Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe

I found this on Lowcarbfriends.com several years ago and loved it. I finally made it again today.

1 stick unsalted butter
1 cup granular Splenda
2 oz cream cheese
2 scoops vanilla whey protein powder
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 ounce natural almonds (or 16 almonds)

Melt butter and whisk in Splenda. Add cream cheese and whisk until melted and well mixed. Whisk in protein powder and remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter until well blended. Pour into 8x8 pan lined with wax paper. Chill until semi soft, then cut into 16 pieces. Press 1 almond into the middle of each square and return to refrigerator until fully set.

Nutritional information for my particular ingredients, per piece:

Calories - 134.4
Carbs - 3.7 (0.8 fiber)
Protein - 5.1
Fat - 11.2

NROL - Week 18 - Saturday

Damn it, I had my stuff typed up and accidentally hit the Clear Content button instead of Save Note. Stupid Scribe Fire extension! Those buttons should not be next to each other.

No Turbo Jam today. I was exhausted and still a little sore from Wednesday. I did manage 30 minutes on the Wii Fit but nothing overly aerobic. I did a couple balance games, a really slow version of step aerobics, and some boxing. Oh, and a yoga pose, because I let my son pick out an activity for me. He likes the yoga.

7:50 AM - homemade protein shake (coffee w/ cream & Splena, egg & vanilla protein powder); way too sweet - I'll ditch the Splenda next time

9:20 AM - orange; just a piece leftover from my son's breakfast

10:20 AM - brown rice salad w/ chicken breast, coffee w/ cream & Splenda

1:20 PM - turkey, salsa & cream cheese on tortilla; I think the brown rice is giving me problems because again, all I could think about was eating after I had it

3:20 PM - carrots

6:30 PM - chicken & broccoli w/ cream cheese, tea w/ skim milk & Splenda

I couldn't decide if I wanted more dinner (later on) or ice cream. I ended up not eating anything else, as I wasn't super hungry.

Calories - 1351
Carbs - 99 (18 fiber)
Protein - 132
Fat - 47
C/P/F Ratio - 29.4/39/31.6

NROL - Week 18 - Friday

Today was HyperIA, 3x15 with 30 second rests. THIS WORKOUT SUCKED!!!!!! It was so freaking hard because it was so fast, meaning so little time between sets. Ugh. I hated it. HATED IT!!! But I really felt like I pushed myself hard, so that counts for something.

[superset w/ full rest]:
db incline press 3x15x20
Yates row 3x15x50 (I think I need to back off the weight on this one - my grip was sucky)

[superset w/ full rest]:
db shoulder press 3x15x10 (you'd think 10 pounds is weenie - no, it's not!! Not with 15 reps and only 30 seconds before you lat pull)
wide grip lat pull down
1x15x68
2x15x62

[superset w/ full rest]:
bb close grip bench press 3x15x30 (good triceps exercise!!)
high pull
1x15x20
2x15x30

Swiss ball crunch 3x15x20

6:25 AM - banana & cottage cheese

9:00 AM - chicken breast w/ onion, cheese, taco sauce on tortilla

9:30 AM - coffee w/ cream & Splenda

1:00 PM - brown rice salad w/ chicken breast

3:05 PM - turkey sandwich w/ mayo & mustard; that rice did nothing for my hunger at all

5:45 PM - pork loin w/ lettuce & Caesar vinaigrette dressing

9:00 PM - turkey w/ cream cheese & salsa on tortilla

Another hungry day!

Calories - 1803
Carbs - 139 (25 fiber)
Protein - 193
Fat - 53
C/P/F Ratio - 30.5/42.2/27.3

NROL - Week 18 - Thursday

My legs are killing me today! Damn all those exercises yesterday. I managed to get through Turbo Jam (Cardio Party Mix 2) well enough but I had to drive to Virginia this morning and every time I got out of the car, my legs and butt cursed me loudly.

7:50 AM - apple & cottage cheese

9:15 AM - granola bar (pumpkin flax); I'm glad I brought this with me - halfway to Virginia I was was starving

1:40 PM - grilled cheese sandwich w/ onion, mayo, turkey & mustard; this was so good - better than any burger I would have picked up on the way home

3:30 PM - coffee w/ cream & Splenda

6:20 PM - scrambled eggs w/ onion, green pepper, cheese & taco sauce, turkey bacon

8:25 PM - broccoli & cauliflower w/ mayo & mustard dip

Calories - 1555
Carbs - 119 (18 fiber)
Protein - 124
Fat - 69
C/P/F Ratio - 29.8/31.1/39.1

NROL - Week 18 - Wednesday

Today's workout was Hypertrophy IB, 4x10 with 60 second rests. I did not enjoy this workout as much as IA. That last pair of exercises sucks. It takes forever because there are two sides. I got really sweaty.

[superset w/ full rest]:
squat 4x10x50
Romanian deadlift w/ shrug 4x10x50

[superset w/ full rest]:
Bulgarian split-squat 4x10x10 (per leg)
step-up 4x10x10 (per leg)

reverse crunch 3x15xbw

6:25 AM - apple & cottage cheese

8:50 AM - waffles w/ peanut butter, coffee w/ cream & Splenda

12:00 PM - pasta, tuna & peas w/ Caesar vinaigrette dressing; this was really good and next time I'll throw in some chopped celery and onion for crunch

3:35 PM - cauliflower & broccoli w/ Ranch dressing & sour cream dip, tea w/ skim milk & Splenda

7:00 PM - scrambled eggs w/ cheese & taco sauce, turkey bacon, tea w/ skim milk & Splenda

I was HUNGRY today!!!

Calories - 1909
Carbs - 168 (22 fiber)
Protein - 134
Fat - 76
C/P/F Ratio - 35.6/28.3/36.1

NROL - Week 18 - Tuesday

153.5 today. That's up 5 pounds LOL Stupid interstate food! I'm not stressed about it at all.

Turbo Jam Cardio Party Mix 2 today, and I almost had the moves perfect! There were a couple times I was distracted but I'm definitely getting the hang of it! I also did Ab Jam (standing segment only) and the 3-mile WATP video (5/3035 miles "traveled" so far). I don't know if this is going to be typical - 90 minutes of cardio + 10 minutes of abs is a bit much. Maybe once in a while when I'm feeling froggy.

9:15 AM - apple & cottage cheese; I finally went shopping

12:45 PM - chicken tortilla soup (w/ salsa, sour cream, taco sauce, mozzarella cheese), coffee w/ cream & Splenda

4:30 PM - coffee w/ cream & Splenda

6:00 PM - fried chicken wings, fresh broccoli, cauliflower, carrots w/ ranch dressing

9:00 PM - almonds, mozzarella cheese

Calories - 1532
Carbs - 97 (19 fiber)
Protein- 132
Fat - 70
C/P/F Ratio - 25/34.1/40.9

NROL - Week 18 - Monday

My trip went well. There's not much to say about it. I think I behaved myself in the food department. The only day I ate badly was yesterday, on the way home. It was a lack of planning on my part, but I'm not going to feel guilty about it or even dwell on it. For Thanksgiving, I ate small portions, and discovered that chocolate makes me queasy. Sugar shock, I think. I didn't binge at all. I'm proud of myself.

I forgot to weigh in today. It's been total chaos since we got home last night, and I was trying to make sure my new workout fit in the time I had before taking my son to school.

Today's workout was Hypertrophy IA, 5x5 with 90 second rest intervals. I loved this workout. Except for the lat pulls. I never want to do another freaking lat pull again. I'd been subbing lat pulls for pull/chin ups because a) I can't do either and b) I don't have the equipment. But I'm going to get a doorway bar and start doing negative or assisted pull/chin ups. Unfortunately, lat pulls are written into this portion of NROL so I have to wait until it says pull/chin ups.

[superset w/ full rest]:
db incline press 5x5x20 (too easy, but I was out of weight plates - I set up all my equipment so I don't waste time in between sets but I think with 90 seconds, I'll be able to swap out next time)
Yates row
1x5x50
4x5x65

[superset w/ full rest]:
db shoulder press 5x5x20 (too easy)
wide grip lat pull down 5x5x72

[superset w/ full rest]:
bb close grip bench press 5x5x40 (too easy)
high pull 5x5x40

Swiss ball crunch 3x15x20

I also did a 2 mile Walk Away The Pounds segment. Since I'm pretty sedentary during the day, I figured I'd throw in a walk every day. To make things fun, I want to "walk" to my best friend's house in California, 3035 miles away. This was the first time I'd done any WATP and this particular segment was on the boring side, but I have 2 other WATP videos, including one that's kind of kickboxy. So I'm hopeful. I really like this kickboxing stuff.

6:10 AM - mozzarella cheese; I haven't shopped yet so I grabbed whatever for breakfast

10:55 AM - scrambled eggs w/ sour cream, taco sauce, American cheese on tortilla, coffee w/ cream & Splenda; I know it was a long time since eating last but I was running around like a mad woman today trying to get things done

2:50 PM - carrots, mozzarella cheese, coffee w/ cream & Splenda

7:00 PM - turkey meatballs, broccoli

Not the greatest day for calories. I was just so busy. It will be better tomorrow.

Calories - 1171
Carbs - 80 (24 fiber)
Protein - 86
Fat - 59
C/P/F Ratio - 26.7/28.8/44.6