If you are a vegetarian finding figure friendly food can be hard. We live in a society that believes that diet food consists of a piece of lean protein - like chicken or fish and steamed vegetables - but the truth is that there are many vegetarian options out there that are both delicious and diet friendly.
Vegetable Stir Fry
Level: Medium
Cook Time: 30 Min(s)
Ingredients:
* 1/2 cups Snap Peas
* 1/2 cup Carrots, julienned
* 1/2 cup Baby Corn
* 1/2 cup Mushrooms, sliced
* 1/4 cup Onions, chopped
* 1/2 cup Red Pepper
* 1/2cup Green Pepper
* 1 cup Spinach
* 1/2 cup Sprouts
* 1/2 clove Garlic, minced
* 1 tsp Ground Ginger
* 1 tbsp Low Sodium Soy Sauce
* 1 tsp Honey
* 1/4 cup Vegetable Stock
* 1 tsp Corn Starch
* Cooking Spray
Directions: Heat cooking spray in a non stick frying pan, add garlic and onion. Follow with carrots, mushrooms, red pepper, green pepper and snap peas. Add vegetable stock, soy sauce and ginger. Let hard vegetables soften. Meanwhile, blend corn starch with vegetable stock, soy sauce, honey and ginger. Once hard vegetables begin to soften add spinach and baby carrots. Get pan very hot, add vegetable stock mixture, constantly stirring until sauce thickens. Serve.
Nutrition Info:
* Carbohydrates: 52
* Fat: 2
* Protein: 11
* Calories: 272
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As you embark on your weight loss journey you are going to discover a lot about yourself. Weight loss is not just a physical transformation but is also a very emotional transformation. Food can be very comforting and as a result many people who use for emotional reasons. As you take on new healthy habits you need to ask yourself why you eat.
Emotional eating is very common and is something that we learn in childhood. Perhaps you eat when you are bored, or perhaps you eat when you are depressed or angry, or some people even eat when they are happy and excited. Whatever the reason that you eat discovering this reason and finding a new way to deal with your emotions is an important step in life long weight loss.
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Some diets say that rice is a major no-no, but could eliminating rice from your diet be a big weight loss and health mistake? According to the Journal of the American Dietetic Association rice is the single food that can improve your diet in terms of both health and a healthy body weight.
It turns out that rice eaters tend to have higher levels of folic acid and potassium than those who skip this tasty whole grain. What’s more, is that rice eaters consumer more fiber than those skipping the grain, this means more belly filling food that will keep you feeling full longer - not to mention more level blood sugar which prevents diabetes and a healthier colon which can prevent colon cancer. In the same study it was also found that people who at rice on a regular basis also tend to eat more vegetables than those who avoid rice - this could be because nothing goes better with steamed brown rice than stir fried veggies. Just make sure to opt for brown rice or wild rice and ditch the white rice.
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Smoothies provide an excellent source of nutrients without all of the extra calories. This is a great way to finish off a workout or get your day off to a good jump start.
Ingredients:
-1 scoop of protein powder
-1/2cup of strawberries
-1/2cup of blueberries
-1tbsp of flax seeds
-4 ice cubes
-1/2cup of skim milk
*Directions:
-Place each ingredient into a blender and mix until smooth.
-Serve immediately.
*Nutritional information:
-300 calories
-33 grams of protein
-28 grams of carbohydrates
-9 grams of fat
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Smoothies provide an excellent source of nutrients without all of the extra calories. This is a great way to finish off a workout or get your day off to a good jump start.
Ingredients:
-1 scoop of protein powder
-4oz. tofu
-1/2cup of blueberries
-1tsp of flax seed oil
-4 ice cubes
-1/2cup of skim milk
-1/2 banana
*Directions:
-Place each ingredient into a blender and mix until smooth.
-Serve immediately.
*Nutritional information:
-300 calories
-34 grams of protein
-24 grams of carbohydrates
-10 grams of fat
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