I have been shooting for 30-40 grams of protein per meal (I don’t always make it but that’s ok!). When I am in a pinch/ rush, I grab a protein bar and a Bubbl’r and I am on my way. I do personally feel as though getting your protein through healthy foods is a far better way to go when you can but a supplement every now and again can be helpful– especially working the busy corporate mom-life. Certainly, it can be better than the unhealthy alternatives out there.. although there is nothing wrong with indulging in a snack either. It’s all about the balance!
1/2 cup G Hughes’ Smokehouse Sugar-Free BBQ Sauce – Original
1 Cup Mushrooms
1/4 Cup Onions
Handful jalapenos
1/4 Cup
Low Broil crust for a few minutes. Spread 1/4 cup bbq sauce on crust. Mix the rest of bbq sauce in with chicken breast, mushrooms, onions, and jalapeno. Spread out on top of crust. Sprinkle cheese down over. Broil until cheese is melted.
Breakfast Today:
1 Slice Venison Bacon
4 Tbs Egg Whites, mixed in light mushrooms and onions
1 Slice of Bettergoods Keto Friendly Honey Wheat Sandwich Bread made into French toast with 2 tbs egg white, 1/2 packet Splenda, cinnamon
This easy recipe was amazing! I will call out that in the above picture, I missed showing the baking powder and 1 egg used.
1 cup Flour
1 Cup Cottage Cheese (any %, I used 1%)
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 cup Shredded Cheese (you could go with more here)
1 Egg
Everything Bagel Seasoning
Fresh Jalapeno (if desired)
Mix the cottage cheese, flour, baking soda, and shredded cheese together, kneading into a ball. Some mention blending the cottage cheese but I did not do this. Separate into 4 portions and form into little bagels. Brush the tops with some egg and season with everything bagel seasoning and a sprinkle of additional cheese. I added fresh slices of jalapeno to the top of two of them (I love spice!). Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. I didn’t use parchment paper which was mentioned in the various videos where I have seen these made and they still turned out amazing! Nutrition is below per bagel. I did not even find myself needing butter or cream cheese on mine.
The past few years, I really put myself on the back burner and I was feeling it— sleeping horribly, no energy, not caring about what nutrients I put into my body, drinking more alcoholic beverages than I should, sick a lot, etc. etc. I decided to finally do something about it at the start of December. I first started working out a couple of days a week at the start of that month. After the holidays, I attacked my diet which meant upping my protein by A LOT. My workouts became a regular 4-5 days a week with 20 minutes of cardio and 40 minutes of lifting— focus on strength: a flip from how I used to pursue fitness in the past.
The main pic below is a progression from end of December (already a month into working out), to end of Jan, to just this morning. Weight lost from my core, starting to tone things up and feeling great! The thing I most want to share is that I haven’t joined some expensive group or program to accomplish it. Just working out at home, logging my macros with a free app BEFORE I eat to make adjustments if I’m not hitting what I need, and protein powder in my cold brew coffee— nothing fancy, bought at Walmart. Any other protein I get is through the food I’m consuming which is how I prefer to get it. I’m eating a lot of great stuff too!
My goal at the start of December was to feel a lot better by our family trip in late April to Colorado for the first time since my husband and I eloped there. I felt that setting something 6 months out would help make it a lifestyle change vs a quick sudden one that wouldn’t stick. I’m psyched that I still have 2.5 months to build muscle and strength and feel that much better!
5oz cold brew coffee concentrate, 7oz water, 2 scoops of collagen peptides protein powder, splash of creamer.
100 calories, 5 carbs, 18 grams of protein, 1 gram of fat (from the creamer).
I start my morning with this every day but this is NOT my breakfast. I find it’s a great start to my day! One of the hardest things for me to get used to about two years ago was cold coffee but it was a change that I had to make when I went through a still unexplained health ordeal with my bladder in 2022. It’s two years later and I have not been fully diagnosed but have been on medication for overactive bladder that entire time and have had to make dietary changes. One of those is that I cannot drink hot coffee. The acid flares everything up. I never thought I’d like cold coffee but I absolutely prefer my coffee that way today.
Freeing Kate 