Living Healthy College Style
I'm a 20 year old junior in college, trying to promote a healthy life style for myself and others, which can definitely be hard to do in college. In this blog, I'll experiment with recipes, blog about my own progress towards body wellness inside-and-out, and hopefully help some of you out along the way! Last summer, with a month of exercise and eating right, I lost my freshman 15. Over the past year, I have been maintaining my weight and continuing to hone my healthy cooking skills!
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To keep in the fall spirit, I continued to use my can of pumpkin puree for a tasty protein-packed breakfast this morning! Pumpkin souffle! Delicious, warm, moist, and tasted like fall! Only 160 calories with 18 grams of protein! Yum!
Ingredients:
-1/2 cup pumpkin puree (40 cals, 2g protein)
-1/4 cup egg whites (30 cals, 6g protein)
-1/8 cup instant oatmeal (37 cals, 1g protein)
-1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder (50 cals, 9g protein)
-Pumpkin spice, cinnamon, sweetener, and sugar free breakfast syrup (to taste)
DIRECTIONS:
In a microwave safe bowl, mix all of the ingredients together and place in microwave for 1.5 minutes. Stir mixture. Microwave another 1.5 minutes or until thoroughly cooked. Enjoy!
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Answer:
May I just say, I totally know where you are coming from, and I still have difficulties with this myself. Because, let’s be honest, dessert is delicious! I’m gonna preface this list of possible things to do by saying first that it’s OKAY to have dessert every now and then, and it’s much worse to deprive yourself (because that could end in you over-indulging later and then feeling guilty.) Here are some things that might work though. Test them out, see what you like:
1. Just say “No.” It’s /okay/ to decline a friends offer of dessert. Be honest. If you are too full for dessert, say so. If you are just trying to eat healthier, say so.
2. If you are the curious type that likes to taste, but always ends up eating the whole dessert without thinking, just ask your friend if you can taste her dessert. It’s scientifically proven that your first taste of something is the best bite anyways.
3. Try and cut back on “sugar free” things. Sounds counter-intuitive, but drinking a lot of diet soda, sugar free gum, or artificial sweetener in your drinks may cause you to crave more sugary things later.
4. Try something sweet, but healthier. Fruit is always a great option, but I’ve also recently discovered that mixing a little Vanilla Dannon Light and Fit with lightly sweetened Kix cereal and honeydew melon makes for a delicious dessert! I can eat a whole CUP of this mixture for only about 100 calories, so it leaves my sweet tooth AND stomach satisfied.
5. Portion it out. If there is a tray of cookies, don’t eat from the tray, but get a plate or napkin and put your cookie on it first. Then pledge to only eat what you have given yourself. Same with candies. Get a plate, place a handful of candy on it, and take the time to enjoy it from a plate instead of mindlessly eating it from a bowl.
6. Track what you eat. You don’t have to count calories, but taking note of the foods you eat—how many servings of grains, dairy, fruits, veggies, proteins, and sweets you eat daily may help you display more self control later. If you see you’ve already had two pieces of candy and some gummy bears one day, you might be better about holding off on yet another dessert.
7. Plan ahead. This goes along with not depriving yourself. If you know there is a party or something coming up where sweets will be involved, acknowledge this and cut back on sweets during the earlier parts of the day so you can look forward to this event.
For some more tips, check out my “Curb Your Cravings” section on my Healthful Tips page!
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Want a delicious dessert-like meal for breakfast? Want it for only 210 calories? This oatmeal is the perfect thing to satisfy your cravings and keep you full throughout the morning. Not to mention it’s packed with 15g of protein!
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 ripe banana—50 cals
1/2 scoop Choc. Protein power—50 cals, 9g protein
1/4 cup Oatmeal—75 cals, 2g protein
1 egg white (2T egg substitute)— 15 cals, 3g protein
1/2 cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk—20 cals, 1g protein
Cinnamon, Sweetener, to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Mix all ingredients together in a large microwaveable bowl, and pop in the microwave for 2 minutes. Stir. Microwave 2 additional minutes, or until it reaches your desired consistency (I don’t like mine with a lot of liquid.) Enjoy :)
What a super refreshing, tasty, and healthy treat! 1/2 a small watermelon (approx 90s) with a sprinkle of salt!
What? Salt? Yup. Believe it or not, a sprinkle of salt makes your watermelon taste that much sweeter! Give it a try!
It’s fun to eat too. Like ice cream out of a bowl!
Want a delicious, more filling, more fresh, and healthier alternative to syrupy fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt? Click HERE for a way to do just that
Who said eating healthy was expensive?
Eating healthfully in your college dining hall may not be as hard as you think. You just have to be a little resourceful and creative! Today I made my usual salad at the salad bar and then wandered over to the grill where they were serving grilled chicken club sandwiches. While the chicken was cooking on the grill, I asked the man behind the counter if I could have just chicken and he gladly granted my request. So I sliced it up and put it on my salad for a healthy protein boost!
Apple and Peanut Butter Oatmeal! So tasty, so filling, gooey and warm! Only 150 calories.
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup oatmeal (75 cals)
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce (25 cals)
1 Tablespoon Better n Peanut Butter (50 cals)
1/4 cup water
Cinnamon (to taste)
DIRECTIONS:
Mix ingredients well and pop in the microwave for a delicious dessert! Or, of course, breakfast!
Just made some delicious scrambled eggs…in the microwave!
Check out my blog HERE for a great how-to on 2 minute, delicious, and healthy scrambled eggs! Great for college students, with little time and few cooking instruments.
Try this super tasty 90 calorie snack! It’s got the delicious, creamy, sweet and tart taste of frozen yogurt, only its packed with way more protein and WAY less sugar!
Mix 1 6oz container of plain greek yogurt (I used oikos, 80 cals, 15g protein) with 1 Tablespoon sugar-free blackberry jam! Enjoy your healthy dessert!
TIP: Chill the mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes for an even more frozen-yogurt feel!
Ever crave a delicious helping of vanilla ice cream wedged between two scrumptious and moist chocolate layers? And then feel disappointed when you notice it’s kinda…well…tiny? Yeah, me too. This homemade food swap will satisfy those cravings (plus, the chocolate layers are, believe it or not, packed with lots of vitamins and minerals! Can you say dessert for breakfast?)
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 Deep Chocolate Vita Top (100 cals, 4g protein, 9g fiber, and 50% D.V. of Vitamin A, C, D, E, B6, B12, Biotin, Zinc, Iron, Folate…this thing is awesome)
- 4 Tablespoons Cool Whip Free (30 cals)
DIRECTIONS:
Unwrap Vitatop and zap it in microwave 10 seconds. Carefully slice the vitatop in half long-ways (making it the two slices for your “Sandwich). Spread cool whip on one half of the “sandwich” and top with second piece. Freeze, covered or wrapped in cellophane for at least an hour.
Om nom nom.
Just made this sweet and healthy 40 calorie snack—maple glazed cooked carrots! The best part? It took 2 minutes and was all done in the microwave.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup baby carrots
- 4 Teaspoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon smuckers sugar free syrup
- cinnamon, to taste
Directions:
In a microwave safe bowl or mug, microwave carrots, water, and a drizzle of syrup for 2 minutes. Sprinkle with cinnamon and drizzle on the rest of the syrup. Enjoy!
TIP: Makes a great side dish!
This healthy treat is happy to see you!
This protein-packed smoothie makes for a delicious afternoon snack! Tastes like a mocha frappaccino, but with way fewer calories and way more protein (16 grams)!
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 Cup Almond Milk (20 cals)
- 1 Teaspoon Espresso Powder or Coffee Powder
- 1 Scoop Chocolate Whey Protein Powder (110 cals)
- 1.5 teaspoons cocoa powder (10cals)
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 packet zero-cal sweetener (or more to taste)
- Cinnamon (to taste)
- Optional: Fat free reddi whip, mini chocolate chips, cocoa powder, and cinnamon to garnish
DIRECTIONS:
Place ingredients in blender, blend, garnish, and enjoy!
TIP: Check out my smoothie page for tips on prolonging the life of your beloved blender!
