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Pumpkin Pumpkin Pumpkin!

The last few days I have been craving something pumpkin.. so, I've been searching for an easy pumpkin muffin recipe to try. Here's a yummy one I found here:

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole-grain pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsulphered molasses
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup lowfat buttermilk
• 1/4 cup raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and whole-wheat flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.

In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, molasses, oil and 1 egg until combined. Add the other egg and whisk well. Whisk in the pumpkin and vanilla. Whisk in the flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the buttermilk. Whisk just until combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan and sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles. Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of 1 of the muffins comes out clean.

Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the muffins to loosen them and unmold. Cool completely on the rack.

Yields 12 muffins

Total time: 1 hour 45 min.

ENJOY!!

oh happy day... :)

TIU's Fall Challenge

So, I've started following TIU again for their new Fall Challenge through the end of October. I did all of the bikini workouts and the 7 Day Slim Down combined with other cardio and eating right before my wedding and noticed huge changes in my body and the way I felt. They just came out with a fall update for the diet plan with awesome recipes and inspiration for healthy living! I love them and highly recommend them!

Learn more here!

Here's the workout I did today.. KILLER, but I LOVED it!

SHREDMILL WORKOUT

• 3 Minute Brisk Walk
• 3 Minutes Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint'- as fast as you can
• 60 Second Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint' ~ just as fast as you can run- this speed can vary

~ Chill for 20-30 seconds, breathe, take a couple sips of water

• 20 Pushups

• 3 Minute Brisk Walk
• 3 Minutes Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint'- as fast as you can
• 60 Second Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint' ~ just as fast as you can run- this speed can vary

~ Chill for 20-30 seconds, breathe, take a couple sips of water

• 20 Squat Jumps

• 3 Minute Brisk Walk
• 3 Minutes Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint'- as fast as you can
• 60 Second Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint' ~ just as fast as you can run- this speed can vary

~ Chill for 60-90 seconds, breathe, take a couple sips of water

• 20 Situps

• 3 Minute Brisk Walk
• 3 Minutes Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint'- as fast as you can
• 60 Second Jog
• 60 Second 'Sprint' ~ just as fast as you can run- this speed can vary

~ Chill for 60-90 seconds, breathe, take a couple sips of water

• 30 second Plank

• 5 Minute Cool-down Walk :) Shredded...

PLUS...

I added these to the end:

20 lunges

20 squat jacks

20 side crunches

20 tummy tucks

ENJOY!!!