LOW CALORIE CANDIES! :D

This article is amazing CLICK HERE . I finally found an article that says what candies are low calorie!!!

Who would have thought: FRUIT ROLL UPS & Twizzlers made the list! :D I know what to stock my pantry up with for that sweet tooth now!

Tip: Everything is bad when you over do it so abide by the serving sizes on these packages it's hard but it's important in losing weight or maintaining it!

-Samantha :D

5 healthiest cheeses:

Article here


I thought you would all enjoy this article. It's the healthiest cheeses!!! Beware the AMERICAN!

Diet Soda Vs. Regular Soda

I personally think that Diet Soda is way better than regular soda - especially if you moderate your self to having it 2 times a week. yes there are diet chemicals like Aspartame and they have been correlated with Alzheimer's disease but in moderation almost everything is ok. Plus regular soda has as many calories as some cheeseburgers so honestly it's like just adding cellulite and fat to your body! Don't do it! I am posting an article for you to decide yourself the link is below:

DIET SODA V. REGULAR ARTICLE

FYI: [this is how many calories is in REGULAR Mountain Dew] 

Have a awesome Wednesday! 

P.s. Water is the best drink for your body.

Healthy Pesto & Broccoli Chicken Pasta!

This meal is a new one I have made and my boyfriend LOVES it! This recipe is fast, easy, & healthy oh and AFFORDABLE! Just what a girl like me desires when it comes to cooking meals.

[note: not my actual picture but close to what it looks like] ;D

Ingredients:
- 1 package of Knor Pesto seasoning (or any brand you like)
- 1 cup of milk
- 3/4 cup of EVOO
- 3 cups of whole wheat or whole grain Penne
- 1 package of steam bag broccoli
- 2 chicken breast
- 3 dashes of Salt and pepper
- 2 tbl spoons of unsalted butter


Method:
1. Cook your two chicken breast with EVOO drizzled on it and salt and pepper
2. Chop up the chicken into strips once it is cooked
3. Take a deep sauce pan and mix the knor seasoning packet with the milk and EVOO and whisk until it boils and then reduce heat making the sauce get thick
4. Cook your steamed broccoli in the microwave
5. add the chicken and noodles after you drain them of course and mix really well so everything is coated
6. Last add the butter and broccoli and stir well
7. EAT THAT YUMMY MEAL! and FEEL HEALTHY TOO!



Tell me what y'all think or if you have any questions?

How to make GREEK yogurt YUMMIER!

My boyfriend the nutrition major also came up with this trick! He is awesome!

Now he uses the Oikos brand and sometimes the chobani one. 

Mix the PLAIN yogurt with

*cinnamon

&

*Honey

AND TADA 

IT TASTE DELISH! AND IS SO HEALTHY!

Low Calorie Cocktail

This article below changed my outlook when I go out to the bars or restaurants! It's pretty eye opening to know these things. I figures out that 1 oz. of an 80 proof Vodka usually contains 65 calories...WOW. Now know body usually wants to take that straight also what I found out is that TONIC has 0 calories! :D SO I have come up with a few alternative cocktails that are low on calories!


WEB md article on Cocktails and their Calories

* Vodka Tonic w/ a lime wedge

1 oz of Vodka and add Tonic and garnish with lime wedge about 70 calories! :D Taste like a Gin and Tonic except less dry

Breakfast Burrito!

Who loves burritos? Who loves breakfast!? ME!

Today I am going to give y'all a quick meal recipe discovered by my bf that I love!!! YUM I love living with a nutrition major!

*Only bad thing is the sodium- In the wheat tortilla and turkey bacon*

Breakfast Burrito

Ingredients:

1 WHEAT/MULTI-grain tortilla

3 eggs

2-3 pieces of turkey bacon

hot sauce and pepper

pinch of cheddar chz (reduced fat)

[salsa if you like it]

Method:

1. scramble your eggs and heat the tortilla in the microwave for about 10 secs
2. cook your turkey bacon
3. assemble your tortilla with the eggs and add pepper, chz, hot sauce and BACON and TA DA you are done!

ENJOY!

*This is a high calorie breakfast but it's good fats, and early in the morning so you will burn it off during the day [unless you live a sedentary lifestyle]

-Samantha

xoxo

Why French Fries are Bad and Why I Avoid Them:

FRIES: mmm...everyone loves these little devils!

BUT! 

Did you know french fries are just as bad for you as smoking? 

I love the website bodybuilding.com-- here is the link of the article I read on fries Fries.

Now: If you cannot part with these fries I have a healthy alternative of course!!!! :D 

Ingredients:

-1 large sweet potato 

-sea salt or Kosher salt 

- pepper 

-EVOO

-a peeler

- large baking sheet!

-cajun seasoning

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
2. peel your sweet potato
3. Slice the potato in medium size pieces
4. sprinkle your seasonings on it and the olive oil (do not drench in evoo) and put aluminum foil on the bottom of the pan 
5. bake for 15 mins and then flip them and for another 10 mins 

NOTE: eye ball to your taste :D

ENJJOOYYYY!!!!!!!

Going Out to Eat Tip:[how to be good]

So- we all have the problem when we are portioning to dieting to feel like we can go all out when we go out to eat well if you wanna fit into those fashionable & tight SKINNY jeans you just can't! BUT- there are delicious items you can order and secrets to make it healthier:

If you are out to eat and you want to be really good:

Try to order a salad with NO croutons and the dressing on the side and only GRILLED MEATS! doing this will help a couple of things: A. bad carbs (the croutons) B. Dressing (calories) C. Grilled meats is SO much better than fried (PROTEIN AND POWER) haha!


Fried food is the number one cause of heart disease do not get it!



There is my tip!:D ENJOY!

Healthy DELICIOUS MEAT BALLS!!! REVISED

Who loves meatballs and pasta? 

EVERYONE I HOPE!

This is a simple, affordable, and healthy meal that I make every other week. 

FACT: I am part Italian so I love the carb dishes- but I learned about complex carbs! I am eating my cake and having it too ;)

Lets get started:

Ingredients:

- 1 lb. of ground turkey meat

- 1 cup of bread crumbs (try to find wheat ones if you can with some parmesan [most whole foods or Fresh Market stores have them) If you cannot find it use what crackers and crunch them up finely with oregano and basil! BOTH are tasty!

- 1 large egg

- 2 dashes of cayenne pepper

- 1 dash of garlic salt

- 2 heavy dashes of italian seasoning

- tiny splash of skim milk
- 2 squirts of dijon mustard FOR MOISTURE

Hint: you can add chopped onion or red bell pepper for more crunch!
ADD more bread crumbs if they seem to liquid or soggy

Method: 

1. Get a big mixing bowl and add all of your ingredients and hand mix them
2. When you have it fully mixed up ball of the meat balls into a golf ball size ball 
3. set them on a aluminum foil line baking pan and put in the over on 350 degrees for 18 minutes
4. add them to a tasty sauce that's home made or a low sugar jar one!

ENJOY! 

Healthy Meatloaf with Red Sauce!

Ingredients:
For the meat:

-1 lb. of ground turkey meat
-2 dashes of garlic powder
- 1/2 cup of bread crumbs (italian or normal I choose italian)
- 1 dash of worcestershire sauce
- 1 dash of salt and pepper
- 1/2 large onion finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped finely
- 3 dashes of chill powder
- 1 egg
- italian seasonings
- dash of cayenne pepper

For the sauce:
- 1 jar of tomato sauce
- 1 tbl spoon of tomato paste
- dash of white vinegar
- 2 dashes of worcestershire sauce
-heavy squirt of yellow mustard

(add as much as you like to zesty to sweet)


Method:

1. Put ground turkey meat in a big mixing bowl 
2. Add the egg
3. add the bread crumbs
4. add the spices
5. add the worcestershire sauce
6. add the rest 

(Mix up all together with the hands and form into a bread loaf shape)

(Place in a baking pan lined with aluminum foil for easy clean up)

NEXT le Sauce

1. Pour can of tomato sauce in another bowl preferably medium sized- then add mustard, Worcestershire, vinegar, tomato paste
2. Mix vigorously and taste and add more of what you think it needs!

Bake at 350 for 25-30 mins depending on your oven

HOW IS THIS HEALTHY?

{Turkey meat is very lean and is not bad for the heart like red meats}

{The cayenne and chill powder induce weight-loss}

ENJOY!

Healthy 5 layer dip

Ingredients:
- 1/2 jar of salsa
-1 container of  LIGHT sour cream
-1 packet of taco seasoning (25% less sodium)
-1 can of VEGETARIAN refried beans
- 1 packet of reduced fat mexican flavored cheese
-1/2head of romaine lettuce (the greener the better) Ice Berg lettuce has barely any nutritious value its mostly water content *tip from the Nutrition Major BF!*
-Any size deep dish pan

Method:
1. Layer the refried beans on the bottom of the dish by smoothing it out with the back of a big spoon or a spatula spoon
2. Next mix the sour cream and taco seasoning packet together until fully mixed up and layer that on top of the refried beans
3. Then layer the salsa all over the sour cream
4. Take the whole packet of cheese and sprinkle it eveenly across the salsa
5. Last layer the lettuce all over the cheese and YOU'RE done!


{I love this recipe it's delicious, easy, fast & CHEAP!}
Oh and not unhealthy if you follow the way I bought the products




Picture:

(not my pic but close to what it'll look like! Minus the lettuce!!!)

Why I don't believe in scales...

Hello Everyone- My FIRST post!!! :D I have been wanting to start another blog really bad that focused primarily on nutrition and working out! I have another blog that is more broad called Puppies Pearls & Problems- if this blog is already boring you that one is interesting too! 

Now onto the important task {my blog topic}...

WHY I DO NOT BELIEVE IN SCALES: 

a. scales are not accurate in the aspect that if you are lifting a lot in your work out sometimes your weight will increase and it can play with your mind

b. It causes you to almost become OCD and check the scale constantly---and that's just annoying losing weight should be motivational

c. I just don't! :D 

What works for me:

• I created a diet for myself that worked for ME and I am pretty sure it could work for most of you if you alter it to benefit yourselves
• I decided to make a diet surrounded by my Skinny Jeans yep that's right my size 27 skinny jeans from Guess
• I knew I had gained weight considering I could not fit into any of my size 27 jeans nor some of my 28s I was buying size 6 shorts when I usually was a 4 and size 6 in dresses
• I started to pay attention to what foods I BINGED on and what my NUTRITION major bf was telling me
• He told me a lot of important secrets to the nutrition world that I know was out there just nobody wants to change and try it

THE GOAL: go from size 28-29 to size 27 size 4 

HOW: ELIMINATE white bread, white noodles, bread, fried foods, NON diet sodas, No salad dressings that were light or reduced fat

My blog will go more in depth with this but I thought it would be a nice place to start for y'all to how I came about this blog