fitnessprincess’s BodyBlog

Ingredients
1 package of ******** protein pudding powder
2/3-c water
2-3 small peppermint candies (red & white striped ones and green & white striped ones for more color)
optional: ff cool whip

One of the first things to go when you are dieting down and one of the first things you lust after is chocolate.  It is simply downright sinful how enticing chocolate can be.  I swear I can smell the stuff at a quarter-mile.  I don’t know about you but I find I do far better on my diet when I don’t forbid/outlaw any foods.  The path to diet destruction, the dreaded binge, in my opinion, is outlawing a food.  This has made me creative in my approach to dieting and I think actually healthier for it.   In the case of chocolate and many of my other favorites I have developed coping skills.  With chocolate the strategy that works best for me has beenn to identify low or so-called no-calorie foods that contain chocolate, are relatively healthful, and taste good.  Here are a couple of chocolate treats you may find help you defeat the chocolate craving and keep you on track with your competition diet, too:HerbaSway crème de chocolat.  (URL:  http://www.herbasway.com/) This is a white tea concentrate containing an infusion of pure cocoa that is sweetened with stevia and lo han fruit – so no artificial sweeteners.  You add a dropper to a glass of water to prepare the tea.  Zero calories and lots of good anti-oxidants.  Yum!  Hits the spot just right for me!  You can buy this online or at any Whole Foods store.Chocolate PB2.  (URL:  http://www.bellplantation.com/) This is a powdered peanut butter that is partially defatted and mixed with cocoa.  Caution folks:  if you love chocolate and peanut butter the buck stops here!  Just mix with small amount of water to reconstitute and create a creamy pnb blend that is perfect on top of a slice of Ezekiel toast in the morning!  12g serving (equivalent to 2 tbsp reconstituted) has 52 calories, 4 g protein, 6 g carbs, 2 g fat, and 4 g sugar.  By the way if you love pnb you might also try PB2 which is their lowfat powdered pnb – warning:  addictive stuff!

Craving ice cream?  Doesn’t fit in your macros?  No problem.  If you aren’t familiar with ******** protein pudding (available at Vitamin Shoppe).  This is terrific stuff comes in vanilla and dutch chocolate as a powder in a pouch.  You simply add water, blend (I use my magic  bullet blender) and voila!  Thick rich creamy pudding.  One serving has 145 calories, 25 g protein, 3 g fat, 4 g carbs and glutamine for recovery.  If you want to make ice cream simply place your serving container in the freezer for about 30-min.  Yum!  I like to top it with ff sf cool whip but that’s up to you.  You can create any other flavor you would like using the vanilla as a base.  I add Capella flavor drops (these are sugar free and can be added to any recipe or beverage hot or cold) and have made butterscotch, which is my favorite flavor.  If you like fruit, simply add blueberries, strawberries, banana, or mango to your blender when you prep the pudding.  Yum!
Breakfast 7 am
14-oz DD coffee w skim x2
12-oz caffe americano
12:30 pm Lunch
eggwhite omelet w veggies,  black coffee
oatmeal
24-oz DD black iced coffee
(had half the omelet at 12:30 pm and ate the other half at 3 pm)

treadclimber 20-min 1.27-mi 304 cal
workout - chest & shoulders 40-min
flat DB press 12 rep@ 25 lb, 10 rep @ 30 lb, 7 rep @35 lb, 15 rep @25 lb
[incline DB press 10 rep @25 lb, 10 rep @25 lb, 15 rep @20  lb, 8 rep @25 lb
incline DB fly 12 rep @20 lb, 12 rep @20 lb, 12 rep @15 lb, 12 rep @15 lb
[DB lateral raise 15 rep@10/8 lb, 15 rep@ 8 lb, 15 rep@8 lb
DB front raise 15 rep @10 lb, 15 rep @8 lb, 15 rep @8 lb
DB upright row 15 rep @15 lb, 15 rep @15 lb, 15 rep @15 lb
standing DB military press 15 rep @15/12 lb, 15 rep @12/10 lb, 15 rep @12/10/8 lb]
pushups 2 sets to failure - 6 full body 5 girl then 1 full body and 3 girl (huh?)
and did Abs workout 20-min
hanging leg raise 4 sets of 20 reps
[Cable crunches 15 rep @ 85 lb, 15 rep @ 90 lb, 15 rep @ 95 lb, 15 rep @ 95 lb
crunches on exercise ball 4 sets of 25 rep]

7 pm
125-g White Wave vegetarian strips
spring mix salad
Akara bean cakes
32-oz white tea

9 pm
52-g Kashi Go Lean
******** protein pudding
16-oz white tea