Strawberry overnight oats!

Overnight oats get better and better each time I make them. I'm really in love with the ones I made last night:

Unfortunately these don't photograph well, but they taste amazing so that's all that matters! I combined:

-1/4 cup gluten free rolled oats

-1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk

-a splash of vanilla 

-a shake of cinnamon

-1/4 a packet of truvia 

-1 tsp crunchy almond butter 

And then topped with strawberries. You can add the strawberries the night before or in the morning. This is the perfect serving to keep me full until lunch and I love that I don't have to make it in the morning! For more pictures, follow my Instagram @itslovelytolose :) 

P90x and protein smoothie!

Yesterday was my first day of p90x. It was chest and back and ab day and it was hard but I really really enjoyed it! They reccomend a recovery shake afterwards but I didnt buy the powder so I just made a protein smoothie. I put 1 scoop of vanilla whey protein, almond milk, vanilla greek yogurt, frozen berries and frozen mangoes.

 I also had half of a quest bar. I already feel p90x and I can't wait for my workout today! For those of you unsure about what exercises to be doing, do p90x! 

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Quest bars and polar watch!

A few days ago I received my polar ft4 heart rate watch and variety pack of quest bars in the mail! I was so excited because I've been wanting both for a while but not wanting to spend the money. I hate that I am now addicted to quest bars and will most likely not be able to repurchase for a while. 

Anyways, I love my polar watch! It comes with a chest strap that tracks your heart rate and calculates how many calories you burn based on your height and weight. I am obsessed with this because it is custom to your body and there's no more guessing when it comes to how many calories I've burned. Before I had it, I guessed that I burned about 100-200 calories each workout but after wearing my monitor, it was actually between 300-400! 

Here is the box 

And here is my burn after the first workout. I would definitely recommend this to anyone that can afford it! And it's really easy to use also. 

I got my 12 pack of variety quest bars also. I've heard so much about these and felt like it was time to try for myself!

 I'm saving all the chocolatey ones for last, so I'm trying the fruity ones first. I had my first one yesterday, the peanut butter and jelly one. I ate half of it normally and baked the other half. Both ways were really good and I loved it! I would definitely get this flavor again, too! It tastes exactly how you would expect it to. I'm going to try the lemon one today and Ill let you know how it is! For more pictures, follow my Instagram @itslovelytolose

Healthy peanut butter pancakes!

I have quite a few blog posts to catch up on! I'm going to start with my absolutely amazing peanut butter pancakes! These babies are amazing and are 100% healthy! 

Ingredients:

2-3 egg whites 

1 ripe banana 

A splash of almond milk

A splash of vanilla extract

A pinch of baking soda (trust me!)

A shake of flour if needed (you could also use protein powder to make protein pancakes!)

Cinnamon (as much or as little as you want, try atleast a shake or two because it boosts your metabolism!)

1 tbsp peanut butter or 2 tbsp pb2

A few chocolate chips (optional)

Combine all ingredients except peanut butter and blend. Pour batter on lightly greased ( I used Pam) skillet. Top each pancake with a shake of cinnamon or two chocolate chips. While pancakes are cooking, put the tablespoon of peanut butter in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds. You'll need to watch it to make sure it doesn't burn. Flip pancakes when you see bubbles. Put a little but of peanut butter in between each pancake and drizzle the rest over top. Enjoy! 

Happy national pancake day!

Today's breakfast was healthy pancakes in honor of national pancake day! These pancakes were amazing. And only 3PP for those of my weightwatcher followers! And yes that includes the syrup, chocolate chips, and almonds! Okay I won't make you wait any longer, here is the recipe! 

Ingredients:

3 egg whites

1 ripe banana 

A splash of almond milk 

A splash of vanilla extract

A pinch of baking soda 

A dash of flour if needed

Cinnamon 

6 chocolate chips 

3 crushed coconut almonds 

1/8 cup lite syrup

1. Combine egg whites, banana, almond milk, vanilla extract, baking soda, and flour if you're using it. I used a blender to thoroughly blend but you can also mash the banana and mix manually. 

2. Take the end of a butter knife and crush your almonds into pieces.

3. Pour mixture onto greased skillet and top wet side with chocolate chips, crushed almonds, or cinnamon. My pan made three pancakes per batch so I topped one with each topping. Make sure you push the topping under the batter so it doesn't burn and flip when it looks solid. 

4. Take pancakes off skillet and top with syrup and the rest of your crushed almonds. 

5. Take a picture and Instagram it with the hashtag #iltlhealthypancakes so I can see! 

6. DEVOUR!

So yes, this entire stack of pancakes is just 3PP, all inclusive. You can thank me later! Follow my Instagram for more pics, @itslovelytolose 

Quinoa pizza bites!

I know I've mentioned before that I have an obsession with Chocolate Covered Katie. I've made many of her recipes and haven't come across one I didn't like. The quinoa pizza bites were no different.

I made a few changes in the recipe, which can be found here. I used Weight Watchers string cheese as the cheese filling and used half tomato paste/half tomato sauce because I ran out of paste. They still tasted good, though!

Each of these delicious bites is only 1pp or 42 calories each. Katie's recipe said it yielded 8-10 but I guess I made mine too small because I got 24 out of mine! I'm not complaining though because that means I can have more than one! They were the perfect combination and actually tasted like pizza. You couldn't even taste the "healthy"! I will definitely be frequenting this recipe. Caution: may cause addiction!

Props to Katie, check out her blog, chocolatecoveredkatie.com or on instagram, @chocolatecoveredkatie. 

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The healthiest, yummiest snack ever!

I am obsessed with this new snack I've found! I have it for a snack after school and also for breakfast on the weekends. I think I'm addicted and I'm totally okay with that. All it is is one banana, sliced, and one apple, chopped into bite sized chunks drizzled in warm peanut butter. I put the peanut butter in the microwave on melt, and then watch it until it starts bubbling, usually about a minute in. After it bubbles, it's super important to take it out right away or else it will burn and harden. After I take it out, I drizzle it on my fruit and am one happy camper!

I'm going to try it with pb2 at some point to still get the flavor while cutting the calories and fat, but right now I'm loving it too much to change a thing! This could also be an amazing healthy dessert! 

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