AdvoCare Power Muffins

2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour (to make them gluten free, I used Dry Oats - quick
oats cereal - and ground them up into a flour/powder in the food processor or magic
bullet)
2 AdvoCare Vanilla Meal Replacement Shake Pouches (You could also use
Vanilla Muscle Gain Powder to increase the protein content, lower the
carbohydrate content. Use 2 pouces of muscle gain OR 4 - 6 scoops.)
1 ½ Cups Flaxseed Meal (I use Bob’s Red Mill brand)
½ Cup Oat Bran
6 AdvoCare Peaches and Cream Fiber Drink Pouches
2 Cups Splenda Brand Sweetener
4 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Salt
4 tsp. Cinnamon
3 Cups Shredded Organic Carrots (food processor or magic bullet)
5 Unpeeled Organic Apples, grated
1 Cup Organic Raisins
2 Cups Coursely Chopped Pecans, toasted (on a cookie sheet in preheated 350
degree oven for 10 minutes, cool before adding to the recipe)
1 ½ Cups 1% Milk (I use vanilla soy milk)
4 Eggs, beaten
2 tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
Mix together all dry ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in carrots, apples, raisins, and
pecans. In a separate bowl, combine milk, beaten eggs, and vanilla. Pour liquid
ingredients into dry ingredients. Stir until moistened. Fill muffin cups ¾ full. Bake
at 350 degrees for 15 - 20 minutes. Makes approximately 3 ½ dozen.
(I also poured some batter into a bread pan and made a bread loaf. Takes a little
longer to bake. Poke a dry toothpick in the center and remove the bread when the
toothpick comes out dry - without batter stuck to it.)
For 42 muffins, approximate nutritional content per muffin
(using oats & Vanilla Meal Replacement Shake)
110 calories, 6 g fat, 13 g carbohydrate, 4 gprotein, 4.5 g fiber
Thank you to the Mid-West Team for this incredible recipe!!!
My kids GOBBLED them up

How do you know when it is time to change your workout routine?

Here are 4 signs that it is time to change your workout:

1. Your workout bores you.  You used to like walking on the treadmill, so why do you dread your workout each day?  It is very easy to get bored when you do the same routine every day.  It helps to add variety to your workout. A few ideas that help break the boredom are to walk outside, add speed intervals, change your workout music, or bring a friend along.  If that doesn’t work, then try a new activity such as riding a bike or taking an aerobics class.  Change can help keep your workouts interesting so that you will keep coming back for more.

2.  You have hit a plateau and no longer see results from a workout.  Someone who does the same activity tends to hit a plateau much sooner than someone who adds variety to their workouts.  Variety means changing the activity or changing the duration of the workout.  This will help keep your muscles challenged so the results keep coming!

3.  Your workout leaves you more tired and sore than before.  Exercise should give you more energy, not leave you feeling rundown.  If you are always sore, you could be overtraining.  Your body needs time for rest and recovery.  Rest and recovery is the time when your muscles repair and rebuild.  If you don’t give your body time for recovery, then you become weaker instead of stronger.

4.  Your workout is too easy.  If your workouts aren’t challenging anymore, I recommend getting a heart rate monitor so that you evaluate how hard you are working. If you see that you aren’t getting your heart rate in the target range, then you know it is time to bump up the intensity. 

Changing your workout routine whenever you experience these signs will keep you in a continual mode of improvement.  Take time to pay attention to how you feel both physically and mentally.  Exercise should not be a chore that you dread, but something that makes you feel good about yourself.

What have you done lately to keep your workouts fun and challenging?

AdvoCare business training

There will be an AdvoCare business training this Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. AdvoCare’s newest diamonds will train for about 3 hours on the basics of AdvoCare. If you have a desire for more for your life, then you need to be in the room in Carrollton, TX at the AdvoCare training center.