Day 2 Post Pregnancy

Today was definitely better then day one! Ice cold water helped me a ton when I had cravings! Here is what I ate! 

Breakfast this morning! Eggs and sausage weighed and measured (hubs does that part)

Little buddy eating bfast with me!

These bars were a lifesaver and super yummy! Ben made this recipe up and seriously they are so good! I ate these.. an apple,carrots, and a little chicken thigh for my lunch today!

1 cup almonds
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup crasins
1/4 cup honey
3 tablespoons coconut oil
4 tablespoons nut butter (I used cashew)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons honey melted 

-Heat oven to 350° 
-In a large bowl mix coconut oil, thick honey (1/4 cup), vanilla extract, nut butter.
-Put your almonds and walnuts in a food processor and chop them down. If you don't hav3 a food processor the put them in 2 ziplock bags and SMASH THEM WITH A HAMMER!! 
- Now combine all the ingredients together in your large bowl. Make sure it is mixed well.
- Place your mixture in an 8x8 pan lined with parchment paper. Flaten the mixture down nice an even.
- Now take your melted honey and spread evenly over the top.
-Place in the over for 15-20 minutes once done let cool for 1-2 hours place it in your refrigerator before cutting them into bars. 
- If your making lots, wrap them in parchment paper and keep in the refrigerator.

DIN DIN -Ribeye steak yummy! and spinach salad with balsamic vinaigrette

I hope you enjoy! I keep this in mind every minute of every day... " Every bite you take gets you closer to or further from your goal!" -Ben Lamoreaux 

Stay tuned for tomorrows meals! Keep em coming! Hopefully its easy sailing from here ;)

BRIGITTE'S TRANSFORMATION!

HELLO HELLO! Here it is!

 6 WEEK TRANSFORMATION done on Brigitte herself! Brigitte was 152 lbs before delivery! After delivery her weight went to 142 lbs and her goal weight is 115 lbs. These are the questions we ask our clients. What is their goal, and we even ask what foods they like to eat so we can get a basic idea of which plan would work best for them. Brigitte likes clean meals like fruits, vegetables, meats and so on. So she is doing more of a paleo diet but customized by us. We add in certain varieties of things here and there to help with energy and weightloss. Also she is nursing so the amount is something we are paying attention to as well!  

Total Pounds wanting to lose: 27 LBS.  

These pictures to the right are 1 day post baby. (Excuse the lines on the middle section) You can see she carries weight in her back and thighs and that will soon all go away!

"During my pregnancy I literally ate everything and anything! Dr. Pepper and Oreos pretty much every day knowing that I would have to work a little harder to get it off post baby.. but it was worth every bite and drink!" Brigitte Lamoreaux

" I really wanted something quick and easy this morning like cream cheese and a bagel but I thought to myself if I timed how long it takes eggs I wonder if it would take just as long.. and it does... 3 minutes, espeically  if you do over-easy! Same amount of time and a better choice!"

Breakfast of a Champion! Farm Fresh Eggs, Peppered Nitrate Free Bacon, Gala Apple, Fresh Grinded Peanut Butter

"On the lunch menu: Red Quinoa and Free Range Grilled Chicken! Super yummy! All weighed and measured for my goals by Raw Living Foods. And for dinner I don't have a picture but I had Ribeye Steak and Steamed Broccoli! Day 1 NO DR PEPPER! Woo! Lets see if I can keep it up;)"

Plantains Oven Baked

All you need is:

4 Plantains -Slice into smaller pieces about 1/8" 

Directions:

-Preheat Oven at 450 degrees

-Peel plantains and cut into 1/8" sections 

-Arrange on cookie sheet so that non are on top of eachother

-Bake and flip every 10-15 minutes until plantains are brown and crispy

-Salt lightly if desired

*We ate these with a spicy hummus and/ or Ketchup and it was AMAZING!!!

Enjoy!

B&B 

Chicken and Sweet Potatoe

Chicken and Sweet Potato

Chicken Breast Grilled (4 oz)                  Sweet Potato (2oz)

1g Fat                                                        0g Fat

0g Carb                                                    11.5g Carb (Good carbs)

26g Protein                                              0.9g Protein

If you need more good Fats for this meal add Coconut Oil on Chicken or Sweet Potato

Sweet Potatoes and Chicken

Grilled Chicken Rub

-1 tsp paprika 

-1tsp garlic powder

-1tsp salt 

-1tsp pepper

-4tbsp olive oil

Rub all over chicken before grilling 

Cook chicken until 165 degrees (meat thermometer)

Sweet potato I put in the oven on 350 for an hour wrapped in foil. (Check to see if it is soft before removing completely from oven- the bigger the potato the more time needed) ENJOY!

Happy New Years!

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Be the BEST you can be this upcoming year by starting the YEAR OFF RIGHT WITH US!!! 

Thank you for letting us be a part of your transformation! We are SO excited for YOU!

Raw Living Foods

Paleo Chili For Christmas Eve-YUM

Merry Merry Christmas! I don't have a picture of the chili but you need to try this! It is AMAZING!

Just grab a crock pot and put in a liner (So you don't even have to clean up!) 

Put in:

1 Pound of Ground Beef (Cooked on a Skillet until pink is gone)

1 tablespoon Coconut Oil

1 Cup Sweet Onion Diced 

1/4 Cup Celery Cut up small

1 Cup Carrots Diced (About 2 Carrots)

1 Cup Sweet Potato Diced

2 Cups diced Tomatoes

1 15oz. Can or Tomato Puree or Sauce (I like a lot of sauce so I do 2 cans sometimes!)

1 Tsp Oregano (Fresh or Dry)

1 Tsp Salt

4 Tbsp Chili Powder

1 Tsp of Cayenne Pepper (If you don't like spicy don't add this part)

(We also like to add jalepenos but don't add if you do not like spicy!)

Throw it all in a crockpot for 4-6 hours on Low and ENJOY!!!!

xoxo

B&B

Steak And Veggies

Ribeye Steak (6ounces) I love steak! 420 calories

12g Fat

0g Carb

23g Protein

Broccoli (Raw) 31 Calories

0.3g Fat

6g Carbs

2.6g Proteins

This is a pretty Balanced meal! I like to Steam my broccoli at times as well or dip it into homemade Ranch!

Ribeye Steak and Brocoli

Ribeye Steak Rub

-3tbsp salt 

-2 tbsp agave (or Stevia)

-1tsp crushed red pepper

-1tsp garlic powder

-4-5 tbsp olive oil (Less oil if you use agave)

Mix all together and rub on steak then throw on grill for rare 130-135 degrees, med. rare 140 degrees, medium 155 degrees, well done 165 degrees (All Fahrenheit)

For the Broccoli just softened it in a pot of boiling water for 15-20 mins covered on high. If not soft continue to boil for an additional 5 minutes. Enjoy!

Salmon Kabob

Salmon Kabob is an easy go to when dinner is needed quickly! No carbs high protein!

3 ounces of Salmon

14g Fat (good fat might I add)

0g Carb

20g Protein

Recipe :

Easy recipe! 

1 Salmon fillet 

-Rub- 

1 tsp Lemon Zest

1 tsp Lemon juice 

1 tbl unsalted butter

Salt and pepper to desired taste 

Grill or Cook on stove till tender

5 Cherry Tomatoes cut in half 

1 slice of red onion diced

Lemon or lime wedges to taste 

-5 Grape Tomatoes and 1 Slice Red Onion  -Sauteed in fish juice and butter salt and pepper to desired taste

ENJOY!

Christmas Times- Apple Crisp Gluten Free/ Paleo

Apple Crisp Macros

4 oz.- 40g Carbs/17g Fat/ 6g Protein

Carbs are mainly from the honey surprisingly, Agave is a little less carbs but still has quite a bit so maybe eat less if you aren't needing that many carbs. 

Filling:

6-Medium sized Apples (You can peel yours and any apple will do make sure to core and dice it)

3 Tbsp. Honey- We have organic honey but any honey will do (Just watch the added sugars)

1 tsp. Lemon Juice

1 tsp. Cinnamon

Topping:

1/2 Cup Almond Flour

1/2 Cup gluten-free Oats

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 cup honey

1/4 tsp. salt 

3 tablespoons of coconut oil 

Directions:

1- Preheat oven 375 Degrees

2-Sautee Apples with cinnamon, honey, and lemon juice - until apples are softened

3-While Sautéing apples I made the Topping in a separate bowl and whisked all the topping items together 

4- Spray Coconut Oil in a 9 inch pie dish (or any cooking dish shape really), Place the sautéed apples down first and cover with crumble topping

5- Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until the topping is a golden brown. Once removed from oven let cool for 5-10 minutes. 

ENJOY! 

For a Yummy Paleo Whipped Cream try making your own

Coconut Whipped Cream for the top!

1 Can of Trader Joe's Coconut Cream or Full fat Coconut Milk (Chill in fridge overnight)

1 Tbsp. honey

1 Tbsp. Coconut Sugar

Place bowl and whipping tools in freezer for 10 mins and place chilled coconut cream, honey, and sugar into chilled bowl- whip together! 

ENJOY!

B&B

Chicken Caesar Salad

SO YUMMY!

4 oz- Grilled Chicken Breast (We just seasoned with lemon pepper seasoning and threw those chicken breast on the grill)

-110 Calories- 3g Fat/0g Carbs/ 23g Protein (Great source or protein!)

1/4 cup- Fresh Romain Lettuce

-2 Calories- 0g Fat/0.4g Carbs/0.1g Protein

-1/2 cup- Baby Spinach

-3 Calories- 0g Fat/0.5g Carbs/0.3g Protein

-1 Tbsp.- Parmesan Cheese (Shredded)

-27 Calories- 1.8g Fat/0.3g Carbs/2.4g Protein

-1 Tbsp.-Caesar Dressing (Homemade or any kind will do!)

-70 Calories-7.5g Fat/1g Carbs/ 0.5g Protein

Caesar Dressing Recipe (Makes about a cup worth of dressing)

1 tbsp. Dijon Mustard

1/2 cup Olive oil

2 tbsp. Mayonnaise (Use regular because its good fat-so no "fat free" and so on)

6 cloves of garlic mashed and minced or you can also substitute Garlic Powder about 5-6 tbsp. 

1/4-1/2 tsp. Lemon Juice and salt/ pepper to taste 

Mix all up and you have yourself a Caesar Dressing!

Thanks so much! 

B&B

Scramble Eggs and Bacon Muffin

This has to be one of my favorite meals!!!

1 Whole Farm Fresh Egg Scrambled 

-70 Calories- 7g Fats/1 Carb/6.3g Proteins

1 Farm Fresh Egg White Scrambled

-35 Calories- 0g Fat/0g Carbs/6g Protein

.5 oz of Mexican Cheese

-50 Calories- 4.5g Fat/0.5g Carbs/3g Protein

2 Slices of Hickory Smoked Fresh Bacon

-100 Calories- 8g Fat/0g Carbs/4g Protein

1 Whole Wheat English Muffin

-130 Calories- 1.5g Fat/26g Carbs/7g Protein

1/2 cup of Strawberries on the side

-24 Calories- .2g Fat/ 5.8g Carbs/.5g Protein

Whey Protein Shake with Water

-130 calories- 1.5g Fat/ 4g Carbs/ 25g Protein

Cook eggs together and Scramble, cook bacon separate, add cheese and toast english muffin if desired. I enjoy the strawberries at the end for a little breakfast dessert! YUM! Enjoy!

So my total for Breakfast was 27% Carbs/ 36%Fat/ 37% Protein a pretty balanced meal for what I am looking for. The next meals I will add some more Carbs and equal fats and proteins to even it out so that I have a total of 40carbs/30fat/30protiens

Yogurt Parfait Recipe

I am obsessed with yogurt parfaits! Especially pregnant! I'm 23 weeks and we are having a GIRL! and ALL I crave is FRUIT!!! Here is what I do:

8 oz of Greek Yogurt Honey (We use the brand- Zoi- it's amazing!

-Calories 320-  19g Fat/ 29g Carbs/ 9g Protein

2 oz of Fresh Blueberries and Strawberries

 -calories total 20 -.2g. Fat/ 4.7g Carbs/ .5g Protein 

15g of Granola ( We use gluten free KIND healthy grains )

-Calories 52- 1.5g Fat/7.2 Carbs/ 2.5g Protein

So- So far for the beginning of the day I am at

47% Fat

41% Carbs

12% Protein

So I know later in the day I will have more proteins! Pregnant I am aiming for 30proteins/30fats/40carbs

Hope  you ENJOY!!!!

B&B