No Bake Protein Bar Recipe

I saw this on MyFitnessPal and I'd like to try it at some point in the future.  =)  (I just copied and pasted what the poster on MFP had typed up - including the picture.  So, none of the thoughts expressed are mine.)

Butterbean and coconut dark chocolate bars 

 

Ingredients: 

Small can of drained butter Beans (120g drained) 
40g unflavoured or vanilla protein powder, I used plain (I had ran out but I would of used about 60g) 
25g desiccated coconut
25g clear honey 
15g virgin coconut oil
15g Dark chocolate ( I used 85%) 

Blend everything in food processor except the oil and the chocolate. 

My mix was a little too runny as I ran out of powder, making them again I would use about 50-60grams instead of 40. 

Spread the mix into a flat container (Tupperware kind of thing, about 6"x 3"). If the mix were thicker then you could form bar shapes 

Freeze then cut into bars. I cut mine into 4 pieces 

Once frozen melt the oil and chocolate together and drizzle over the bars. 

Refreeze then eat! (As you can see I ate one already) 

Peanut Butter No Bake Balls

I saw this on MyFitnessPal and wanted to record it somewhere.  I haven't made it though.  If I did, I'd definitely do a sugar substitute like Splenda and I'd probably use peanut butter that had no sweeteners in it.  =)


*3 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon of reduced fat peanut butter  
*3 tablespoons of sugar 
*1/8 of a banana (mashed) 
*1/8 tsp of Vanilla Extract 
*1/8 tsp of salt 
*1/4 tsp of baking soda 

Mix the PB and sugar until its like a paste.  
Then, with a mixer, mix in the banana with the PB and sugar.  
Then mix in all the rest of the ingredients. 
It will look dry but keep mixing until you get a dough-y consistency.  
Form dough into small 1 inch balls (or however big you want) 
This recipe makes 10 balls.  

Starting P3 Today...

So, I was originally going to try to stay on HCG (in P2) for the duration of my weight loss.  However, I changed my mind and am now entering P3.  Today I took my drops in the morning and haven't taken any more since.  So, my weight from this morning is now considered my LDW (Last Drops Weight or the weight I was when I last took drops...  for those doing injections, it's referred to as LIW).  I've lost almost 43 pounds in the 50 days.  Nearly 48 pounds lost if you count the weight I gained from loading (which I do, as you know from my first post).  Woo Hoo!!  I think that's pretty good.  =)  And I managed to do the entire 50 days without cheating once!!  I'm pretty impressed with my willpower.  =)

From today, I have to remain on the 500 calorie diet (without drops) for 3 days and then I can increase my caloric intake to around 1200-1500.  No sugars or starches but I can have cheese again!!  I miss cheese!!  =) And there are so many cheesy recipes for P3 that I really want to try...  I can't wait!!  =)  I'll be sure to let you know all about them and what I think of them when I have them.

The hardest part of this diet is being around people who are NOT on it and who aren't extremely considerate of what I can and cannot eat...  For the most part, they try to hide the sweets that they have but since we all use the same kitchen, I usually find the sweets fairly easily.  Also, since I've been losing weight, my Dad has decided he's going to go on a diet (not HCG but a lower calorie diet than what he had been eating).  Well, he sucks at sticking to his diet.  I try to encourage him but it's hard because he's constantly trying to negotiate with me as to what he can eat....  "Just one more handful of peanuts..."  He has also become a sugar addict, it seems like, because he has to have the sweets that the rest of the family hides from me.  His lack of commitment is pretty discouraging as well.  But I'm sticking to this.  Hopefully for the long haul.  I plan to stick it out until I've lost all the weight I want to.  I've joined MyFitnessPal.com and made some HCG friends on there who help to encourage me and I'm also a part of a private HCG group on Facebook and the people in that group are really encouraging as well.  The Facebook group is having a meet-up in Las Vegas in June.  It would be kind of fun to go...  but I have so much to lose, I doubt I'll want to show off my new self at that point.  =)

Well, that's all for now.  I'll check back soon.  =)

R1 P2 D50
Today's Weight:  328.0
Total Lost:  47.8 pounds