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Oprah and Deepak’s 21-Day Meditation Challenge happening now! http://www.chopracentermeditation.com Join me for Oprah and Deepak’s 21-Day Meditation Challenge happening now! Register & participate for free! http://bit.ly/YXtsoo

I just signed up for Oprah and Deepak Chopra’s 21 day meditation challenge and I just couldn’t wait to invite all of my lovely sweetandskinnyers to do the same! I would LOVE you all to join me on this 21 day meditation challenge! Today’s meditation was about committing to perfect health! Meditation is something that I love but have trouble practicing on a consistent basis and I’m excited for this 21 day challenge and all the balance and peace of mind that will follow. I already feel AMAZING about the rest of the day. Join! Comment! Email me! LET’S MEDITATE TOGETHER!!

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That’s right, it’s Monday! Monday has quickly become one of my favorite days of the week because I love writing these Monday motivation posts. I hope they get your week off to an inspiring and productive start the way they do to mine. This kick ass quote comes to you from Babe Ruth and I love it because (like many of the quotes I pick) you can apply it to your diet or healthy living choices but you can also apply it to ANY area of your life that you are frustrated with right now!

It IS hard hard to beat someone that won’t give up! In fact, it’s near impossible. SO what’s that area of your life your struggling to win in? Is it diet and fitness? Do you feel that every diet you try and fail is just another reason you’ll never be the size you want? Well trust me I know how discouraging life can be. I’m a professional actress, I got on audition after audition week after week without sometimes booking anything! It stings but you have got to focus on your end goal, whether that be a size 4, a successful marriage or a dream job because at the end of the day that’s what keeps you in the game! And the longer you stay in the game the easier it will be to win! It’s a great idea today while your killing sometime at work to take a post it note and write yourself a little reminder, maybe it’s this quote or maybe it’s just a sentence or two about why achieving your goal is so important to you. I find when trying to eat healthier and make better choices it’s easiest when you constantly remind yourself why it is so important to you. A reason that really resonates with you like “to be a good example for my kids” or “to love what I look like naked”. Whatever gets your blood flowing and engages you on the path toward success. Rome wasn’t built in a day, so cut yourself some slack and know that everyday you keep on striving and pushing for your goals is a victory. “It is very hard to beat someone that never gives up”.

Happy Monday!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for watching! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel (youtube.com/user/gosweetandskinny) to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you!:)

applesnpb                 It comes as a shock to most people when I reveal that I was never a big peanut butter fan. I get this confused and disappointed look on peoples’ faces when I reveal this not-so- secret little factoid. “But why?” “What don’t you like?” “I love peanut butter!” I know, I get it and I’m not trying to insult your favorite nut butter but it just never struck my fancy.  I was just never really into nuts growing up and combine that with all the mixed media messages as to whether or not nuts were healthy or fatty, I just figured it was easier that way. Now as a vegetarian/vegan it’s important to look for other sources of protein to keep you powering through your day so I decided to really try to get into nut butter. My first attempt was almond butter since I enjoy eating almonds a lot more than eating peanuts , I thought this would be a likely winner and I was correct. I quite enjoy almond butter and apples! Victory! However, one faithful day I was at an event and as part of our take home gift bag there was a jar of Peanut Butter and Co’s Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter. Well I certainly didn’t want to waste a whole jar of peanut butter so I decided it sounded yummy enough to give it a whirl and boy am I glad I did. I had never thought peanut butter could taste so good! I can practically eat this with a spoon like ice cream – it’s dangerous! The really cool thing about it is that I even compared calories to normal peanut butters and it’s barely anything more. So much deliciousness with out added fat and calories – yippee!

                  For those of you who don’t live in New York City where Peanut Butter and Co’s headquarters are located or have a supply at your local supermarket, don’t fear! This can be really simple and fun to do at home! I bet if you have kids or babysit kids they would absolutely love revamping their peanut butter too! Simply go to whole foods or your local health good store and get all natural peanut butter, the kind you watch get made as you hold down the lever. Now pick up some of your favorite dried fruit or goodies and mix them in when you get home! Raisins and cinnamon are super easy and guaranteed to rock your world but if your doing this with kids they might have fun adding sprinkles or M&Ms to their mix. Another favorite of mine is chopped dried cherries and mini dark chocolate morsels, for a truly decadent peanut butter! Get creative and let me know what other fun peanut butter revamps you make!

 

 

 

 

 


Thanks for watching! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel (youtube.com/user/gosweetandskinny) to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you!:)

In this edition of Brainless Baking, I show you just how easy it is to make delicious, low fat, low calorie carrot cake cupcakes! Plus as an added bonus we whip up a simple low fat cinnamon cream cheese frosting! Check it out!

 

 

 

 

 


Thanks for watching! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel (youtube.com/user/gosweetandskinny) to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you!:)

I’ve spent the last five days on a detox plan and I am not proud to say that it was a lot more challenging than I had thought. I typically tend to do juice detox so this was my first official ‘eating clean’ detox. Essentially all I could have was 4 cups of green tea, herbal tea, fruits & veggies, quinoa, black beans, lentils and almonds. Oh and I could have some oats in the morning! Not bad, right? It doesn’t seem hard because you still get to eat and your not just surviving on juices but it still has eliminated all processed foods and sugars (other than natural fruit sugars).

Would I advise you to try this detox diet plan ?
Sure,the detox is nutrient loaded and can help you get creative with fruits and veggies. You’ll end up discovering you have a taste for way more healthy meals than you ever thought. You’ll also ween yourself off sugar and coffee, which is HUGE progress! I’m finished with the detox but I’m still maintaining awareness of not consuming a lot of sugar or processed foods.

Did you lose a lot of weight?
Well, I lost a few pounds but keep in mind I generally eat pretty healthy and didn’t have much to lose. If you continued to consume the detox foods past the 5 days and adapted it as more of a vegan or clean eating lifestyle you would certainly see weight loss and if you normally eat pretty crappy, you are absolutely guaranteed to drop some pounds.

Were you hungry or tired all the time on the detox?
I was a little tired at first because I was extremely coffee dependent but after the first day or so that subsided and I was fine. I did notice myself sleeping “harder” at night, if you know what I mean. I would literally pass out and not budge till my alarm rang in the morning. Hungry I wasn’t but I was craving things ALL THE TIME! The oats and quinoa fill you up but your left feeling kind of empty, itching for something more. I had cravings for anything from salmon to red velvet brownies, which got torturous.

On the whole, the detox diet felt great to do something nice for my body. Detoxing definitely reminded me how important it is to be aware of what we’re putting in our bodies and how good we can feel when we put high quality vitamins and nutrients into us. It’s definitely not easy to eat super healthy and not eat processed foods all the time but with a little extra time and preparing meals and planning out what your going to eat each day you can make your life more conducive to it. Clean eating is ALWAYS the way to go and I would highly recommend doing this detox diet to anyone who wants to refresh their system, gain energy and kick start some healthy eating habits!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you! 🙂

Another one of your FAQs! Often I get questions like, “I have two weeks before the wedding, what should I do to lose those extra five pounds and look amazing in my dress?” or “I’m going to Miami in the dead of winter, is there anything I can do fast to get my bikini body back in a flash?”. Nothing’s a miracle cure and you always want to stay healthy and be smart but here are some of my best tips to look skinny in a jiffy! Get in to that dress and rock that swim suit with confidence! enjoy! SUBSCRIBE!
 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you! 🙂

In yet another response video, I answer the popular questions of “Do Juice Fasts really work?”. That’s right Juice cleanses, Juice fasts, Juice detoxes, there all basically the same thing and everyone wants to know if it will help them lose a ton of weight fast, will it make them feel better/healthier or is it a good way to kick start new healthy eating habits? Well watch the video for my take on the situation and don’t forget to subscribe to GoSweetandSkinny’s YouTube channel for more tips and answers! Have a great day!
 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you! 🙂

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Now, I don’t usually do specific product recommendations and I promise you Lipton is not paying me for this lovely promotion but after being sick for the past couple days and going through boxes of different green teas, I really felt I had to give this one a shout out. I’m tea addict, I could go on and on about the different loose leave teas I keep in the house but I love that I picked up this Lipton’s Green Tea with acai, dragon fruit and melon in duane reade along with my other ‘get well’ supplies because that means you can too! This tea tastes so delicious that I feel like I’m drinking a gummy bear! It’s so light and fruity that it was easy to drink cup after cup of it.

So I just had to share it with all you amateur tea drinkers trying to get your four cups a day in, Lipton’s Green Tea with super fruits can be a great way to help ween yourself on to the green stuff! Drinking green tea everyday is so much healthier for you than coffee and with yummy green tea as accessible as your local duane reade or super market there are no excuses to not start incorporating it into your diet today!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you! 🙂

Here’s my first ever “comment back” tip clip about how to be skinny and social! I get some many questions from lovely sweet and skinny-ers like yourself that I decided to make some response youtube videos to some of the most frequently asked questions. Living in a big city like NYC, temptation is everywhere and a lot of jobs require you to super social and attend tons of events so here’s how to keep up appearances and still not sabotage all that good work you put in eating healthy all day and sweating at the gym! Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you! 🙂

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Nothing like a sick day or two to leave you overwhelmed with ‘To Dos’! It’s certainly not as fun as it used to be in middle school when sick days were synonymous with Mom waiting on you hand and foot, no school and endless TV watching. Being sick as a grown up is downright stressful and being stressed does not help the healing process! So let me get my apology out of the way, I’m sorry I’ve neglected to post the last few days but I’m back in action now and promise to be back on the horse for your healthy living needs. I did have some interesting sick day revelations that I wanted to share with you and perhaps during this crazy flu season you may have noticed the same and can relate. Feel free to post a comment or email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail with your sick stories!

First, I’d like to point out that when your sick your body only craves what it NEEDS. I’ve been avoiding sugar for the past few days and as soon as I got sick I lost all desire for it. I genuinely could not imagine eating a brownie! Hmmph, could this be because our body inherently knows that sugar is NOT good for us? With my body on high alert all I wanted to ingest was clear liquids – tea,seltzer,water and broth based soups – I could not get enough! Well I think it’s a great a way to realize you should be ingesting more fluids like tea and water on a daily basis, even when your healthy! Our bodies need it and when our system is down for the count it clearly sends important signals to our brains that steer us to more and more liquid medicine.

Secondly, have you ever noticed how after a couple days of laying in bed sick your skin actually looks amazing? I know I tend to get frustrated cause here my skin is looking all great and I still don’t feel quite up to going out and showing it off. Well, in addition to the obvious fact that you’ve been sleeping a lot more than usual and not wearing any make up, the high consumption of tea and water is to thank for this post-illness glow. Can you imagine if you actually consumed that on a regular basis instead of waiting to get sick?

I don’t know about you but my cravings for coffee, diet coke and any other milky or sugary concoction completely disappear when I’m not feeling well and I think that says a lot! Our bodies know what they want, so why don’t we start giving it to them?

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading! I love that Go Sweet and Skinny is your go-to website for healthy living tips, vegan and vegetarian recipes (from everything from appetizers to cupcakes!) and diet advice. I”m committed to helping you get skinny and live the sweet life! Please follow @gosweetnskinny on twitter, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep yourself sweet and skinny 24/7. And as always, feel free to email me at gosweetandskinny@gmail.com and let me know what low fat, healthy recipes you want to see on the site, what diet books your trying and ask any diet questions your little heart desires! I’m here to help you! 🙂