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Tea soda is something I created back in November and I’m so excited I finally get to start drinking again with this warm March weather! What makes it so amazing is that it’s basically calorie-free, chemical-free SODA that’s actually good for you!! It’s especially good if you’re just trying to cut out sodas because you still get the sweetness and bubbly-ness but with the added health benefits of tea! I like mint teas best for this but fruity teas also tend to come out really delicious! For an extra twist you can try throwing chunks of fresh fruit in too! Pair the tea with a complimentary flavored fruit, strawberries, apples, and lemons are all fantastic with many teas and work well for this! :)

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This tip was something I learned a few weeks after starting to get healthy. I realized that when I ate more often I didn’t need to snack or even to resist temptation because there was always a next meal for me to have. The other important part of this tip is to actually enjoy the foods you’re having! I looked forward to every single thing I ate (I still do) because it was delicious food that just happened to be healthy. I didn’t really want to eat anything off my meal plan because everything I wanted was included, even ice cream! (fat free Breyers hah)! Usually my calorie break down looked like this: Breakfast: 250 Lunch: 350 Afternoon Snack: 200 Dinner: 350 Night Snack: 150 ~ Find more tips here, I’ll keep making and adding more! piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/tips

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The most successful healthy & weight loss plans are ones that are easy to stick to and that help you make permanent changes. You don’t necessarily have to revolutionize your lifestyle, you just have to integrate little things that will make it healthier. Remember a pound is 3500 calories, so if you burn an extra 250 a day that’s an additional 1/2 pound a week! These are the types of changes I made and what made them so successful is I still do them! I cook my own dinners most nights, clean my dorm before bed, stretch/ do yoga when I get up in the morning, and generally walk around as much as possible. It’s small changes that make a BIG difference in the long run! :)

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Strawberry Raspberry Brownies! 105 calories, 26 carbs, 0g fat, 3g protein!!! ~ I started with the already super healthy “No Pudge Fudge” raspberry brownie mix but made it even healthier! I used greek yogurt to add more protein to the recipe, put it in cupcake molds instead of a pan to help with portion control (much easier to just have one cupcake size!), and used my favorite fruit trick. I love adding fruit to baked goods to increase the size of the batter (and thus the yield) for minimal calories. Although no pudge fudge is already really healthy I was able to cut out 15 calories per serving by adding fresh strawberries to the recipe! :) ~ Recipe here: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/brilliantbaking

Cheesy Eggplant Calzone with Bean Pesto!
280 calories, 4g fat, 46 carbs, 19g protein!!
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I made these tonight with a friend and they were absolutely fantastic! The recipe calls for fat free cheese but we decided to use half the amount of reduced fat cheese (comes out to the same calories) and add a few strips of red pepper to each. It’s a fun dish to make with friends because everyone can customize their own and makes a fantastic healthy meal! :)
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Recipe here:
Piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/supersandwiches

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It’s FEEL GOOD FRIDAY! What have you done to feel good today? :)

I think it’s really important to take one day a week to be nice to ourselves. Getting healhty, losing weight, working out, we expect a LOT out of our bodies and ourselves. I try to take at least this one day to do things purely to feel good as well as to recognize accomplishments like getting in a good workout, making a delicious healthy meal, or anything else. Sometimes the best rewards are just saying we’ve done something good and recognizing/telling others about that accomplishment!

Here’s what I did:

~ an awesome at home equipment free workout

~ planned a trip to an amazing health food grocery store for the morning (I’ll do a post all about it tomorrow)

~ went to an at-night-indoor-carnival my Uni hosted with some friends

~ took a nap! Seriously, naps are the best things in the world!! :)

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For more info on weight loss, nutrition and health go here: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/nutritionalknowledge ~ There’s a lot of misinformation out on tumblr so I wanted to make a quick start guide to help everyone get started on the right track! To learn more about how I lost the weight or my meal plans click the links! :)

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I love these models because I think they’re so inspirational not just for showing what X amount of fat looks like, but also for helping us understand what fat looks like beyond the numbers. It makes you really understand how it’s possible and common to lose inches and look/ feel better without a change in the scale! Another tool to help with no-weigh-February! :)

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I made this thinking about goals, progress and achievement. You are not a number, your progress, your abilities, they are not defined by a scale or any other number. Be proud of yourself and your body for the incredible things it can now do, the things it wasn’t able to do not so long ago. I may never have hit my “goal weight” but I’m able to do things I never even thought to do. I’m happy with and proud of my body exactly how it is, all 138 pounds of it, and I’m equally proud of how hard I worked to get there! :)

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Blueberry Wheat Scones! 82 calories, 13 carbs, 2g fat, 5g protein ~ You can use any fruit you’d like for this, I’ve found berries work best but apples (with cinnamon of course) and peaches are also great. The cooked sweet blueberries are delicious though, it’s like having jam baked right in! I love having these with breakfast (along with a cottage cheese and skim milk) but they’re truly great any time of day. ~ Recipe here: piecesinprogress.tumblr.com/brilliantbaking

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You know that one piece of clothing in the back of your closet you hang onto for the day when it’ll fit? That used to be this dress! Your body needs a lot of time and patience to lose fat but trust me, you CAN and WILL get there if you do it right. This progress took me 7 months but it is worth every moment of dedication because these are results I am able to maintain permanently! This week I decided for a simple before/ after shot of what healthy eating, nutrition, getting active and staying motivated can do! If you want to learn how I lost the weight or more about my story click the links! :)

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I made this a few days ago and have been thinking over posting it. Ultimately I decided it was the right thing to do and here’s why. ED’s are a serious problem and deserve to be taken seriously. Just like we learn about nutrition and fitness we need to learn about mental health and awareness too. ED’s are not a joke, not something you try on for a while, and my hope is that we can bring them to the forefront of the Tumblr conversation. Personally, as someone who has faced this and recovered I’m not ashamed to share what I’ve gone through and what I’ve learned if it will help others. Today I live as healthily as possible, eating right and exercising but it was a long 6 year journey to get to this point. The next time you tag “pro ana” “pro mia” or any other “promotion” or glamorization of a devastating disorder please remember this post.

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I loved doing this routine this morning! It was so easy to get a few minutes in before starting my day and gave me a great morning boost of energy. Especially with the snow outside it was a great way to get me going. Try it! :) ~ The first in my SATURDAY STRENGTH SERIES! There will be a new 5 fit minutes posted each Saturday focusing on a different body region, skill level, or type of workout. They’ll be kept here as I make more of them!