These Muffins are Bananas. B. A. N. A. N. A. S!

Nice job at the "Wednesday Booty Blast" ladies! My hammies are already yelling at me.
Since I didn't make it to the meet-up today I thought I'd post one of my favorite recipes on our handy dandy blog.
Everybody likes banana bread but unfortunately traditional recipes are not so healthy. I used to make a "clean" version of these that called for whole wheat pastry flour but when I started leaning more in the Paleo direction I had to change that. They're perfect for breakfast or a dessert...or lunch...or whenever because you're an adult and you eat when you want. So here's the rundown:

Ingredients:

• 4 over-ripened bananas (The more ripe, the more flavor. Fred Meyer sells over-ripened ones cheap so yay!)
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup almond butter (I usually scale this down to about two heaping tablespoons because that ish is expensive.)
• 1/2 cup coconut flour (It's at Fred Meyer in the gluten-free section and yes it's pricey but one small bag lasts forever.)
• 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 big ol' tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder (yes, both)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Pinch of sea salt

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350
• Mash up your bananas real good
• Mix bananas, nut butter, oil, honey, and eggs together. I use an electric hand mixer or you could use a food processor, blender or even a hoity toity VitaMix. (I'm super jealous if you have one.)
• To that mixture, add your flour, cinnamon, baking soda/powder, vanilla, sea salt and mix well.
• Make sure you're using a non-stick muffin pan, cute lil' cupcake wrappers, or just grease it down really well so they pop out nice and clean.
• Bake for about 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Let them cool down completely before trying to take them out.

So there you have it. They won't puff up like regular muffins/cupcakes so they're kinda fugly but they are sooooo good and they make the whole house smell amazing. If you're feelin' froggy you can even sprinkle some nuts or dark chocolate chips on top before they go in the oven. Yea...I said it, CHOCOLATE. 

I won't be in the gym tomorrow but hopefully I'll see everybody Friday. I'm going to start knocking out stuff on the competition board. Eek!

Enjoy ladies!

Hello ladies!  Feeling so blessed to be a part of the challenge a week late...thank you!!  Started up today, got my photo shoot, measurements, Helen, dead lift and I followed food regimen  so I'm feeling on board!  Thanks andrea for all your help getting me up and going!!!  Hope everyone has a kick arss week!!!
Sam

Oh...my...gawd, Becky...look at her butt.

Hello Ladies!

    As you know, Wednesdays around the box are pretty chill; reserved for make-up WODs, hero workouts, and skills practice. For the past three weeks I've been going in at 10am and getting with Rick to have a "leg day"; focusing on glutes, hammies, and quads because....well....I want them to look good.  No more runner's butt!
    Usually he'll jot down 3-4 exercises and I go off on my own and git er' done. Make no mistake though, I leave just as gross and exhausted as any other day (and I'm having trouble sitting at this very moment). It's nice to have a break from beating the clock and upper body stuff too. So if you guys have the time and want to focus on that specific muscle group feel free to join me! Misery loves company ;)

One week down....

Hey ladies....one week down and five more to go!!! It sounds like you all are doing so awesome and really getting your heads wrapped around the "food". I had a tuff weekend with a lot of temptations but I got through it and it feels empowering that I did it all on will power :-)


I made a trip to Costco on Sunday and found something that I thought I'd pass along. I get pretty tired of plan chicken breast so I found this all natural coconut/mango dressing that I started using and I love it. It does have a little spicy bite to it though. I'll post a pic.....

Yummy.....

Look at the Yummy dinner I made last night. I love making a big batch of something and having it around for easy access.

Off to a great start!

Congrats ladies on a job well done today! That Helen is a b*tch isn't she? :) I am so excited to get the ball rolling on this challenge and I think I speak for everybody when I say a huge "THANK YOU!" to Andrea for putting it all together. I have a clinical shift in the hospital tomorrow so I'll have to go in early but hopefully I'll catch all of you on Friday!

Perfectly Put......