Sweet Treats That Leave You Sexy and Healthy
It's the perfect storm around PNP these days. I can really sense so many of my girls understanding that this whole losing weight thing has everything to do with what they put in their mouth and what they leave at the workout room and NOT a magic formula.
We are also learning that eating our way through pain doesn't deal with pain...it just makes us more miserable when the scale goes up. And, believe it or not, we didn't deal with one stinking issue that bugs us when we scarf down four cookies.
Facing rough times in our lives is difficult at best. It's so easy to focus our time on something to eat rather than what is nagging us. Maybe it's an overbearing husband and we eat with him to please him (or shut him up), rowdy kids that when they finally go to bed we just want to eat because it's ME TIME, or missing loved ones who are gone and filling their absence with TV and food.
It takes stopping yourself and really asking if the food is needed or just a diversion from what's bothering you. That's not easy because most of the time you are going to find that if it's a diversion you might have to start facing some ugly truths. But you know, you need to. You are literally destroying yourself by avoiding your problems. You destroy your self-esteem and your body in the process.
I had a client post something so great last night I thought I would share. She's had it rough lately with a death in her family but she has decided to no longer let co-workers or anyone else stand in her way of being the best Becca she can be. Here's what she wrote:
I am very focused on making sure I get healthy. Even a co-worker said that you have become a fanatic about fitness and health. Yesterday they had this candy dish and the co-worker literally had a handful of peanut butter M&M's and then Reese Peanut Butter Cups in the other hand. I said "no thank you". She then proceeded to tell me that "one isn't gonna kill ya. Plus you have been through a lot; you deserve it."
I said "No, I dont want to waste 150 or more calories on a piece of candy that won't make me full and I know I will want more later. And, its not going to do anything good for me but make me fat. I would rather have my snack." Then I went and poured myself a cold glass of protein shake for a treat so I could have some chocolate. It was hard to be different than anyone else but com'on, I really really want to be healthy so I chose to stand out like a sore thumb in my office and be the only one that was eating healthy :)
This is wonderful! She stood her ground and is proud of it. A few more times and they will stop asking all together and she won't have that battle anymore. Heck, maybe they will join her in her quest to be healthy!
With that in mind, let me share some of my favorite snacks. Most I will eat at night or any other time of day rather than having a load of junk that doesn't fill me up.
Snacks
Protein Shakes - I love BSN's Lean Dessert. They are all delicious made with water. This is the optimum before bed snack to soak your muscles with good protein. 130 calories per serving
Cottage Cheese 1/2 cup - 80 calories. I mix this with all sorts of things: Sugar Free Pudding already made - 60 calories, Sugar Free Jelly - 10 calories, 1/4 cup of Fiber One and 1 Packet of Splenda - 20 calories, 1 tablespoon of Naturally More Peanut Butter - 85 calories, Hot Sauce - 10 Calories, Hummus - 30 calories, Miracle Whip - 25 calories
Fage Yogurt 0% Fat - 80 calories. I mix all the sweet stuff above with this.
Grapefruit with 1 container of Sugar Free Jello of choice - 70 calories
1 Bag of Kettle Corn 100 cal bag tossed with 2 tablespoons of raisins and 10 almonds - 210 calories
Sugarfree Pudding (premade) mixed with 1 tablespoon of Naturally More Peanut Butter - 145 calories
Dannon Light and Fit Yogurts with an Apple - 140-160 calories
These are just a few of my favorite things to eat. Each week at PNP we do a Food Prep Chat on Thursdays in our forums and we get totally creative with how to do good food, fast food, calorie dense food, you name it. We PNP girls can talk about some food! Join us to enjoy our secrets. :)