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Nutrition to Fuel Your Workouts

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Make sure you are giving your body what it needs to perform at its best during workouts.

 

In summary, eat 1-3 hours before your workout. You’ll have to see where in that range works best for you. Have something higher in carbs with some protein. Try to stay away from fatty foods; these take longer to digest and will leave you feeling sluggish.

 

Try to eat sometime within an hour after you finish your workout. Whole foods and a complete meal are best but a protein shake or some other quick combination of protein and carbs works well too.

 

Do you have a favorite preworkout or postworkout food or meal? Let me know if you do!

Raspberry Chocolate Protein Bars

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*Note: this recipe came from Jen at yummyhealthyeasy.com*

Christmas time this year I was looking for a quick, healthy recipe to make for my family this year. I took to google and looked up protein bar recipes. This is one that stood out to me as something different that I should try. So I did, and they turned out pretty good.

 

 

If you want to try to make these yourself here is the ingredient list:

  • ½ cup peanut or almond butter
  • ? cup blue agave or honey
  • 1 cup instant rolled oats
  • ¼ cup chocolate protein powder
  • ¼ cup flaxseed
  • ½ cup raspberries

 

and the directions:

  1. Mix peanut butter and agave or honey in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until a consistent, smooth texture.
  2. Take off heat and pour in oats, protein and flaxseed. Stir until totally combined. Finally, fold in raspberries.
  3. Spread into a (5×9 inch) loaf pan and press down so it’s a flat. Place in freezer for 1 hour.
  4. After an hour, take out bars from freezer and cut into long bars (or squares). Using wax or parchment paper to separate the bars, place in a plastic air-tight container in the refrigerator. Can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.

 

Not too many people ate these; it’s tough to compete with pie and chocolate!

That’s ok though, more for me at home now…