I managed to get my first video up on YouTube. I picked up a GoPro so you can look forward to a lot more videos now that I have the confidence in myself as I get leaner. The video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5RwYC-QJTQ. Keep in mind it is my first post and is a bit raw. It is a recipe for the cake that I had for dinner today.

For my day of eating I started the day off with some pumpkin pancakes. I recorded a video for these but haven’t had a chance to edit it yet and not sure about the quality. Here is the recipe and macros. I usually use whole wheat flour but decided to try something different today:

Ingredients:Salad for dinner with omelet

244g Pumpkin

4g baking powder

1/2cup of unsweetened almond milk

1 scoop Cellucor Cinnamon Swirl

184g egg whites

30g coconut flour

16C/8F/52P

Whisk everything together and cook over medium high heat about 2-3 minutes each side..

For the topping I mixed Fage 0, Polaner Sugar Free Raspberry Preserves, and both Whipped and Fat Free Cream Cheese. 14C/5F/17P

Here are the completed pancakes.

Here are the completed pancakes.

For mid-morning I had a salad with butter lettuce, tuna, spaghetti squash, and some sauerkraut with some Waldens farm bacon ranch. 16C/2f/22P

Tuna salad

Tuna salad

Lunch was another salad with baby spinach, mushrooms, Nasoya shirataki noodles, spaghetti squash, ground elk, sauerkraut, and some Waldens Farms 1000 Island. 18C/10F/38P.

Elk salad

Elk salad

Guess what I had for dinner! A salad with baby spinach and sauerkraut. On top of that I made an omelet with 2 whole eggs, 4 egg whites, mushrooms and pork tenderloin and added some Waldens Farms. 11C/21F/69P.

Salad for dinner with omelet

 
Salad for dinner with omelet

For dessert I had another salad. Just kidding! I made a POV cake. I posted the video of it to Youtube as I mentioned above but the macros were 18C/6F/31P

The pork and sauerkraut I made in my slow cooker yesterday and they came out amazing. I’ll post a video of how I make it when I run out.