Healthy Eats: Low Calorie Tuna & Broccoli Pasta

Whether you know it or not, it's very ironic that I'm posting a broccoli and anything, let alone broccoli and cheese recipe on my blog.  I'll tell you why...  Up until about six months ago, I was not a broccoli eater.  Actually, I thought it was gross and I hated the smell of broccoli and cheese soup.  Ew.  Talk about rancid after breath.

Short story: broccoli was not part of my diet.

A few months ago, when I was still working at the preschool, broccoli was served as our vegetable with lunch.  I ate it (with lots of pepper) and guess what?  I love broccoli!

 Well, this past weekend I whipped up a delicious, low calorie, quick supper that could have fed all four of us (had we all been home).  Try it.  You won't be sad you did.

My Goal to Live a Healthier Lifestyle: Being Food Conscious

 I'll readily admit that I have never, ever been conscious of what I was putting in my mouth.  I didn't care how much I ate or what I ate.  If I wanted it, I ate it.  I was always blessed with a relatively high metabolism and small to medium build.  Before I became pregnant with my son, the highest weight I had ever been was 138 lbs.

After having my bundle of joy, I cinched the weight easily with being actively employed and breastfeeding for a year.  One year after giving birth, I weighed less than pre-pregnancy.

I don't know what happened.  It was a combination of job shuffling, bad eating habits, quitting smoking, and other bad habits.  However, I eventually jumped up to over 150 lbs.  Yes, I know this is not fat, and I'm not saying I was.

I was unhappy with my body, my habits, and my health, though.  I believed this had to be the beginning of a downward spiral for me, because women like me grew up to be 40 year-olds who are overweight and bury their problems in food.

I wasn't disciplined.  I exercised occasionally and only casually.  I ate candy bars galore (my weakness is chocolate) and stuffed my face with whatever else I deemed delicious for the day.

Healthy Eats: Flourless Pancakes & Three Ingredient Waffles

My sweet tooth is probably one of my biggest weaknesses.  I love chocolate, baked treats, and anything packed full of sugar and sweetness. So, while trying to be a little more food (and calorie) conscious, I've been getting a little creative finding healthy and low-calorie ways to feed my sweet tooth and get other nutrients.  Thus came the Flourless Pancakes and Healthy Waffles.
 If you didn't know already, you should know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day!  I think it's one of the most common skipped meals, too, and it's very important that we have a good, healthy breakfast to be on the fast track to health success!

Well, my breakfast goal is to be full until lunch (between 11:00 and 11:30), be under 250 calories, and be nutrition packed!  This is so hard to do!  However, thanks to Blogilates, I discovered this simple pancake recipe!