Didn't do any workouts Saturday like I had planned! Odd that I didn't get one in, when Saturdays are usually easy days to get one done... but oh well.
Sunday was Turbo Jam Fat Blaster, after not getting one in all day either! I had planned to get one done in the morning, but I ended up sleeping in later because I was up in the middle of the night with hives! I woke up around 2:30 am scratching and itching! Took some Benadryl and thought I might do a short workout (crazy!) while I waited for the meds to kick in, but I was just too itchy. And then I didn't get calmed down enough to get to bed until just past 3:30. Ugh... so this morning was a draggy one.
And then I had a date (ate horribly!) and then had one slice of pizza for dinner (wasn't hungry for any more than that- but that's good... I probably didn't need any more calories anyway). After the pizza slice, I just felt like I HAD to get a workout in, or I'd be going backwards in this journey! So I did TJ Fat Blaster. It was fun! Doesn't seem near as rough as it used to be- so that's good. I'm loving it that the workouts are not as "killer" as they were when the year started! That means only ONE thing: I'm getting stronger and increasing my endurance! Yay! Back to where I used to be, hopefully!
Anyway, I'm finally going to jot down the notes I promised Jeanne about the protein bars from Jillian's podcast that she had in December.
So here's what she says about Protein Bars:
Jillian prefers healthier (fresh) foods over protein bars for fuel... but if you just HAVE to eat one...
200 cals or less if you're eating them between meals as snacks. And prefer that you don't eat them FOR a meal... go with real food instead. But if you just have to have one for breakfast or lunch, then 400 cals/bar works better than the smaller ones for meal replacement.
NO hydrogenated ANYthing. If it lists any sort of hydrogenated oils, skip it! (same goes for ANY of your snacks) Even partially hydrogenated oils are bad... so skip any products with those in them. Anything that has been "hydrogenated" is processed to have a longer shelf-life... and is bad for your body.
Look for WHEY protein over any other type of protein. Whey preferred over soy. 12-15 g of protein per 200 cals of the bar. So if it's a 400 cal bar, then it should contain close to 30 g of protein.
Carbs- clean carbs in fiber or complex carbs instead of sugar carbs.
Ingredients:
If sugar is listed first (honey, cane juice, fructose, etc)- don't eat it! Sugar is sugar. If it has sugar listed first, you might as well have a Snickers.
First ingredients should be rolled oats, brown rice, etc (complex carbs)
No need to pay more for minerals or vitamins added in a bar... get those from your daily multivitamins. But added calcium is good.
No sugar alcohols: maltitol, sorbitol, xylitol, etc (all the "-ols")- they do not digest well, can cause diarrhea too.
Adkins protein bar is good.
Cliff and Luna is low on protein compared to others, but okay in levels of good fat.
Pria 170 cal bar- okay too
Green's protein bar she likes- but hard to find.
Man... I was typing fast because she talks fast!!! But that's pretty much the gist of what she said about protein bars. :-)
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Thanks for that info, Tux! I've been enjoying my Luna bars and it's good to see that they are at least on her list but I'll be sure to check into her other recommendations. I usually eat them as a snack rather than a meal replacement which is part of why I've avoided some of the other bars out there that have so many calories!
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