Delicious Lemon Bar Protein Balls

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These lemon bar protein balls tastes like cookie dough and lemon bars had a child! I can’t get enough. If you love lemon bars and you love cookie dough, but want to reach your weight loss goals, you’ve got to try these! A quick note about flavoring these protein balls! I was trying to get a lemon flavor by using…
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Classic Homemade Dinner Rolls {Crowd Favorite}

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These dinner rolls are part of a series to collect the recipes I raised my kids on and make on Sunday nights when they come home for dinner! These rolls are practically fool-proof. I never have any trouble getting them to rise or cook thoroughly. I rotate on Sunday’s between making sourdough bread and homemade dinner rolls. I love them…
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Getting More Sleep for Easier Weight Loss

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Can getting more sleep help you lose weight? Here’s my experience and what the science says about how sleep can help you eat 270 fewer calories per day! Quick journal update- I started my 14 lb weight loss goal Friday. Today is Wednesday, and I’m down two pounds! Yeah! I know it’s not much, but I did want to share…
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New 10 lb Weight Loss Plan {2023}

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I’ve decided I’m an “all in” or “all out” type of girl. I am either committed to actively losing weight, or I stop tracking my food and my workouts get lazy until my clothes are too tight to wear. That’s where I find myself today! In fact, I wrote this exact same post 1 year ago this month. However, November…
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Protein Chocolate Chip Muffins {Baking with Protein Powder}

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Replacing a portion of your flour in baked goods with protein powder can increase the protein content of your favorite recipes! I tried it with these protein chocolate chip muffins, and they turned out fantastic! These muffins are 217 calories each, 32 g carbs, 7 grams protein, and 12 g fat. If you want to get started baking with protein…
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January 2024 Weight Loss Challenge {DIETBET}

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Get paid to lose weight! I’m hosting a 4 week weight loss challenge starting January 2024! For everyone that participates, I’ll be sharing my best weight loss tips, strategies, recipes, meal ideas, printables and more inside the challenge. (and disclaimer, you don’t actually have to be over 40. I just wanted to have a general population of like minded ladies!)…
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Real People Share How to Really Lose Weight, According to Reddit

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There’s no question over the past year I’ve become obsessed with Reddit! It started after the documentary about Wall Street Bets and the GameStop explosion. But, I’ve joined so many communities from true crime, reality TV, bikini prep, weight loss, volume eating, 1200 calorie diets, and even motivational forums. But my favorite communities are all about diet and weight loss,…
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Eggnog Biscoff Protein Ice Cream {Clean Simple Eats Recipe}

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I turned this recipe created by Clean Simple Eats for a shake, into ice cream in my Ninja Creami! Tastes like dessert, but good for you with 30 grams of protein. Whenever Clean Simple Eats has a new (or seasonal protein powder), they always send some tasty recipes to go with it. So, this month with the Holiday’s on the…
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Protein Monster Cookie Dough Bites {77 Calories}

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These Delicious protein cookie dough bites with mini M&M’s hit the spot when you are on a diet, but still want to eat tasty food! Why should you make these cookie dough bites? Ok friends. Let’s get real here for a second. If you’re thinking, for 77 calories, I might as well eat a REAL ball of cookie dough, I’ll…
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20 Minute Protein Prep with Meal Ideas

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Getting my proteins prepped is always the first step in jump starting a weight loss phase for me. Without proteins ready to eat, it’s extremely difficult for me to stay on track. So, here we go! My proteins prepped in 20 minutes and how I used them. I’m always trying to be transparent with you all, so I have to…
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Healthier Sweet Potato Casserole {with Pecans}

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This sweet potato casserole with pecans is the perfect side dish for any family dinner. With 180 calories per serving, we love it for Thanksgiving alongside a turkey, but we don’t hesitate to make it for any day of the week. Before losing weight, I rarely ate sweet potatoes. It wasn’t because I didn’t like them, but it just never…
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S’mores Protein Ice Cream in the Ninja Creami

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Looking for healthy recipes for your new Ninja Creami? This s’mores protein ice cream is a good one to start with. Each serving has 294 calories and 22 g protein. I resisted buying a Ninja Creami for a long time. I knew so many people who were claiming the ninja creami made the best protein ice cream. There’s even a…
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Healthy Protein Chocolate and Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich

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This protein “fat boy” Ice cream sandwich is a healthy alternative to the classic ice cream treat. This homemade version has HALF the carbs and fat, and double the protein as the classic Fat Boy Ice cream sandwiches, but tastes just as good. As soon as I saw chocolate graham crackers in the grocery store, I knew I wanted to…
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Easy Low Calorie Swaps You Won’t Even Notice {and save hundreds of calories}

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To make a calorie deficit easy and effortless, I am sharing my top 19 low calorie swaps that I used to lose over 20 lbs! When starting on a weight loss journey, it’s much easier to make subtle changes that you really don’t notice. For example, substituting regular bread for low calorie bread that tastes just as good. Bread is…
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Quick, Healthy Low Sugar Protein Pumpkin Pie

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With 183 calories, and 13 g of protein, you can eat this delicious dessert, and still reach your weight loss goals. This Low Sugar, Protein Pumpkin pie is THE recipe that will help you stick to your diet and never feel deprived. Why this Pumpkin Pie is the BEST There are only a few low calorie recipes that I would…
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12 High Protein Low Calorie Snacks for Weight Loss that make dieting so easy

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These high protein, low calorie snacks make dieting EASY because they are SO DELICOUS The last four years I’ve been eating a low calorie, high protein diet to lose weight and keep it off! I wanted to share 12 of my TOP snacks that I eat ALL the time that make staying on a diet so easy/ My BEST High…
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Protein Prepped for You (Justmeats.com coupon code HealthBeet)

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Just meats is no longer in business…… I’ve shared my protein prep often. Generally, once a week I will cook my chicken and ground turkey for the week (you can see that here, and here). So, of course I was intrigued by Justmeats.com, that said they would do all the prep work for me, with a variety of meats, AND…
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25 Weight Loss Affirmations That Actually Work {from losing weight to maintenance}

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When I last wrote about weight loss affirmations, I created the list before I lost weight. While a few of them served me well, I’ve sort of changed my approach to weight loss affirmations and have been using different ones with great success. Weight loss affirmations for me has just been another way to idenitfy the self talk that isn’t…
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Low Calorie Chicken Caesar Salad Recipe

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Ingredients, instructions, and tips for making this low-calorie chicken Caesar salad. This recipe is low-calorie, high in protein, and tasty!271 calories, 33 G protein, 10g carbs, 10 g fat Why you want to eat THIS salad With there being thousands of Caesar salad recipes on the web, you may be wondering why to choose this one. What makes this chicken…
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