Rest days make me crazy. I love routine and working hard. Heck, I get up at 5 am even on the weekends!
Today was officially a rest day. So I went to the gym….old habits die hard. I decided to do 15 minutes of 9mph sprints on the treadmill just to keep the metabolism working. After all, that darn muffin top is starting to show again after the epic 9 days off the wagon.
And the one day I decide to have a rest day, it’s a ghost town in the weights area!
The weights were calling to me, “Lift me…LIFT ME!’ Alas, it is a rest day…I am not allowed to do such things. Apparently resting is good for you, helps your muscles recover or some such nonsense!
So after taking a walk through the weights and not allowing myself to even do some chin ups or man push ups I trudged over to the cardio torture zone.
I ran like a crazy woman for 15 minutes and called it quits. The treadmill and I aren’t friends, we merely have an understanding. I will spend time with him only if he helps scare away the muffin top. The day the muffin top is no longer scared, I will find a new friend!
Since the whole day was wonky due to the resting, I came home and decided to try something crazy in the kitchen.
I pulled out all of my favorite things: high fat greek yogurt, raspberries, and chocolate. Then I wondered what I could do with them.
Then it came to me – make a dessert. And so I did. I took some yogurt and the cocoa and mixed it all together to make a fabulous mousse-like substance.

While mixing it I started to get VERY excited. Can this possibly be a treat that is Figure Competitor friendly?
Then I had another stroke of brilliance. The freezer! I put it in the freezer for about 45 minutes in my favorite mug to set. The waiting was torture!
Then I topped it off with the berries and ate it faster than I knew was womanly possible. It was RIDICULOUSLY good.
If I knew rest days would result in such glorious inventions, I would have been resting more often! I have named my invention Cocoa Chiffon.
So if you want to try this at home, here’s the recipe:
85 grams 11% fat Greek yogurt
2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
a smidgen of sweeter
62 grams of raspberries
Mix the yogurt, cocoa, and sweetener together until smooth. Put mixture into a small bowl and freeze for 45 minutes. Top with raspberries and try to eat at a reasonable rate.
Calories – 192, Fat – 10.75, Carbs – 15.5, Protein – 8.25
You rock… I’m just sayin’
Just wondering, do you mind if I let others know about your blog, even if they don’t know you? I think lots of people would benefit from reading it.
Of course! I would love to share my journey and the journey of others whenever possible! Share away. 😀
one day I hope you can eat the delicious pumpkin muffins I made.. just because they are fabulous! But way to go for making your own delicious dessert! I will try it too! 🙂 loves you!
Perhaps I should just cheat and come over and eat them with you! 🙂 I think you are even more fabulous than your muffins.
HA !! BTW your blog is like the newspaper, I read it every morning before work! 🙂
How fun is that? It’s a newspaper-loree. That just made my morning.
MMMMM, sounds delicious. Can’t wait to try it!