Food swap Ideas!!
hh353
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I started swapping my nightly bowl of cheetos for Special k protein- I just put a serving in a bowl ( small bowl so it looks fuller) and munch on that while I watch TV at night. Also I won't bring any half gallons of ice cream in the house. Only single serve - skinny cow ice cream cones, ice cream sandwiches 150 cal max.
This has helped me alot!! My husband did look at me weird the first time I got a bowl of cereal to snack on - but who cares!
What other ideas or swaps do you guys do??
I have in the past used peanut butter powder too!
This has helped me alot!! My husband did look at me weird the first time I got a bowl of cereal to snack on - but who cares!
What other ideas or swaps do you guys do??
I have in the past used peanut butter powder too!
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Recently I've really gotten into "dessert" smoothies. I made a "carrot cake" smoothie the other day:
1 carrot, 1 banana, 1tbsp maple syrup, 1 cup almond milk, 1/2 cup greek yogurt and some ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon.
It was really good! Obviously the texture is all different, but the flavor was surprisingly similar?
Sometimes I whip peanut butter with a bit of milk to make it go further with fewer calories (and it spreads easier too!).
Frozen grapes make a great popsical replacement.
Also, single serving mug cakes (finally successfully made one with coconut flour last night, and it was amazing). You just have to be careful to choose a recipe in the 200~300 calorie range (bonus points for healthy ingredient swaps too) as opposed to the ones that sometimes max out at 700~800cal for a single cake...0 -
When I get back from class and Im so hungry I could eat my whole fridge, I usually just make myself an omelette with 3 egg whites and 1-2 whole eggs. I put a little bit of tomatoes, paprika, and cayenne pepper. It keeps me full until dinner and is really good for meeting my protein goal.0
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Omg! That smoothie carrot cake I'm definitely going to try!! I just got one of those bullet mixer things - I put some vanilla Greek yogurt in the freezer last night ...I was going to put frozen yogurt, a cup of keurig Starbucks cinnamon coffee and vanilla protein powder in bullet - hoping for all in one breakfast! However!! I was running late! And had no breakfast! Hopefully I get a frozen coffee/ protein drink tomorrow
Last night after working out - I did almond milk, protein powder and 6 frozen peach quarters ( small pieces) I was shocked those few peaches froze the whole cup! It was like a milkshake! I really like the personal mixer thing!! Way better than using my huge blender!! Genius!0 -
You should try a beltsander brownie - they're amazing! similar to the mug cake mentioned above!
I Just put 1 scoop of protein powder, 1 tbsp cacao/cocoa powder, cinnamon & baking powder in a mug. Add a small bit of water until it makes a paste & microwave for 30-60 seconds depending! Top then with greek yoghurt, fruit, nut butter etc... they usually give me a chocolate kick without having to go for a bar!
Also about 150g greek yoghurt mixed with protein powder is another lifesaver, again add toppings of your choice which will bump up the calorie/macro content depending on what you choose! You can freeze it too if you wanted Froyo!0
