Workout this morning
All with 15 pound bar bells
squats 3x12
bent over rows 3x12
overhead press 3x8
situps/crunches 60
bench press 3x12
lunges 3x12
upright rows 3x12
biceps curl 2x8
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I did shopping this morning and bought a couple of Quest bars to try, to see if they are worth the cost. They have a good amount of protein, and it's whey and milk protein, which is OK for me. Alinnell, what flavors do you like?
Apple pie, cookies & cream, lemon pie--really, they're all good in their own way.
Breakfast~cheese quesadilla
Snack~cherries
Lunch~2 slices pizza and salad
Dinner~salmon salad
I tried the cookies & cream Quest bar, and I don't think it's for me. Why do they make these bars so darn sweet? Yech! And it's artificial sweetener on top of it.
I'm going to try some organic nutrition bars instead. Not as much protein, and higher carbs, but at least they aren't overly sweet and are all organic. Also, no sugar added. They are made with fruits and nuts.
I tried the cookies & cream Quest bar, and I don't think it's for me. Why do they make these bars so darn sweet? Yech! And it's artificial sweetener on top of it.
I vacillate between enjoying Quest bars and feeling the exact same way you do about them. I'm pretty sure the only thing that makes the Quest bars edible is the sweetness- they would taste like mortar paste otherwise. I have yet to find a truly enjoyable protein bar that wasn't 250 cals+, and eating a fruit/nut bar (e.g. Kind bar), while delicious, does virtually nothing to up my protein count for the day, it is simply dessert.
The one thing that I dislike about the Quest bars is the fact that they are a processed food and we've been told over and over to stay away from processed foods. That said, it is a whole lot easier at work to grab a Quest bar than to eat the equivalent amount of protein in a whole food like meat or something. Convenience. Face it, that's what it is all about. DH likes the bars because his morning are often out in the field driving from job site to job site and meeting with contractors and directing employees. He's often out for 5 or 6 hours and he needs to eat. He takes a bar with him and eats while driving. Convenient and they really do take the hunger away and keep it away for hours (like protein is supposed to do).
We used to buy protein bars from Medifast. They had maybe 15 grams of protein and were 100 calories or less but they were quite sweet. I've tasted other bars and have liked some but none compare in the protein to calorie ratio than Quest bars.
I'm skipping my workout this morning.
Food:
breakfast~homemade egg mcmuffin
lunch~TBD
dinner~either huevos rancheros or spaghetti carbonara or I might pick up some filet mignon and try out my new sous vide immersion cooker.
The Kind bars contain quinoa, so I won't be trying them (I have a quinoa sensitivity). I also have a sensitivity to soy protein isolate, so that limits me as well.
I'm trying Raw Revolution and Pure Organic brands. The flavors I've tried have 7 grams protein and 6 grams, respectively. That's a little better than most of the average nutrition bars, which seem to have 2-3 grams.
I agree about the convenience factor. We're going out of town for 4 days next week, and it's really hard to carry steak or chicken... However, beef jerky has always been a good standby for me. Maybe a packet or two...
Hurtling in briefly (am doing accounts) to say that I sometimes eat Bounce Energy Balls
Protein varies, as does calorie count. Invented in Oz, available in UK, Canada and US (launched in 2014).
Back to the accounts which have been neglected for the past six months, as family matters took priority.
I googled Quest bars Toronto and came up with this guy. I know nothing about him but he does a nutritional breakdown of the label on the bar and it seems like these might be some of the better ones out there.
I too have been avoiding protein bars as they are candy-like or have a really weird mortar-like (thank you Andrea) aftertaste. I find the organic ones again are too sweet and have very little protein. I'm always hugely hungry after eating either within about an hour.
I'm going to try to find the Quest bars here and try them out.
Has anyone tried Exo bars? Minimally processed and not overly sweet. The ingredient list is very short. Ten grams protein, 7 fiber. I like them for hiking and occasionally to replace lunch at a conference.
My DW loves Exo bars because she's a believer that moving toward an insect diet can help solve some of our environmental problems. She likes that those ten grams of protein comes from cricket flour.
My DW loves Exo bars because she's a believer that moving toward an insect diet can help solve some of our environmental problems. She likes that those ten grams of protein comes from cricket flour.
I think they taste fine.
Interesting . I don't know but I suspect many people in the rest of the world already eat insects as protein/regular food? I have tried insects twice - both times covered in chocolate so that they were unrecognizable as insects.
I could see myself using insect flour. I think the only thing I'd be totally unwilling to try would be anything resembling a maggot, grub, worm, etc., even in flour form.
That is the one form of creature that gives me the willies.
Silverbirch, those balls do sound good. I'll see if I can find any. Perhaps a bit hard to pack, though... ?
JayEll, no, not at all. 'Ball' is a slightly imaginative use of the word. They were once, perhaps, but have been flattened slightly - like you might do with a rolling pin as you start to roll out a ball of pastry. They're also in a sealed packet.
Bill, I've heard about your DW's view of cricket flour before and I think I'm probably in agreement. Such an interesting area for the first world to look at.
"Grossed out by the yuck factor? It's worth realising that most of us do already eat insects. The US Food and Drug Administration allows, for example, up to 75 pieces of insect in 55mm of hot chocolate and up to 60 aphids in a portion of frozen broccoli." From the Guardian.
I'll leave it there. I've eaten a small breakfast (banana, 2 tbsp muesli, semi-skimmed milk), a small mid-morning snack (apple, 2 tsp peanut butter) and am planning a small lunch (don't know what yet). My body is achy, achy, achy.
Birchie I remember years ago reading about the acceptable number of insect parts in jars of peanut butter and other processed foods made by one of the huge food companies in North America. And also about the other mammalian things they found. Quite a convincing argument again for reducing the amount of processed food in our diets.
However, beef jerky has always been a good standby for me. Maybe a packet or two...
. I don't know but I suspect many people in the rest of the world already eat insects as protein/regular food? I have tried insects twice - both times covered in chocolate so that they were unrecognizable as insects.
things they found. Quite a convincing argument again for reducing the amount of processed food in our diets. 
