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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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Summer Blueberry Biscuits! (only 90 calories each!)

These super yummy summer biscuits are huge, juicy, and healthy! Made of whole wheat flour and at only 90 calories, you can enjoy a “dessert” for breakfast and feel no guilt! Yum!

INGREDIENTS:

- 2 Cups Whole Wheat Insta-bake or Bisquick (I used Hodgson Mill) [780 cals]

- 2/3 Cup unsweetend almond milk (15 cals)

-1.5 Tablespoon butter (100 cals)

- 2 Tablespoons Plain greek yogurt (20 cals)

-1 TBSP cinnamon

-1 TBSP splenda/stevia (or any sweetener of your choice that measures like sugar)

-1 pint blueberries (160 cals)

Additional: 

-1 TBSP whipped butter spread (50 cals)

DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine insta-bake, cinnamon, and stevia into a bowl and mix well. Add butter and greek yogurt and continue to mix till mixture resembles a crumbly mix with some pea sized lumps. Add in milk and stir until dough forms into a ball and pulls away from the bowl. Roll dough into a ball and place on a flour-covered surface. Kneed 4-5 times, and with a rolling pin, roll into a large rectangle about a 1/4 inch thick. Spread blueberries generously on one half of the rectangle, then fold over the other half on top of the blueberries and press down lightly. With a knife, cut into 12 evenly sized biscuits and place onto a greased or parchment-paper-covered cookie sheet, spaced about 2 inches apart. Melt butter spread in microwave and brush over biscuits. Place in oven 10-12 minutes, let cool, and enjoy!

— 9 months ago with 15 notes
#biscuits  #fitspo  #thinspo  #recipe  #low calorie  #healthy  #health  #breakfast  #diet  #weight loss  #blueberry  #summer  #food  #dessert  #guilt free  #fitness  #fruit 
Just made some AMAZING whole wheat Blueberry Biscuits as a mid-morning treat! They are HUGE and only 90 calories apiece. Plus they are FILLED with delicious juicy blueberries (perfect for summer!), and are made of whole wheat flour with no added sugar. Pretty healthy! (also, just plain pretty. CHECK OUT THOSE PRETTY JUICES!)
Recipe HERE!

Just made some AMAZING whole wheat Blueberry Biscuits as a mid-morning treat! They are HUGE and only 90 calories apiece. Plus they are FILLED with delicious juicy blueberries (perfect for summer!), and are made of whole wheat flour with no added sugar. Pretty healthy! (also, just plain pretty. CHECK OUT THOSE PRETTY JUICES!)

Recipe HERE!

— 9 months ago with 10 notes
#biscuit  #health  #healthy  #low calorie  #fitspo  #thinspo  #college  #breakfast  #recipe  #food  #guilt free  #summer  #DIY  #boberry  #bojangles  #dessert 
750 Followers!

Seriously, you all are awesome. Welcome! to all of my new followers, and to all of my old followers, thanks for staying faithful! Sorry I obviously haven’t been posting my ridiculous 7+ posts a day from the summer, but now that I’m hitting the road hard back at college I have a lot less time. Still trying to post/reblog helpful stuff every day though! I promise I do have many more drafts of my recipes and healthful tips on the way! Just a matter of finishing them, haha!
Anyways, thanks so much you all! You are all so fabulous and so beautiful!

Keep living healthy,

Me 

— 1 year ago with 4 notes
#fitblr  #fitspo  #followers  #recipe  #college  #health  #nutrition  #diet  #weight loss  #summer  #school  #busy  #diet  #fitblr 
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!

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!

— 1 year ago with 2 notes
#snack  #treat  #dessert  #watermelon  #summer  #refreshing  #healthy  #low calorie  #treat  #eating well  #healthy eating  #weight loss  #diet  #low calorie  #fun  #sorbet  #ice cream  #dessert  #guilt free dessert  #health  #nutrition  #food 
This was my dessert tonight. 1/2 of a small seedless Watermelon. That’s a lot of food, my friends, and it’s super tasty and healthy! I don’t even know if I’ll be able to eat the whole thing. At 46 cals/cup, watermelon is the ultimate guilt free dessert!
Not to mention, it’s super fun to eat! Like a huge bowl of sorbet!
Fun fact: If you sprinkle a little salt on it, you’ll find it actually tastes even sweeter!

This was my dessert tonight. 1/2 of a small seedless Watermelon. That’s a lot of food, my friends, and it’s super tasty and healthy! I don’t even know if I’ll be able to eat the whole thing. At 46 cals/cup, watermelon is the ultimate guilt free dessert!

Not to mention, it’s super fun to eat! Like a huge bowl of sorbet!

Fun fact: If you sprinkle a little salt on it, you’ll find it actually tastes even sweeter!

— 1 year ago with 10 notes
#college  #dessert  #diet  #eating well  #fitblr  #fitspo  #food  #freshman 15  #fruit  #guilt free dessert  #health  #health  #nutrition  #recipe  #summer  #watermelon  #weight loss  #weightloss  #sorbet 
The salad I made for dinner tonight! So delicious, and all about 80 calories.
INGREDIENTS:
2 Cups Argula
1 Cup Chopped Watermelon
1 Tablespoon reduced fat Feta Cheese
Drizzle of basalmic vinaigrette
Plus, a little salt and pepper on top

The salad I made for dinner tonight! So delicious, and all about 80 calories.

INGREDIENTS:

2 Cups Argula

1 Cup Chopped Watermelon

1 Tablespoon reduced fat Feta Cheese

Drizzle of basalmic vinaigrette

Plus, a little salt and pepper on top

— 1 year ago with 7 notes
#salad  #salad recipe  #health  #nutrition  #weight loss  #tasty  #food  #feta  #watermelon  #summer  #weight loss  #diet  #fitspo  #dinner  #lunch  #eating well  #wellness  #health  #healthy eating  #recipe  #cooking 
Coconut LaCroix!

I saw an advertisement for Coconut LaCroix Sparkling Water in a SELF magazine in JUNE, and have been on the lookout for it in every grocery store I’ve frequented this summer (…and that’s a lot. I like to explore different grocery stores. It’s a weird habit. Whatever.) And I FINALLY FOUND IT at TARGET. Oh Target, I knew you were my favorite. 

I excitedly popped the tab, and took my first sip. It was DELICIOUS. I’ve always loved LaCroix, but this has got to be my favorite flavor EVER! And the coconut wasn’t overwhelming. It was refreshing! This product is new, so time will tell if they keep producing it. I hope they do!

Time will tell. But for now, my only question is, “Can I use it…in a smoothie recipe???’

We shall see, children. We shall see.

— 1 year ago with 6 notes
#Coconut  #coconut lacroix  #lacroix  #sparkling water  #exotic  #drink  #refreshing  #diet  #weight loss  #college  #no calories  #0 calories  #delicious  #smoothie  #SELF  #magazine  #summer