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

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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!

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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!