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June 11, 2022
Tips to curb cravings:
Smoothies are great "milkshakes" to help curb the sweet tooth and feel full
Check out my chia seed recipe in the ReSET workbook. This is a great sweet treat to curb even the sweetest sweet tooth
Dark chocolate is another great save. I keep a bar in the house at all times and when I have a craving for something sweet I enjoy a few pieces of chocolate with some nuts
Fruit! Enjoy your fruit. Right now I have cherries in the house. They are so sweet and yummy. Strawberries are coming into season too.
The breakfast cookie I shared is another great option for those who love baked goods
Popcorn is on the list too! We make popcorn on the stove and season it with different spices
If you are out and about, try flavourful gum. Sometimes its more about boredom than actual hunger. I use the trident flavours like cherry and lemon. It immediately soothes my craving for sweets, takes away my need to fidget and usually the need for a treat disappears
June 12, 2022
Bean based dishes are great sources of protein, fibre, and healthy fats. In other words they are the ideal 3X food and we often overlook it.
Lentils are the most versatile, making it easy to add flavour to the dishes. I've linked one of my favourite dishes which includes a whack of spinach to make it iron rich too!
White kidney beans are packed with magnesium. Chickpeas can be turned into a lovely snack and flavoured to replace chips if chips are your guilty pleasure.
Best of all beans are very budget friendly and with the cost of food going up, now is a great time to embrace beans as a protein option.
This week cook 2 dishes using beans as the protein. Give yourself a bonus point on your tracker for every bean dish you make.
June 09, 2022
Seeds are undervalued but yet have the biggest nutritional value for their size!
2 tbsp of hemp seeds is 10g of protein!! That's incredible!!
Try this Seedy Cracker recipe. It's vegan, gluten, dairy, soya, everything free
June 01, 2022
Day 1 (almost) in the books.
had to go into the office today so needed to plan ahead to ensure my nutrition was well thought out so that I had the right foods available, and to ensure I stayed satiated so I wasn’t tempted to head to the bakery downstairs 😋
breakfast was Greek yogurt, berries and granola
lunch was a salad with kale, arugula, quinoa, chickpeas, broccoli, and some chicken
2 snacks today. Raw veggies with hummus and some mini rice cakes.
dinner is chicken thighs, potato and broccoli.
10,000 steps and a soccer game for my exercise goals today.
June 02, 2022
My biggest challenge right now is recovering from Covid and a husband who believes that the tomato sauce in spaghetti sauce or on top of pizza counts as enough veg. He's doing most of the cooking for dinners lately so I'm doing my best to ensure breakfast and lunch are packed full and then will add a salad or cut up veggies for my dinner as a "hint hint" to him about the veggies. ;)
It is VERY frustrating though because I've been working on him for YEARS!!!! Eva (my 15 year old) has learned and will plate half veggies leaving next to none for her dad. When he does cook veggies we have to steam up extra because he thinks a serving is what "he" would eat. Since I haven't been feeling well (no energy) I have just tried to be grateful for the meal he's prepared and too lazy to make anything additional. And if I'm brutally honest - it feels like a good excuse right now to just eat poorly for a little while.
Who else struggles when spouses or other members in their family that will take lead on meals? Any tips???
Photo - hubby's idea of a balanced plate. LOL
June 03, 2022
My kids fell in love with this recipe when I did my very first summer challenge back in 2014. To this day they ask for it every summer. It's the perfect refreshing, light meal on a hot day.
Watermelon Gazpacho! Best of all it takes no time to make and if you make a large batch, it simply tastes better the next day.
Fun fact ~ watermelon improves insulin sensitivity and reduces muscle soreness
June 05, 2022
See pictures for ingredients.
I mash the banana first then add everything else, mix well and bake in a 9x9 for 45 min @375
9x9 makes 9 servings.
June 07, 2022
Today was hard. Breakfast and lunch were on point but then the day got away from me.
I was in the office again today but ended up late at the office and didn’t get home until 7pm after which I had an in person meeting at the school at 7:30. There was food at the school and I crashed and burned 😓
tomorrow will be better!
June 01, 2022
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