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Marinate in tequila, some fresh lime juice, and minced garlic and cilantro for like an hour. Lightly season with salt and pepper, grill or saute until cooked through, and top with pico de gallo (tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, lime juice, and jalapeno) or mango salsa (cucumber, jalapeno, mangoes, cilantro, red onion). I…

I am a huge fan of Lara Bars, as most of them are gluten and dairy free (although if you are entirely dairy free, stay away from the ones with chocolate in them, since they have dairy traces in the chocolate chips). They range between 190-250 calories per bar and don't have any processed junk in them, just dried fruits,…

Lara bars, either store-bought or homemade. They don't have added sugar (just whatever naturally occurs in the dried fruit), and most don't have added salt. They have a ton of nuts in them and are good for about a 190-250 calorie snack. They can be a bit pricey, so try searching for homemade Lara bar recipes online; there…

Sorry, just saw this! I believe that the buffalo chicken recipe is listed in the food database, then I added a tablespoon of light Hellman's and some iceberg to my data....can't remember what it came out to, but it was a good low-cal meal :)

My new favorite salad is baby spinach with pico de gallo, chopped avocado, and some reheated black bean pulled chicken (chicken, black beans, and salsa cooked in the crock pot). I put it all in a big covered bowl and toss it to mix through, so everything gets coated with a little bit of salsa, some pico, some ripe avocado,…

I did buffalo chicken lettuce wraps last night, and they were pretty awesome. I used the skinnytaste crock pot buffalo chicken recipe (3lbs chicken breast, 1 bottle Frank's buffalo sauce, and a packet of ranch seasonings in a crock pot for 8 hours, then shred), added a little ranch mayo, and rolled them in leaves of…

I am completely intolerant to all cow's milk dairy (not just lactose intolerance, so no Lactaid for me), so I started replacing regular milk with unsweetened almond milk. When I make smoothies or eat cereal, I use the unsweetened vanilla almond milk, which is pretty awesome on apple cinnamon cheerios!

Lol! This is definitely thinking outside the box (and I would assume FAR from boring!). I have heard that this is a fantastic workout!!!!

Hiya! I have tried doing strength training both with and without music, with friends, by myself, and with a trainer, even; just doesn't seem to be my thing. I am starting to think that, how some people prefer their cardio to be running, others prefer elliptical, others hiking, etc, I just haven't found my preferred…

THIS! All of this is definitely my speed....thanks!!!! :flowerforyou:

hmmmm.....perhaps I will have to give this a try, as well. My problem tends to be that, regardless of how much I am lifting, I really find myself just not wanting to be there at all; I currently actually only do about thirty minutes of lifting at a time, and I spend almost every minute of it wanting to be somewhere else. I…

[/quote] I gotta be blunt on this one. I take it from your post that you are basically saying you want to gain muscle but you don't want to strength train and that the other forms of training you have tried do not accomplish what you want (to build muscle mass). That is a bit like saying I want to run a marathon but I…

Thanks all! Some really great suggestions on here; I was looking for alternatives to lifting weights that would help me focus my workouts more than simple cardio, and you guys provided a TON of variety for me to work through! Much appreciated and glad to see what everyone else is up to! :tongue:

I have a dairy allergy, so I have to think outside the box a bit more for smoothie recipes, but I drink a smoothie for breakfast every day. Since it is an entire meal, I aim for it to have about 300-400 calories, but you could take that down with a few adjustments. My breakfast smoothie is made with one container of…

Massive pot of chili = many, many meals! Maybe a pot of 3-bean turkey chili? Filling and low cal, uses canned beans and some spices, and feeds a LOT of people....reheats well, too! This is my typical cheap go-to, because I almost always have canned beans in my cupboard, since I stock up whenever they are on sale, as well…

Not sure about the calories for this, but you can always do a "3,2,1 cake." Combine one boxed cake mix, flavor of choice, with one boxed angel food cake mix. Store in gallon zip-lock baggie. When you want cake, combine three tablespoons mix with two tablespoons water and microwave for three minutes. Instant cake, without…

This time around, yes....a few years ago, I lost sixty pounds in like four or five months, mainly because I was pretty much starving myself and working the cardio like a nutcase. Obviously, that isn't sustainable, and I realized how unhealthy it was, so I hit the brakes (way too hard!). I gained back all of the weight,…

On Sunday night, I cook an extra, full-sized meal and my husband and I both take it to work all week for lunch (I make this meal in addition to whatever dinner was on Sunday, so that we have two sets of leftovers and don't end up sick of whatever we are eating...so that second one is usually something crock pot-able…

I make an Asian "hot pot" style soup that needed some more non-broth content (it's basically pork loin, mushrooms, spices, broth, green onions, and wilted spinach), so I started using shirataki noodles in it, and they work well in this context. Like other users have said, though, they REEK, so you definitely will need to…

Baked sweet potatoes with black beans: Scrub 4 sweet potatoes and poke with a fork all over. Microwave on a plate for like 15 minutes or until it is soft and cooked through. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, use 2 tablespoons of olive oil to saute half a chopped onion, 2-3 cloves minced garlic, and a green pepper. Add a can of…

Check out the blog www.chocolatecoveredkatie.com. She is a vegan blogger whose goal is to make things that are just tasty, not "tasty, for a vegan dish." She includes nutritional information for all recipes and seems to have some really awesome additions, like black bean and sweet potato chili, chocolate chip blondie…

Black bean and sweet potato chili. Super yummy, lots of fiber, and can be served either in a bowl just as chili or over oven fries, hot dogs, chopped veggies, or in a tortilla bowl.

When I was in college, I was a vegetarian and all I ever ended up eating was pasta with red sauce or rice with stir fried veggies (both meals LOADED with salt!!!). The school didn't provide any other vegetarian entree options and the salad bar sucked (limp veggies, FROZEN lettuce, no variety, fatty/dairy/cheese-based…

:flowerforyou: Thank you!!!!!! I have been looking for a good black bean soup recipe that didn't call for ham bones, turkey legs, or cream FOREVER!!!!

Baked sweet potatoes with black beans, tomatoes, and avocado....super yummy! I bake sweet potatoes in the microwave (clean them thoroughly, poke with fork all over, and microwave on a plate for about 10-15 minutes or until soft-baked). Then, in a saucepan, I saute half an onion, a couple of cloves of minced garlic, and…

Pork hot pot (ginger, garlic, mushroom broth with shiritaki noodles, shiitake mushrooms, lean pork, and green onions), steamed edamame with sea salt, and some chicken and veggie gyoza.....I second the healthy Chinese food!

You could always bring something healthy and filling with you and mainly stick to that, with an occasional bit of the "cheat" foods. I bring black bean pulled chicken to pretty much every party I go to, since it is wicked tasty and really healthy and versatile. Put 1lb frozen boneless skinless chicken breast in the crock…

I have a dairy allergy, so my breakfast smoothie is completely dairy free. It typically consists of a single serving of soy/vegan yogurt, a cup of frozen mixed berries, a whole banana, and a cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk. It ends up being about 370 calories and lasts me through mid-morning, when I have a small…

I follow the black beans recipe on the back of the Goya black beans can, then use it to top a baked sweet potato; I do the same with three bean turkey chili. YUM!

I used to work out in the morning before work, but ultimately stopped because my schedule changed. When I was still doing this, I would sleep in yoga pants, a t-shirt, and a sports bra. When my alarm went off, all I needed to do was add socks, sneakers, deodorant, and a sweatshirt. I would brush my teeth, make a cup of…