5 easy snacks in 5 minutes

 Hi ! Here are some super easy and simple recipes that take care of your health for you.

Yogurt bowl

This recipe is super simple and very easy and packed with protein. It fills your stomach up for atleast 3-4 hours. I hope you like it.
You'll need:-

- Berries of your choice (half a cup)
- Honey/Maple syrup/ any sweetener of your choice (as sweet as you like)
- Pb2 (peanut butter powder) (1 tbsp)
-Protien powder of your choice (1 scoop)
- Yogurt (4 to 5 tbsp)

Take the yogurt in a bowl mix the pb2 and protien powder in it. Top with the berries and drizzle some honey/maple syrup/ any sweetener of your choice.
And you are done ! It's ready to eat!

Yoyo apple

This recipe is SUPER easy and packed with nutrients.
All you'll need is
An apple
Yogurt ( 4 to 5 tbsp)
A tsp of cinnamon (optional)

Just cut the apple in the yogurt and sprinkle the cinnamon on top. And you're done! ENJOY YOUR SNACK!
Remember 
An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Chocolate popcorn

This recipe is very easy and smart. It will fill you up for very low calories and super yummy.

All you'll need is:

Low fat and low calorie  popcorn
(Or the kernels)

Chocolate protien powder/ any protien powder you like (1 scoop)

Stevia/honey/ vitafiber  (1 tsp/ as much as you like)

Cocoa powder (1 tbsp)

Now! Pop your popcorn in the microwave. Once its cooled down a little bit, take a big bowl, Throw in the popcorn and  add the
Protien powder  and the cocoa powder. Mix it. And drizzle the sweetener on top. And that's it! You are done! Enjoy your low calorie meal 😉

Pink icecream

This recipe is very filling and it includes fruits in it. Yes so its packed with nutrients and all that good stuff!

You'll need:

1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1/2 cup frozen Raspberries
1/4 low fat milk/ plant based milk
1/3 tsp of Xanthum gum/guar gum
1 scoop of protien powder of your choice

Put all these ingredients in a blender and blend blend blend!

if you dont have the xanthum gum, you can make it without it. It won't be as thick but yes it will taste good! Freeze for 15 minutes before serving!

Chips !!

You'll need
A low calorie tortilla/roti
1/2 tsp oil
1/3 tsp chilli powder
1/3 tsp of salt
1/8 tsp black pepper

Cut your tortilla in 8 equal pieces. Mix in the oil and all the spices. You can add the spice as per your taste. Spread it in a tray and microwave it for 5 minutes. It will turn out crisp and yummy! 

 That's it. These recipes are very satiating and you'll love them once you try them. If you don't have any ingredients I have mentioned NO PROBLEM. You can always twist and turn your recipes.

Remember there are no rules in the kitchen.😉😉😉

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like these! Let me know if you want more posts like these. I am a snacker and I love me a big snack. But we have got to make sure its low calorie and doesnt mess up your health cycle.

Bye ❤❤

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Progress lost because of a cheat day

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Hi everyone. I'm back and this week didn't go as well. As I planned. I did a few cheat meals and I was suffering from diarrhea notnot exactly diarrhea, but 

Not exactly diarrhea I was weak but I walked in Thousand Steps a week day and I pretty much walked out like I always do I did Caroline's workouts and I am super happy because I did a back workout with 10 kg weights. Yes. My back is very sore. But I'm so happy that I you know progressively overloaded my weights. Don't go the hard go. Don't go very hard on the very first time just Go with the on this and keep progressively overloading. Also I ate maybe 1,200 to 1,300 calories in a day. I'm not telling you to eat that much because I don't know what you weigh. And what is your height and everything? If you are not losing weight at your current calorie count then you might want to lower it a little bit more in order to lose weight. I am not entirely sure if I eat 1200 or 1300 calories a day, but this week I didn't lose any weight and I'm not super bummed because you progressively go ahead and you don't lose all the weight. In one day or in a week, and if you do that, then that might create a problem in a longer run. If you lose all the way then you might gain it back again. 

Also day before yesterday. I was fasting and I don't know but I had diarrhea day before yesterday. Not very bad. But yeah, I was kind of scared. 

Yesterday I attended a feast and I eat a lot a lot a lot a lot more than usual. 

I eat too much chicken fish and rotis and rice. That was a good meal. I ate sweets. I had Cola. 

Yes, the calories added up yesterday. But today I  spent my day like the usual day. I didn't burn I didn't try and burn more calories than usual. I did not limit my food. I did not starve myself in order to balance it out. I just ate the usual amount of food that I eat every day. I woke up and I had a yogurt bowl with strawberries and bananas with some peanut butter powder on top then I I had about Half a cup of watermelon and as a snack. I walked a little bit in the morning. I had two rotis for lunch both the wraps with some dal palak  on it. Then I was hungry again around 3:30. I wasn't actually hungry. I craved something. So I had watermelon then I was I walked a little bit again then I had. 

I guess half of  a small papaya. 

Then I had Like half of an orange I guess and then I was hungry again. I don't know why I was very hungry today. So I had one date and some peanut butter powder atablespoon of peanut butter powder 

Then yes, I ran. Okay, right I jogged did not run. I jogged for about 20 minutes. I completed like 1.2 kilometers or something? 

Yes, I am super tired by that jog. Also,  I had a big Roti wrap. 

Put some spinach and cabbage with some moong Dal palak. 

All right. What else? Yes, I'm pretty much not have anything again, and I'm full.

Also, I had about eight glasses of water today. I was very thirsty probably because yesterday I ate too much so maybe I was really thirsty because of that. So yeah, I have had almost eight to ten thousands of water. I don't remember but yes, I had plenty of water today. And shy I haven't pulled today so I don't know what what's coming next. 

I worked out today. 

Yes, my dear Caroline's workout. It went really well, but I was super hungry. I don't know. I think I have because I did not eat much. I guess if I have a filling breakfast then my whole day goes well and I don't get as much hungry. But if I have like small breakfast like I had today I had a yogurt Bowl just with strawberry and a banana. That's why because add that that is what that may be the reason that could be the reason why I was this much hungry today. So yeah, I'll incorporate a little bit heavy breakfast so that I don't get hungry very hungry in the day. 

Right 

Okay, that is it. Bye. See you next time. 

Hopefully with some progress. 

How to lose 5 lbs in 2 weeks?

January 13 to 28

It's been a long time and I haven't reviewed Caroline's work outs. I was super unmotivated and I had my exams I was eating and exercising well and I was in a calorie deficit like Greg doucette has said and I have lost 5 pounds in two weeks. And I'm super happy about it, and I want to tell  everything about that to you. So this week went absolutely amazing. I did all Caroline's workouts and they were super tough. My upper body is stiff and I am very tight in my upper body and I'm sore and but I think it's it's a good sign. I have been eating in a calorie deficit and I'm losing weight. 

I have to give you a super great recipe about the wrap that I eat every day with every meal. I mean I eat one Roti with some subzi and one wrap every day and it feels me it fills my stomach and I don't get as hungry. So the wrap includes a little bit of ketchup,spinach and chicken or scrambled eggs or Just spinach with some capsicum or Chilli or  tomato sometimes and then I wrap it up and then eat it with my meal with my Roti and sabzi and I am full. As a snack I eat anabolic popcorn by Greg  Doucette. I pop all the popcorn kernels and then put some honey on top like teaspoon of honey on top because it has because honey has many calories so I don't put a lot of it. Just like a teaspoon of it. Then I sprinkle some cocoa powder on it and some protein powder on it and then I mix it up and then eat it and it keeps me very energetic and full. I have been walking 10,000 steps a day more sometimes and I am feeling super light also, I'm on my period but still I'm not as bloated as I am ntormally and I am losing weight. Otherwise on my period, I'm super heavy.

I tried Greg doucettes  Anabolic ice cream but I don't have the xantham gum. So it isn't as stiff as it is supposed to be and it kind of feels like a smoothie and I don't like the taste of it so I don't eat it. I eat anabolic popcorn and the wrap from Greg Doucettes cookbook, which is absolutely amazing. My 199 dollars are well spent and I can eat everything from that. If you don't have it if you don't want to buy a book just watch his videos on YouTube. You can follow his recipes from there. Whatever you like. If you don't want to spend your money on that book, you can watch his videos. He's a kinesiologist. He's not a doctor. He's a kinesiologist and he's amazing. He has helped me his book, his knowledge has helped me lose weight. I was plateauing for a while now for like four months now I was Stuck on my weight, but now as I am in a calorie deficit I am losing my weight. I have said in the past that calories do not matter, but no they do if you want to lose with you have to get be in calorie deficit. Otherwise, you won't be losing weight. 

There is a myth that eating more will help you lose weight. Well eating more lower calorie dense foods will help you lose weight. If you eat lower calorie dense foods, then you'll be full and you you won't be eating as much so yes eat more of lower calorie dense foods and you will lose weight. Also, I watched Alivia D'Andreas glow up Diaries of her losing 32 pounds of fat and I think that she's amazing. I am so happy for her for losing that much weight and people are hating on her that she had an eating disorder and she's into getting help but she is here now and she there are only two episodes she has posted and we don't know that much about her journey yet. We can't blame her of something she isnt diagnosed with. She's amazing. If you want to lose weight watch her videos, she motivates people and she has posted her own transformation on her Channel and she looks amazing. Now. She looks healthy and happy now. She has a positive mindset and I hope she'll help you. Now back to Caroline's workouts. Oh my God, they're getting super hard these days. Today is one our full full body, and I am super excited. Yesterday was an active rest day , but I didn't do her cardio the lower steady state cardio. I didn't do that because you know, she kicks ass and I wasn't ready to get my ass beaten. So I did Lilly Sabri's cardio box workout of Linda sun challenge and that that was that was amazing.  I recommend you doing Lilly Sabris workouts,  If you are a beginner, she has lower weight workouts and they are cardio-based work out and  you'll lose weight. If you do that also eating in a calorie deficit  will help you lose weight. 

Also do some cardio do any type of cardio that you like like steady state cardio like cycling or walking or running. If you if you can do the cardio you're doing for two hours straight without getting tired then taht is the best cardio.for you..I walked ten thousand steps a day. That's my preferred state of cardio. And that is how you can lose weight. If if I plateau again then I'll change my cardio method I think but I think that 10,000 steps are enough for me. And you don't have to walk 10,000 steps if you can't but at least 6000 7000 steps are enough and they will help you lose with her will help you lose weight. Just be kind of active don't just lie around all day and don't be a couch potato you can be a couch potato after completing your daily step.goal.

 Strength training is for building muscle. It isn't for losing weight. So don't think that doing weight training will help you burn more calories. No, it isn't . Cardio will help you lose weight. 

cardio is the best form of exercise that you can do to lose weight. If you if you have to pick one exercise that you can do for your whole life then what would you pick? I would pick my walking because walking is a state of cardio. It is good for your heart. Heart is the most important muscle of our body. We have to protect our Heart by doing cardio. 

Cardio will help you loose weight. Just believe me. Believe what Greg Doucette says. He's a bodybuilder. He's not stupid. 

Thank you. So that is my advice on losing five pounds in two weeks. Maybe you you'll lose more than that. Maybe you lose less than that. Don't get demotivated. You will lose weight. If you are in a calorie deficit if you're doing more cardio, and if you're eating less calories than you are burning then you will lose weight. 

Thank you. Bye. ❤

Caroline Girvan: 

https://youtu.be/160TSBg4tOM

Greg Doucette: 

https://youtu.be/9dHcNvP01UQ

Alivia D' Andrea: 

https://youtu.be/C20LLr4PaoA

Lilly Sabri × Linda Sun: 

https://youtu.be/railXagQZhA

Greg doucette makes a lot of sense!

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Hi everyone. So I am following the Caroline Girvan, Workout plan and I am super excited to share my experience with you and I hope I can give you some motivation to follow along. She is a great Fitness YouTuber and I love her and I love her workouts and it gives me a good pump. I hope you are following along too.

 So today I woke up at around 6:50 and I was super thrilled because I was going to make Greg doucettes famous anabolic ice cream and I actually failed because I don't have the Ninja blender and I don't have xantham gum or guar gum or anything, but I actually tried making an ice cream, but I accidentally Made a smoothie and I had that it was pretty good. And then after that I had my morning lectures, so I attended those then I had to work out so I had dahi boondi and then I worked out with Caroline actually it was a Pretty good workout. It was quad and lower abs workout. It was really Pumping and my legs were shivering after the workout. Then I was super hungry. So I had lunch. Actually I had made poha for breakfast for my family and I was craving them so I had that for lunch and then I went for a walk but not a long walk. I went for like a 10-minute walk because I just wanted to get Fresh air, so I went for a walk and I did not get that much steps in then I came back home and I met a friend so I you know spent like 45 minutes talking. 

Then I came home and I was hungry again. So I ate Greg  Doucettes famous anabolic popcorn and I actually made them. The recipe is his in his cookbook. I'll just give you the ingredients just not the ingredients, but just the overview that they are protein popcorns. You have to watch his video. I'll link it down below and  they were super good. They were actually like chocolate popcorn. And yeah, they tasted super good. Then I had to make dinner. So I was  standing for about two hours. I think cooking is also a great form of cardio and I was hungry again at six. So I ate a banana.

I haven't had dinner yet and I'll be having dinner with my two rotis. I'll have I have rotis and I'll have the cauliflower sabzi with it. Yeah, and I got about 6,000 steps in today. I know they are very less than my usual last week. I actually reach 10,000 steps and I thought that I would continue it for a long time, but I didn't walked six thousand steps today. I was very lethargic andtomorrow I'll not not be walking that many steps because I am fasting tomorrow and it will be pretty. Boring day I won't be eating anything. I won't be drinking anything. I'll just have breakfast and I'll directly have dinner. Yeah, so that's pretty much all and I had 7 glasses  of water today. And yeah, I gained a lot of knowledge today from Greg Doucettes video you have you guys have to watch him and he is a Bodybuilder and he is he's a Kineologist or something. I don't know. Yeah, so he is super intelligent and he makes sense all of the time and he isn't wrong. He definitely isn't and he has more knowledge than most of the fittest YouTubers and I realized that I was doing everything wrong before I wash his videos and now I am taking a greater step and follow 

His steps and all and I've already lost our like a kilo and I am very happy about it. I actually gained two kilos when I thought that I was eating to less and I was that is why I was overweight. I mean, I'm not overweight . Of course. I have lost my weight but I literally thought that I was eating very less and that is why I wasn't losing any weight, but he has made me realize that it's  the food intake that you Take the calories have to be low. I mean the it has to be Optimum to a needs but you can still pretty much eat anything. Of course, it has to be healthy, but it has to contain less fat and more and more proteins carbs don't matter according to him and he actually really makes a lot of sense. You have to watch him. Yeah, so that is pretty much it. Also I watched will

 Will Tennyson. He is also a great guy and he also makes a lot of sense than all other Fitness YouTubers and I have realized that a how much stupid have been by listening to all these YouTubers who don't have that much knowledge and who preached by, you know, following along blogs on internet and that that is pretty much what I was preaching until now but I have now realized that calories do matter. 

And yes, eating less calories will make you lose weight and eating Optimum calories will help you maintain weight and eating more calories will get winter a surplus and then you'll gain weight. Yeah, so that is pretty much it. I am actually eating around 1,300 1,400 calories a day and I am pumping with motivation and I'm very feeling very healthy. And yeah, I'm losing weight. I mean I lost a kilo so I don't know how much I'll be losing ahead. But yeah. Yeah, so thank you. 

Thank you for tuning in. I hope you are following along the Caroline workouts and they are very effective and they are great for muscle building. Also, you have got to include your car do it could be anything. It could be any any sort of cardio steady State cardio options. 

I mean if you can do it for next 2 hours without getting much tired, then that is the optimum that is the amount of cardio you need without fail and you have to get your cardio. And I mean you have to get at least 150 minutes of cardio a week. It is good for your heart is good for your health. It is good for your fat loss weight loss and everything and you have to get in your cardio.

 Yep. Thank you. That is pretty much it. Bye guys Love you. ❤

Greg Doucette: https://youtu.be/SHY1NExou3Y

Caroline Girvan EPIC 2 - Day 10

 

Hi! So I have taken part in the Caroline Girvan EPIC challenge and I hope I can motivate you to take part as well. 

So! It's a Saturday morning and yesterday I did not want to post. I was too lazy and I was watching Haunting of the Bly Manor. It's a crazy show, isn't it?! 

I am writing this for yesterday. Yesterday I woke up at 7 maybe and I was happy, I had no lectures at all. It was a holiday! But I had to clean my house so I spent like 30 minutes dusting and all. Then it was time for my breakfast and I wanted something new. So I tried pancakes by Blogilates. It was not my first time trying those, I have actually made those once but I did not like the eggy taste of it. So yesterday I decided to add some cinnamon and vanilla in it. It tasted literally so good! And they were like VERY SOFT. Also the eggy taste was not there at all and it fulfilled my requirements of protien. It is a 2 ingredient pancake. 2 eggs and 1 banana! Just mix them up and make them. They were fantastic and they require no special skills. You can give it a  try if you want. 

Okay so after breakfast I decided to take a walk. I walked for 45 minutes I think. Then I had to make lunch and I spent an hour doing that. I had 2 fresh figs as a snack. Then I had to workout. It was an hour of it! I was kind of lazy but I did it. I died during those swing squats. Caroline literally kicks your butt in the best way possible. After my workout I stretched for a bit and then I had my lunch which was Winter special Green Lassun with bajra roti and roasted egg plant. It was SO GOOD. 

It was a heavy lunch and so I did not have any snack.  I made dinner and had it at 8 I think. Dinner was mutton curry with roti. I also had some salad at side. It was a fulfilling dinner. 

In all I had walked about 5000 steps and had 7 glass of water. Today is a rest day and I am relieved. 

I had pancakes today too with some peanut butter drizzled on top. I have made my peanut butter at home so it doesn't include any sugar. When  you buy peanut butter make sure it is not  as calorie dense or then you will have problems losing fat.

Bye❤

Caroline Girvan EPIC 2 - Day 9

 

Hi! So I have taken part in the Caroline Girvan EPIC 2 challenge and today was day 9. I am so happy that I have gotten this far and I am still motivated to complete all 50 days. I hope I can help you in some or the other way. 

So! I woke up at 7 today hoping that there wouldn't be any important lectures and luckily there were not. I was literally so happy and that made my whole day BETTER. I was just not concerned about anything and lived my morning. I had tea to wake myself up and then I decided to listen to a podcast about finance and stuff. Then I headed on to make my breakfast and honestly I did not knoww what to eat and I was just roaming around in the kitchen wandering what to eat, when I thought of making my favourite breakfast option,  a yogurt bowl! I made my homemade special granola and added some honey on top. I did not have any fruits except apples and so I cut up an apple and munched on half of it while making my granola. I honestly made a little bit too much of granola. But I loved it ! After breakfast i decided to take a walk and so i did. I walked for an hour I guess. 

Then I read my favourite book. I was so engrossed in it that I read continuously for about an hour that rarely ever happens .. soo .. that must be a real good book. Caroline had already posted her workout and I was very excited as it was an upper body day. I started the workout and OH BOY. I hadn't even completed half of it and my upper body was shivering. The biceps part was the worst. I could not do any more than 5 reps of those. But practice makes perfect. I will try and try and will succeed one day. 

I had my lunch a little late today. I don't know I just was not very hungry. Must be that granola. Also I had a fresh fig as a snack. I did not have anything for an evening snack. I was tired. I dont know why. Then I had to cook dinner and so I continuously stood and walked in the kitchen for 3 hours ! That was too much. But I am happy. I made a meal that fulfills the stomachs of my family. I learnt something new. I had never made dhokla before. Today I did it. Also I had that for dinner. Odd. I know..  but hey you can eat anything you want anytime you want. Also I discovered Greg Doucette and he really focuses on calories in the food. I agree with him and he totally made sense. He doesn't say that you need to eat less and weigh less to look good. He says that knowing what you are eating is the most important thing. A handful of nuts contain 200 calories and a BIG BOWL of popcorn contains the same. Now you will obviously finish the handful of nuts in 5 seconds whereas the BIG BOWL of popcorn will last you 10 minutes and that will trick you into eating more and weighing less. And he also says that you don't need to Lose weight to be healthy. He has given many more examples like Candy and ice cream and stuff. He also has some delicious recipes! You and I have GOT to try them. 

Alright; I walked about 7000 steps today and had 7 glasses of water. A bit tired with all that standing but yeah .. now I am going to bed. Get your beauty sleep in! 

Bye ❤

Healthy and tasty butterscotch icecream

 Hi! We all love ice cream! Be it anyone. Now, I've got an ice cream with a twist. It is HEALTHY! 

And it is TASTY! You can make it vegan too. If you add plant based milk instead of regular milk. 

Now now.

Today's recipe is full of flavour too. For the crunch in the ice cream we will be adding crushed almonds. And for the taste of butterscotch we will be adding the essence. 

Ingredients: 

1-2 bananas

2-3 tablespoons of milk or plant based milk of your choice. 

1 tsp of butterscotch essence

A pinch of red food colour.

15-20 almonds/cashews  (crushed) 

1 tsp Sweetener of your choice 

Recipe: 

Cut up the bananas in half. Add them to the juicer/ mixer. Add the milk, the food colour, the essence and the sweetener. Add some almonds/cashews. Then blend it for 3-4 minutes on slow. Now take it out in a bowl and let it chill inside the freezer for 5 minutes. Then take it out in a serving bowl and sprinkle some almonds/  cashews on top. 

Your healthy icecream is READY! 

you can change up the ingredients here and there by adding chocolate chips or some pistachios (with a green food colour) some blueberries (blue /purple food colour). 

You can add some cocoa powder and some cocoa nibs for the extra crunch. 

You can add some other fruits like strawberries or custard apple or even pineapple for some tangy taste.

About 1 small bowl of that icecream contains 200 calories (not that they matter) justice for your reference.

Enjoy your ice cream! I hope you like it! ❤