Clean Chocolate Melt in Your Mouth Black Bean Brownies!!

Clean Chocolate Melt in your Mouth Black Bean Brownies!

Ingredients:

1 box chocolate brownie mix

1 15 oz can black beans

Water

1 tsp Coffee (I used dunkin donuts-its what my husband had in the house)

¼ tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup milk choco chips (optional)

Directions:

Rinse black beans with water and fill can with beans and water in to top of can.

Pour in mixer, along with brownie mix, coffee, and cinnamon.

Blend in blender until mixed well and pour into greased 9X13 baking dish and sprinkle chocolate chips on top of mix
Bake for 20 min at 350 degrees.

Let cool, and ENJOY!!! This is seriously so amazing and gooey and great for cravings!! 

I love that black beans can make so many awesome recipes and you literally cannot even taste that they are in there!!

Clean Buffalo Chicken Dip!!

Clean Buffalo Chicken Dip

Ingredients:

2 10 oz cans 98 % fat free chicken breast

·       1 8 oz fat free cream cheese (Philadelphia)

·       1 cup plain greek yogurt

·       1 packet dry ranch dressing mix (hidden valley)

·       1 cup fat free shredded cheddar cheese

   ½ c Franks Red hot sauce

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together in bowl and heat for 20 min 350 in oven.

Let cool and serve!!

I love to use Lentil chips to go with my buffalo dip!!  The Lentil chips are 120 cal per 22 chips, 4 grams of protein, 19 carbs, 3 grams fat, and 3 grams of fiber!!

Buffalo Chicken Dip Nutrition Facts:

105 calories

1 gram fat

3 carbs

2 sugar

19.5 grams protein

Why Water?!?!?!

WHY DRINK WATER WARM & FIRST THING IN THE MORNING?!?!?

I know some people do not like to change up their rituals often in their daily life, BUT I recommend adding this ritual to your life!! You will realize why when you start doing it!!

Start the day out with a mug of warm water and the juice of half a lemon.

Medicinal Values:

•  It helps prevent the growth of pathogenic bacteria and the decomposition of tissue

•   It assists in “cleansing the system of impurities” and will help prevent disease

• It is effective at dissolving uric acid (often the cause of pain and inflammation in joints) and other poisons in the body

•  It can help reduce symptoms of malaria, rheumatism, gout, rickets and tuberculosis.

Liver:

•  Provide a natural strengthening agent to liver enzymes when they are too dilute

•    Help fix oxygen and calcium levels in the liver, which ultimately affects blood oxygen levels

Digestive Aid

• One of the most important benefits of drinking lemon water regularly is its effect on the gastrointestinal tract. Lemon water assists in the process of digestion and elimination.

•  Lemon juice is similar in atomic structure to saliva, hydrochloric acid, bile and the stomach’s other digestive juices.

• The digestive qualities of lemon juice help to relieve symptoms of indigestion, such as heartburn, belching and bloating.

• Since lemons are high in minerals and vitamins, they will also help to eliminate waste through the bowels more efficiently, thus preventing or alleviating constipation, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders.

Drinking lemon water has an alkalizing effect on the body.

• Although lemons are acidic, when they enter the inside of your body, they are actually alkaline. (the citric acid does not create acidity in the body once metabolized). An alkaline body is really the key to good health.

• Increasing body alkalinity is one of the key benefits of drinking lemon water. In addition, because of its antibacterial properties, lemon water will help control unhealthy bacteria.

Boosts your Immune system

•    Lemons are high in Vitamin C and potassium. Vitamin C is great for fighting colds and potassium stimulates brain and nerve function and helps control blood pressure.

Acts as a gentle, natural diuretic

•   Lemon juice helps flush out unwanted materials because lemons increase the rate of urination in the body. Toxins are, therefore, released at a faster rate which helps keep your urinary tract healthy.

Clears skin

• The vitamin C helps decrease wrinkles and blemishes. Lemon water purges toxins from the blood which helps keep skin clear as well.

 Hydrates the lymph system

• This cup of goodness helps start the day on a hydrated note, which helps prevent dehydration (obviously) and adrenal fatigue. When your body is dehydrated, or deeply dehydrated (adrenal fatigue) it can't perform all of it's proper functions, which leads to toxic buildup, stress, constipation, and the list goes on. Your adrenals happen to be two small glands that sit on top of your kidneys, and along with your thyroid, create energy. They also secrete important hormones, including aldosterone. Aldosterone is a hormone secreted by your adrenals that regulates water levels and the concentration of minerals, like sodium, in your body, helping you stay hydrated. Your adrenals are also responsible for regulating your stress response. So, the bottom line is that you really don't want to mess with a deep state of dehydration!

Fight cravings

• For all of you who want to drink warm lemon water for weight loss, here it is!! Lemons are high in pectin fiber, which helps fight hunger cravings. It also has been shown that people who maintain a more alkaline diet lose weight faster.

Helps Kick Bad Habits

• Drinking lemon water in the morning can help kick your coffee or tea habit by hydrating, invigorating, and stimulating the body. I find that if I drink lemon water first thing in the morning, I hardly ever feel the need to drink my morning tea because the lemon water wakes me up and curbs the craving for caffeine.

Additional benefits for drinking lemon water:

• Helps purify the blood and will also control a tendency to bleed

• Assists in lowering high blood pressure

• Reduces the amount of phlegm in the body

• Relieves symptoms of asthma, allergies and other respiratory problems

• Nourishes brain and nerve cells due to its potassium content

• Helps dissolves gallstones, calcium deposits, kidney stones, and pancreatic stones

• In pregnancy, it will help build strong bones in the child.

Putting this simple activity into your daily routine can completely change how you feel, look, and think!! If you have not given it a try, THIS IS YOUR TIME!!! 

Like I said, the recipe is really simple—a cup of warm (not hot) water and the juice from half a lemon.

Make sure you comment below, so I can see your progress and your results from such an easy change in your daily routine that completely changes your lifestyle!!

Officially a DIAMOND BEACH BODY COACH!!

I am so excited to announce after being in the beach body business, I am a DIAMOND COACH!! 

This is big for me, since this was my goal for December of 2013 and I still have over 6 months to go!! I love being in the BEACH BODY business, because I love having the opportunity to help others reach their ultimate health and fitness goals and get to be a part of people feeling good about themselves!! I love being my own boss and working at my own convenience, and taking off when I need to.  It keeps me healthy and motivated to maintain myself physically and mentally.  I have 2 boys, a 2 yr old and a 10 month old, and let me tell you, it is so amazing to have that extra time at home to spend with your family rather than away at another job.  I am a nurse, and will always work as a nurse (my goal is to be relief and only work a day or so a week), but want to spend the majority of my time with my family and have the opportunity to be a part of their school functions and sports. 
I have a HUGE collection of workouts such as TURBO FIRE, INSANITY, LES MILLS COMBAT, P90X, BRAZIL BUTT LIFT, and INSANITY ASYLUM, and use SHAKEEOLOGY everyday as a meal. It helps that being a coach, you get a discount on their products!! BONUS!! SHAKEOLOGY has played a HUGE part of maximizing my results because it helps with my energy levels and cravings along with providing me with the nutrition that I do not get from other foods in the store that we buy every day.  It’s like going to the salad bar 5 times just in one shake! Can’t get much better than that, especially when you do not like veggies!! So back on track, getting a discount on the products is so beneficial, especially when you are using all the products for yourself!  
 I initially signed up as a coach thinking I would love to have my SHAKEOLOGY paid for, and I was paying 120$ every month for it for a few months... I had my shakes paid for the first 2 weeks of being a coach.  So I have never paid for them since and I’m LOVING it!! When you share the products with people and help them by using beach body products, you are earning a living as well!  This is your job! You make it what you want and that is what is so great about it!

So now that I am a DIAMOND coach, it is time to continue to help people reach their health and fitness goals and continue to enjoy living life and being with my family!!
 I am sharing this with everyone because I have honestly had thus far, one of the best experiences every being a part of this team!! You do not have to be a personal trainer, nutritionist, or an owner of a business, but you DO need to like to help people, and enjoy working out and being healthy!!  If so, this IS YOUR CALLING!! If you are interested in becoming an INDEPENDENT TEAM BEACH BODY COACH, contact me and I will guide you to where you need to be to get into this amazing and successful business!!

Deidra.penrose@yahoo.com

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