When I think of the month February, one of the first things that comes to my mind in Strawberries!
They are almost as high on the chart as red hearts and love...and to me they kind of remind me of a red heart <3!
Strawberries are such a great snack, and I especially get excited about strawberries in February because they are in season and start hitting the supermarket shelves all red, plump, and juicy.
There are many ways that you can use strawberries. Here are some of my favorite ways to eat strawberries with my diet.
- Wash them and just eat them! This is the easiest way to eat strawberries and since they are pretty sweet already, then they are great as a dessert.
- Cut them up and place them in your oatmeal. Click here to get a strawberry slicer --->
- Slice them and top with whipped cream!
- Layer them in yogurt with other fruit.
- Add them to fat free cottage cheese.
- Add them to cereal.
- Place them on top of your pancakes and add sugar free syrup.
- Make a snack tray with strawberries, grapes, cubed cheese, and peanut butter crackers.
- Blend strawberries in a berry shake with blueberries and rice milk.
- Dip them in baker's chocolate and let cool....drool for Chocolate Covered Strawberries! Click Here on this picture to get your very own!
OATMEAL....
A lot of my co-workers seem to have questions about OATMEAL. What kind of oatmeal to eat, what is "rolled-oats?", and so on.
So here is the TIP FOR THE DAY!
Eat whole oatmeal, otherwise known as "Rolled Oats," INSTEAD OF instant oatmeal.
- Whole oatmeal cooks in the microwave the exact same as instant oatmeal, so no excuses!
- Whole oatmeal, they say, lowers your bad cholesterol levels.
- Whole oatmeal is easy to cook in microwave, add a tiny bit of artificial sweetener if you like, add fresh fruit and/or almond slivers, granola, or whatever else you like!
AND, whole oatmeal will digest much slower than instant oatmeal, and will keep you FULLER for LONGER, and aid in the process of LOSING BELLY FAT!
P.S. I also eat Turkey Bacon with my oatmeal, and I cook it also in the microwave, making it crunchy!
I look forward to hearing from you! LEAVE A COMMENT!!!
-Deidra
Here are some HELPFUL tips, again from OXYGEN MAGAZINE.
I really like reading Oxygen Magazine for women because they have workout plans, meal options, research, motivational interviews with real women, and then of course there are the fittest of the fit models.
The models are competitors, and I don't work out and eat right to "look like them" but IT IS a TON OF MOTIVATION!!!!!!!
And if I even come 10% close to looking like those fitness models, then I am doing good! RIGHT! Enjoy more at their website http://www.oxygenmag.com/
(Oxygen Magazine does not pay for me to endorse their products, and I have no connection with Oxygen Magazine.) I do absolutely love their Magazine though!
