Healthy Dinner for One

What do you eat when the rest of the family is eating dinner that doesn't support your weight loss goals?

My go to meal is a nice chef salad!

Just make sure to not load up on unhealthy toppings!

My salad includes lettuce, tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, carrots, 1/2 avocado, turkey, chicken, sprinkle of cheese, and olives!  Usually I would have either spinach or kale mixed in with it but I didn't have any.  

I also top my salad with salsa rather than creamy, calorie loaded dressings!  I love Newmans Peach salsa!  25 calories in 2 tblsp! 

Don't let the families dinner stand in the way of your goals!

I want my Brazilian Butt!  So I'm making smart eating choices and doing the Brazil Butt Lift workout!

Want to join me?  www.teambeachbody.com/amyfreemon 

Cookie Dough Yogurt!

Snacks can be a win or lose when it comes to your weight loss goals.

If you find some healthy snack choices you will win because you will continue to snack healthy!

One of my favorites is cookie dough yogurt.

1 container Greek vanilla yogurt

1 tblsp semi sweet choc chips (I want to try dark choc to be even healthier with this)

Stir till blended

This snack is 210 calories and so yummy!

Brownie Batter Shakeology

So you saw my recipe for cookie dough Shakeology the other day!  It was awesome!  Well now I've got another one that is even better!

Brownie Batter!

1 scoop of choc Shakeology

1 tblsp cookie butter (Trader Joe's is awesome)

8-10 oz water

Ice

Blend till well mixed.  I use a vitamix and it comes out like a milkshake!

You can find out more about Shakeology here www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon 

I personally love it!  I used it with healthy eating and Turbo Jam bad Brazil Butt Lift to lose 55 pounds of baby weight!

You can find out about Brazil Butt Lift or Turbo Jam here we.teambeachbody.com/amyfreemon 

Brazil Butt Lift Starting Tomorrow!

So I finished P90X3!  I've got muscles and strength I didn't know I was capable of!  

So what's up next for me?  I want to slim down my lower half so I'm going with 4 weeks of Brazil Butt Lift!

  I did a round late summer and had great results! I went from a size 10 to a loose size 6 and some 4's!  I can't wait to see what this round brings!

I'm doing things a little different this round.  I'm combining the meal plan of the 21 Day Fix with the workouts of Brazil Butt Lift!  I'm excited to see how all these containers work!

You can find out about any of these programs at www.teambeachbody.com/amyfreemon

Peaches N Cream Shakeology

Every week (sometimes several new recipes a week) I try new Shakeology creations!  Today I made a peaches n cream version.

1 scoop vanilla Shakeology

8 oz water

1 cup frozen peaches

So good and yummy!  Learn about Shakeology at www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon 

I'm also getting so excited about my workouts.  I'm on my last week of P90X3.  I've been doing it for the last three months!  Loving the muscles I'm feeling!  Want to try P90X3?  www.teambeachbody.com/amyfreemon 

I plan on starting another round of Brazil Butt Lift on Monday.  With shorts weather right around the corner I'm ready to work on the lower half some more.  My first round rocked, so I can't wait to see what round two will bring!  These pics are from my first round.  Do you want to get a Brazil Butt too?  www.teambeachbody.com/amyfreemon 

I also plan on adding the 21 Day Fix eating plan with the Brazil Butt Lift program.  I've been wanting the  program since before it was released and now that it's finally coming off back order I will get it some time next week.  Want to try the 21 Day Fix for yourself?  www.teambeachbody.com/amyfreemon 

Thin Mint Shakeology

Yes it's that time of year.  Cookies are on sale when you come out of nearly every store.  I never understood why they choose this time of year to sell them.  Nearly every one I know is in "get ready for summer" mode!  

My favorite is the thin mints.  But I'm getting ready for summer too, so I passed on the thin mints.

Until.......I made one "Shakeology" style!  

1 scoop choc Shakeology

8oz water

1 tsp mint extract

Ice

Blended in my vitamix and man it turned out like a slushy milkshake!  Loved it!

You can find out more about Shakeology here www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon 

Cookie Dough Shakeology! Yes Please!

One of my favorite milkshakes has to be cookie dough.  But oh how my hips and thighs don't!  

But I have found my solution....Cookie dough Shakeology!  Woohoo!

I scoop vanilla Shakeology

1tbslp cookie butter (Trader Joes rocks)

2oz almond milk

8oz water

Ice

I made this in my Vitamix and it came out slushy like a milk shake and was perfect!  So much so, that I changed my Shakeology order from straight strawberry to the triple flavor pack.  The thin mint choc Shakeology I made the day before helped in this decision too!  I'll post that recipe tomorrow! 

I'm seriously in love with this shake!  Humm may even be breakfast tomorrow morning!  

Now to figure out my next favorite milkshake....birthday cake

Find out more about Shakeology here www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon 

Happy St Patty's Day

Oh shamrock shake at McDonalds you have been calling my name.  I resisted!  Today I made my own shamrock Shakeology shake!  I need to order some greenberry to have on hand to make this whenever I want.  So yummy!

1 scoop greenberry Shakeology

2 tblsp PB2

1 tblsp SF cheesecake pudding mix 

Splash of mint extract to taste

8oz or more water

Ice

210 calories at most!

You can find out more about Shakeology at www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon

Oh Vitamix I Love You

So I got my vitamix yesterday and I'm in love!  My parents have had one for years and I've begged for one of my own.  I got my anniversary present early and got one.  

Up first.....tomato soup from the vitamix recipe book that came with it.  

1 large tomato quartered

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 shredded cheddar

1 cup chicken or vegetable broth (I used chicken)

Put in vitamix in order listed and start on low and then switch to high till steaming, 6-7 minutes.

It was a little strong on the onion flavor, so next time I will got lighter on the onions.

Then this morning I made a smoothie with my Shakeology.

Blood Orange, Mango, strawberry Shakeology.

1 pack strawberry Shakeology, 8oz water, 2oz mango juice and 1 blood orange (mine was frozen)

I blended on low for maybe 30-45 seconds.  Soooooo good!

Not sure what I am making tomorrow.  I'm still trying to decide.

You can find out more about Shakeology at www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon 

Oh Yummy Reese's Cheesecake Shakeology and Healthy Egg Salad

Today was another yummy day.

Breakfast was a Reese's Cheesecake Shakeology.  1 scoop choc Shakeology, 1/8 cup PB2, 2 tblsp SF cheesecake pudding mix (just the powder) and 8oz water.  I made this at work just in my shaker cup and I didn't get a picture.  :(

Snack was a Greek yogurt with berries. 

Lunch was an egg salad wrap made with one hard boiled egg, 1/2 cup LF cottage cheese, lil bit of pickle relish and a whole wheat wrap.  I also put sliced tomatoes on the wrap.  I had a side of celery with peach/mango salsa and some strawberries and blackberries.

Snack 1/4 cup cinnamon almonds and grapes.

Dinner was 1 cup whole wheat noodles with butternut squash spaghetti sauce.  I had a side of green beans and a salad with ginger dressing.  I forgot to get a picture of this one too.  Boo on me!

Check out Shakeology at www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon 

Yummiest Day

I had a wonderful day of eating.  Need to eat this good every day!  

Breakfast was a blueberry waffle with cookie butter and an egg white muffin with a little bit of cheese, kale and turkey sausage.

Lunch was a strawberry cheesecake Shakeology!  One strawberry Shakeology packet, 2 tblsp of sugar free cheesecake pudding mix (just the powder), 2 oz almond milk and 6 oz of water.  Throw in a blender with a few frozen strawberries and yummy!

Dinner was breakfast for dinner at our house.  While the rest of the family enjoyed pancakes I had eggs and avocado.  I didn't want that heavy of carbs on my tummy at night.  I had an egg white omelet with Swiss cheese and spinach topped with salsa, and a whole egg baked in the whole of half an avocado. It was so good.  Eggs and avocados are my new favorite combinations.

My snacks today were a half a cup of LF cottage cheese with a half cup of pineapple and 1/4 cup of cinnamon almonds and choc covered almonds mixed together!

I did my P90X3 workout and drank lots of water!  Great day living the healthy lifestyle!

You can learn more about Shakeology at www.myshakeology.com/amyfreemon and more about P90X3 at www.teambeachbody.com/amyfreemon 

Coffee Addiction

So I use to have a Dt Soda addiction.  I swapped it out for tea barely sweetened with raw sugar.  Now all of the sudden I have a coffee, heavy on the creamer addiction.  I'm at 4-5 cups a day.  I've got to overcome this.  Tomorrow I'm trying to swap some of those cups with hot tea.  I've got pumpkin tea and apple cinnamon tea in the coffee cabinet.  Let's see how I do.  

New Month New Goals

With Spring Break right around the corner I started looking at bathing suits over the weekend.  Can't believe it will be that time so soon.  I'm making some extra changes to get me swim suit ready.  I'm trying not to drink so much coffee or should I say creamer, lol.  I want to increase my water intake.  I may add some extra cardio workouts and I want to have less cheat meals.  I notice the closer I get to my goal weight the more likely I am to cheat.  These kind of things are holding me back from hitting my goal weight.  And actually letting a few pounds creep back on.  Not what I want to happen.  So new month new goals is my motto for now!

I did very well today.  Made my coffee different.  I got some agave sugar syrup this weekend.  So I used a little less than a tablespoon and some almond milk in my coffee and it was just as good as the high calorie creamers out there.  Score for me!  My water intake was still too low so I will work harder on that one tomorrow.  I got a good P90X3 workout in and some playing in the snow.  My meals were awesome, esp my lunch and dinner.

Breakfast:  1 blueberry waffle from Trader Joes with cookie butter (also from TJ) and 1/2 cup pink grapefruit

Snack:  fiber bar

Lunch:  Strawberry Shakeology with 4 oz almond milk, 6 oz water, 1/2 squeeze pack of peach, mango, carrot blend (you know those fruit pouches for little kids, my lil girl didn't like it), less than 1/2 banana and a tiny bit of PB.  I also had 3 strawberries and a couple of almonds.

Snack:  light cheese stick and some pistachios

Dinner:  Parmesan tomatoes and a salad with a hard boiled egg, avocado, kale, spinach, ice berg, tomatoes, olives and salsa as a dressing.  That will save lots of calories.  Dressings are so full of fat and calories.  I use a peach mango salsa and it's perfect.  I could eat it everyday!  The Parmesan tomatoes were super easy too.  I sliced a big tomato and sprinkled some Parmesan cheese ontop and baked at 350 for around 12 minutes.  

Snack:  frozen strawberry/banana greek yogurt cupcake

Except for the water intake I was proud of my day!