We met up at Lee and Katie’s house for a BBQ and dug into some of the most delicious food!
Our group knows a thing or two about amazing food. One couple is from Louisiana and made red beans and rice from scratch and prepared a smoked turkey. Another couple runs two local restaurants and made everyone happy when they showed up with homemade chips, salsa and guacamole from Latinos y Mas.
I brought the Pioneer Woman’s Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever and it was a hit!
I’ve never made a sheet cake before and thought it looked more like brownies than cake, but the taste was fabulous. If you’re a chocolate lover like me, I highly recommend it!
We served the sheet cake with cookies ‘n’ cream ice cream which was a winning combination.
Ryan dubbed it “flat cake” and the name stuck throughout the night. Though it doesn’t look like much, “flat cake” is pretty darn delicious!
Workout
Since we were up later than usual last night and I will be working late tonight, I opted to sleep in a bit this morning and headed to the gym around 7:30 a.m.
I completed a strength training workout that focused on my biceps, triceps and shoulders and incorporated bursts of cardio. My workout looked like this:
Breakfast
Once I was done at the gym, I drove home and made a breakfast sandwich with eggs, cheese and strawberry jelly.
I love this combination!
Now it’s time to shower and head to work. I have a short break in my shift today, so I’ll be sure to pop in and say hi after lunch!
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I’d rather a dense, brownie like chocolate cake over something fluffy and dry any day!
ohh that short cake looks delicious! i was just watching the pioneer woman last night, i love her!
That looks pretty amazing. I have to agree with you that it looks like brownies and if it tastes anything like brownies or better it’s a winner.
The potluck looks amazing! Love the arms workout – thanks for sharing!
That cake looks so good! I’ve made a ton of her recipes and they always come out delicious. I always bring dessert too! I feel like it gets the most appreciated out of all the other dishes ;).
Quick question if you don’t mind! What program do you use to create your workout routine pictures? I could have sworn that I’ve read a post by you saying how you do it, but I couldn’t find it even after looking in the blogger tip section.
Like I said before, thanks for being so inspiring! I look forward to reading pb fingers everyday and the blog I made a few days ago is going great thanks to all of your tips from Blog Talk 🙂
Picmonkey.com!
thanks girlie, much appreciated! 🙂
Yum! All that food looks good. Any type of dessert with chocolate in it sounds delicious to me 🙂
That flat cake looks AMAZING!! I’ve had a sweet tooth all morning and those photos are definitely not helping 😉
I was wondering how that sheet cake would turn out. Looks delicious as well as the rest of the food.
All of the food looks wonderful…Hope you enjoyed the small group 🙂
Brownie-like cake sounds good to me! Glad you had a good time with your small group!
Your “flat cake” sounds amazing! I love thick, dense, brownie-like cakes 🙂
Love this workout! I will definitely give it a try sometime! Did you do your five minute runs on a treadmill?
YUM! That sheet cake looks delicious – it does kind of look like one giant brownie, but there’s definitely nothing wrong with that!
Love the look of this workout, I love breaking things up like that between cardio and strength – definitely keeps the boredom at bay.
I love this workout! Some days I just do NOT want to do cardio, and this makes it so much easier!!
Just bookmarked this workout to do this week! Thanks girl!
hope you like it! 🙂
Looks like you had an awesome spread of food! Your cake looks yummy! I think I’ll have to give that recipe a try!
That cake looks sooo good!!
Brownie-like cake? I’m in!
Julie,
I have a recipe for a peanut butter (flat cake) sheet cake if your interested. I’m making it for mom for her special day this weekend. Its her favorite. I’m sure you’d love it too. Not the healthiest but amazingly delicious!
yes, please!!!! can you email it to me at pbfingers@gmail.com? i’m excited! thanks,, jen!
I love workouts that break the cardio into short bursts. It makes the time absolutely FLY by!
That sheet cake looks like a straight up brownie!
I just wanted to say that I LOVE your blog. It inspired me to finally start my own running blow, and I’m so excited to join the fitness blogging world! I also noticed your cake…this girl’s got one major sweet tooth so I just about drooled over it while at my desk at work! I’m going to have to hit up that recipe for sure 🙂 Thanks for entertaining me thru your blog, I love reading it and being inspired!
thanks so much for your comment, sarah! i’m so excited that you decided to start a blog. i hope you LOVE blogging! 😀
That arm workout looks AH-mazing! I’ve been, like, obsessed with anything related to arm/back strength with us gearing up for summer and all those sleeveless tops, and with the 35 minutes of cardio broken up so small…great job, Julie!! I’m just positive this one will fly by!
Obviously I meant running BLOG. haha
Mmm that “flat cake” looks delicious!! Sounds like a fun evening!
That looks great! I have a BBQ coming up on Saturday and I’m definitely going to try this!
I love it when you share workouts like this — thanks!
I really need to try that egg, cheese, and jelly combo when I go home. I must admit though, I’m a little nervous!
I love sheet cake!! My fam calls it Texas Sheet Cake for some reason? But dang, it’s good. Lots of butter…mmmmmmm
Rockin’ workout!
Brownies, cake, potato, patato! Looks delish. I’m craving some brownies lately 🙂
Potlucks are the best! Except I usually over eat at them.
wow that cake looks yummy and the work out is awesome as usual :-)….you are truly an inspiring woman to all of us….thanks a ton….i am trying to loose weight and i have been following ur blog workouts lately…i could not keep the same pace that you do in your workouts but i am trying to be there..may be it will take a while….
hey forgot to tell u..ur bathing suit, the one u wore in recent holidays….u look gorgeous in it and i loved the peach color….
Yum that cake looks amazing!!
Isn’t that cake the best!! I knew you would love it 🙂
That cake looks awesome!!! 🙂
I was wondering what your take is on yoga as strength training? I find it’s the only form of strength I enjoy doing, and my goal is to keep my bones protected (not necessarily gain muscle mass). Just curious what your thoughts were on that. 🙂
Oh my goodness that’s so much food! Good-looking food, too. 🙂 The name “flat cake” reminds me of pancakes (flapjacks, anyone?). They look fantastic!
Sheet cake is supposed to be thin:-)
The “flat cake” does look amazing!!!
Hi Julie! I can’t wait to try that workout, toning my arms is a major goal of mine for summer. I wanted to tell say that you inspired me to start hitting the gym in the morning before work. For the last 3 workdays I’ve gotten up at 5AM and made my way to the gym. I can’t believe how much I like working out that early. It is so nice to leave work in the evening and know I can just go home to relax or take my dog for a long walk. What a big difference, thank you! 🙂
That cake looks so delish! Do you and Ryan get any sort of discount on membership now that you work at the gym?
So…this morning after I completed Workout A of Tina’s BBB I jumped on the stationary bike for some cardio. I was reading my May edition of Women’s Health and GUESS WHO was featured in one of the articles? YOU!!! Not only were you featured once, but twice! And…your name and food tip was the first one mentioned out of the list of 50. WOW!!! That is so awesome to be named first and foremenost in a magazine article that featured tons of other food bloggers. I just thought it was ironic I read that while doing Tina’s BBB, since it was through your blog that I found out about the bootcamp! Ha! Anyway, congrats!
the best cakes are the ones that end up tasting like brownies! sounds delicious…i love pioneer woman!
All that food looks amazing! My mom makes a cake similar to the one you brought, and yes, everyone always loves it! I pined your workout and can’t wait to try it. I love a good arm workout!
When read the workout first I thought you did the whole thing through three times over! That would be a lot of running 🙂
So, do you just snag a treadmill and keep weights beside it? Our free weights are far from our treadmills and I would go nuts going back and forth. I do love an interval workout.
I am glad that you had a great first experience making sheet cake. I never think to make it when I bring dessert somewhere, but I really need to remember it next time! I will have to check out her recipe.
Love that sheet cake, I am sure you had a great time sharing it. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your workout details. I’m starting to do some workout again after doing nothing for a year. Have to be healthier to enjoy life more. 🙂
Have a great day!
Love sheet cake! My grandma has the best recipe.
I’m excited to try this workout tonight. I’m in a wedding in September so I have got to get these arms smaller and toned. I’m also signed up for my first half marathon in October. 🙂
love the cardio + weights combo!
yum! Im glad the cake was a success! I love all things cake so Ill have to try the recipe sometime!