Strawberry Lemonade

 

Strawberry Lemonade 

 

1 Quart Water

1 Lemon (juice only) 

1 Sliced Strawberry 

2 packets calorie free natural sweetener (Stevia, Xylitol, Sweet n Low)

Ice Cubes

Place1 quart of water in a pitcher. Add juice of 1 lemon. Stir in 2 packets of sweetener. Add ice as desired. Garnish with sliced strawberries, or crush the strawberry and mix it in to add flavor and color. Sip with a straw and enjoy!

The HCG diet and my 40-pound weight loss

The HCG diet and my 40-pound weight loss

HCG Approved Recipes: The HCG Diet Gourmet Cookbook: Over 200 "Low Calorie" Recipes for the "HCG Phases

So far one of the best HCG Recipe books we've seen. The author not only gives great recipes, but she also speaks of her journey and gives great motivational tips. 

We have a copy in the office so feel free to stop by take a look. 

Here is the Amazon link:The HCG Diet Gourmet Cookbook by Tammy Skye

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Quick Health Facts: Benefits of Vitamin B12 Shots

B12 is a great energy boosters. It works through the red blood cells, by enabling them to carry oxygen more efficiently. An oxygenated cell is a cell that is at its optimum, full of energy and won’t tire easily. B12 is also great for the skin. These are just some of the benefits – overall, it’s an essential vitamin that the body must have to stay in balance. The only problem is that it is not that easily found in food – very few foods are B12 rich and these are essentially meat and eggs. Shots are a preferred option because of their direct and immediate absorption into the bloodstream.

So what are the benefits of B12 shots?

1. B12 increases metabolism, the side effect of which can be weight loss. With regular B12 shots and a combination of other weight loss regimens, people have reported to lose weight much faster and they attribute it to the shot.
2. B12, as we said earlier is a great energy booster. What better way to deliver an energy booster than directly into the bloodstream? The other option would be to take a supplement, which would take many hours in the digestive process and would lose much value along the way.
3. Speaking of value, with a B12 shot, you retain almost all the B12 – none of it gets lost in the digestive process. For comparisons sake, a B12 tablet leaves you with only 1.2% of B12 in the tablet. A shot will lose very little, if any.
4. b12 Shots are highly recommended mood boosters as well. B12 is essential for a properly functioning central nervous system – we know that dysfunction can lead to depression. If you suffer from mild depression once in a while, you can try a B12 shot as a mood booster – some people have reported feeling happily giddy afterwards, but not for long. In a few hours, it settles and you are just happy!
5. B12 is essential for a properly functioning cardiovascular system. It thins the blood and prevents blood stickiness. Blood cells sticking together is what leads to a blood clot which can cause a stroke.

Quick Health Facts: Vitamin B12 Deficiency Symptoms

You are quite not yourself and you just can’t put a finger on it. You feel listless, tired, moody, and have bouts of weakness and shortness of breath. You may be suffering from a deficiency of Vitamin B12.


There are complications which come with the diagnosis though. A lot of times, and it may not be the doctor’s fault, the deficiency may not be caught or caught on time. This is because the symptoms are shared by so many other diseases that it’s easy to attribute the deficiency of B12 to something else.

It’s also tricky because it does not happen at once. It creeps slowly. It may take years for you to eventually realize that you have a deficiency. And all these time, you may attribute your symptoms to just life, stress and general fatigue.

So how would you start to know that you may have a deficiency of B12? Here are some symptoms that will tell you:

1. The first thing would be anaemia. Even by itself, it’s a disease that’s slow to manifest. It is basically a shortage of the red blood cells that carry oxygen around the body. And these of course are critical as oxygen is life. They start to deplete slowly and eventually, you have no energy. Even breathing is a labour. Your palms and the insides of your eyelids are pale. You may even start to experience fainting spells.
2. You will feel sudden itchiness of the tongue. It starts then stops as suddenly as it started. All this is related to the lack of oxygen – transportation of it is cut off and suddenly resumed thus the tingling or itchy feeling.
3. You’ll notice that you start to forget things. This one is a hard one to use for diagnosis because it’s usually attributed to too much to do and the stresses of life. What should mark it as a symptom for you is that it gets worse and worse.
4. You lose your appetite. Again, this is a symptom that comes with many other illnesses so you may not attribute it to a deficiency of B12.
5. You’ll get alternating diarrhoea and constipation. The problem again with these two is that many times you’ll think it’s your diet or your lifestyle and not necessarily a deficiency.
6. Your hands and feet start to tingle suddenly – that pins and needles feeling only its much more pronounced and does not come as a result of awkward posture. The tingling will stop as suddenly as it started when the area gets enough oxygen once again.
7. You’ll notice that you have permanently cold hands and feet. Some people are born naturally this way, but if you are not and notice that you are developing them, it should be a pointer to have yourself checked.
8. Your heart is now struggling to feed oxygen to your body because all vital bodily functions need to be kept going. You will feel palpitations of the heart as it fights.
9. As this is happening, you will be struggling to breath and may have chest pains. You’ll get more and more out of breath and the chest pains will get worse.
10. If you are woman, you’ll notice a big change in your menstrual pattern. It will become unpredictable and when it does happen it’s either too heavy or too light.

There are many more symptoms – as the deficiency gets worse, it may even reach your nervous system and eventually cause worse problems.

Quick Health Facts: Worst Drink?

Diet Coke (12 fl. oz. bottle) and other diet sodas
0 calories
0 g fat
0 g sugar

No calories, no fat, and no sugar—so what's the harm? For starters, the carbon dioxide that supplies soda's fizz will continue to burble and expand in your stomach, priming you for serious bloat. That's the short-term effect. The long-term could be even worse: The artificial sweeteners in diet soda might actually inhibit weight loss. Studies have shown that rats consuming artificial sweeteners consume more calories at subsequent meals. It's as if the promise of calories, without the payoff, causes the body to crave food.

Slimming Down Your Cocktails: Now you See it, Now you STILL see it???!!!

If your willpower is weak, pick a drink that you can nurse for a while. For example, it might take longer to sip one martini than down two glasses of wine. That’s portion control at its best.

Slimming Down Your Cocktails: Mindful Margarita

Restaurant margaritas can mask 300 to 700 calories, so you’re better off making your own with this recipe from Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant & World’s Best Tequila Bar. Mix 2 oz tequila reposado, 1 oz organic agave nectar, and 1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice. Shake and strain over ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a fresh lime wedge (211 calories).  If you’re looking to slash a few more calories, Jose Cuervo makes a ready-to-pour Light Margarita Mix with fewer than 100 calories per serving (91 calories per 4 oz).

Slimming Down Your Cocktails: Tonic Water or Club Soda?

Don’t confuse tonic water with club soda. While club soda contains zero calories, tonic hides some sugars. Van Tiel’s choice: Q Tonic. Made with real, not synthetic, quinine, the agave-sweetened tonic has about 60% fewer calories than regular tonic water (24 calories vs. 55 calories per 5 oz).

Slimming Down Your Cocktails : Pick, Choose and Refuse

Cutting calories is as simple as switching from juice to a flavored seltzer. Instead of mixing vodka with lemonade, go with a flavored lemon seltzer. In general, opt for diet over regular soda; choose light fruit juices over the full-sugar kind.

Slimming Down Your Cocktails: The "Proof" is in the Proof?

The higher the proof of your alcohol, the more calories it holds. One ounce of 80-proof vodka contains 64 calories. Choose the 100-proof kind and you’re up to 84 calories per ounce.

Slimming Down Your Cocktails: Go For The Garnish!!

 

It’s not just a garnish. Take a twist of lemon, lime, or orange peel and squeeze over a vodka soda. Since 80% of what we taste comes from what we smell, spraying the essential oils from the fruit skin will enhance the aroma and flavor of your drink without piling on the calories.

Slimming Down Your Cocktail: (Intro) Umbrella Drinks

Chances are, if your drink is topped with an umbrella, it’s loaded with sugar. An 8 oz daiquiri contains 449 calories; the same sized piña colada packs 618 calories! But just because you’re watching your liquid calories doesn’t mean you’re stuck throwing back Bud Light Lime all summer. Whether you want to enjoy a classy cocktail on a rooftop or sip on a margarita by the pool, we’ve found simple swaps that’ll keep you buzzed without the burden of excess calories.

Chicken Egg Roll

Chicken Egg Roll

-2-3 big cabbage leaves
-1 cup shredded cabbage
- dash of onion salt, garlic powder and Chinese Five spice
- ½ packet of stevia
- 2 melba toast rounds
-1 chicken breast cooked and chopped


Steam big cabbage leaves for 5 minutes. Move over to side of steamer to make room for shredded cabbage. Steam for 5 min. Remove shredded cabbage to mixing bowl and mix with chicken and spices. Wrap in big cabbage leaves and crunch melba toast on top to give crunch.

Seafood Gumbo

Seafood Gumbo

-100 grams of seafood (any allowable combo)
- 1 chopped garlic clove
- 2 large chopped Roma tomatoes
-¼ tsp. onion salt. – ¼ tsp. Creole seasoning
- dash of garlic powder, celery salt, cayenne pepper.
- 1-2 packets of stevia

Sauté seafood with chopped garlic or high heat until browned. Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low for 15 minutes.

Orange Ginger Chicken

Orange Ginger Chicken

- 100g chicken – cut into chunks
- black pepper
- orange (cut in 1/4s)
- 2-3 cloves minced garlic
- 1/2 t basil
- 1 T fresh ginger root (about 1/2"-1" long piece, peeled & minced)
- juice of half lemon



1. Preheat pan over MED heat.
2. Sprinkle chicken with pepper.
3. Add chicken to pan and stir fry until brown on all sides, about 5-10 mins.
4. Add garlic and cook for 1 min.
5. Squeeze juice of orange quarters over chicken.
6. Peel & separate orange into sections. Add orange sections, ginger, lemon juice, and basil. Stir well.
7. Cover and simmer for about 20-30 mins.

Bunless Chicken Burger

Chicken Burger

3.5 ounces of chicken breast ground
1 t. pepper
1 t onion salt
1 t. onion powder
1 t. garlic powder
1 t dry mustard
2T. balsamic vinegar
2 cups lettuce

Mix all ingredients into the ground chicken breast and mold into a small patty. Grill and garnish with the lettuce and balsamic vinaigrette.


   

HCG Approved Recipes: Asian Lime Whitefish

• 100g whitefish of your choice
• 1 1/2 t liquid aminos
• 1/4 t grated fresh ginger
• lime wedge(s)
• sea salt & pepper

1. In a small shallow bowl, mix together the marinade of lime juice (from lime wedge or two - I'll use up to half of lime), liquid aminos, and grated ginger. 
2. Place the fish in the bowl and coat both sides with marinade and desired amount of sea salt and pepper. 
3. Cover with saran wrap. Place in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
4. Preheat non-stick pan over med-high. Pour marinade & fish into pan. Cook about 3-6 mins each side, depending on the thickness of the fish, until browned or done to preference.
5. Serve immediately.