I have yet to give myself a pedicure, but I did shave my legs, my pits, had laser hair removal (true story), got my eyebrows waxed, AND got a haircut! See…

I got about an inch off the hair, and got my upper lip and armpits lasered. I bought a groupon last October for $100 and it was seriously the best thing I ever did. It hurt like effing HELL-O though. My eyes were watering, I got welts on the lasered areas, and I started to sweat through my clothes really bad. I did however mention to the doctor that if I could tolerate this damn laser, then I could give birth without meds. No, I am not pregnant!

With my time off (I did actually work last night, will go in today and tomorrow) I’ve been doing a lot of baking, kind-of, if you count cooking with protein, baking. If not, then I just experimented with a few recipes I found on bodybuilding.com <- LOOK! (I figured out how to link to something) and in Oxygen Magazine.

2 scoops Chocolate Protein + 5 egg Whites or 1/2c of liquid egg whites, whisk until the eggs peak and fold in protein and stevia. Freeze. Actually tastes really good. Makes about 2-1/4cup servings of ice cream

I mostly ate the ice cream with this protein peanut butter cup. 1 scoop of chocolate protein + 1T of unsweetened cocoa powder + 1T natural peanut butter. Blend and pour into cupcake tins to freeze. Mixture makes almost 4 Peanut Butter Cups.

I also made this Cinnamon Swirl Protein Bread. I added xantham gum to make it thicker, and it comes out super bready and yummy!

Cinnamon protein bread from bodybuilding.com

Ingredients:

1/3 cup sugar (xylitol, stevia, truvia baking…)
2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups oat flour + 2 scoops vanilla whey protein
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup Ideal sugar
2 egg whites
1 cup unsweetened almond milk (Almond Breeze)
1/3 cup or 1 4oz jar of baby food applesauce and ¼ cup low sugar vanilla yogurt (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350. Spray an 8 X 8 inch Pyrex dish with non-stick spray.
In small bowl combine: (set aside)

1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

In a large bowl combine: (whisk together)

1 1/2 cups oat flour + 2 scoops vanilla whey protein
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar

In a medium bowl combine: (whisk together & add to lrg bowl)

2 egg whites
1 cup unsweetened almond milk (Almond Breeze)
1/3 cup or 1 4oz jar of baby food applesauce and ¼ cup low sugar vanilla yogurt

Pour a shallow layer of batter into the loaf pan (about 1/4 of the batter).

Sprinkle heavily with half of the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Repeat with remaining batter & cinnamon/sugar on top.

Draw a knife through the batter to marble. Bake for 24 to 28 min. Let cool for 10 min. Bread will be dense. Keep an eye on the bread, mine actually took about 40 minutes to cook all the way through.

Lastly, I also roasted these: Rosemary sweet potatoes, sage and thyme cauliflower/brussel sprout mixed in coconut oil. I have these in a dish in my fridge so I can quickly add to meals or use as a healthy snack!

A great week of healthy food and good workouts! Yoga on Monday, Legs on Tuesday, Triceps, Abs, and treadmill run Wednesday, Heavy Chest this morning with laps and 30 jump ropes after every set. Tomorrow will be back/bi and stretch.