St. Patrick's Day Low Carb Bells

Happy St. Patrick's  Day!! I created a low carb breakfast idea to celebrate today! The tutorial is listed below. It was so yummy that I had to split it with my kids! And they kept asking for more!!

Koren Egg Drop Soup

I have a great story about Egg Drop soup! When I was a kid my dad would always stop at this Chinese Egg Roll House near our home and pick up some hot egg drop soup for me with the crunchy fried noodles. Some of my best memories of my childhood involved food! Isn't that funny how food can be translated into love! So when I read that this was actually a low carb food I couldn't wait to try to make it at home! It was so easy that I was shocked. Now, if you are concerned about your sodium intake you can always omit the extra salt and use low sodium broth in exchange for the bullion cubes.






Let me know how your Egg Drop Soup turns out and if you have tired any other version of this recipe?

LOW Carb Egg Drop soup PDF Recipe HERE

Low Carb Food Review: Level Bars

Today I wanted to do a low carb food review for you. This is the first of many reviews that I will be doing. You can purchase these products via my online store link from Amazon.
This products is called the Level Life food Bar. Their protein bars and shakes are a tool that can be used to manage weight loss and regulate blood sugar levels for those on diabetes. I tried three of the bars and I can say that even though they have a little after taste, for the price of between $5-$11 dollars a box this is definitely a product I would purchase again! Matter of fact, I have three boxes in my kitchen right now! My favorite bar is the caramel bar. It is filled with ooooey gooey caramel and for 140 calories , to be able to eat chocolate and caramel, is a hit in my book!!! If I had to give this a rating I would give it a 4/5 stars because of the price and the flavor!
 

DIY Sugar Free Lemon Pepper Seasoing

Hey ya'll! Baby its cold outside! We just got about 7 inches of snow in our area! Can you believe it? Snow in March! Well that's Texas for ya!!! And next week, it will be in the 70's!

View from my back yard! 

Now, lets talk about seasonings! Have you  noticed that everything has sugar in it? Even food seasonings!!! Have you looked at the back of your favorite lemon pepper seasoning lately? You might be surprised to know that  among the list of ingredients is sugar, mono-sodium glutamate, lemon powder,  and calcium sterate. I'm not sure what some of these ingredients are, but I am sure we could do without them in our food! So I tried this recipe down below. I would like you to know that I worked extremely hard on this video! It may be short and sweet, but it
took two days to complete!!!





I hope to bring more videos your way. If you have any ides on healthy videos I can make leave me a comment! Enjoy the video . Here is an easy PDF Download of the Recipe.

Sugar Free Lemon Pepper Seasoning.pdf

How to get FREE Medifast!

If you are apart of the Medifast community your know that the price of each product has gone up

slightly. I know it is a bit of a bummer,  BUT  the product is still well worth the investment that you are making for a life of good health!

Investment you say? Huh?
Yes, just like anything else in your life that involves self improvement there is an investment. You are either investing your time, your energy, or your finances into something. What you put into it is what you're going to get out of it. If you're willing to invest the money that it cost to get healthy I am sure of one thing, you wont regret your decision! " Man oh man, it sucks that I spent money learning how to eat right and changing my relationship with food and getting to a healthy body weight" ...said NO ONE EVER!

OK,... you get it...... I know, I digress.

With all that said, I wanted to share my new special that I am doing until March 7, 2015. I am looking to add 3 new clients to my team. You can be new to the Medifast / Take Shape For Life world or you can be a return client. When you sign up to be my client I will give you a $50 dollar discount on your order! Whoop!  Contact me if you are interested!

3 Things the Take Shape For Life Program will Teach You!

 I wanted to talk to you a little about the weight loss program that I use and how it has changed my life. I know that may sound a little drastic, but it is true. Food can change your life for good or for bad. Food can be used as a tool to keep you bound or to allow you to be in control. This was the main way that Medifast/ Take Shape For Life helped me. It consists of  prepackaged meal replacements and your own lean and green meals. Following the program not only helped me go from a size 18 to a 12 in 11 weeks , but it taught me to eat the proper things that my body required to sustain my weight loss. What can Take Shape for Life teach you? Here is my top 3 things:

 You will learn how to wean your body off of sugary, high carb , and high starchy foods in exchange for lean/ low carb meals.

Before I started Take Shape for Life, I was addicted to sugar! I had to have something sweet after every meal! Usually in the form of a candy bar or a sweet pastry. Well, I learned that there were plenty of substitution for the candy bars that I loved so much that were packed with good stuff like vitamins and almost no sugar. My favorite product is the S'more Church bar. It taste delicious and I found myself buying boxes and boxes every month of this item.

 You will learn how to go to the grocery store and  pick out the real healthy foods and weed out the foods that you THOUGHT were healthy. 

I was just telling a friend yesterday that it amazes me how some people think about food. For example, I was in the supermarket the other day and I saw a lady trying to decide between two different brands of yogurt, She was looking at Greek yogurt ( which is now allowed on Medifast!!! Yipppiiie) Affiliate link here:Fage Total Greek Yogurt, (500g) 17.6oz

 and some kids yogurt that contained a ton of sugar! The only thought in here mind was that the kids yogurt was cheaper so she chucked it in her cart and kept shopping. I wanted to stop her an explain the truth to her! It was then that I realized that people really know so little about what they are eating. They think they know but they are deceiving themselves and they are wondering why they are over weight. The truth will set you free! But it only works if you are willing to humble yourself and admit that what you are doing is not really working! I had to do this. It reminds me of the people that say, I am only eating a little bit a day, I don't understand why I'm overweight! Its because they are eating the wrong things but they don't really know it.

 You will learn to believe that you can actually lose the weight. 

When I started my weight loss journey,I was not sure that I would be able to get the weight off. With every day that passed I saw it was possible. I didn't have to live my life afraid of looking in the mirror. I didn't have to hide behind my kids in photos. I didn't have to FOOL myself by telling myself that "I had a pretty face, therefore it was OK that my body was overweight and unhealthy! I wanted to share a video that I put together about my weight loss journey, or as one of my clients says "Body Transformation" journey. I hope that this post has inspired to you to take the next step and get healthy!


  
If you need help losing weight please contact me. I would love to help you meet your goals send me and email for more info! http://healthcoachdenisec.ichooseoptimalhealth.com/

No Pasta Zucchini Lasagna

I found myself having the desire for pasta and a hearty dish one day, so I found this recipe online and decided to recreate it. It was so good I had to stop myself from eating more than one Lean and Green portion! This dish is something that you can serve to your family on any night of the week and still stick to your healthy eating routine!

I have created an easy download PDF version of the instructions for you below! I hope this becomes your new favorite! Even my hubby loved it! OOOOh yeah!