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Category Archives: DIet
Sugar-free strawberry cream cheese frosting
My plan was to post a pretty pink strawberry cupcake with strawberry frosting for Valentine’s day. But things don’t always go according to plan, right? I’ve been having “technical difficulties” trying to make a sugar-free version of THIS cupcake. I’ve … Continue reading
Sugar-free, gluten-free banana nut muffins. Yum!
I have made this recipe several times and it has NEVER disappointed me, despite the fact that I’m always changing the measurement of the bananas depending on how many I have. I’ve made this recipe with two bananas, four bananas, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cooking, DIet, Dieting, Food, HCG, Health, Life, Personal, Recipes
Tagged almond flour, bananas, coconut oil, dessert, gluten free, muffins, sugar free, Truvia
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Sugar-free Vanilla “Thai-style” Coconut Milk Pudding/Ice Cream
What better way to follow up a chocolate ice cream recipe than by posting a vanilla counterpart? When I started making this recipe I fully intended to turn it into ice cream. Like I’ve said before, I have portion control … Continue reading
Sugar-free Chocolate Coconut Milk Ice Cream/Pudding, with Almonds (Paleo, Low Carb)
Oh. My. God. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. (I could stop this post right there, because seriously, that’s all that needs to be said about this ice cream recipe. It is AMAZING. Quite possibly the best chocolate ice cream I’ve ever tasted. Sooo rich. … Continue reading
10 sweet potato recipes that I’m dying to make
Among the groceries that my mom gave me the other day were eight sweet potatoes. EIGHT! I decided that instead of “wasting” them by simply microwaving them and adding butter, I would use at least a few of them to … Continue reading
Unexpected weight loss
I got on the scale this morning and I was shocked – SHOCKED – to see that I was down to 139.5! It was really unexpected, considering yesterday I was 141.5 and I ate two sweet potatoes. I think it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, DIet, Dieting, Exercise, Fitness, Food, HCG, Life, Personal
Tagged health, salsa, sweet potatoes, weight loss, working out, Zumba
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I stopped taking the HCG drops today.
I live right next door to my mother. While this occasionally has its disadvantages (like the time she called my male friend at 5 in the morning to see if I was still there because she had looked outside and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, DIet, Dieting, Food, HCG, Life, Personal
Tagged cheating on diet, food, health, low calorie diet, maintenance phase
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Healthy homemade cookies (whole wheat flour and coconut oil) with some not-so-healthy additions (chocolate chips, walnuts and Reese’s Pieces)
A few weeks ago my friend Verushka, who moved to Seattle last year, came back to NY for her brother’s birthday. She was only here for a few days and I only got to spend a few hours with her, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cooking, DIet, Dieting, Food, Life, Personal, Recipes
Tagged coconut oil, cookies, dessert, healthy, Verushka, whole wheat flour
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I’ve had a Facebook page for this site up for a while, but I only recently realized that I hadn’t “published” it – meaning nobody could see what I was posting up there! Duh. Not that there’s all that much … Continue reading
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Tagged facebook, social media, social networking
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Sugar-free Raspberry-flavored Meringue Cookies (HCG, South Beach Diet, etc.)
Yes, it’s ANOTHER meringue cookie recipe. Of all the recipes that are approved for my very strict HCG diet, this is by FAR my favorite one. I went to the supermarket looking to see if there was such a thing … Continue reading
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