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Tales from the Gym + Caffeinated Giveaway

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There’s one in every crowd.

You  know the one.  The dude that you keep catching staring at you in the gym.  You know it’s just a matter of time before he comes over to chat.  Monday was that day.

First, you have to picture this guy.  Mid-30s, frat boy hair cut, tattoos up on arm… fairly big guy with a little beer belly.   He sauntered up to me while I was adding weight to the seated row machine.

He opened his mouth to reveal one of the most Southern accents I’ve heard in Atlanta.

Frat Man: “I believe that’s more than you weigh.”

Me: “Not quite, but close.”

Frat Man: “I’ve been watching you.  You’re strong.”

Me: “Thank you.”

We went our separate ways, but I notice he’s still glancing over at me.  Later I was doing my calf raises and he asked if he could work in.  I obliged, but before he started, he had to add more commentary.

Frat Man: “I’m sorry I keep staring at you.  I can’t help it – you look just like Tinkerbell.”

Me: “Well… thanks!  I love Tinker.”

Frat Man: “I mean it.  Straight from the TV… how much do you weigh?”

Me: “I’m not really sure.”

Frat Man: “Well, you look good.”

Me: “Thanks.  Have a great workout.”

All of this went down in the least creepy way possible (trust me – I know creepy).  Well, aside from the fact that he said he’s been watching me.  LOL!

Slightly less funny, but still amusing.  This was on the television at the gym yesterday morning:

Daria.

I kind of wanted to stop and watch.

But I mentioned a giveaway, right?

This is one of the more exciting giveaways I’ve done, IMHO.  Reason being is that I LOVE this product.  Often I see giveaways for products that aren’t so great.  Of course, everyone has different tastes… but I do make it a point to try samples before agreeing to a giveaway.  There have been products I’ve turned down – I feel like it reflects badly on me if you are sent something that isn’t that great!

That’s not the case with this giveaway (or with the P28 Bread – I am in LOVE).

Chike contacted me about their coffee protein powder a few weeks ago.  I was hesitant – often I find coffee-flavored stuff to be too fake.  I like the real thing.  The rep assured me the caffeine content was the same as a 2 espresso shots, and it was low sugar/low sodium I knew I had to give it a shot.  Enter: a new addiction.

Who needs Starbucks when you can have a homemade protein mocha frapp with a fraction of the sugar?  If you were to order a Grande (16 oz) Mocha Frappucchino Light at Starbucks, you’d be drinking 130 calories, 28g carbs, 26g sugar, and 4g of protein.  You might as well just swallow 2 tablespoons of sugar.

With 20g of whey protein, 23 vitamins & minerals, and just 2g sugar, this powder makes for a perfect pre-workout shake.  Sunday I was feeling really sluggish after eating too many salty truffle fries on cheat day (I woke up feeling hung over!), but I downed this before meeting my trainer and had a great leg workout.

In my re-creation of the frappuccino, you’ll only have the 2g of sugar from the Chike protein powder and an additional 6-7g from half of a banana.  This is a mocha (any excuse for chocolate in the morning), but you could change up the flavors to recreate your favorite.

Check out this Pumpkin Frapp I did last fall, for example.

You guys know I can’t make a smoothie without adding spinach, so this delicious beverage has a slightly green-ish tint.  The banana added natural sweetness and lent a creamy texture to the drink.

I can never stress enough – use good cocoa!!!  Your drink will be 10x better and 1T of the good stuff won’t break the bank. 🙂

Recipe at bottom.

I’ll get off my sugar-soap box now and tell you how you can get your own Chike High Protein Coffee.

3 winners will be randomly chosen to receive 5 packets of the coffee, and a Chike Blender bottle.  You can never have enough blender bottles.

Receive up to 4 entries:

  1. Follow me on Twitter or Subscribe to the Sprint 2 the Table RSS feed or email
  2. Tweet: You could say something like: I’ve entered to win a blender bottle and sample pack from @iLikeChike with @sprint2thetable http://wp.me/p16jDn-1rZ  #giveaway
  3. Be Social: Twitter Follow Chike, Pinterest Follow Me and/or Pin Something of Mine, Instagram Follow Me
  4. Comment: What is your go-to caffeinated beverage?

Please leave a *separate comment* for each entry!

Giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST Thursday night,  August 23rd.  The winner will be announced here on Friday, August 24th!

Open to US Residents only.  If you’d like to try these bars but didn’t win, you can order your own on the Chike website.

Mocha Protein Frappuccino

  • 1 serving Chike High Protein Coffee (or 1 scoop protein powder + 1 tsp instant coffee)
  • 1 C spinach (optional)
  • 1/2 medium banana
  • 1 T cocoa powder
  • 7-8 drops liquid Stevia
  • 1/4 C unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1.8 tsp Guar Gum (optional, acts as a thickener)
  • Ice, to taste

Place all ingredients in blander and mix until smooth.

Top with your favorite add-ins – I used raw oats here – and enjoy!

***

Yesterday we lost one of the most brilliantly funny comedians to walk this earth.  RIP to Phyllis Diller.  I’ll leave you with her wisdom: “Best way to get rid of kitchen odors: Eat out.”

What is your funniest gym interaction?

Are you concerned with sugar intake? 

Comments

  1. Ugh – what a creeper! I can’t believe he openly stated he’d been watching you. I would have been furious. Plus side – I bet the anger would have made me lift a new personal best. haha

    The protein sounds great. I occasionally make coffee protein oats, so this would be great in that.

  2. I am grateful that my gym is mostly men that have no interest in me(or women in general;) I usually keep my headphones in even if there’s no music playing for that reason just in case, though. I LOVED Daria! It was my favorite cartoon as a preteen and probably would still laugh at her sarcastic attitude today!

  4. Guys always come up to me and try to correct my form at the gym. Which is good and bad, i guess. Favorite caffeinated beverage is a soy latte from Starbucks.

    BTW – I’m drinking your carrot cake batter smoothie for breakfast again!

  9. Hahahah I love Daria! I also love coffee and protein….especially pumpkin spice or mocha mint iced coffee with almond milk and vanilla stevia. Mmmmm. Best caffeinated drink. hands down. I need to try your pumpkin frappe with Chike!

    • That pumpkin frapp is SO good with the coffee powder! I’ve been rushing the fall season. 🙂

  16. I follow you on twitter! (and you do look like tinkerbell– from what I can tell from your pictures, anyway!).

  21. I really love vanilla creme stevia mixed with regular or vanilla coffee on ice mixed with vanilla protein powder. I am very concerened with sugar intake, I try not to get sugar from unnatural sources.

  22. Totally just posted my own protein-coffee concoction. Of course we’re on the same(ish) page. Whey protein, boo, otherwise sounds great! And duude, funniest gym interactions are ALWAYS the ones where (much) older men are clearly hitting on me, ask me how old I am, and then say, “Oh, I thought you were 16!” right after. Yeah, great, you thought you were hitting on a 16 year old. THAT’S not creepy. Or the time I actually insulted a cute guy who was trying to chat with me (flirting skills are a little rusty over here), reason #3,214 that I’m single.

  23. Hmmmm… I’ve never heard of this stuff but it sounds kinda awesome!! I NEED my daily cup of coffee and I love 100% dark chocolate for a mid day pick me up!

  27. My go-to caffeinated beverage is homemade iced coffee (Dunkin Donuts brand). YUM! A little almond milk, all-natural (low-fat) creamer & some stevia. Delicious!

  33. I am sure the guy thought he had lots of game and that you would so appreciate being told you don’t know how much weight to lift since you are a little girl like Tinkerbell.

    He may never get a clue, but I hope I get a win…I follow you on Twitter!

    • The funny part was he didn’t really come off as a creeper. He was like some sweaty boy talking to me. LOL!

  36. My go to caffeinated beverage is either coffee or yerba mate. I love both and would very much like to give this a try.

    I am concerned with sugar intake. Since becoming more aware of food and its contents (where they come from and what not) I have been better about listening to how foods make me feel. Less sugar equals a more happy Rachel.

    Have a good Tuesday Laura and maybe next time at the gym you could do a lifting contest with the guy and show him how strong you really are 🙂

  43. I am trying to watch my sugar intake. So important! Also, I love a good cup of coffe, esp with soy milk for a little flavor!!

  47. If I do get caffeine, I try to get the healthiest options, so I usually go with an iced coffee with nonfat milk or iced green or black tea all unsweetened! I tend to like cold beverages, haha!

  51. OMG DARIA! If netflix gets daria, it’s all over for me.

    haha. gym frat boy. I’ve gotten those stares before but nobody’s actually had the balls to come up and say it. I don’t look as hot as you and I’m definitely not as strong (shit, I haven’t officially strength trained in 3 weeks … ), but I can do quite a bit more than my weight on lower body and close to my body weight on upper body (would be closer if I could lose these last 10 lbs!). I aspire to one day be as awesome as you.

    My favorite caffeinated beverage is iced coffee cubes + protein shake. If we’re talking booze, it’s coffee + irish cream + whisky.

  56. I’ve been following you on pinterest and have been inspired by all of your smoothie recipes. Carrot cake batter is my absolute favorite to get my day going! When it comes to caffeine, I prefer to go with the simple coffee and unsweetened almond milk concoction. Simple and yummy!

  64. Darn that this is U.S. only 🙂 I would love to try the CHIKE!

    Nice that you got such lovely compliments, and hope that he leaves it at that now!

  65. Coffee is definitely my go to caffeine of choice! What a creepy gym story!! There are so many crazy gym stories out there and this is certainly one of them! I would have just about died if I were you!

  66. First of all, that smoothie looks unreal. If I could drink some kind of coffee late drink I would, but I try to switch things up 😉 That’s such a funny story (and very flattering!) about that man! We’ve gotten some interesting comments when our entire XC team is out for a run before. I think a book should be written about the things guys say to girls when they are working out! haha

  67. Not a US resident, but holy moly – funny gym encounter! I would have been a little put off and creeped out myself! Also, YUM to that smoothie…and you do look like Tinkerbell – in such a cute, fit way! Keep pushing hard, eating clean, and living well, my friend! 😀

    • My mom used to call me Tinkerbell growing up. 🙂 Thank you, my friend. Have a great weekend!!

  68. OH.EM.GEE!! It’s like this is calling me! My favorite caffeinated beverage is coffee – plain and simple. Well, not completely plain but either hot with some warmed up soy or almond milk or iced with just a splash of soy/almond milk. No sugar needed or added. 🙂

  73. People at the gym…. ugh! Sometimes I wish a rule existed where people just aren’t allowed to talk to other people. The things people say are absurd sometimes!

  75. My go-to caffeine drink is just regular drip coffee mixed with chocolate almond milk and stevia.

  77. I WANT I WANT! I’ve been so into protein powders lately. [I never thought those words would come out of my mouth…er…fingers?] Also, I love coffee. Win win. 🙂

    My go-to caffeinated beverage is flavored coffee (the beans, not syrup) w. one packet of stevia. I like tea, but at night, when it’s not caffeinated. [Obviously.]

    PS- You do kind of look like Tinkerbell.

  81. Hey lady!! How lucky are you that you were sent these to try!! Good job of catching their eye. I would love to try them, my usual go to coffee drink is Pete’s Coffee & Tea black and white or iced mocha!

  82. omg i was laughing out loud reading about your “encounter”. Your first sentence is so true…..there is always one creeper. The one at my gym is also mid-30s but has a hideous blond bowl cut. Ughhh he always tries to talk to me while I’m working out and I end up being really bitchy to him haha
    I would love to try out the high protein coffee drink! I really don’t actually drink anything caffinated but I love coffee flavored things (especially ice cream mmm)

  83. That smoothie looks amazing! Wow, your tale of the gym creepy guy totally rings a bell. There was literally a guy with a velour tracksuit, spiky hair and gold chains working at my gym for a while who would stand and watch me work out. EEKS! So glad he’s no longer there.

  84. Haha what a hilarious gym story. He’s totally digging you, Tinkerbell! 😉
    I love making protein smoothies with some coffee. Perfect for morning or afternoon pick-me-up. And way better than Starbucks, imo.

  88. My go to caffienated beverage is a nice cup of steaming hot black of red velvet coffee. takes me back to my grandmother’s red velvet cake at christmas every single morning

  104. In the summer – go to bev is iced coffee with unsweetened almond milk and stevia or plain old iced tea. Winter – hot coffee, black or flavored iced teas!

  106. Straight black coffee for me, usually. But here in America (more specifically, The Grind in Cedar City), I’ve been lured into the joy of salted caramel syrup and soy milk too 😛

  126. Considering it’s my last week of grad school ever my current caffeinated beverage is strong, black coffee…however when I’m not consumed by stress its usually green or black tea!

  127. After reading your blog for about a month now, I ordered peanut flour and almond flour…I just pinned your PB and JEGGS and I can’t wait until they come in so I can do some experimenting!

  129. Ugh that is the creepiest thing ever my friend – at least it was kind of a compliment? 😛
    And I love your coffee giveaway!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

  136. This is an awesome giveaway but I can’t eat whey so I feel left out. LOL. I do love your commentary about the guy at the gym. He sounds kind of adorable… in a creepy sort of way. And he’s right, you do look like tinkerbell! Cuteness.

  143. Okay, now for round two (clearly I really love and want this coffee haha). Ok, my go-to is, sadly either Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts… whichever happens to be closer. I must say, DD is probably my preference despite being higher in sugar and such… I go for the Coffee Coolatta, though I do get it with skim milk and leave off the whipped cream to make me feel a LITTLE healthier. At the ‘bucks, it’s a Coffee Light Frappacino, and I sprinkle on my own cinnamon and cocoa powder. Both are delicious, but I do need something a little healthier! Thanks!

    • Thanks for the pin!! I actually prefer DD to Starbucks for plain coffee. And ALWAYS with cinnamon!

  145. I was concerned with sugar intake before I found out I have 6 cavities yesterday (diabetes runs in my family)… now I’m even MORE freaked out by it… Is it possible to live a sugar-free life when you have a serious sweet tooth? That interaction with the dood sounds too funny. Glad he wasn’t a creeper! 🙂

  148. My go to caffeinated beverage is plain ole coffee with skim milk… real exciting over here! Thanks for the great post!

  157. Lol! What’s up Tink? Love….IT!

    Ugh, I’m still bummed that I didn’t win the P28 giveaway…maybe this time will be different! After I all but professed to everyone on my blog that I’ve given up coffee, I go and enter a protein coffee giveaway! Lol

    And let the entries begin…

    I follow you on Twitter…TINK! 😉 Hahahaha!

    • Awwww… I’m sorry you didn’t win. I’ll totally share some of my stash with you! <3 Tink

  160. Go to caffeinated beverage…well, BEFORE you got me totally HOOKED on the Fitmixer aminos and ACV…it was coffee, straight up! No sugar, no creamer (unless it was the weekend and I maybe kinda sorta snuck some Baileys in it…shhhh!)…just a cup of dark roasted black deliciousness!

  164. There’s always that one creepy guy at the gym, but at least he was complenting in a good way 🙂

    Subscribed to your website which i love!!

  166. My favorite go-to caffeinated beverage is diet mountain dew. Yep, I know all about fake sugars…but there is a limitless supply here living at my dad’s the past two years…basically free caffeine!

    I should probably do something a bit healthier…like this chike protein coffee!!

    Thanks for doing the giveaway! 🙂

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