nomoregirlypushups:

we-are-beast:

The 40 Calorie Flour Tortilla

I made some home made guacamole to go with these. They’re pretty easy to make and delicious!

Market Comparison:

In terms of cost, I’m not sure as I’ve never bought tortillas from the store… But I imagine they do not cost 1 cent per tortilla. Nutritionally, 1 Flour Mission Tortilla is 150 calories… These are about a FOURTH of that. :)

Ingredients:

• 1/8 Teaspoon Salt
• .5 oz Water
• 1/4 Cup Flour
• 1/8 Teaspoon Baking Powder

Servings: Creates 2 Tortillas (1 Tortilla = 1 Serving)

Nutritional Facts:

• Calories Per Serving: 41.25 cal
• Fat (g) per Serving: 0.00 g
• Carbs (g) per Serving: 8.63 g
• Protein (g) per Serving: 1.13 g
• Sodium: 32.50 mg

Financial Facts:

Cost Per Serving is $0.01.

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients into a bowl and mix. Dough should combine in to a single ball. If this doesn’t happen, add a little more water incrementally until it does.
2. Cover the dough with a wet towel or cloth for ~15 minutes.
3. Split dough into two balls. Roll into round shapes.
4. Flour the counter.
5. Take each ball and roll out into a very flat circle.
6. Take each circle and place onto an ungreased skillet.
7. Cook over medium heat until tortilla starts to show brown spots.
8. Enjoy!

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This is perfect, I assume it would work the same with wholewheat flour?

Hello, healthy avocado breakfast wraps!

ihavefitwithinme:

Skinny Applesauce Nut Bread

Skinnytaste.com
Servings: 16 slices • Serving Size: 1/2 inch thick slice • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 122.1 • Fat: 3.7 g • Protein: 2.4 g • Carb: 23.9 g • Fiber: 2.5 g • Sugar: 14 g
Sodium: 134 g
   
Ingredients:

• 1 large finely diced, peeled apple, diced into 1/4” pieces
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp agave
• 1/8 tsp + 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups homemade applesauce (or store bought)
• 1 1/2 cups King Arthur white whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, not packed
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• pinch allspice
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• baking spray
• 1 1/2 oz chopped walnuts 
• Directions:
  
  In a medium bowl combine apple, 1/8 tsp cinnamon, agave, and lemon juice. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with baking spray.
  
  In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and salt with a wire whisk. Set aside. 
  
  In a large bowl mix oil, egg whites, sugar, apple sauce and vanilla; beat at medium speed until thick. Scrape down sides of the bowl. 
  
  Add the flour mixture, then blend at low speed until combined. Do not over mix. Foldin apples and walnuts.
  
• Pour batter into loaf pan and bake in the center rack about 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

makemesweatx:

Blender-Free Strawberry Banana Sorbet

• 1 medium Banana
• 4 medium Strawberries

While still in peel, lightly roll banana on counter top to soften it up. Cut one end of banana off and carefully squeeze contents into a plastic sandwich bag. Cut up 4 strawberries, removing leaves, and place in bag. Close bag and squish contents until contents are mixed to your liking. Cut corner off of bag and squeeze into a freezer-safe container (I like to use a rinsed out small Chobani yogurt cup). Cover with saran wrap and a rubber band. Put in freezer and wait for contents to firm. Enjoy.

Nutritional Content: (<1g fat, 32.5g carbs, 1.75g protein, ~128 calories)

amanda-actually:

This post is to document a victory of mine, and it is also to serve as a bit of a confession.

This is me this morning. For the past few weeks, I have been consuming over 2000 calories a day. I have never intentionally eaten this many calories.

Ok, it’s honesty time.

Before I stumbled upon the fitblr community and was inspired to live a healthy life, I was stuck in a cycle of periods of severe calorie restriction inevitably followed by periods of bingeing. During this time, my weight bounced around between 126 and 185lbs. (I am 5’8.)

For the past year or so, and more so in the past 5 months, I have committed to being healthy in mind and body and to loving myself. But until a few weeks ago, I was still obsessing about calories and I was scared of having more than 1500 per day. I was afraid I’d ruined my metabolism with my years of restricting, and that if I went over that number, I would surely gain weight - or, more specifically, fat.

But I want to be healthy. I don’t want to be obsessing about numbers all the time, I don’t want to be constantly worried about whether or not I’ve gone over my calorie limit. I want to go out to social events and actually enjoy the company of friends, family, and delicious food rather than stress over my diet. I want to fuel my body properly, and I want to build muscle, which I certainly wasn’t doing at 1500 or less calories per day. And so I started consuming a minimum of 2000 calories per day.

In doing so, I found that I don’t have to count or obsess anymore. I counted for the first couple of days, to make sure I was in the right range, but I soon found that there isn’t a need to count anymore, because it is a very comfortable number that actually provides my body with the amount of fuel it needs, and so eating that amount comes quite naturally.

Not only do i feel like a great weight has been lifted from my shoulders, but I am also more happy with what I am seeing in the mirror than I can ever remember being. I can’t believe I waited so long to do this. I have known for a long time now that eating more was the answer, but I was so scared to do it. I didn’t give my body enough credit.

I’m so sorry for how I treated my body in the past, and I am so appreciative of it’s resilience and for all it does for me. I love myself and I promise to continue to nourish my myself properly.

I am so grateful to be on this journey with you all.

Don’t waste another year.

Make 2012 memorable. Also get the body you want, in-case the world ends and all that.

health-heaven:

So what are Negative Calorie Foods?

If the energy burnt when eating and digesting certain foods is more than the actual calories that they contain then these types of low calorie foods can be called negative calorie foods.

A diet of mainly negative calorie foods is…

• Mom, casually at the lunch table: You know, this has so much protein and fiber, blah blah blah
• My thoughts: I know every nutrition label known to man you do not need to be telling me this