” there are worse things
than being alone
but it often takes
decades to realize this
and most often when you do
it’s too late
and there’s nothing worse
than too late “ ― Charles Bukowski
Mini Low-Carb Cheesecake Bites!
Adapted from yourlighterside.com, and a favorite with my family.
I eat two of these as a serving. They’re so good that I don’t miss most of the desserts I used to eat. The crust is seriously fantastic!
ENJOY!
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Crust:
3/4 cup finely-ground almonds or almond flour
1/4 cup vanilla protein powder
About 3 tablespoons melted butter
We usually add a bit of extra sweetener, but that’s just personal taste.
Filling:
2 blocks (8 ounces each) of cream cheese
1/4 cup stevia-based sweetener (its better than artificial)
2 eggs
Roughly 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract (depends on personal taste, really)
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Preheat oven to 325° F.
Place a heaping tablespoon if the crust dough into each of the twelve muffin cups and flatten with your fingers.
Mix all of the ingredients for the filling in a bowl, beat until smooth. Then simply spoon it into the muffin cups so that they’re all about 3/4 full.
Bake for 20-25 minutes. Enjoy!
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* Almond flour can be purchased at the grocery store if you do not have the equipment to grind them yourself. Try checking in a gluten-free section if it’s hard to find.
Also: The strawberry stuff in the picture is just strawberry jello poured on top of the cheesecake bite with a slice of strawberry, and left to set up. It’s pretty much awesome.
If your muffin pan tends to stick a lot, I’d suggest using muffin liners. We don’t need to use them on ours because it is silicone, and with a little non-stick spray they just pop right out.
(Apologies for the crappy quality picture.)
Low-Carb Cheesecake Recipe: Coming Soon!
So there are these little mini cheesecake things that we make sometimes, and they are SO good. I’ve actually been craving them like crazy (it’s always a great thing when you find yourself craving legal foods), so I believe I will make me some tomorrow!
Stay tuned, ‘cause these things are the bomb.
Get With It, Meg.
I know. This is the second time I’ve made a post claiming to be back and ready to pick up where I left off.
Just to be clear, it’s not the healthy eating that I’ve been slipping up on, except for around the holidays. It’s just the blogging about it that has been neglected.
So, for those few followers that I still have left, here is my plan, plain and simple:
This is now a low carb blog. It is my parents’ diet of choice, and it’s just easier for me to do it as well so that all of our meals will be the same. It’s also the diet that I am most used to, seeing as we’ve been attempting it for years now (when we stick to the diet perfectly, it actually works quite well—it’s just the “frankenfoods” that seem to keep throwing us off).
Just because it says “Low Carb” does not mean I am going to eat it. This is what I mean by “frankenfoods”. Things like those low carb energy bars, or weird protein shakes that you can buy at the grocery store. I don’t know exactly what goes into those, or how they’ll really affect my body—so, I’m not going to eat them and risk hurting my weight loss.
If you take into consideration what my original plan was (which wasn’t even labeled as low anything until I decided that calling it low calorie was easier), this actually isn’t too huge of a change. I’m still going to be eating a lot of vegetables, like salads and bell peppers, with some meat for dinner, and fruit as a snack or dessert. The only thing is that now my meats don’t have to be super lean (fat is allowed on low carb, which I know sounds strange, but this diet really does work if you do it right), and there aren’t as many fruits that I can have. I am, however, content with strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries, which are about the only fruits you are allowed.
In the two weeks that we have been doing this diet since the holiday cheating, I have lost 9 pounds, bringing me to 256.4. When the doctor weighed me just before we began the diet, I had been at 265.4 (don’t ask me why my weight is always at .4).
Obviously, along with the dieting, I will be exercising whenever I can, as well as taking vitamins.
Please send me mail and let me know what you think, or just general encouragement. I find motivation hard to come by, especially lately, so it’s always nice to know that there are people out there who want to see me succeed!
And… That is all! Thank you for sticking around, and I hope you stay with me long enough to see some real progress. (:
ATTENTION ALL GIRLS: We ALL know that the lower stomach is one of the very hardest places to burn fat and tone.
These are some terrific exercises to do in the morning and at night to burn those hard to tone areas!
Do this every morning when you wake up, and every night before you sleep. I guarantee you’ll see results in a week flat!
Let’s fuckin do this!
Everyday I want to cry, but I’ve made a promise to my body that I won’t mistreat it on my way to getting there. I’ll eat right, and I’ll eat until I’m full—but most importantly, I’ll eat. Don’t starve yourself to get there, because it isn’t worth it; your body won’t thank you, even if you think your reflection will.
Before you do anything that will affect your body, you should always do your research or consult a doctor to make sure that whatever it is you’re doing really is right for you.
I’m making 2012 my year, the healthy way.
(Source: yesiamfat)
