Tag: protein
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Working to Avoid the Skinny Fat
For those that follow me on my and my husband’s blog Far Away Reasons, you know that we’ve hit New Zealand and were immediately shocked to discover how ridiculously high the cost of living in Aucklund is. Keeping with the theme of my post last week, I have since become my own worst client having every…
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Tropical Green Smoothie
Ingredients: 1 mini persian cucumber 1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder 6 frozen pineapple chunks 6 frozen mango chunks 1/2 cup coconut water 1/2 cup kale Prep: Blend and enjoy this Tropical Treat Green Smoothie! It makes the perfect snack on a hot day while also keeping you within your ratios! Calories 230 Fat…
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Funky Monkey Protein Smoothie
Ingredients: 1 Banana 2 scoops protein 1 tbs Sunflower Butter 1/2 cup Coffee 1 cup ice Combine in a magic bullet and you have an awesome 320 cal 31g Protein, 31g CHO, and 10g Fat protein smoothie to refuel your body and keep you awake for boring office meetings or in late night lectures!
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Quinoa Salad
When you live in a hotel, it is hard to find real foods that you can cook and eat! One of my favorites is Quinoa. It has more protein than most rice and noodles, but is still easy to make with just an electric kettle! Plus, if you cook it on Sunday you can store…
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Quick and Easy Stir Fry
Part of the reason so many people eat out, is they think cooking has to be tough. Here is a simple recipe for a stir fry that you can make in 30 minutes. What You’ll Need: Chicken Green Pepper Onion Meat Rub Coconut Oil Carrots Zucchini Low Sodium Soy Sauce Sriracha Optional for side salad:…
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Weight loss is as easy as Simple Math!
At some point in elementary school most children ask themselves during math class, “When will this ever be applicable in my life?” One practical application is meal tracking. We would all like to take the easy way out and keep the equation to calories in/calories out, simple addition and subtraction. Diet, however, is a little…
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26g of protein for 360 cals on the go
If you need a quick go to lunch for work; check out traders Joes for some tasty, warm, convenient, and healthy lunches. One if my latest favorites is the Lamb Vindaloo. If you want to save 100 calories you can serve it over spinach instead of the rice. (Rice is separate from the Lamb in package…