Healthy Fudgy Brownies *Fix Approved*

These were a go to for me for my refeed days last year when I was following the 80 Day Obsession timed nutrition and fitness program. They are the perfect sweetness for me and there is no guilt what so ever. There shouldn't be any guilt when enjoying your food to begin with but that is a whole other topic :p 

I have this love hate relationship with dairy. I love it but it hates me ... anyone else? I lost so much weight when I was living daily free after we found out my son was having problems with dairy through my breastmilk and now that he can have it again I was pumped to eat all the cheese again but my body keeps rejecting it. So here I am trying my dangedest to stick to a dairy free plan. 

Ingredients:

1 15oz can of chickpeas (drained and rinsed)

1/4c Earth Balance Vegan butter 

2 Large Eggs

1/2C Coconut sugar 

2tsp pure vanilla 

1/2C unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2t baking powder

dash sea salt

1/3C dairy free dark chocolate chips/chunks

Directions: 

Add everything to a blender (except chocolate chips) and blend about 3 mins until smooth. 

Add chocolate into the batter after or place on top.

Transfer batter to a greased 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish and bake at 350 for 28 mins or until tooth pick comes out clean.

If you melted your chocolate chips on top once it comes out of the oven you can spread the chocolate out to almost make an icing . (Thats how I do it )

 Cut into 16 squares . 1 square = 1Yellow 

Let me know if you try them by tagging me on social media and using the hashtag #KristieSeredaFitFood

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High Protein, High Fat, Low Carb Diets.

Which is better... high fat or high carbs or high protein?

You may have contemplated this at one point or another…

Not one diet is better than the other for all people, at any point in their life, under all circumstances.

Let’s look at some healthy people from around the globe:

-->Arctic Inuit and African Masai eat traditional diets that are very high in fat and animal products with very few vegetables.
-->Kitavans in the South Pacific eat traditional diets that are low in fat but very high in vegetables and starchy carbs.
-->Tokelau near New Zealand eat traditional diets that are very high in saturated fats.

So which group of people is healthier? They are all relatively healthy with low incidences of cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, etc.

How is this possible?

Because humans have evolved to do well under all sorts of dietary conditions. The human body is amazingly adaptable to many different situations. It is possible to be healthy and fit whether you eat high carbs, high fats, or high proteins.

A common theme among “healthy” people is that they all take health and fitness seriously, monitor the results of dietary choices, and adjust as necessary. They create a SUSTAINABLE routine that they can follow daily and not be thinking about what this piece of cake will do to their hips if they eat it. 

Food is fuel. Food is medicine. Food is delicious <3

The key is to simply pay better attention to what you eat and how the foods make YOU feel and look right now because everyone is different!

The best diet is the one that works for YOU!

It is sustainable and it makes you feel good, function well, and look good.

Don't do a low carb diet. Don't do a low fat diet.

Do a low crap-food diet.

The problem is most people get caught up in these fad diets and only wanting to lose weight but not really paying attention to how to maintain it afterwards. I found success in the nutrition plans that go along with my at home workouts. They are carefully designed with every type of person in mind and they are adaptable to YOUR lifestyle. It is the same one that I have been using now for the last 3.5 years and has helped me lose 1st baby weight, keep me eating a balanced diet throughout 2nd pregnancy, and help me get back to myself again post baby. All together I have lost 87lbs. On top of that I also do easy to follow at home workouts.

HEALTHY NUTRITION + ACTIVE + SUPPORT= Sustainable results <3

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