LOW-CARB, SUGAR-FREE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
I love peanut butter, both creamy and chunky (what a monster!!). I also love carbs, but eating all the carbs I want isn’t exactly helpful when trying to cut body fat. In my never-ending and totally unrealistic quest to eat everything without any consequences, I stumbled upon this awesome low-carb, sugar-free peanut butter cookie recipe. It’s […]
WE ALL SCREAM FOR LOW FAT, LOW CARB, HIGH PROTEIN ICE CREAM!
So it’s summer… okay, it’s sort of summer, and that means it’s time for ice cream. I LOVE ice cream and froyo, but it can be hard to work into your diet sometimes. I refuse to be that person obsessively walking back and forth to the scale at the froyo place measuring every little thing […]
WHY YOU’RE WRONG ABOUT FLEXIBLE DIETING
Flexible dieting, or If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM), is the ‘dieting’ concept that, as long as you are hitting your calorie/protein/fat/carbohydrate numbers, working in a handful of chips or a couple Thin Mints isn’t going to affect your success… in fact, it will help you be more successful. A lot of people have a […]
SWEETLY SUGAR FREE
Artificial sweeteners are routinely demonized for being made in a lab. Oooo, scary! As hard as it is to shake one’s personal bias and perhaps even admit we might be wrong, the fact is that artificial sweeteners are not bad for you and can be a helpful tool when making a lifestyle change. When I […]
LOW FAT MEATLOAF
Meatloaf. For me, a comfort food that stirs up memories of childhood. Up until last month, I hadn’t had meatloaf in well over a decade. Being comprised of ground beef and / or pork, it’s not typically something one considers to be very diet friendly. Well, I’ve got a recipe for you! I have adapted […]
3 FAST, MACRO-FRIENDLY MEALS
One of the biggest factors in long-term diet success and meeting your macros is cooking your own food. Most of us are too busy between work and family to spend a lot of time cooking and it’s so easy to just grab some take-out. Don’t fall into that trap! You can make macro-friendly meals without […]
SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS WORKOUT
Halloween is here, the holidays are calling, travel, family, lots of eating, drinking, and 6-15lbs of extra body fat. Fun times with family and friends do not have to ruin your diet or cause you to gain the dreaded holiday pounds that everyone seems to be working off from January to March before they lose […]
RECIPE: PUMPKIN PIE OATMEAL
Fall is here and the holidays are just around the corner. What better time to warm up with delicious pumpkin pie oatmeal? With oats and pumpkin puree, this recipe is satisfying and packed with almost 7 grams of fiber! This oatmeal is easy to mix in single serving containers and can stay in the fridge, […]
