After a good workout your body needs a good mix of carbs and protein in order to recover. If you don't adequately eat after you break a healthy sweat you'll crash later. Trust me, I've learned this one the hard way. Right now this is my go-to post workout way to refuel. Most of the time I workout first thing in the morning so I eat a light snack: either a piece of fruit, a small whole grain muffin, or a slice of whole wheat bread. After my workout I'll eat my recovery meal/breakfast. This is quick, good, and keeps me full until lunch. You could make any cereal/fruit changes you like, there's endless possibilities with this one.
Yogurt Parfait1/2 c.dry oats, grapenuts, Fiber One Bran cereal (or any other whole grain cereal)
1 cut up apple
6oz. Greek yogurt (I do plain, but you could do vanilla)
cinnamon/nutmeg
with apples/Fiber One/ and plain yogurt = 215 calories! That makes me happy :-)
Mix it all up and enjoy! I was thinking just this morning that instead of apples and cinnamon, sliced bananas and a sprinkle of coconut would be delicious.
Ever since you posted about mixing dry oats with Greek yogurt, I've been having it daily. The blueberries are especially good right now, so I'm going with the oats, blueberries, almonds and a touch of honey. So glad you mentioned it!
ReplyDeleteI made this for Darin and I today. I also added some wheat germ, toasted almonds (we thought walnuts would also be delish), and some dried cranberries. We loved it! Thanks for the great recipe and idea!
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