Happy Friday!
I’m really looking forward to this weekend. Lots of fun stuff on the agenda!
Workout
Today started like any other Friday in our household… with a sweaty workout.
Ryan and I headed to the gym an initially hopped on side-by-side ellipticals, but when Ryan’s machine started clicking and making funky noises, we hopped off and decided to do 20 minutes of incline walking on the treadmill instead.
I honestly feel like walking on an incline can be harder than running at times. Phew.
Treadmill time was followed by an upper-body workout that included the following exercises:
- Superset One: Lat pull downs + Upright rows
- Superset Two: Incline bicep curls + Overhead press
- Superset Three: Tricep dips + Chest press
- Tricep pull downs
- Bicep curls (3 minutes non-stop, inspired by BodyPump)
- Mac raises (Also inspired by BodyPump)
- Ab work on the exercise ball
My arms feel like Jello now!
Breakfast
You know the drill…
Clearly I’m still on my egg sandwich kick. Mmm.
Awesome Whole Grain Month Giveaway
Two weeks ago I first blogged about Whole Grain Month which is going on right now. Whole grains are not only nutritious, but they’re delicious to boot.
Two of my favorite whole grain recipes include:
This post is part two of my partnership with Quaker Oats… and it features one of the most valuable giveaways I’ve ever featured on PBF.
What a great way to kick off a Friday!
First things first, in case you missed my prior post, be sure to check out a neat sweepstakes going on right now on the Whole Grains Council’s website called the Whole Grains Stampede.
Entering the sweepstakes is simple. You simply tell the Whole Grains Council about your favorite breakfast, lunch and dinner that bear the Whole Grains Stamp (you can see a list of the products here) and then you’re entered to win the following:
- One year supply of Quaker products and $5,000 of grocery money
- Apple iPad 2 loaded with food apps
A more detailed description of the sweepstakes may be found here and you may enter here.
But guess what? You have another chance to win an Apple product right here, right now!
One PBF reader will win an Apple iPod Nano and an assortment of Quaker products.
I use my iPod Nano every day at the gym and and love it for its small size and large memory. I am so pumped about this giveaway!
To enter, simply comment on this post telling me about the last meal you ate that included whole grains or tell me about a meal featuring whole grains that you plan to eat this weekend.
For an extra entry you may…
- Tweet some variation of the following: I entered @PBFingers amazing giveaway: http://ow.ly/6CL0t
Please be sure to comment back on this post telling me that you tweeted because I will select the winner from the comments section using Random.org’s random integer generator.
I will announce the winner tomorrow morning. Good luck!
Disclaimer: I was one of three bloggers selected by Quaker Oats to promote the Whole Grain Stampede during the month of September. I have been compensated for my contributions to the campaign, though my opinions are my own. I only agreed to this partnership because I am a frequent consumer of Quaker products and feel that whole grains have an important place in a balanced diet.
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I just had some whole wheat bread with my salmon at dinner.
I had turkey on whole grain bread for lunch.
Oatmeal has been my staple like, EVERY morning since I moved out to California and became poor. But today, I ate it with natural PB and a banana. Not too shabby!
Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal for breakfast. It’s my go to meal!
I ate some whole grain pancakes for breakfast! YUM! 🙂
being on dialysis, it’s not encouraged that i eat whole grained foods. I do eat everything bagels at panera on the days i go to dialysis.
I do like my oatmeal though!
Yesterday morning I had Quaker Oatmeal for breakfast! 🙂
I had apple oatmeal for a snack this afternoon.
I tweeted the giveaway!
I ate sweet potato&apple oatmeal last night for dinner!!! YUM!
I had a bowl of Quaker Oats for breakfast just this morning. I have the original iPod (can’t believe it’s still kicking!) so I could definitely use the new Nano.
I made overnight oats for breakfast all week with Quaker old fashioned oats, almond milk, almond butter, and raspberry jam. Yum!
Just ate a bowl of blueberries and oatmeal! I have a second generation iPod, but I’ve been wanting a Nano for a long time now for when I work out- mine is just too bulky!
I enter on Quaker last time you posted about it. I think it’s a great cause — Go whole grains, go!
I had some homemade, whole-grain biscuits for breakfast this morning. Delish!
I ate at Erbert and Gerberts today and had the Narmer on whole wheat. I’m pretty sure I go there mostly for that little doughy piece of bread!
I’ve got some brown rice on the stove right now ready to pair w/ some chicken and broccoli!
For breakfast I ate steel cut oats with buckwheat groats!
Looking forward to my Saturday breakfast of warm Quaker oats with nuts and raisins! Yum!
Have a great weekend!
I usually mix in oats into anything that won’t ruin the flavor–such as using it in making burgers to beef up that burger a little bit more! More fo the money!
I eat a bowel of oatmeal every single morning, sometimes with PB, sometimes with fruit and nuts, cant get enough of it!
Awesome giveaway! I had whole wheat couscous with dinner 🙂
Today I had a HUGE stir-fry with quinoa (my favorite grain!). So good!
Ahhhhh exciting!!!!!!!!!!! The last thing with whole grain I had was rice cakes. 🙂
I started my Friday as I do any other- with a mug full of Quaker cinnamon oatmeal. I will never get sick of it!
i like to use whole grains to make granola! then i add the granola into my yogurts for some extra staying power. yum yum 🙂
This morning I had a piece of Ezekiel whole grain toast with a combo spread of banana and almond butter, so delish!
i had a bowl of pumpkin oats for breakfast this morning. yum!
I eat oat bran every single day!
eating oatmeal as i type this 🙂
i love apple cinnamon instant oatmeal!
I made some yummy whole wheat zucchini bread and had it for breakfast today – mmm!
I had a whole wheat bagel this morning!
I made some yummy peanut butter and banana oats for a snack (who says breakfast food is only for breakfast?!).
I totally rocked a classic … PB and jam on whole grain bread for lunch. Never fails.
Whole grain sandwich thin!
I had whole grain pizza topped with lots of cheese today 🙂
a super yummy oatmeal bowl with old fashioned quaker oats, sunwarrior vanilla protein, banana, and maple syrup. i may have had this for breakfast AND lunch…
I plan on having Trader Joe’s Steel Cut Oats for breakfast tomorrow morning. Love them!
Hey julie 🙂
This contest is such a cute idea! I was recently diagnosed with diabetes…so this whole grain thing is new to me yet essential to my diet. I had my girlfriends over tonight and we made whole grain pretzel pizza with loads of veggies and spices. I also baked a whole grain carrot cake (with lots of oats) for dessert. Unfortunately, I think the wine was sans whole grain haha!
Well, it’s definitely oatmeal season, but we just had pizza on a whole wheat crust for dinner, and I am looking forward to some oatmeal pancakes over the weekend.
My last meal with whole grains was my morning oatmeal. Some old fashioned oats, strawberries, walnuts and lots of cinnamon.
Quinoa is on my menu for the weekend, as is oatmeal. Can’t wait!
Breakfast this morning and tomorrow morning is Quaker rolled oats topped with peanut butter, bananas, and strawberries. 🙂
The last thing I ate with grains was a Pumpkin Banana Cranberry Muffin. I included oatmeal, quinoa, and whole wheat flour in the recipe. 🙂
i made pumpkin banana oatmeal muffins this afternoon.. they were delicious! (yup, they’re already gone. i may have a problem.)
I love oatmeal with the cooler weather. However I have been baking up a storm lately with all the hearty whole grain goodness as well! I had a plain ol’ turkey sandwich for lunch on 12 grain bread! (although I have to admit I picked out the sunflower seeds…they kinda eek me out in the bread)
I love Quakers Oats. I made oatmeal with PB & green apple yesterday, on Tuesday I made pumpkin oatmeal muffins, Wednesday I made oatmeal scotties and today I had oatmeal with brown sugar and banana. Quaker oats is a part of my everyday life.
haha I love how there are so many oatmeal eaters here! Because errr…..this morning I had a huge bowl of pumpkin oatmeal with SSB and fig spread!! 0_0 Oh, and a topping of kashi golean cereal. Oh, and for lunch I had English Muffin melt, but not sure what kinda grain it was….thanks soo much for this opportunity Julie!
I had a tasty yogurt parfait with granola on it for breakfast today, delish!!!