Quest Protein Bar - Chocolate Brownie

Okay, so I am slacking on the review of the last month of Insanity! It's hard that's what I will say for now!! I promise I will do one eventaully, it is just three videos you repeat in a different order!

BUT for right now I must tell you about Quest Protein Bars!! I heard a lot about them so I wanted to try them myself and see what all the hype was about! I just had my first one and I picked Chocolate Brownie because this girl was craving chocolate due to the cycle of mother nature! And omg, it was soo good! I was honestly expecting it to taste like crap but it's good!!

Here's the Nutrition Info:
Calories: 170
Calories from Fat: 50
Total Fat: 6g
Sodium: 340 mg
Potassium: 380 mg
Total Carbs: 24g
Dietary Fiber: 19g
(Only 5g of active carbs because of the 19g of Fiber)
Sugar: 1g
Protein: 20g


Ingredients: Protein  Blend (Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Isolate), Isomalto-Oligosaccharides (100% Natural Prebiotic Fiber derived from plant sources), Almonds, Cocoa, Water, Natural Flavors, Sea Salt, Lo Han Guo, Sucralose.

Not many ingredients which I was kind of worried about but omg, delicious!! :) I'd give it a 9/10  but really close to a 10, because it helped my chocolate fix! :) I plan to get this flavor again!

I heated my bar in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds and think that's what made it delicious but I think it would still be pretty good without microwaving it!

I think I may do a review on all the flavors! :) But we will see how that goes...

I have 12 flavors to try, I hope they're all good as this one was!! :)

Motivation

So, I had put a post on my Facebook about losing 10.5 pounds and last night my friend's husband sends me a message that says, "Thanks!" and I am like what for!? And he says, "I want to thank you for your post because it motivated me to go for a run tonight! I really needed the motivation!" I was like you're welcome! It's nice to know that I motivated someone to work out! It's a good feeling!

Weight Loss

So, this morning I was hestitate to weigh myself because I didn't eat well this weekend, at least not Saturday! But I went and ahead and weighed myself AND......I used to weigh 186.5 and now I am....176.0lbs!!! I've lost 10.5lbs!! I am so excited to see that number because I thought I'd never get there and I did! This gives me big motivation to work harder and push myself to reach my other goals and lose more weight! I am just so happy...after I weighed myself I must of been to excited because I spilled coffee all over me right before I walked out the door! AWESOME...but I didn't care I was too happy to be upset or mad about it! HA!!

Well that is all I have right now, I will do a update on Insanity Recovery week later today or this week sometime! I just wanted to share my good news! :)

God Bless

Smoothie Experiments

Almost done with month one of Insanity, woohoo!! The only thing scares me is not the next month BUT my right knee has started making a popping noises! It doesn't hurt it just pops when I bend my knee! I WILL COMPLETE INSANITY! Even if I have to do it on one leg! HA!

I have one week of core and balance I think it's called then it's crazy month two of Insanity! It sounds scary, MAX is in all the titles lol! I heard month two is when you start losing the most weight so hopefully that is how it works for me! :)

 

I love this smoothie! Totally looks weird and nasty but tastes pretty amazing! I love the Berry Blast and Mango one as well! I just wish these things weren't like $3 to $4 a bottle! I need to buy them in bulk or something! ha.

For lunch I experimented making a smoothie! It tasted somewhat weird but I still drank it. Next time I probably won't do the mango, I think that's what gave it a weird taste! I need to get more Greek Yogurt so I can make my normal smoothies but I had to improvise a little! My lunch smoothie consisted of: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1/4 cup rolled oats (dry oatmeal), 1/4 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup mango, 1/2 scoop of vanilla whey protein powder, and a little bit of honey! I think there was about 280 calories in it, not bad!

Good News Time: I did my measurement last night I've lost a WHOLE inch around my hips! Yay! I can tell I've lost some weight and it's an amazing feeling! I must keep going!!!!! :)

Alright, almost time to get off work and go do a workout! :)

I will update on Sunday about the past week or two of Insanity, it's just the same workouts at the first two weeks, so no need to an every day update! :)

God Bless
-Kathryn :)

6 Foods To Add to Your Diet for Weight Loss

I was searching the Internet to find out if "quinoa" was a clean food, because I want to start eating more clean foods. Those that don't know what clean foods or clean eating is, it is "avoiding all processed food, relying on fresh fruits, vegetable and whole grains rather than prepackaged or fast food." - Stephanie Hasbrouck, Special to CNN

I love quinoa so I was happy to find out it was considered clean food, I may use this instead of brown rice in my meals. But as I was searching this I came across a good article called "6 Foods You Should Add to Your Diet for Weight Loss" and you can check it out HERE! It's definitely good information! I love me some Green Tea so I was glad to see that on the list! :)

7 Ways to Speed Up Your Slim Down...

Click Here to check out this article! I love number 7, which is LAUGH!!! I love laughing! :)

No Days Off

So, does anyone have Instagram?! I Do! I love it! Most of the people I follow our fitness people and I think I am going to do the "No Rest Days!" So, no more rest days for me, every day I am going to do a workout whether it's going to be Insanity or Yoga or light lifting! Yoga is amazing, it relaxes me and de-stresses me! HA. I am becoming a workout junkie! haha jk!

Last night I got my ass handed to me in the Plyometric Cardio Circuit! But I can now make it through the warm up without taking breaks of my own!  Yay! Go ME! :)

Life is starting to turn around for me and I am so grateful for that and for the people in my life! It's amazing how much better you feel when you work out and eat healthy! Also I am 4 pounds away from losing 10 pounds! woohoo!

Tonight is PURE CARDIO & CARDIO ABS! That's a killer workout!!

Hope you all have a wonderful Hump Day! :)