Recipes for fun and healthy food

Some of my favorite PROTEIN sources

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Protein SourcesCan’t see each thing🔍? Just enlarge it👌

I’m a strong believer that each person needs to find what works best for THEM but I get asked a lot how I fit in 100-125g protein per day (I’m only about 5’5″ & weigh probably about 125-128lbs.. I rarely ever weigh myself btw). I follow the recommended guideline for building muscle of .8g-1g of protein per pound of your ideal body weight (in other words, if you are 100 pounds overweight, don’t consume an additional 100g protein per day).

I don’t think these need a description but if you wonder how/why/when I eat them, I’m putting together “A TYPICAL DAY” document of my meals which you can download📥.

Come back to my page here bcuz I’ll have the link to that within the week.

Please let me know if this is helpful 🙏😉

Edamame Pasta

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Edamame pastaEdamame pasta has 24g protein, low sugar & no sugar added, low sodium, & only 9g net carbs… YES PLEASE!

I hope no one rains on my parade because I’m already in love with it!💓

Got it from Anderson’s (CostCo has it too!) as recommended from watching “Tiffany Cathey Fitness” on 🍐scope! She’s Tiffany Cathey on Facebook. She has to eat Gluten & Dairy free so a lot of her content is great recipes for those who are gluten & dairy-free. Check her out!👌

Rules I eat by

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I’m not the world’s best eater. If this isn’t helpful to YOU & you eat better, awesome.. Keep scrollin.

Rules I eat by

Turkey Burgers with Braggs

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Turkey burgersThis was LUNCH🍴Matt made turkey burgers, seasoned with Braggs Organic seasoning topped with tomatoes, Brussel Sprouts with garlic & evoo! Hummus & salsa for dipping!

Then I had a dark chocolate square! 🍫
I’m *estimating* roughly 400 calories (with the 50-cal dark chocolate included ) & 25g protein. I try to get in 20-30g protein at each small meal.

Taking some down time

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Green ShakeTakin in some down time (& a green power shakeO) after prepping for hours to do a training for my team👭👭👭👭

I make a lot of sacrifices to train & develop leaders to duplicate building a network of fitness &health-minded people. I never aimed or even dreamed to make multiple millions doing this..

I live very simply & therefore money is not a big motivator for me; but having enough $ to make choices that affect my family & to have purpose & balance in my life, that’s important. People & relationships are what make your life and business so enjoyable✨ And I love that many of my team members are now experiencing all of this too & living lives they never thought possible

Turkey Lettuce Wraps

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Lettuce WrapTurkey lettuce wraps w/nonfat plain Greek yogurt pretending to be sour cream (HIGH PROTEIN & doing a delicious job as a substitute)👌😋

The turkey is seasoned with some kind of taco seasoning my hubby picked up at ‪WholeFoods (not sure which kind), then he diced Green Pepper, Red Onions, Baby Bell Peppers and placed on Romaine.

Our pre-teen son even liked them but he wanted his turkey meat without the cut-up onions & peppers😏 (baby steps.. Just discussed this topic on my last 🍐-iscope 😉)

Check Your Favorite Protein Bar

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REAL QUCK.. check your favorite protein bar/energy bar for sugar grams.. how many grams are in it??

If it’s low, check the ingredients.. do they have Sucralose or other artificial sweeteners OR Sugar Alcohols like Maltitol that spike Insulin and blood sugar and therefore increase your sugar and carb cravings ??

I was talking about daily splurges on the you-know-what-app the other day and sister Chalene Johnson heckled me about my love for protein bars! It’s no secret, I *love* protein bars to a fault! Some have a weakness for ice cream, wine or candy.. mine is protein bars. Don’t judge. BUT.. i’ve learned (finally) that many of the kinds I was buying were causing me to get an upset stomach (maltitol ) and/or crave sweets and carbs throughout my day!

So someone asked on my post last night here on my wall, “what are the natural flavors of Quest Bars??” So, to my knowledge, here they are in this pic!

… and my fav flavor below is the Cashew Coconut. 0 sugar, 20g protein, appears to be no fillers, no artificial sweeteners and no sugar alcohols. BUT.. I also eat the Double Chocolate Chunk flavor which also does NOT have sucralose (instead it’s sweetened with all-natural stevia leaf) but it DOES have the sugar alcohol Erythritol in it. From what I’ve read (and Yah, i know you can’t believe everything you read), this sugar alcohol doesn’t spike insulin or blood sugar which would cause cravings among other negative side effects ..and I can tell you from personal experience, eating this flavor doesn’t cause cravings for me. Here is a quick article about the sugar alcohol Erythritol.

>>>>>If you don’t have a sweet tooth that needs better options, nor a need for these bars because you already get plenty of protein in your daily nutrition, then NO need to start eating these bars and take on this bar-eating habit. Feel free to SHARE.

Quest bars

BEWARE OF THE “SKINNY/NONFAT” label

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Those Paper cupsYes, I admit 🙈I’ll *occasionally* get a nonfat mocha (as I have said many times, I don’t eat/drink clean 100% of the time & a skinny nonfat latte is not “clean” in my opinion). BUT☝when I do get one, I hate how it makes me crave more food & sugar after I’m done😤!

Artificial sweeteners in sugar-free products & the 15g of real sugar from skim, will do that to you👿.If you get “skinny/nonfat” lattes or other drinks a lot, you might notice you have a hard time with cravings or you’ve developed a sugar/sweet addiction.
Even if you get Starbucks coconut milk, you’re still getting 9g sugar & artificial sweeteners that encourage cravings. Again, I still enjoy it occasionally but lately I’m ordering just a regular coffee when we go.
Some coffee houses offer Vanilla Unsweetened Almond Milk, which is great!👌It’s really all about drinking from those to-go cups anyway😁… something about that cup makes me think I’m having a treat

Eat Like You Love Yourself

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‪Eat like you love yourselfDo you agree with these? Which # is a struggle, if any?

I wore this tank in my first ‪periscope today (omg, I was SO nervous but I had to ‪‎Just Do It) & many of you said you have this tank top! A tank from Coach Summit of course👍
These are 10 guidelines I try to live by!

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Mint Chocolate Shake

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Mint Chocolate Power GreensThis is one of my favorites..

1 Cup ice
1 Cup Vanilla Unsweetened Almond Milk
1/2 Scoop Vanilla Shakeology
1/2 Scoop Chocolate Chill Recovery
1 Scoop Shakeology Boost Power Greens
A couple drops mint extract
1/2 Banana.

The marshmallows were just FUN and for looks but they weren’t mint.. turns out they were KEY LIME flavor ! I guess that’s a good idea for my next shake! LOL