A Healthy Dinner Goes A Long Way!

Tonight, I made eggplant manicotti.  Now, eggplant is definitely not for everyone, but in my opinion, this stuff was delicious!  This little number serves at 1 cup per serving.  It only has 224 calories per serving!  What?!  I found this recipe on skinnychef.com.  Click the link provided for the recipe!  Here are my results:

My results after I took my piece of course.  A benefit of me taking my piece first is that you can see the actual thickness of it.  I doubled my serving because my calorie intake for today was significantly low (only 458.9 before dinner).  Don't get me wrong!  I'm definitely not depriving myself at all!  I've just found super healthy alternatives to eat more!  I also added 5 crushed butter crackers to the top of it which added an additional 90 calories, 45 calories for my 2 servings.

I've been looking for healthy alternatives for food and drink items that I love and completely can't live without.  With people wanting to eat healthy and still be able to eat what they love, there are tons of healthy alternatives out there!  So far, I have come across Zevia soda and PB2 powdered peanut butter.  Though diet soda's have no calories, Splenda is used.  Splenda has been proved scientifically to cause memory loss.  There are also a few other reasons why Splenda isn't good for you.  Zevia is made with Stevia.  Stevia is Dr. Oz approved.  The root-beer tastes exactly like "fattening" root-beer.  I've also brought orange and regular cola.  I haven't yet tried the regular cola.  The orange is a little off, but I can definitely get use to it!

The PB2 powdered peanut butter is only 45 calories per tablespoon and you mix it with water in order to get the consistency of regular peanut butter.  I have yet to try it, so I will definitely state my opinion when I've tried it.  It comes in regular and chocolate.

Oh, and I just remembered!  I love ice cream like most people do, so of course I had to find a healthy alternative to that as well!  I came across Artic Zero at Walmart and you can eat the entire pint for only 150 calories!

I've lost a total of 7 and 1/2 pounds since this past Friday!  I'm super excited!

My First Link-up Party -- Thirsty Thursday, Christmas Edition!

Okay, ya'll!  So, I have decided to link up with Helene @ HeleneinBetween next Thursday, December 18th, 2014 as she will be hosting 'The Best Songs of 2014' link up party!  This is my very first link up ever.  Because the link up is music related, I just had to join the party!  I also got so inspired that I have decided to host my first, very own link up party!  So here goes nothing!

With Christmas being nearly less than two weeks away, I thought I would give everyone fair notice that I'm hosting a Christmas link up party!  I understand that many of you choose to stay away from all forms of social media during the holidays out of respect and strict reservation for family and friends which is completely understandable.  I, too, will most likely refrain from blogging on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!  However, I'm here to tell you that I will be hosting this particular link up party from December 23rd through the 26th, so that everyone who wishes to participate has a chance to link up.

Most people have the entire week of Christmas off.  However, some of us aren't that lucky and just have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off.  Despite whichever applies to you, I'm sure we will all share one thing in common -- getting "turnt" up or if you're someone like me, "white girl wasted" on Christmas in a classy way of course.  Yes, please.  No matter how turnt up or white girl wasted you are, always remain as classy as possible.

So, because Christmas day falls on a Thursday, the theme of this link up could NOT be more appropriate -- "Thirsty Thursday -- Christmas Edition".  We want to know what you will be drinking this holiday season!  So, link it up and let us know!

A friendly reminder:  While drinking, please be safe!  If you are under the influence, either find a designated driver or park your bum for the night!  Keep yourself & others safe!  Don't drink and drive.  Always, ALWAYS drink responsibly.  While we are under the influence, we believe that many things are possible like believing that we are invincible and can fly or drink and drive.  I assure you that the reality is the complete opposite of what you think while under the influence.  Besides, only Santa's reindeer can fly, obviously.  Oh, well, and birds too. . .but not you!