High Protein Breakfast Nachos🍴

food lifestyle recipes Oct 29, 2019

I made these breakfast nachos a few weeks ago and had to share them!! I am a big breakfast lover so having a breakfast nacho dish for lunch was right up my alley. Bruch at every meal, who's with me?! 

All you need for these:

  • 1 Joseph's flatbread
  • 1 serving fat free mozzarella shreds
  • 1 slice turkey bacon 
  • 1 serving salsa 
  • 1 egg 
  • 1/4 sliced avocado
  • taco seasoning packet
  • spray butter

I got the salsa at Whole Foods but you could use whatever kind you like! 

The Joseph's brand can be found at walmart! Their flatbreads and pitas are amazing too!

How to:

  1. Cut flatbread into "chips" and place on baking sheet on aluminum foil or parchment paper. 
  2. Spray chips with spray butter and add taco seasoning. Bake at 350 for about 3 minutes per side. Add the cheese over the top half way through. 
  3. While the chips are cooking, crack egg in a non-stick pan and cover the top to steam the egg. Let cook until desired doneness. You shouldn't even have to flip it if you...
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What is Metabolism?

The term metabolism gets thrown around a lot. But, what exactly is it? Rather than you spending hours trying to figure it out on your own, I'm going to make it simple here. Our metabolisms are very complex, but there are a few main ways to break it down to better understand what the term really means. 

Metabolism is simply a sum of all the chemical processes that go on inside of us to sustain life

We can look at our metabolism (very simply) as our TDEE, or our total daily energy expenditure. When you hear the term "fast" and "slow" metabolism, that is really just a low or high TDEE. Our metabolisms are not static. They change and adapt based on current energy balance (calories in vs out), hormones, micronutrient availability, and more. Let's go over the 4 components of our TDEE (what makes up how many calories we burn in a day).

  1. BMR: This stands for basal metabolic rate and accounts for the calories burned just to keep you alive (heart pumping, breathing, etc). This...
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Should You Skip Breakfast?

food health lifestyle Aug 22, 2019

I'm sure you've heard the saying "skipping breakfast is bad for you" or "skipping breakfast can slow down your metabolism". Listen here sis, I'm here to clear this up for you. Because it is all about context. Most fitness/health claims you hear are CONTEXT DEPENDENT. Meaning, depending on the situation, it could be true and vice versa. So, what about breakfast?


 Here is the truth. It DOES NOT matter if you skip breakfast WHEN calories are equated. For example: if I was eating 1,800 calories a day to try and lose some body fat, whether or not I got those calories in through 3 meals beginning around 1pm or through 5 meals beginning around 9am, will not matter. So, what does that mean for you? Well, it's up to what works best for you and your lifestyle. The best diet for you IS ONE YOU WILL STICK TO. Say that 10 more times to yourself. Here are some example scenarios:

  • If you LOVE eating breakfast, there is no reason to skip it! Breakfast is probably one of my favorite times...
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At Home Pokè Bowl

food lifestyle recipes Aug 09, 2019
Hi friends!! I am super excited about this one! I filmed this recipe in a recent YouTube video but wanted to have a place for you all to reference it as well. This at home sushi bowl is going to be one of my new go-to's! Why hate your meal prep when you don't have to?!
 
I have been obsessed with poké since I tried it a few months ago but I was tired of paying for overpriced bowls. And I would rather know the amounts of each of the ingredients I am using! So I decided to make my own version! I hope that you enjoy as much as I have been!
 
INGREDIENTS:
Sushi Rice
Cilantro
Mint
Lime
Mango
White Onion
Cucumber
Sushi Ginger
Sugar Free Teriyaki Sauce
Avocado
Ahi Tuna Steak
 
HOW TO:
  1.  Start by cooking the rice. I used a rice cooker for mine but you can use whatever you have. Just follow the instructions on the package. Cooking times will differ. To the rice and water (before cooking), add the juice of 1 fresh lime...

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Why I Think Keto is BS.

food health Aug 09, 2019

Bold statement? I realize that. But hear me out. I'm talking about Keto in the sense of being a trendy thing. Not in the sense of its power for certain medical conditions like epilepsy or its use for certain endurance sports. Because there, I could argue for it!

Now that you are no longer offended, let me tell you why YOU (probably) shouldn't try keto.

 
 Chances are, if you are looking to try keto...you are looking to lose weight. But let me ask you this. If you can't follow a simple diet plan, what makes you think a more restrictive diet plan is going to have a higher success rate for you?
 
"The best diet for YOU is one you can stick to."
 
  • Keto promotes weight loss for the same reason that ANY other diet out there does. Yep...weight watchers, Atkins, macro tracking, etc. ALL rely on the science of a caloric deficit to initiate weight loss. None of them are magic. So first let's realize that there is nothing inherently special here in terms...

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