Love/hate relationship with brown rice

I like to eat healthy and keep out the 'white' foods like white bread and white rice. But I just cannot stand eating brown rice. I feel like I am eating cardboard and there is no flavor to it no matter how much chicken brother I put in it. I do however looove my Jasmine and Basmati rice. I found that I can have both of my favorites. Lundberg makes this Jasmine brown rice and Basmati brown rice. The bags that I bought are both organic, gluten free and GMO free. So I cooked it up one night with some homemade, salt free chicken stock and while it did have a bite to it (it was fully cooked), I could actually stand to eat a full serving. Of course, it's an acquired taste but it made me feel satisfied and I was able to get my carbs in with rice without the guilt.

New workout split

So after taking a week off, thanks to the Thanksgiving Holiday and mother nature not being very cooperative this month, I have changed my workout schedule to a more flexible and easier way to work out. It is a Push, Pull, Leg workout split. A Pull day is when you workout your back and biceps, a Push is your chest, shoulders and triceps and Leg is all in its own. It is a 3 day split and the 4 days in between it is rest day. It doesn't have to be a rest day although, it can be something active like cardio, yoga, plyometrics or just a light active day.
example.....
M: Push
T: Active rest
W: Pull
Th: Active rest
F: Legs
S: Active rest
S: Push
M: Active rest
T: Pull
W: Active rest
Th: Legs
F: Active rest
S: Push
S: Active rest

And it would just continue to cycle on. This is going to be different for me since I am so used to do each body part on a single day. But this way it'll be more effective because I won't be training a muscle that was just being used to assist in the muscle group I used that day, for example when doing bicep curls with DB my main focus is the bicep but my tricep is also in assistance to make the ROM. With this split I am also giving each muscle group a 72 hour rest period for it to be used again. I hope this helps with your next training program if you are looking to switch it up. Remember it is best to switch up your training program every 4-6 weeks or else your body will get used to it and you won't see any gains. Keep the body guessing!

The Best Almond Ice Cream ever!

Many failed attempts at making my own almond milk ice cream without the cream and the egg yolks to get the creamy texture, and in the end it just became as hard as a rock and not very enjoyable. Then I found this at my local Big Y grocery store and while the ingredients aren't all too bad, there is no dairy and is gluten free. Once I got home I tried it and WOW...I mean, I think I found something better tasting then my Ben & Jerry's Froyo raspberry with chocolate bits. Impossible right? Nope...this stuff tastes amazing and I had to stop myself from eating the whole thing. There was also chocolate and vanilla but this stuck out and I do love my candied pecans.
This definitely would be good for a flexible dieter like myself. And if I wanted some ice cream without that crazy dairy bloat, this would be ideal for me.