Daily Archives: April 5, 2012

Apr 5 2012

At Least I have (Protein) Balls

So there goes that plan. I had fully intended on being able to do pushups when I got to my hotel room last night. Instead I zonked out. Zzzzz….

Yesterday instead of leaving for our 4 hour drive at 3pm we didn’t get on the road until 4:30pm. Off I went with my supervisor at the wheel.

We stopped at 7pm because we were both starving. Besides that we also hit dead stopped traffic. YIKES! So we thought it was a good time to stop and let the accident clear out while we fed our rumbling bellies.

For dinner I had a burger with tomato and mustard wrapped in a lettuce leaf with a side caesar salad. It was delicious (I think). I could have been too hungry to say for sure.

Back on the road…

Destination reached at 9:45pm. After almost a full day of work and all of those hours on the road I was exhausted. My belly was grumbling a bit. It had been awhile since my last meal. Luckily I still had some protein balls! Two of these bad boys equals one serving. I had two at around 5pm and my last two when I got to the room. Now I’m all out…and a little unhappy. Still have some protein powder and bars left.

Let me tell you how to make protein balls. They can be such a life saver in a pinch. They also make a delicious protein treat.

NO BAKE PROTEIN BALLS

Ingredients

  • 6 scoops whey protein powder (vanilla or chocolate)
  • 1 cup rolled oats (not instant)
  • 1/4 cup cranberries or nuts (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons real cocoa powder (optional) – this is best if you use vanilla whey and want to add a chocolate flavor or if you just want to intensify your chocolate flavor
  • 1 cup of peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • almond milk – as needed

Directions

  1. Mix dry ingredients – protein powder, rolled oats, and nuts or cranberries
  2. Add honey to your ingredients.
  3. Melt peanut butter in microwave for about 30 seconds to make more fluid.
  4. Add to dry ingredients and mix.
  5. You may need to add a little almond milk to make the batter a little more sticky. Only do this if it’s too dry.
  6. Form 12 bite size balls.
  7. Place in fridge overnight.
If forming 12 balls you’ll have one scoop of protein powder in every two balls. This is a great serving size for women. For men, three protein balls will be one serving.
These are best if stored in the fridge

Let me know what you think!

As for me I’m back to the manufacturing floor after my first break of the day. Rough going today:

  • Meal 1 – hotel breakfast – oatmeal mixed with my protein powder. Unfortunately the hotel didn’t have hard boiled eggs.
  • Meal 2 – after too long – isagenix protein bar
  • Meal 3 – chicken wrap in the cafeteria. This definitely and instance where it sounds better than it actually was.

I’m off!