Hope you’ve had a great Monday! Today was another beautiful day in Tampa!
For Breakfast I decided on a smoothie. I bought some new protein powder – Living Harvest Hemp Protein – over the weekend and wanted to give it a try.
Here’s what I used:
1 cup Greenwise Organic Light Soy Milk
½ Banana
1 Large handful of spinach
2 Tbsp Living Harvest protein powder
1 Tsp of Hershey’s Unswt Cocoa Powder
A few drops of Vanilla Crème Stevia
I know there’s a lot of people out there already familiar with what hemps seeds have to offer, but I looked into it a little more to see what’s so different. According to the Living Harvest website:
“Hemp seeds contain all 10 Essential Amino Acids (EAA’s) – the building blocks of protein. They’re also rich in naturally-balanced Omega-3 and Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids (EFA’s). Additionally, hemp is high in magnesium, iron, potassium, fiber and phytonutrients, plus natural antioxidants like vitamin E. Hemp seeds are one of the plant kingdom’s best sources of easily digestible, high-quality protein. 65% of hemp seeds’ protein is high-quality edestin, making them the highest vegan source of this simple protein that’s required for proper immune system function. The other 35% is albumin protein. With live enzymes intact, hemp’s digestible proteins are easily assimilated into the body.”
It was really delicious. The serving size for the Living Harvest Protein powder says 4Tbsp, but I was a little hesitant putting that much into my smoothie without ever having this before because it smells really earthy, but after this morning, I think it’ll be ok.
Around 10:30 I had 1/2 Banana with 1 Tbsp of Naturally More Peanut Butter
I also couldn’t resist this little chocolate truffle
Lunch today was some yummy leftovers:
1 Slice of homemade pizza (excuse the crumpled aluminum foil) with zucchini, yellow squash, bell pepper, green onions, black olives mushrooms with no cheese
Salad with romaine lettuce, raddishes, zuchinni, yellow squash, english cucumber, 1 oz tofu diced and 1 roma tomato. I used about 1tsp of Trader Joes Goddess Dressing. Yum!
I also snacked on this:
After work I headed to the gym and did a 5 min warm-up, running 25 minutes, 10 min cool down. I also did 3 mins of abs and 20 minutes of yogadownload.com Gentle Hatha #1
While preparing dinner, I munched on some pretzels
Dinner was quick and easy tonight. Sweet Potato topped with left over Channa Masala and Zucchini
Right now, I’m watching a movie with the hubby and munching on a serving of Annie’s Honey Grahams.
Approx calories for the day: 1197
Then it’s off to bed. Goodnight all.
