SO he's been having major carb cravings. And thus, I came up with a recipe to allow him to eat something muffin-like!
First you assemble your ingredients.
1/2 cup (56 grams) almond meal/flour
2 servings sweetener (ie 2 packets of Splenda)
1 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ounce (28 grams) butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
Olive Oil Spray
Muffin tin
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In one medium bowl, combine the dry (first 4) ingredients; in a small bowl, combine the wet (or damp? butter isn't really WET) ingredients (the middle 3). I probably don't have to say this but use the Olive Oil spray to grease up the muffin tin =)
Once the egg is thoroughly beaten into the other ...damp? ingredients, fold the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well for about 2 minutes. If it's not the texture of cake mix (aka if it's a little too dry) add a little water.
It was well worth the wait though....
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| For the batch, which yields 6 muffins: 43g fat / 18g protein / 4g net carbs |
SO I finally got up to doing skullcrushers with 50lbs (yaaay!) two weeks ago. At first I was thrilled, and then, inexplicably, I panicked. I am pretty sure I feel about skullcrushers the same way many many people feel about squats. For the duration of every set of skull crushers I did at 50lbs this week AND the week before I could not stop thinking, "Please God let my triceps NOT fail when I've only got this thing an inch off my forehead." And then I'd slip into thinking about how I'd get out from being "stuck" in that position.
Clearly, this type of (Negative Nancy) thinking interfered with my performance big time.
I mean I know it's a ridiculous fear. Anything could go wrong on any exercise -- even a bicep curl, for crying out loud. But what do you guys do to get over your (silly) exercise-related fears? What exercise are YOU afraid of?
Mmm those muffins sound great!
ReplyDeleteYeah, a lot of epileptics actually do really good on a keto diet. It stinks that they don't choose it though :(
I used to be terrified of bench, but not anymore. I usually do it without a spotter now! And squats too but guess what.. I'm over that fear now!!
It's funny that you're afraid of them now that you're at 50#; I *used* to be afraid of skull crushers until I did them at 50. Now I kind of figure I'm strong enough to get out of it if I need to.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to know more about your hubby's keto experience, too. (go look at my reply to your reply on my post the other day... I am still considering keto myself if my current plan ends up needing major tweaks) These muffins, though, sound great, and I have a TON of almond flour to use up, so I may be making them for my BF soon.
Ha, when I first met my husband, although he wasn't really bodybuilding anymore, he still ate like one so I totally understand trying to make muffin-like, or treat like ... and it can be a challenge!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you succeeded! ;)
such a great wife you are! these look awesome and perfect for him!
ReplyDeletehaha Kristen I just wrote you a BOOK...didn't realize how long it was til I hit "submit!" lol!
ReplyDeletehehe thanks Carrie! :-) I certainly tell him so ;-)
I loveeee the look of those muffins! deelish.
ReplyDeleteI was semi-afraid of squats before trying BodyPump over a year ago. They're a little scary-looking, and I'm always picturing my quad muscle just tearing in half and rolling up my leg. GAH!
Wow, I had no idea about the positive correlation between epilepsy and keto. Interesting. I don't know how well I would handle keto, though. I love my oats too much. =P
ReplyDeleteyum! Buttery goodness!
ReplyDeletei love almond meal for this reason! No carbs but tastes like carbs!
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skull crushers at 50lbs? WOW!
Oh, man, I went on a keto diet last year for shits and giggles. My sweat smelled SO SO BAD. Other than that, and my husband going NUTS over eating the same thing every day, it was fine.
ReplyDeleteAlyssa- YOUCH that would hurt!! Luckily I sorta jumped headfirst into squats..BEFORE I had time to think about the stuff that could go wrong! lol!
ReplyDeleteOh God Rose. He's not even fully in ketosis yet but his bodily fluids are starting to smell :-X My sweat never smelled bad when I did keto, I hope his doesn't!!!!!!
I have the same fear of skullcrushers! And am only doing 25lbs! Squats I don't have a problem with.... yet. Thanks for planting the seed. (just kidding!!!! :) )
ReplyDeleteThose muffins look great!
I hate the cutting up phase! I had people drive me around in my last week before contest! YIKES!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your skull crushers! Yes, I have hit myself too many times over the years BUT for me, I just want to try so that keeps me going. I am safe though since I do work out alone & not many people around I don't take crazy risks but I try. If I want to try something a bit more, I get a spotter... although at my age now, I am just pushing myself in a different way than when I was younger.
So, i just sent that note to you about not being able to post BUT I wanted to try thru FireFox - that is what my hubby said to try. So it works thru FireFox but not IE & I prefer IE so... I will see if he can fix it over the weekend but for now will comment to you thru FireFox.
ReplyDeleteDamn IE!!! ;-)
aw how sweet of you to make him those!! keep us updated on how the diet goes for him :)
ReplyDeleteand holy cow 50lbs skullcrushers! whenever i hit failure with those i just slowly let the bar down to my chest and sit up slowly. haha, i'm sure i look ridiculous laying there with a bar on my chest ;)
Thanks for the "Book!" That was exactly the kind of info I was looking to hear about keto!
ReplyDeleteI love stuff made with almond meal -- it's a great alternative ingredient :)
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, I've totally had the fear training. Like April, I mainly get it with benching. Though I also had it bad with squats, until I ended up on the safety bars one time. After that it wasn't so bad anymore!
I think the best thing to do is to think through what you'll do if you do get stuck. I have that when I'm doing 5x5 on the leg press on my own, so that I don't panic! I also think over time, you get more used to how an exercise feels though, and when you are genuinely close to failure. If I'm training on my own, I always stop 1 or 2 reps short of that with things that failure is awkward (or embarrassing!) for. I have to admit, barbell to the head would fall into the latter for me!
Oh, and good work on that weight!
hmm...to tell you the truth i never got over my fear of the leg press. last time i did it i hurt my lower back and couldn't run for a year. (i found i had fractures in that area that just got worse.) that diet sounds intense, no wonder the hubs was craving carbs!
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