All work and no play makes Chelsea something something

It’s definitely been one of those weeks at school. For the past few days, I’ve been running experiments for 15+ hours in the lab and crawling into bed immediately upon returning home, only to roll out a few short hours later and head into the lab to start again. As a result, I’ve been falling prey to overeating and eating the wrong things; the free cookies at coffee break, several cups of trail mix over the course of a few hours while sitting in my office in an exhausted stupor. And over the past few days I’ve managed to squeeze in just one meager workout, which I’m pretty sure I sleep-walked (is that the right tense? Or is it slept-walked?) through because I can’t seem to remember a thing.



Unfortunately, this means that my Fitness Friday is more of a Fit-less Friday (also a Wit-less Friday, in case the lame puns haven’t made that clear enough already). Next week I will write up a little about my NROL program, as I am just now finishing up Stage 1. For now, here’s a recipe for my absolute favorite post-workout fuel. It has everything you could ask for: Protein! Caffeine! Carbs! Caffeine! Caffeine! Caffeine! Seriously though, it tastes just like a Frappuccino.

Mocha Protein Shake

• 5-6 Coffee ice cubes
• Recipe: pour coffee into ice cube tray, freeze.
• 1+ cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk
• I start with 1 cup, then add more to your desired consistency as it’s blending.
• But not AS it’s blending, obviously, as I imagine results could be disastrous.
• Please turn off the blender first.
• Two big spoonfuls of plain Greek yogurt
• 1 small frozen banana, cut into pieces
• ¾ scoop vanilla whey protein
• 2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1. Add everything to blender.
2. Blend.
3. Drink in fancy cold to-go cup. It just tastes better than way.