5 Mouthwatering Protein Boosters To Add To Your Smoothies To Keep Hunger At Bay!

How To Make Smoothies For Weight Loss More Filling And Nutritious

 Raise your hand high if you’re typically still hungry after drinking a smoothie?

You can’t see me but my hand is raised so high right now, even as I’m typing. Not sure how I managed that 😀. Because I work a typical job (for now), I have to eat when I’m told.

So I eat breakfast at 6 am and I eat lunch at 12 pm. That’s a long time in between meals at least in my opinion.

As we are trying to get physically healthy, what we eat should be one of our top concerns. The idea of drinking a smoothie is lovely but it’s not going to hold many people over until lunchtime, especially if lunch is 6 hours away.

Of course, snacks are an option and can be healthy but let’s be real here. Many of our snacks have enough calories to be considered meals. It’s a good idea to be quite judicious with our snacks.

Given all of this, I was delighted when I came across a video from Pickup Limes on YouTube that mentioned adding this to our smoothies to make them more filling.

I’ll share what “this” is below.

Then I will share some more ways you can add protein and fiber to your smoothie to make them more filling.

Don’t have a way to make a smoothie? Definitely, check out the Nutribullet which is amazing.

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How To Set And Stick To Your Personal Development Goals (Even If You “Failed” Before)!

How To Set And Stick To Your Personal Development Goals (Even If You “Failed” Before)!

It’s January 17. More than half of January is already gone. There’s every indication that every other month will fly by just as fast.

And if you’re anything like me you’ve set New Year’s resolutions (although I tend to start working on them before New Years).

My question is what tangible steps have you taken so far to really make those resolutions a reality?

Will you be looking back a year from now saying “Man I wish  I had done xyz like I promised myself I would”?

Or

Will you be looking back saying “wow, I was determined and focused and I actually accomplished my personal development goals like I said I would”?

I’m asking myself these questions just as much as you are.

I’ve set countless New Year’s resolutions and broken more of them than I care to admit.

So what can we do differently this year to actually make our resolutions stick?

I’m going to talk about how I plan to set healthy & personal growth goals for the next year & more in today’s post so stay tuned. 

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How I Lost 65 Pounds & Why I Gained Some Of It Back!

How To Lose 65 Pounds

I’m going to give you some insight into how to lose 65 pounds based on my own experience.

Please stick around so you can learn some of the details of my weight loss journey. 

Oh yeah, and this post contains affiliate links to great products that will help you in your health journey. I will get a commission if you decide to buy from these links but I’m only recommending products that I feel confident about. 

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The “Secret” To Losing Weight

I don’t want to be the one to tell you this but it’s important that you know this.

There is no secret to losing weight.  No intermittent fasting or magic diet. No restricting my favorite foods or trips to the Mayo Clinic.

There is no magic bullet. No code to crack. I know we all wish there was an easier way to do it but it really boils down to this.

In its simplest most foundational form, weight loss is about eating healthier and moving more (ie exercise).

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The Amazing Benefits of Collagen Supplements For Weight Loss, Sleeps, Longer Hair & Bomb Skin!

Collagen Supplement Benefits For Skin, Sleep, & Weight Loss

Okay, my loves, so in this post right here (The magical link between weight loss and sleep), I talked about how sleep plays a huge role in our weight loss efforts.

Like yuge.

But we also need to take some other things into consideration in order to have the best fat-burning sleep that we can have.

And not only can these considerations help us sleep better but it can also make our skin look oh-so amazing.

What is this amazing thing of which I speak?

Collagen, babe. So we are going to talk about this plus some ☑️amazing and affordable collagen supplements that you can get from Amazon that got me tons of compliments on my skin. So let’s get started!

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How to Fall Asleep When Your Mind Races & Lose Weight At The Same Time!

How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep And Induce Those Mystical Weight Loss Inducing Hormones

Whoa, ya’ll!

Mind blown seriously.

Like you, I have always heard that the link between sleep and weight loss was important.

It shows up in many of the “37 ways to lose weight” articles.

It’s usually number 17 or somewhere in the middle of the pack and I personally just gloss right over it because, sleep is not really that big of a deal, right?

I mostly figured that they were just trying to pad their list article to make it longer.

There’s a more “nefarious” reason why I’ve always glossed over the sleep suggestion too.

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How To Get Glowing Stretch Mark-Free Skin In 5 Minutes The Lazy Way!

Try This 1 Minute Lazy Girl Body Care Tip For Beautiful Glowing Skin! 

Do you have super dry skin on your body like I do?

I’ve had dry skin as long as I can remember and I’m always looking for some more home remedies to help alleviate this desert that I call my skin

That’s because skincare matters a lot to me.  Ain’t no shame in my game.

And I don’t know why. Maybe in the big scheme of things, it doesn’t matter but I still care.

Maybe it’s because we have to look at it all the time.

Maybe it’s because we can’t help but compare ours to others but whatever the reason, we can sometimes obsess about the state of our skin.

The skincare industry is a billion-dollar industry and for good reason.

Our skin is our largest and most noticeable organ.

No matter how much I wished we only got judged by the content of our character or by our actions, we still (especially women) get judged by our beauty and skincare is a big part of that.

I used to watch YouTube videos that would show women doing a 10 step skincare routine every night and 20-minute shower routines.

Their skin was glowing and beautiful no doubt but after I got off from work and started writing, running my blogs, cooking dinner, and cleaning, I don’t always want to invest that much time in my skincare.

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5 Unique Lessons I’ve Learned On My Weight Loss Journey As A Christian Woman With Undiagnosed ADHD!

5 Unique Lessons I’ve Learned On My Weight Loss Journey As A Christian Woman!

Starting your weight loss journey as a beginner can be so overwhelming. You want to reach your weight loss goals but you don’t know where to start.

I know exactly what you mean.

I’ve lost over 60 pounds (and unfortunately gained some back :() but I still have a lot more to lose, and it can get so frustrating especially when you reach a plateau.

It’s like you take one step forward and then take about 50 steps back (which is what happens when you have undiagnosed ADHD).

So today I’m going to give you some advice on where to start in your weight loss journey.

I will warn you, though that this won’t be the typical eat healthily and exercise kind of advice.

There are some things that you need to do before you start with the healthy eating and exercise part of weight loss.

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5 Best Healthy Weight Loss Protein Powders Without The Bitter Aftertaste!

Protein Powders Without Stevia

Looking for a healthy & affordable protein powder without stevia? It wasn’t easy, but I’ve found multiple protein powders without stevia! One even helps with weight loss, so stay tuned to discover what they are!

I know I’m not the only one.

I can tell that other people hate stevia too, because the first search suggestion in Google when you type in “protein powders w” without is the first suggestion, not with.

That could be for two reasons:

1. Protein powders with stevia are ubiquitous.

Stevia is the healthy sweetener of choice for most protein powders.

So protein powders with stevia are not hard to find.

2. Stevia is well gross. At least to me.

It’s groddy. It ruins & overpowers everything that it’s in.

It leaves a bitter aftertaste that’s hard to escape.

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5 Delicious Foods & 1 Amazing Supplement That Help With Period Cramps When You’re Bloated & Moody!

 5 Amazing Foods And Natural Supplements That Kill My Period Cramps + How to Track Your Relief in a Journal 

Have you ever had period cramps ruin a special or memorable event?

You’re all excited about said event.

Can’t wait for said event to start and then boom.

Events here and so is your period with all of its lovely cramps to go with it.

So instead of enjoying said event to the fullest your stuck dealing with pain, pads, and pain meds.

This is like every trip I went on before 2012. I distinctly remember being on Ellis island hunched over in pain instead of taking in the history of the moment.

Ok but enough about that. Let’s get these cramps, eh.

My period cramps are so much better. I really can’t believe how much better they are.

I almost forget I’m on my period and to get to that point you really need to take a multi-pronged approach.

So 5 foods to eliminate period cramps as well as a ☑️whole food supplement that is reported to greatly decrease cramps is what we will cover in today’s post.

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7 Easy High-Protein Breakfasts That Keep You Full and Support Weight Loss!

High Protein Breakfast Recipes For Weight Loss

I’m always struggling with finding healthy breakfast ideas so I decided to do a search. I discovered these 7 high protein breakfast recipes for weight loss. I think you will love them!

Ever feel like you’re not making the progress you should be making? Spinning your wheels comes to mind.

Well, I have a confession to make…my breakfasts lately have been really naughty. Pancakes, biscuits, waffles.

Delicious? Definitely. Healthy? Definitely not.

So I know some changes need to be made and soon because I can’t keep eating like this, not if I want to lose more weight and avoid becoming prediabetic again (or worse).
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