I figure with the holidays around the corner, Thanksgiving next week
Why don't we do something a little bit Thanksgiving-themed.
We are going to do my favorite breakfast, the pumpkin-oatmeal.
I am going to show you literally how easy this is to make.
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What's up guys?
Jeff Cavaliere AthleanX.com
A little gravely voice here, messed-up bed head.
I wanted to get out of bed and show you how simple and easy it is to follow the X-factor
meal plans.
Now one of the things that you guys have probably seen and heard a lot of are the transformations
that people have made on the Athlean-X program.
And I can tell you that one of the big reasons I call it the X-factor meal plan is the fact
that the meal plans are ridiculously simple to follow.
They actually taste good and they work, and they allow you to stick to it, because there
is no measuring, there is no calorie counting.
I am telling you there is none of that garbage.
Guys particularly don't like to stick to that kind of confinement.
They like to be able to eat what they like, but be able to have some general direction
to do it.
Now I figure with the holidays around the corner
And Thanksgiving next week.
Why don't we do something a little bit Thanksgiving-themed.
We are going to do my favorite breakfast, the Pumpkin-Oatmeal.
I'll show you literally how easy this is to make.
Slow-cooked oats, don't get the instant oatmeal or those fast-cooked ones.
They usually turn into mush when you do it.
I literally take just some kind of container I can put in the microwave.
I know some of you are going to want to crucify me for wanting to put it in the microwave.
But for me it is much easier.
If you want to put it on the stove top you can easily do that too.
I literally just take this, I pour out my oats.
No measuring I just sort of eyeball it.
Next thing, ground cinnamon I like it so you will see me squirt a lot of this in there
But cinnamon we know is great for making our metabolism a little bit faster.
Pure vanilla extract, again, I am not breaking out any little teaspoons here, or anything
like that.
I am going to take it, I am going to pour in a little drop.
Next thing, regular maple syrup, OK?
It is OK to get a little bit of sugar in the morning, as a flavoring.
We are not going to pound it in here, it is not like I am going to I-HOP.
I am just putting in a little bit of maple syrup over the top.
And then the main ingredient, canned pumpkin.
So guys, not pumpkin pie mix, in pumpkin pie mix there is a lot of sugar in it, very sweet,
not good for you.
Canned pumpkin happens to be one of the best things you can eat, lots of fiber, very lower
calories obviously, and full of vitamins.
So I take a big spoonful and drop that in, take another big spoonful and drop that in.
OK?
The chef gets to lick the spoon.
Only one more ingredient in here, I am going to get some skim milk which I am going to
grab right out of the refrigerator.
And I jump off camera.
Back and pour it in, right.
Just one more thing, I usually add just a little more water.
I have to jump over to sink, and mix it all together.
Guys, in as little as 2 minutes, I am good to go.
So now for those of you that don't like the microwave, close your eyes.
For now I turn around, pop it in here, 5 minutes on high.
I go up and take a shower, I comb this hair out a little bit.
And I come back down and I show you what we are left with.
So we are back.
I am all showered up
I am in my work clothes now as you can see.
We are just going to grab this thing out of the microwave.
Stir it up.
So it was just 5 minutes in the microwave guys.
Nothing too complex I don't think.
For me it works.
If you want to do it stove top, but really what we want to do is mix everything together.
Now we are just going to pour it in.
Save some for my dogs.
And then to sort of finish it off here, there's a few things that i do.
Sort of secret things.
You are going to grab some of these dried oats.
You know the ones that we used to make it.
Just for texture, I like the way it comes out.
Then we are going to use some walnuts.
Just going to come in here, break a few walnuts up, sprinkle them over the top.
And the last thing I want to do is a little bit of brown sugar.
When I say a little bit, I mean literally a little bit OK?.
Just break it up.
There we have it.
Let me show you what it looks like here.
There is our oatmeal.
Guys, I mean it is healthy.
It tastes really good.
And that is the point here, with the ATHLEAN-X factor meal plans.
There is no measuring, there is no calorie counting.
There is no time consuming stuff.
You are eating good food that actually tastes good.
And something you can stick with for the rest of your life.
So if you have an eating plan that makes you feel deprived all the time, you are not going
to want to stick with it.
Now guys, as I said, Thanksgiving is coming up.
It is around the corner.
I don't want to see you blow everything you have been working on hard for your ATHLEAN-X
program.
If you haven't started ATHLEAN-X yet, then you should head to AthleanX.com and grab the
90 day training program.
But now I want to make that deal even sweeter for you.
We have for a very limited time, the ATHLEAN-X Holiday Survival Guide.
It is the Ripped for the Holidays exclusive.
It comes with the exact training program I recommend for the day before, the day of,
and the day after for the holiday.
Also what you should eat and what your tricks and tactics should be on the day before, the
day of, and the day after for the holiday.
To get you through not only Thanksgiving, but all the holidays in December that you
celebrate.
So that you can stick with and look great.
So when you hit January 1, you hit the ground running and you are going to be in the best
shape of your life.
Right into 2012.
So guys if you want to grab that, head to AthleanX.com, grab the 90 day training program
and get this.
You will be happy you did.
Guys, Happy Thanksgiving.
I will see you guys again back here next week.
Enjoy your oatmeal.
I have to go to work.
I will see you guys again here next week.
See ya.