Maintaining Through The Autumn Season

rheddmobile

kimothyschma wrote: »

My favorite autumn/winter hack is just adjusting the Hershey's hot chocolate recipe:
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (2 calories)
2 tablespoons HERSHEY'S Cocoa (20 calories)
2 tablespoons sugar 1 tsp honey (21 calories)
1 cup milk unsweetened cashew milk (25 calories)
Dash salt
TOTAL: 68 calories

I had one every day last winter. It's super easy to fit in and still really rich. If I have extra calories I add marshmallows or whipped cream, or a candy cane stirrer.

Sounds yummy! My autumn/winter drink is a latte made with a modest amount of 2% milk (I think 57 calories? Even less if using unsweetened almond milk) with a few drops of almond extract, shaved dark chocolate and cinnamon on the top. If your machine doesn't have a foaming attachment, you can make foamed milk in a jar in the microwave. You can add your own pumpkin spice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, or other autumn spices without adding a bunch of sugar calories. Then sweeten to your liking.

Flavored extracts are a great low calorie way to pomp up coffee and hot chocolate for the holidays. I have rum, orange, vanilla, and peppermint at various times.

rheddmobile

xbowhunter wrote: »

Fall is hunting & gathering season for me. I'll be busy picking apples, gathering mushrooms & best of all deer hunting. I'll probably drop 5lbs because I'll be too busy to eat...lol

Wish you lived near me! I don't know anyone who hunts anymore and I miss venison!

sydlovesscience

i try to think of it like any other time of the year, because of dietary intolerances it is not to hard to continue into the fall season. the only hard part is not knowing the calories/macros of anything so that is challenging.

xbowhunter

rheddmobile wrote: »

xbowhunter wrote: »

Fall is hunting & gathering season for me. I'll be busy picking apples, gathering mushrooms & best of all deer hunting. I'll probably drop 5lbs because I'll be too busy to eat...lol

Wish you lived near me! I don't know anyone who hunts anymore and I miss venison!

LOL Have not bought meat in years...

FL_Hiker

xbowhunter wrote: »

rheddmobile wrote: »

xbowhunter wrote: »

Fall is hunting & gathering season for me. I'll be busy picking apples, gathering mushrooms & best of all deer hunting. I'll probably drop 5lbs because I'll be too busy to eat...lol

Wish you lived near me! I don't know anyone who hunts anymore and I miss venison!

LOL Have not bought meat in years...

I am beyond jealous right now...

kimothyschma

rheddmobile wrote: »

Flavored extracts are a great low calorie way to pomp up coffee and hot chocolate for the holidays. I have rum, orange, vanilla, and peppermint at various times.

I was just reading about these in the "New products that caught your eye thread" and I had no idea these things existed! I've got to get some. I need the peppermint!

CarvedTones

xbowhunter wrote: »

rheddmobile wrote: »

xbowhunter wrote: »

Fall is hunting & gathering season for me. I'll be busy picking apples, gathering mushrooms & best of all deer hunting. I'll probably drop 5lbs because I'll be too busy to eat...lol

Wish you lived near me! I don't know anyone who hunts anymore and I miss venison!

LOL Have not bought meat in years...

Part of my motivation for giving up mammal meat is because of the inefficiency of farming; growing bushels of corn as feed to produce a single hamburger instead of feeding several people with crops fed to farm animals. Game doesn't have that issue. We can't feed everyone that way, but I can't fault those that provide that way. I harvest fish.