Shake it up in
August!
Summer is
unfortunately nearing its end. School is starting soon, hunting season and
football season are upon us, and not to any surprise, our life schedules will
continue to change and be busy for one reason or another. As we all know, life
doesn’t slow down for us and we always seem to have SOMETHING going on.
Unfortunately we can’t make the world around us stop so that we can focus on becoming
healthier individuals, so we have to learn to make adjustments and make taking
care of ourselves a priority. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that YOU DESERVE IT! We can make as many excuses possible to eat
that piece of wedding cake, sneak a bite of your kids’ french fries on the way
to their baseball game, or to skip your meals all together because work is
running you ragged, but there isn’t an excuse in the world that is acceptable
to say that your health isn’t important. It’s time that you make YOU a priority
in your life. When you become overwhelmed, step back, take a break, and think
about what is important to you. Is getting a temporary satisfaction from
wedding cake more important or is being healthy and active for the rest of your
life more important? We all give into temptation at times, but we must not
sabotage ourselves if we make a mistake. We must get back in the saddle and
keep giving it our best, because this journey is worth the ride. I would like
to congratulate all of you that have reached your goals this month; you are an
inspiration to us all. I would also like to welcome all of you that are new and
returning to the program. I wish you all the motivation and determination to
being successful in reaching your goals.
-Tonya
Buffalo and Bleu
Cheese Chicken Burgers
Ingredients:
-1 lb Ground
Chicken
-1 Ideal Protein Salt and Vinegar Ridges
Packet crushed up
-2 egg whites
-1/8 cup Frank’s
Red Hot Sauce
-1/8 cup Walden Farms Bleu Cheese Dressing
- 5 Large Leaves
of Romaine Lettuce
Topping:
-½ of a white
onion
-½ of a cucumber
-3 ribs of
celery
- 2 Tablespoons Walden Farms Bleu Cheese Dressing
Directions:
-In a large bowl
mix ground chicken, Franks Red Hot, Bleu Cheese, Egg whites, and the crushed
salt and vinegar ridges. Once all ingredients are mixed, make into hamburger
patties. Mixture should make approximately 5 patties. Grill patties on the
grill or in a skillet on the stove. While burgers are grilling, place all of
the topping ingredients in a food processor and “pulse” 5 or 6 times. Once
burgers are fully cooked, add topping mixture, wrap burgers in romaine leaf,
and ENJOY!
Unrestricted Dark
Chocolate and Raspberry Chewy Cookies
Ingredients:
-1 Egg White
-2 Tbls Walden Farms Raspberry Fruit Spread
-1 Tbls Earth
Balance Organic Coconut Spread
-1/2 Tbls
Unsweetened Almond Milk
-1 teas olive
oil
-1 teas stevia
or splenda
-1 teas baking
powder
-1/8 teas baking
soda
-1 packet of Ideal Protein Dark Chocolate Pudding
Mix
Directions:
Preheat oven to
375 degrees.
Place all
ingredients except the pudding mix in a bowl and mix with a hand mixer until
fruit spread and coconut spread are chopped up. Once all ingredients are mixed
well, slowly add in Dark Chocolate Pudding mix, and make sure to keep scraping
the sides of the bowl. When pudding is completely mixed in, drop batter with a
spoon on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with olive oil spray. The batter
should make approximately 5 cookies. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes. This
makes for a nice treat that you can enjoy without worrying about it being
restricted.