What does summer mean to you? To me it's about longer daylight hours, spending more time with my husband and daughter, and getting rid of this winter fluff I gained while enjoying lots of booze and comfort food!
Small changes is the best place to start: I'm starting a 5k training program (Couch to 5k; free on the Apple App Store), eating more fruits and vegetables (we planted an "urban garden" in our yard this year), and limiting my alcohol intake to a couple of drinks a week instead of several per day. With these small changes, I plan on being to my goal weight in a reasonable amount of time and just in time to start rocking my new bikinis that I bought back in March when it was still cold and snowy out!
Because I have an incredible sweet tooth, I am trying to find ways to calm it while not going crazy on calories. I found a cute and simple recipe on Pinterest that I made today and it was awesome! These faux-cream sandwiches are just as tasty and as creamy as any ice cream sandwich, but they are three-ingredients and so easy to make. They also have about 120 calories per sandwich! You can even shave off more calories by using low-fat options of the ingredients.
This is what you need for your faux-cream sandwich:
1/2 C of fresh strawberries; chopped
13 graham crackers, halved
8 oz Cool Whip
1. Chop strawberries without their stems. I just used the chop setting on my food processor.
2. Fold strawberries into Cool Whip.
3. Spoon mixture onto graham cracker and sandwich between other half.
4. Wrap sandwich in Saran Wrap or other wrap of your preference (foil, paper, sandwich bag, etc.)
5. Place on a cookie sheet and freeze for at least an hour.
Enjoy this and happy spring!
And just for grins and giggles, here is when we were setting up the garden:
Yay gardening!!,
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