Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Raisin Cookie for 1

In the mood for an oatmeal raisin cookie? Sure, you can go out and buy a store bought brand or head to a bakery. You could also make a whole batch at home. I don’t know know about you, but when there are cookies just sitting around, I want to eat them. Instead of having that temptation in my kitchen, tonight I came up with a single portion, homemade version that contains more protein than fat to satisfy my oatmeal raisin yen. Eat it warm right out of the oven.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup old fashioned oats, dry
• 2 TBSP whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup vanilla soy milk
• 1 TSP light brown sugar
• 1 packet of Stevia sweetener
• 1 mini box of raisins (14 g)
• 1/4 TSP cinnamon
• 1/4 TSP vanilla extract
• 1 TSP semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/4 TSP baking powder
• Pinch of salt

Nutrition stats: 230 calories, 4 g fat, 7 g protein, 46 g carbs

Today’s Workout

I frequently like to strength train multiple body parts, incorporating cardio into the mix to keep my heart rate up and get the most out of the workout. Today I did the following exercises to work my biceps and shoulders, doing 5 minutes of cardio in between each exercise. I did three sets of each exercise and used 15 lb dumbbells. I biked, but it doesn’t matter what type of cardio you do, as long as it gets your heart pumping! I’ve included visuals from around the web of each exercise below as well.

Exercise #2: Side lunges with bicep curls

Exercise #3 Part A: Do the shoulder presses as pictured, only you’ll be standing…

Exercise #3 Part B: ..and go from squat to knee lift, as you see here. When in squat position, bend arms as shown in Part A. Bring dumbbells up overhead as you simultaneously push off your back leg and bring it to a knee lift.

Exercise #4: Front shoulder raises

Exercise #5 Part A: Dumbbell squat to…

Exercise #5 Part B: Single arm dumbbell press