Pizza I made a couple weeks ago hehe... I just never posted the pic :)

Before I was gluten free...

Super easy! ANYONE could be vegan!

Dr. Oz 10 weight-loss commandments

1. Thou Shalt Not Wear Pants that Stretch

Your clothing is your early-warning system for weight gain. When it’s getting hard to snap your jeans, you know it’s time to be vigilant. Wearing stretchy clothes allows you to live in ignorance of how your body is growing, making it easier to pack on pounds without knowing it.

2. Thou Shalt Not Keep Bad Clothes in Your Closet

When you keep the clothes you wore at an unhealthy weight, it gives you a back-up plan if the pounds don’t come off. Instead, force yourself to stay on track by 86ing your “fat pants.”

3. Thou Shalt Not Eat Meat That Walks on Four Legs More Than Once a Week

Meat that comes from an animal with 4 legs is higher in saturated fat (the unhealthy kind) than that which comes from 2-legged animals such as chickens, or animals with no legs, like fish. Plus: women who eat large amounts of red meat more than once a week have a 50% higher chance of dying from heart disease and have higher cancer rates.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE VEGAN... WHICH I RECOMMEND :) THEN JUST CUT BACK!!! YOU'RE SAVING TOOOONS OF ANIMALS AND YOU'RE SAVING YOUR LIFE! :)

4. Thou Shalt Not Graze

Plan your meal before you open the refrigerator, get what you need, and close the door. Opening it throughout the day leads to impulsive choices and overeating.

5. Thou Shalt Not Eat After 7:30pm

When you eat late at night you are more likely to be eating in front of the TV (when you won’t pay attention to how much you’re putting in your mouth) and you’re more likely to pick high-calorie snacks.

6. Thou Shalt Not Pile Food More than 1 Inch High or Within 2 Inches of the Plate Edge

Larger portions equal more calories. ‘Nuff said.

7. Thou Shalt Not Chew Food Less than 20 Times Per Bite

Chewing allows your body to realize that you are eating food, prompting it to create a sensation of fullness at the appropriate time. When you don’t chew enough, you get ahead of that process, eating well past when you are actually satisfied.

8. Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Plate

Spend your day nibbling bites on someone else’s sandwich or afternoon snack, and you will add on 1,000 calories easy.

9. Thou Shalt Not Carry Small Bills

Nothing loves a small bill better than a vending machine. When you have them at the ready, you are one step closer to an impulsive, calorie-loaded afternoon slip up.

10. Thou Shalt Not Eat While Standing Up

Eating sitting down enables you to be aware of what you’re eating and eat it slowly so that your body can tell you your full before it’s too late

Put up your dukes Insomnia...

Okay, no lie... I love Dr. Oz... like, love love love love him! But anyways....

Info from Dr. Oz on Insomnia...

Up to 70 million American adults have some symptoms of insomnia and 1/10 have symptoms serious enough to cause problems the next day. Women 1 1/2 times more than men suffer from insomnia.

Women need sleep.....more :) hehe

-It is more critical for women to get a good night of sleep.

On 'The Doctors'...

http://www.thedoctorstv.com/main/show_synopsis/410?section=synopsis

Duke University...

http://www.dukehealth.org/health_library/news/10256

Shmeatballs and Nettiflix

Put my Netflix on hold for 2 months because my life was far too busy for movies, but this weekend I reactivated it and I forgot how excited I got whenever I get new movies :) hehe! I'm watching "Up in the air" tonight with George Clooney.... and oh dear baby Jesus, he is delish.

My lunch today :) It was SO yummy! Obviously not MEATballs... :) haha!

I ordered a vegan pizza from 'Incredible Pizza'

It was DEEEEEEELISH.

My "dairy" products that don't MOO :)

Packaged Dairy free Mac&Chz & Alfredo

Okay, so a couple people have been asking me about what "dairy" products I use :)

Silk you can find in grocery stores-even Walmart, it's a soy milk... I think currently there is a coupon for Silk on it's website. The tub of stuff is Vanilla Soy Yogurt, I haven't seen this yet in the grocery stores, so I get it from the local "health food stores" aka Tidal Creek & Lovey's!

These are the "cheeeezes" that I use, they are WAY better than the CHEESE I was eating before I became vegan. The cheese I ate tasted like water... these taste like they are the gourmet cheeses!

I don't use butter like really... at all but the couple times I do use it, I use Earth Balance. Tofutti is the other two things, sour cream & cream cheese. I LOVE THE SOUR CREAM! I use it on sandwiches ALL THE TIME!!!!

Vegan French Toast

1 cup vanilla soy milk (I use 'light')

3 tablespoons of whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 banana (mashed)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

bread :)

Mix it all together, dip the bread slices in the batter, and then cook :)\

It was SOOOO yummy!!! :)