Egg Muffins – Healthy Breakfast or Snack

This is the perfect breakfast recipe to accompany the 17 Day Diet or Paleo – or any healthful eating plan. If you are on cycle one, these muffins provide cleansing vegetables and lean protein and go great with salsa.

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Ingredients:

 

16 Egg Whites
6 Eggs
1 Bell Pepper, sliced
2 cup Mushrooms, sliced
4 cups Spinach

 

1) Whisk egg whites and eggs together, 2) sauté pepper and mushrooms for three minutes, 3) add the spinach until it wilts, 4) place even amounts of vegetables in a muffin tin sprayed with cooking spray, 5) evenly spoon egg mix over the vegetables, 6) bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees, 7) after 30 minutes remove from oven and let the muffins cool for five minutes before placing them on a cooling rack, 8) EAT.

This recipe makes 24 muffins with around 45 calories each and packed with protein. I recommend [...]

Clean Eating Smoothie Time!

The perfect protein shake to start the day off right.
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Berry Green Protein Shake
1 cup Mixed Berries
2 handfulls Spinach
1 scoop vanilla ice cream protein powder
1 cup Coconut Dream Coconut Milk
8 Ice cubes

Layer all ingredients in the Blender , omitting the spinach, and blend until smooth. Add the spinach to the creamy mix and blend for 20 more seconds. Pour into a glass and enjoy. The recipe makes one HUGE smoothie under 250 calories.
This smoothie look tasty but you don’t have a blender? Try the Blendtec Blender with single serve option.

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The Clean 15

Want to save your wallet at the grocery store? Then dont worry about buying these 15 produce items organic. “The Clean 15″ is conventional produce with limited pesticides. Lets get shopping!

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17 Day Diet Complete – iPhone app update

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The physician-approved 17 Day Diet was created by Dr. Mike Moreno providing visible results in 7 days and weight loss of up to 12 pounds in the first 17 days. It’s not a fad diet, but a balanced eating plan that adjusts every 17 days so that your metabolism won’t slow down and you won’t get bored. If you’re ready to be thinner and feel better, get 17 Day Diet Complete and start today! Here is a quick list of what the app has:

recipes
food & exercise lists
weight tracker & weight loss progress graph
17 day diet guidelines
it calculates up your daily serving needs and tells you if you’re under or over
daily water tracker
meal and workout trackers
NEW! Personal diet support chat – ask anything and you will be answered personally through the app!
NEW! The ability to make [...]

Drink Up!

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Find many Pomegranate recipes in this book Pomegranates: 70 Celebratory Recipes, and for now, my favorite:
Pomegranate Mango Smoothie! Only 3 ingredients and super healthy.
1 Mango
1 Pomegranate, seeded
1 cup Almond Milk
1. Remove the seeds of the Pomegranate with your hands or this handy Pomegranate DeSeeder .
2. Add all items to a blender, blend, pour in a glass and enjoy!
NOTE: You could also squeeze the juice of the seeds into the blender, if needed. Or, just use 1/2 cup pomegranate juice instead.

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The Dirty Dozen

The 12 fruits and veggies you should be buying organic.IMG_0213With over-whelming research and publications about organic foods, it is difficult to ignore the benefits. Among other benefits, buying and eating organic reduces the amount of chemicals you place in your body and it’s better for the environment from the lack of pesticides. However, there are two main things that hinder my organic eating. 1.) Organic produce isn’t always in large supply. 2.) Lets just face it, eating organic is expensive.
Thankfully, I found the “Dirty Dozen.” The Dirty Dozen has become important in my grocery lists and has helped my wallet on weekly shopping trips. The D.D. is a list of 12 items to help you buy organic, healthy foods. It was compiled by the USDA after washing produce with the mother of all washing systems. The produce that made the list still [...]

Valentines Day Sweets

With the little self control I have, I do my best to avoid sweets. That pint of Ben and Jerry’s containing four servings and over 1000 calories is easily consumed in a night when no matter how many times I say “I’ll just have a bite.”  But in honor of Valentines Days, I have decided to make some of my favorite cookies: cake-mix cookies. But, with a little twist. Instead of the oil and eggs the recipe calls for, I will be substituting  yogurt and egg whites to cut back on fat and calories.

The traditional recipe is as follows:
1 box cake mix
1/2 c oil
2 eggs

 

 

 

 

 

Twisted Recipe:
1 box cake mix (Valentines funfetti)
1/2 cup non fat yogurt, plain or vanilla
1/2 cup egg whites

1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl until it forms a dough
2. [...]

Work Those Abs! Summers Coming Soon! At Home Ab Workout Routine.

I am a big fan of home workouts, and ones that you can get done in a short period of time, you sweat a lot, & don’t need any equipment – except a yoga mat is nice for floor exercises, I recommend the Gaiam Premium Yoga Mat . It is textured, non-slip and its free of the toxic phthalates that some of the cheaper mats will have. Good for you and for the planet. Yoga is a real good workout. Sometimes I am shocked at how sweaty I get in such a short time, but its great. Summer is going to be here before we know it. If you haven’t already, its time to start working out regularly and getting in shape for any bikini-wearing situation! ;) I know I am!
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6 Foods with Healthy Alternatives

Food cravings are time and time again a topic that comes up with weight gain. Its a big issue. I, myself, have an intense craving for peanut butter pretty much throughout the day. I find myself going to the peanut butter jar often and scooping out a little spoonful just to satisfy my craving… thats not good! At least I only purchase peanut butter without any additives like sugar or salt – just peanuts ground up, thats all! Anyway, the point is that we all have cravings and usually it tends to be for something we really shouldn’t be eating if were trying to lose weight.

I want to share with you a healthy list of alternatives to foods that we crave or just foods that we eat often. Here’s to Clean Eating.

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10 Foods That Will Help You Lose Weight

We are all looking for easy ways to lose weight and keep weight off. I know I am. I am especially interested in food and how it is so important to our health and the old saying “You are what you eat.” is definitely true in my book. I’ve comprised a list of 10 food items that can help you on your weight loss journey. Hope this list is as beneficial to you as it is for me.

 

Whole grains (oats, brown rice): Your body works hard at breaking down whole grains, burning about twice as many calories as it would with processed foods.
Apples: Helps your body by limiting the amount of fat your cells will absorb. Apples also make you feel full, eat one before a meal and you’ll eat less during the meal.
Peanuts: Apparently the curb hunger cravings, slows your blood [...]

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