Day 7: Breakfast Time...

Good Morning!!

Today is Monday.  The beginning of the work week.  Repeat after me:  YOU CAN DO THIS!  Great, with that said, let's move on to breakfast time!  This morning I enjoyed a bowl of fruit with a 1/4c of almond flour mixed in.  I know this sounds blah, but it was actually very, very delicious!  I woke up this morning craving a bowl of fresh fruit.  Also, since there was no almond milk, I used almond flour, which added create texture.  In the mix went:

1 banana, chopped

Half a pint of strawberries, chopped

Half a pint of blueberries, chopped

1/4c of almond flour

Stir all of this together and you have a bowl of fresh deliciousness!!

PS:  I hope this holds me over till lunch time :-p....We'll see....

Cinch! Lunch

This mish mash of yogurtness contains non fat greek yogurt, almonds and blueberries. The Cinch! calls this the parfait but I just mixed it all together in a bowl. Also, I used blueberries instead of raspberries. The raspberries were a little to tart this morning and I did not want to pair it with already tart yogurt! Swapping out raspberries is acceptable on this plan, so no worries there.

How was your lunch?

Dessert: Blueberry Coconut Pudding

Just because there's no time to cook a healthy dinner, doesn't mean there's no time to whip up a healthy dessert!

Tonight's dessert was pretty darn easy and tasty. I took 1/3 cup of light coconut and blended this with 1/4 cup of frozen blueberries. I poured this in a bowl and let it sit in the refrigerator for half an hour to set. Not bad for a quick and easy dessert.

Healthy, delicious and fast!

Calories: 67

Day 3: Raw Food Breakfast

I am now on day 3 of raw fooding it! So far so good. As much healthy fat and sugars from fruit that I'm taking in, I've lost a couple of pounds!

This morning I had a filling breakfast cereal bowl. I had chocolate "granola" by Go Raw with blueberries, almonds and almond milk. This was tasty and satisfied my cereal craving.

What did you have for breakfast?

The Cinch!...AGAIN!

Good Morning All,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! So, last week my dear friend and coworker, Vianny asked if I would be willing to do the five day fast forward plan of The Cinch! with her. I've already tried this in February, with success and have not gained any of the weight back, as I'm doing a good job with maintaining.

I decided to go ahead and do this but tweak it just a teensy weensy bit. One of the things that irked me the first time I did this was the amount of raspberries that needed to be eaten. I LIKE raspberries, not LOVE them and to be having so many in a day really got to me. Last time, by the end of the fifth day, I did not want to look at another raspberry! The good thing about The Cinch! is you could substitute any berry and still get the same result. So, for today, I'm subbing the raspberries for blueberries.

Now, the typical Cinch! breakfast is an egg scramble with sauteed spinach and a cup of raspberries and slivered almonds on the side. I decided to have a hard boiled egg sprinkled with onion powder with spinach on the side. I had a cup of blueberries and 10 whole almonds, which I'm thinking is about 2TB chopped or slivered. So, that was breakfast. I'm guessing The Cinch! will be much easier for me this time around because I've already adapted the ways of eating.

Question of the day: What's your favorite berry and how do you like to eat it?

My Morning Fruit Salad

Ingredients: 1c. blueberries 6 strawberries, each quartered 1 banana, sliced 1TB. chopped almond 1tsp. of honey Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a bowl and enjoy! Servings: 1 Total calories: 286 Points: 4

***Recipe of the Day: Refreshing Fruit Salad***

With summer in full swing, there’s no reason to not take advantage of all the wonderful fruits in season. Berries and stone fruits especially shine through at this time of year. Not to mention, fruits are easy to take along, antioxidant packed and full of fiber! Cool down this summer with a refreshingly cool summer fruit salad and I have the perfect recipe for one!!

Ingredients:

1c. blueberries

1 medium peach, thinly sliced

1c. strawberries, halved

1 plum, thinly sliced

1 tsp. of vanilla essences mixed with 1 tsp. of honey

2 TB. of freshly chopped mint

Add all of these ingredients in a bowl and toss. Let this sit in the fridge for half an hour before eating.

Recipe makes two servings

WW pts.: 1.5

Serve this fruit salad with a drizzle of non fat vanilla yogurt or make this into a great breakfast parfait by adding yogurt and granola or almonds!

Two hours later...

So, I'm trying to keep up with eating every few hours. I just had string cheese with 1/4c. fresh blueberries, total WW pts: 2. After my smoothie this morning, I was just a little bit hungry after 2 hours. So the snack worked out perfectly!