Well, apparently my calf isn't healed as well as I thought it was. I did jumps onto my tall box last night & now I'm really sore. I did some checking on line & it is definitely going to take longer to heal than 2 weeks. Dammit to hell. No running. No jumping.
Guess my HIIT is going to be just kettlebell swings & riding the bike for a while. Sigh.
I read Eating for Life yesterday. Have any of you used the recipes in the back? I'm considering buying it so that I can use the recipes but I wanted to get some feedback.
If you have used the recipes, which ones & how were they? Honestly, I'm specifically interested in the chocolate pudding recipe. How was that??? LOL
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I've made quite a few of the recipes and generally give them a thumbs up, as long as you're not eating competitor-clean. I mean, let's get real here: sugar-free fat free Jell-O pudding isn't the worst thing you could be putting in your body by any stretch, and neither are Myoplex Lite MRPs, which IIRC are used heavily in the snack and dessert recipes. All the same, they probably should be considered sorta semi-cheats if that makes sense. Chocolate pudding made with Myoplex, sf ff Jell-O pudding and skim milk isn't exactly Death By Chocolate Decadence, but it's not really "clean" either.
OTOH, if you're madly craving sweets the EFL desserts for the most part will do the trick without getting you too far off course. They probably won't screw with your insulin levels and set you up for more cravings, and if you control your portions you should be able to stay within your macros quite nicely. The BFL diet is 40-40-20, which works well for fat loss, and most of the recipes sorta fit within those parameters.
I've made both cheesecakes for my parents--my mom has a major sweet tooth but she's diabetic so I don't like to prepare high-sugar desserts for her--and they had no clue they were eating food from a diet cookbook.
The only recipe I definitely would not make again is the one for brownies. Definite thumbs-down in the taste department!
Thanks, Laura. You answered the question much the way I thought you would. I just had to throw it out there & see.
That being said, I'm going to pass & instead get myself a subscription to Clean Eating magazine instead.
I am finding ways to beat the cravings & stay clean--like my pumpkin protein smoothie I'm eating now. It's surprisingly good. And when I stay on program, I'm LOSING the weight & starting to see physical changes.
Sorry about your calf! Slow-to-heal injuries suck!
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