A Recipe for Love – Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

The first thing you want to do is gather all of your ingredients

Cupcake Batter:

- 1 box of strawberry cake mix
- 1/3 cup applesauce
- 1 cup water
- 3 eggs

Cupcake Frosting:

- Cheesecake flavored pudding
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 container of cool whip
- Fresh strawberries

Directions:

I wanted to make my cupcakes on the “lighter” side so instead of using oil in the recipe I substituted it for the applesauce. Place all the cake batter ingredients from above and mix together using an electric mixer…

Craving Iced Coffees This Summer?

Iced coffees in the summer time are a total drink-cessory! But, some can pack in over 600 calories. Make a wise decision if you must here are a few of the more calorie friendly options that you can order.

1. Starbucks – Mocha Light Frappuccino 16oz @ 140 Calories!
2. Dunkin Donuts Coffee Coolata w/Skim 16oz @ 210 calories.
3. Caribou Coffee Northern Lite Mocha Cooler Small with Nonfat whip @225 calories.
4. McCafe – Vanilla iced coffee small @130 Cals

So next time your in line at your favorite coffee shop remember there are always some leaner, lighter, tasty options…

Coconut Flavored Strawberry Daiquiri

Looking for a great drink to surprise the girls with?  Try this summer time frozen favorite. It is a frozen strawberry-coconut daiquiri, and by no means is it a virgin!

(Makes 6 servings approx. 3/4 cup each)

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups chopped fresh strawberries
• 3 Tbps Sugar (can lighten using other sweetners)
• 2 Tbps Lime Juice
• 3 cups of icecubes
• 3/2 Cup of Coconut Rum (Malibu)

Prep

Combine the strawberries, sugar, and lime juice in blender. Add in the icecubes and rum and blend until frothy.

Serve from a pitcher into cute margarita glasses with a special straw to add a classic…

I Biked To DQ

Sometimes I just have to TREAT MYSELF to a little DQ! What better way is there to do it than to bike all the way over. At least it makes it feel like you are working some of it off. When I go to Dairy Queen I usually get a blizzard. So far one of my faves have been the Oreo CheeseQuake blizzard. However this is not a recommended snack unless you are really craving dairy queen as once I show you the nutrition facts on a SMALL you may just be…

Food Fraud Happens More Than We Think

Until recently I was never aware of a such thing called food fraud. But, when there is a way to make money off of pretending something is one thing when it is really another food also falls in to a potential fraud category. Do you ever wonder if the meat you eat is really from grass fed cows, or are the apples you just purchased at a higher price because the label said it is organic really organic? Although the food you are buying may look the same, taste the same, smell…

Beautiful Blue Waters

I titled it this way because this is what I remember. My 5 night stay in Mexico was pretty amazing in more ways than one. My trip started out rocky with having a cancelled flight and then getting into Cancun @ near midnight to an almost vacant airport and being limited on transportation options. Let me just tell you taxis out there are a huge rip off! They tried to get us for $90 to go 12 miles. Crazy tourists markups. We stayed in the Ocean Turquesa resort which was very nice…

Diet Soda Heat Risk Hype?

What’s the deal with the Diet Soda?
So lately I have been hearing on the news lots of bad things about diet soda. A whopping increase of risk to heart attack, stroke, and blood clots by 61%! That is pretty intense. However, it seems that these reports are aimed at people who drink it on a daily basis but even if you do or don’t it sounds like a good reason to at least slow it down.

I was most…

5 Mile Milestone

I accomplished a 5 mile run on a monday morning this week at a pace of 5mph over the course of 60 minutes and that is a milestone for me. Maybe I was able to do it because I was well rested over a weekend, but I believe it had to do with the new sports bra I bought.

Are good sports bra’s really important?
Well in my opinion I feel that the better hold the sports bra has, the less energy is taken from my body while I am working out. Sports bras…

Zumba the pounds away!

Zumba is a great way to kill calories while having fun. Zumba provides you with a Latin aerobic dance workout that can really get your heart beating. Zumba is great for all fitness levels so regardless of your age you can go at a pace that suits you and burn between 300 – 700+ calories per hour! Zumba combines a variety of latin dance styles from salsa to belly dancing to ensure you are getting a full body workout.

Diet Catz

Perfect Portions

As we all know, sometimes its not just the type of food that we are eating that can make us pack on the pounds. It’s the portion! These are interesting plates that I heard about called Slimware Plates which use a visual aid as a reminder that sometimes we could be over filling our plate with too much stuff of the wrong choice. Keep in mind these would…

Megan is pure Motivation!

Sometimes, when you have not seen a friend in a long time and you find out that they have lost over 75lbs it is truly amazing! My friend Megan has dropped a substantial amount of weight and is now super sexy! She said has changed her diet to incorporate much more healthy meals and doing frequent weight training at the gym is what transformed her body. Check out these before and after photos, and let them speak for themselves!

Great work Megan, your hard work really paid off