fitness articles: Whole wheat, Pumpkin, Oatmeal, Protein Bar-ish things

Maaaaan, not again. This is the second time I’ve laces snap on me like this and its really annoying. Now I have to go find some laces before tomorrow workout. Plus, these laces were pretty fly too–the neon green on black look.

Broken Laces

And while I was outside, I grabbed this shot for yall…

Feerlss

I was hanging out a friend of mines house last night, and another friend, Abby, brought over Jo-Ann’s Power Bars, a recipe she got from Allrecipes.com.

So maybe Melissa and I hinted very strongly that we would like to give these a try… They were really good though!

Jo-Ann's Power Bars

They were a little bit soft, so I popped them in the oven for a few minutes when I got home to crisp them up.

Of course, I ended up saying that I would make some “trail mix-like scones.” Well I made something…I wouldn’t call them scones, thought. I call them Whole wheat pumpkin protein oatmeal bar-things. Here is the recipe:

1.5 cup flour
1.5 cup oats
1 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch
1 can Pumpkin
1 6oz. yogurt
2 scoops protein powder
1 little box of raisins

Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees

Here is the total break down1750 calories, 15g fat, 73g protein, 331g carb. I sliced these into 9 bars, making each: 195 cal, 1.7g fat, 8g protein, 37g carb

These are very low fat, too low, missing all the benefits some seeds, nuts, or nut butter would have added. But, I plan to eat them as fast snacks before workouts, or fuel for during long workouts. Here’s what they looked like from start to finish: