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Weight LossApple, Spice and Everything Nice Bars
January 24, 2011 By
Leanne Vogel
October 26, 2017
Changing needs
Changes in our activity levels require changes in diet, both in total calories and in the type of foods eaten. If you’ve taken on a new exercises program, your body requires different nutrients at different times, and usually more of them!The art of fueling yourself
As many of you know, I’m a huge advocate of breakfast. There will be no recommendations of heading to the gym on an empty stomach. That’s crazy talk. So… what should you eat and why?Before
- Avoid high fat foods. They take forever to digest and we want to make sure that whatever you’ve had before a workout isn’t going to slow you down!
- Sugar will give you a quick burst of energy, but will ruin your stamina quickly.
- Carbohydrates will give you a constant source of energy.
- Protein will keep you satiated.
- 1/2 sliced banana with 1/2 cup yogurt
- Smoothie: 1/2 cup almond milk, 1/2 cup berries, 1 tablespoon hemp protein powder
- 1 hard-boiled egg wrapped in leftover turkey
- 1 slice of whole grain toast with 1 tablespoon almond butter and 1/2 banana, sprinkling chia seeds on it would be good too!
- Grapes and 1/2 cup cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup sweet potato with hard-boiled egg
- Apple and almond butter
After
Your body is like a sponge after a workout, ready to soak up any, and all nutrients that come it’s way. We want to make sure then, that the snack you have afterward is full of high quality ingredients. A snack with a combination of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates will hit the spot! When: 30minutes to 1 hour following your workout Foods:- soaked chia seeds in 1 cup almond milk with 1/2 cup organic granola
- oatmeal or other warmed grains with apple sauce, egg white and nuts/seeds
- chicken salad wrap – chicken, fresh vegetables, and Cashew Caesar dressing
- Apple, Spice and Everything Nice Bars!…With a tall glass of almond milk
- 1 cup Enjoy Life crunchy rice – alternatively, you could use rolled oats [wouldn’t be gluten free though]
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 1 cup crushed almonds – I used my food processor to grind them up
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 cups (250g) dried apples, diced
- 3 tablespoon ground flax
- ¼ cup molasses
- ⅓ cup brown rice syrup – you could use honey as well [wouldn’t be vegan though]
- ¼ teaspoon all spice
- 1.5 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch ground cloves
- Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper. Set aside
- Combine crunchy rice, sunflower seeds, crushed almonds, raisins, apple, and flax in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a medium frying pan, add molasses, brown rice syrup, all spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground coves. Heat on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Pour sugar mix into large bowl and stir until everything is coated
- Push mixture into pan, making sure the mixture lays flat. Place in fridge for 30 minutes.
- Remove from fridge, cut into bars, and wrap each in saran wrap.
- Return to freezer. Will keep for up to 3 months.
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Hi! I'm Leanne (RHN FBCS)
a Functional Medicine Practitioner, host of the Healthful Pursuit Podcast, and best-selling author of The Keto Diet & Keto for Women. I want to live in a world where every woman has access to knowledge to better her health.
