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Sunday, October 30, 2011

A great alternative to the standard Tiramisu- By Elissa Jewel

Tiramisu


The below recipe is intended as a treat meal which won't do nearly as much damage to your waistline as the regular version. Standard tiramisu recipes have a nutritional profile of around 366 calories, 25g of fat, a mere 3g of protein and 32g of carbs, of which around 24g are sugar. This recipe has 92 less calories, 14g less fat, a whopping 38.5g of protein and only 4.9g of carbs, only 0.7g of which is sugar.


Ingredients:

Almond sponge

2/3 cup of almond meal
1 whole egg
1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
1/3 cup of water
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup of strong black coffee

Vanilla "marscapone"

2 scoops of vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese
1/4 cup of water
Cocoa powder

Method:
Begin by making the almond sponge. In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients except coffee and pour into a rectangular tupperware container.

Microwave the mixture on high for 1 minute before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once cool, cut the sponge in half lengthways, and then into ten equally sized fingers.


Place the sponge fingers into a larger container and pour the coffee over the top. Leave to cool for about 5 minutes while you make the "marscapone."


To make the vanilla cream mixture, simply blend all ingredients (except the cocoa powder) together until thick and creamy.

Assemble the tiramisu within the same container you used to create the sponge, as this will keep your tiramisu uniform and neat.

Layer the first layer of sponge fingers on the bottom before coating with half the cream mixture. Sprinkle cocoa powder on the top before repeating the process.


Place in the fridge for approximately 2 hours or until the cream has "set."

(Serves 4)
Nutritional info:

Calories: 274
Fat: 10.9g
Protein: 38.5g
Carbs: 4.9g (4.0g net)
Fibre: 0.9g


Thursday, October 20, 2011

Lemon Meringue Protein Bar - By Elissa Jewell


Lemon Meringue Protein Bar
 Most protein bars retail for between 4 and 6 dollars and contain a multitude of ingredients that sound like inedible, "sciencese" ingredients. Some of these ingredients include sugar alcohols - a largely indigestible and manufactured form of carbohydrate. These will be listed as malitol, sorbitol or anything ending in "tol" on the nutritional info which, if eaten in large quantities, will give you pretty painful repercussions including
stomach upsets.

At first glance the overall nutritional info of some bars may be quite good - after all - low calories/carbs, high fibre and high protein foods are the staple of any fat loss diet. The problem lies in the fact that these bars are processed beyond belief and contain many ingredients that you can hardly pronounce. In my opinion, it would stand to reason that if you can't pronounce the ingredients, then it's likely that your body doesn't know how to digest them! The best way to save money, stick to your diet and still enjoy the taste and convenience of protein bars is to make them yourself. A standard protein bar has over 20 ingredients, the below recipe has five. (And it's pretty easy to pronounce "egg!")

This recipe is a little fiddly and time consuming, but it is well worth the effort! The flavour of the bar is exactly like a lemon meringue pie and provides 32g of protein for a smaller bar and 40g for a larger bar. Because of it's low carb and fat content, it's a perfect snack for anyone on a fat loss diet but would also serve well as a post-workout bar if eaten alongside a source of quick-digesting carbohydrates.

Ingredients:


 
Base:1/2 cup of rolled oats
1/2 cup of wheat bran
1/2 serving of vanilla protein powder

Lemon filling:4 egg whites - beaten until stiff
2 egg yolks
3 servings of vanilla protein powder
The rind of 1 lemon
The juice of 1/2 a lemon

Meringue topping:2 egg whites - beaten until stiff
1/2 serving of vanilla protein powder

Method:
Begin by preheating the oven to 160 degrees Celcius and making the base.
Simply add the oats and bran to a bowl and cover with about 1/2 a cup of water. Cook on high for two minutes or until oats are soft. Leave to cool before mixing in the protein powder.

Spread the filling mixture out onto the bottom of a square baking dish and ensure that the filling is even and also coats the sides. Bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until crispy and golden, and begin making the filling.

To make the filling beat the egg whites until stiff and then gradually add the protein powder, lemon juice and lemon rind. Add the whole egg and egg yolk last to create a deep yellow colour. Pour this filling into the pre-cooked base and cook for a further 5-10 minutes
or until the top of the filling has gone golden.

Make the meringue topping by slowly adding the protein powder to the egg whites to keep them as light and fluffy as possible. Once the filling has browned, spread the meringue topping over the filling and bake for a further 5 minutes or until golden.

Leave the lemon meringue to cool before cutting into 6 or 4 evenly sized bars - depending on your macronutrient and calorie needs.

Nutritional info: (For each bar, if making 4 bars)Calories: 247
Fat: 5.0g
Protein: 40.0g 
Carbs: 8.9g
Fibre: 3.4g

Nutritional info: (For each bar, if making 6 bars)Calories: 197
Fat: 4.0g
Protein: 32.0g
Carbs: 7.2g
Fibre: 2.7g

By Elissa Jewell


 

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

UPS athletes- Top placings in the recent NABBA/WFF Victoian Bodybuilding / Figure Championships

Abe Elzaibek       

A huge congratulations to our three UPS sponsored athletes that took to the Mr & Miss Victorian bodybuilding championships on Sunday 6th October. 

Jimmy Kotantonis was is crisp condition, taking out the 1st Place Mr Victoria Title, Class 4 and battled it out in the overall mens division.

Abe Elzaibek's muscle mass was freaky and that placed him a 1st Place Mr Victoria Title, Class 2 adding him to the awesome line up in the overall mens division.

The overall mens line up was of great quality, two of the best, out very own UPS sponsored athletes. It would have been tough been a judge for that line up. Clearly the two best were indeed Jimmy and Abe.

The decision was made, and Abe Elzaibek took the title of Mr Victoria Mens Overall Champion. A huge congratulations to both guys....Both very deserving of their titles. 


Our very own Georgia Holton was in a great line up of figure girls, taking the 3rd place Miss Victoria Title. Well done Georgia! Now we wait anxiously as all three continue preparations for the Australian and Elite Championships this coming Sunday 16th October. 

We wish you all the best of luck!

Jimmy Kotantonis
Georgia Holton 
www.ultimateperformance.net.au

Monday, October 3, 2011

Blog By UPS Sponsored Athlete- Layke Rossiello


Layke Rossiello


"My Journey to the IFAF World Cup"

I start playing American football in late 2004 for the Bay City Buccaneers Junior team. I was a long haired skinny 16 year old that had achieved some success in Australian rules football playing at senior level from age 14. After an injury to my ankle saw me miss all but two games of the senior season I decided I needed to find something to do during the summer. Never being a fan of cricket I jumped at the opportunity to play a contact sport during the off season of aussie rules and I was always curious about the foreign sport of American Football.
So I went down to my first ever training session with a group of my mates and fell in love with the game almost instantly. I played my first season for the Buccaneers on both offense and defense and we were lucky enough to make the junior Vicbowl only to be defeated by the far more experienced Croydon Rangers. After the game they had an awards ceremony for the most valuable players in the league and I was lucky enough to be named Gridiron Victoria’s best defensive player and was invited to try out for the Victoria Eagles State team. I was shocked firstly I didn’t know they gave out awards and secondly I didn’t know that they had a state team or national competition.
So I played for the State team over the next 12 months every opportunity I got in Adelaide, ACT and at the Down Under Bowl against Americans in Queensland. I had some success as on both sides of the ball and later found out that I had been selected in the Australian Team. I was stunned in 12 months I had given away Australian Rules Football and was now representing my country in my new found passion of American Football.

So now I will fast forward a few years to the start of the senior season 2009. I had finished playing junior football and I had suffered a few injuries to my knee, ankle, shoulder, hand and I had played over the past 5 years about 10 senior games because of these injuries. A lot had changed now, I was no longer the skinny long haired kid I was in 2004 lucky to be 80 kgs soaking wet. I was now an out of shape 101 kgs from 5 years of injuries, with only a hand full of badly played senior games and I’m at a cross roads… do I continue to play football or do I give it all away and try something new. I wasn’t effective in our team anymore, had barely played any games and was in the worst shape of my life. This is when I was given an opportunity by my junior coach and long time friend Marty Jackson. He named me defensive coach and captain of our then struggle senior defense and gave me full power to do as I liked and develop my own system. This was just the spark I needed to relight the flame and my passion for American football. We had a very successful season, our defense was ranked number 1 in the state and we made our first ever senior final. I was awarded Gridiron Victoria Senior MVP and Defensive Player of the year and I was back on top.

In 2010 I was offered a sponsorship from Ultimate Performance Supplements and I completely turned my life around. I am no longer an out of shape 101kg with more fat than muscle and through hard work, good nutritional advice and supplementation from U.P.S I am now 97kg of powerful football player, which helped me to dominate at the senior nationals in 2010. My performance at the Senior Nationals helped to earn me a position on the Australian team which travelled to Austria in 2011 to play USA, Mexico, Germany and Austria.
I had never been out of the country before and I was filled with mixed emotions. I had to be away from my beautiful fiancĂ© for the longest time in our relationship, leave my Bay City Buccaneer brothers during the 2011 season and my family’s business which was going through a massive growth stage. I felt like I was letting allot of people down to do something selfish for myself which is probably why I had the worst preparation camp possible. I got a concussion on day 1 during the first training session and then I woke up with a severe inner ear infection on day two which after consulting a doctor was going to keep me out of action until day 5. I thought that things couldn’t have gotten any worse however on the second training session of day 5 I suffered an ankle injury that sidelined me for the rest of the preparation camp. As they say things happen in threes and that was obviously my three. The only thing that kept my spirits up was the support of my fiancĂ© Rachel Shaw and knowing that back home my Buccaneers still were winning. On Sunday the 3rd of July we set off on our way to Austria and 2 days travel later on July 5th we landed in Helsinki and drove the 4 hours to Innsbruck our home for the next 10 days.  I continued to rehab my ankle and I was soon back on the training track doing light jogging and light training drills but with game 1 against USA fast approaching I was in no position to be playing football. On July 8th we suited up to play team USA the eventual winners of the tournament.
Standing on the field wearing green and gold and hearing the Australian national anthem being played was one of the proudest moments in my life and all the motivation I needed to forget about my ankle for the next 4 hours. Only 7 years earlier I was learning the game and now here I was on one of the biggest stages I will probably get to play on, representing my country and the feeling was overwhelming. I didn’t get an opportunity to play until the end of the 2nd quarter. By this stage we were losing pretty badly 27 to 0 and my coach sent me out on the field to face the world’s best.
I ran into the defensive huddle and the captain was trying to give us the play. The music and crowd are so loud I can barely hear him. This is when I realise that I am not in Australia anymore playing in front of 100 people, this is the World Championships and I am about to face the biggest test of my life. So I get the play and walk to my position in the middle of the field. I look over and see the down and distance and it is 3rd and 3 so I am expecting to see run. The Quarter back walks up and positions himself under centre and begins his cadence. “Down, colour number, colour number” he says as he signals a man go in motion to my left, “set, hut” he says and the centre snaps the ball to start the play.

The entire offensive line move to my right telling me it’s a zone run and I have seen this a thousand times before. I take my two read steps and begin to scrape towards the play. The centre then takes a step up field to block me and I realise I have to engage him then get rid of him to make the tackle. I run down hill to hit the centre knowing that I have to hit him harder than anyone I have hit before, this is the world level and he isn’t going to let a little Aussie push him around. I’m about 2 meters from him now and I’m low ready to engage him. It is at this moment that I realise he is not trying to stand up and block me he is going to cut me. A cut block is when an opponent dives at your legs to block you so you fall over him and this only works on aggressive players. So down he goes with perfect technique and it’s too late I have gone too hard, I was too aggressive and I fall over him, my first play at world level I get cut out by the centre I was shattered.
 I bounce to my feet and chase the ball carrier. I chased him 40 meters until I realise that I’m not going to catch him and he is going to score. It is then that I see out of the corner of my eye the centre that cut me running down the field celebrating, just running along fist pumping and not paying attention. I instantly think PAYBACK and charge at him. He doesn’t even see me coming until it is too late and I give him everything I have right in the side of the head. CRACK he is now airborne and he hits the ground with an almighty thud. He just lays there for a second stunned at what had just happened. He may have cut me out and the ball carrier may have scored but he has a big green and yellow mark on his helmet that will last him a life time.

I now knew what it took to play at this level. I had to be faster, smarter, stronger and more focused than I have even been before. I played sparingly for the rest of the game, against Mexico and Germany due to my ankle and our defensive system. They mainly wanted to use me for my run stopping ability so against passing teams I got limited time.  I played for most of the game against Austria and had 2 solo tackles 4 assists and 2 tackles for loss which was easily my best game. During the tournament I made 6 solo tackles, 4 assisted tackles and 2 tackles for loss which and was 5th overall in the team. I believe that if uninjured I could have done more, but for the plays that I was on I was happy with my performance.
I made a lot of friends while I was away from all over the world and even though I had many ups and downs it is one of the best experiences in my sporting career so far and I am now in training for Australia vs Canada on home soil in late February and the next World Cup in 2015 were we can hopefully achieve a better result. We lost every game while over in Austria at this campaign but we earned the respect of the IFAF and the world.
Layke