Try these weight loss friendly Oreos you can nibble before the gym

September 15, 2017 Ashley 0 Comments

By now, we all know about the perfect pre-workout ice cream.

But now you’re telling me there’s an Oreo style cookie you can enjoy before the gym too?

(Pinch me on the fat rolls I won’t be getting from these healthy treats ’cause I must be dreaming)

Well, kinda. With no added sugar, these badboys are packed with protein (26 grams, exactly) as well as fiber. But, unlike the other cookies, that fancy themselves dietary desserts (only to taste like a stack of prepackaged panels from a cardboard box), it’s plenty sweet. It’s just that the sweetness on the creamy bits’ cookie borders comes solely from the cocoa. Ya know – versus fattening refined sugar. So there’s no bummer about how delish it is. But there is a bummer factor. And that’s that these Oreo lookalikes are only sold in specific areas. Sadly, ‘murica’s not on that list.

Fear not, though, my loves.

’cause there are a plethora of DIY recipes that’re equally healthy and delectable.

Like this one I just found on proteinpow.com:

INGREDIENTS:

For the biscuits
-1 tbsp
-Coconut Flour
-1/2 cup
-Liquid Egg Whites
-1/4 cup
-Whey Protein Powder See Note 1.
-2 tbsp
-Cocoa Powder
-1 tbsp
-Cocoa Nibs
-1/8 cup
-Rolled Oats
-1 tsp
-Baking Powder

For the filling
-1/8 cup
-Casein Protein Powder (I used vanilla flavour)
-1/4 cup
-Water
-1 tsp
-Coconut Flour

INSTRUCTIONS

Blended together and baked on a cookie tray at 170 C (338 F) for about 25 minutes. When the cookies were ready (i.e. when, upon stabbing them, my knife came out clean), I let them cool, got out a freshly-sharpened knife, and sliced each cookie horizontally into three (eating the top bit because this wasn’t meant to play a role in the final Oreo scene). What this meant is that I ended up with fourteen cookie halves. I laid these on the cookie tray again and stuck them under the grill/broiler for a further five minutes (just to make them crunch up further). Then, it was all about the filling which I made by just mixing 1/8 cup of vanilla casein, 1/4 cup of water, and 1 tsp of coconut flour. That, my dears, was IT – done.

Sure, sounds like a lotta work. But, the bonus to whipping up homemade snacks is at least three fold.

First off, when you do it yourself, you know exactly what you’re making. There’s no second guessing the nutritional facts. You made it. So you know exactly what’s ending up in your innards. And, hand in hand with that is the fact that – if you don’t want something (for example, too much sugar), you can easily tweak the recipe for more or less of a given ingredient. Or if you do want something else (like plant based subs for eggs or whey), then that’s possible, too. And that, in turn, ties into the third benefit of prepping stuff yourself: the fact that you tend to avert overeating your dessert – healthy or not – when you labor over an oven to birth it into existence. Why? Well, because you spent so much time in the kitchen lovingly fashioning it into an Pinterest, Insta, and Snapchat worthy platter of deliciousness. So, you’re totally gonna slowly savor every bite after that kinda effort, allowing yourself to fill up before reaching for more.

That said, because it’s so high in protein, you could easily enjoy a bit as a boost before your workout, if you wanted, or afterward. (Or, shoot, split that badboy and do both.) After all, protein’s great not only for performance – but post workout muscle repair as well. What’s more? Because protein and fiber do a dually awesome job at filling you up, you won’t wanna be reaching for the really bad brand’ve cookies later (which would only have your blood sugar going bipolar on ya.)

So, go on and live a little, my confection loving loves.

Make this treat the crunchy cookie border to your creamy filling of gym visits.