Author: low-carb-keto-lifestyle

I've been interested in healthy living for a couple of years and have been trying to find ways to do this myself and to share information to the public.

Happy memorial day!!!

As we celebrate this Memorial Day 2020 – there are lots of things that are soooooo different about this year, but one thing that isn’t different is that we need to remember those who died in the service of our country so that we could live.

Many thanks go out to all the current and past veterans who are still living that dedicated their lives, whether for a short time or a long time, to making sure that we can live each day with the freedoms that we have in life.

Enjoy your day, but don’t forget why we are celebrating and be grateful and thankful for what we have in our lives. I am blessed with so many things during this time – a job, a home, a car, family who love me and friends of all kinds. Please be thankful today and every day for what you have in your life.

Have a safe and blessed day.

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Peanut butter mug cake

Peanut Butter Mug Cake

  • Servings: 1
  • Difficulty: easy
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Yummy, peanut butter mug cake just for you!


Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter, creamy
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon Swerve sweetener (optional)

Directions

  1. Add all ingredients into a microwave-safe mug. Whisk until it’s fully mixed and the batter is nice and smooth.
  2. Microwave for 1-2 minutes. I suggest taking it out after 1 minute to check if it’s firm. If not, do an additional minute.
  3. Cool the mug cake for a few minutes and then enjoy!

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Happiness

Are you known for being a happy person? Or a crazy person? Or are you the one that everyone wants to go away because you’re so negative?

Happiness is something that is inside of you. We all have trials and tribulations that affect our lives – a death in the family, a divorce, loss of job, floods, hurricane, tornados and yes even a pandemic. Can you control any of those things? NO!

But you can control how you react to them! Though it may not be easy, we all have the power within us to take that situation and review it and find one good thing that can come out of it. Just like with this pandemic, one of the best things that I can think of to come out of it – is cleaner air! OMG it is amazing.

Plus I think by slowing down we have all had an opportunity to figure out some of the important things in our lives. It isn’t always having to be doing something or buying something. Sometimes it is to just take a minute and breathe!

Let the creative juices start flowing and see what you can come up with. Maybe you will be building your first garden or doing some handy work around the house for the first time in years, because you have time. Maybe its pulling out the sewing machine to make clothes or masks!

We have to learn to be happy with whatever our circumstances and then if we don’t like those circumstances change them. You are in control and you have the power within you to make those changes.

I challenge you today to be happy in your own skin, with your own family and with your sate of mind. Make HAPPINESS HAPPEN TODAY!

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normalcy???

Have you thought about what your definition of Normalcy is? With all the changes that have taken place in the last few weeks, I can say that my definition has changed for sure.

My day to day of going to work and back hasn’t changed. I continued to work during all the shut downs. For which I am so grateful. But my life after work has definitely changed. Not getting to see my kids, not being able to take off and drive wherever I want, not being able to even go to the park of my choice!

My kids are old enough I didn’t have to teach them from home, but they had to teach from home and work from home. And for the ones of us who are social beings and love to be around people, it is a whole new definition of social media.

Thank goodness for Zoom, and Marco Polo, and Facetime and all those other aps that allow us to see each other.

I’m one of those people who is a hugger and I can say that this has been hard not being able to give hugs or get hugs. I’m waiting for the day that I can hug people again and not worry about where they have been or who’ve they’ve been in contact with. Cause I know where I’ve been!

One more thing that I miss when being in public is giving and getting smiles. It is pretty difficult to have anyone recognize that smile you are giving under that mask.

“A smile is your greatest social asset.” – Zig Ziglar So as we move forward with how our lives have changed, let’s be grateful for what we have, smile every day and pass them around and just be nice to each other.

Our planet has been given a rest from all the negative things that have been affecting it. Now that we’ve had time to give ourselves a rest – let’s remember the little things and live life to the fullest.

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Keto blueberry crumble bars

Keto Blueberry Crumble Bars

  • Servings: 12-16
  • Difficulty: easy
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Tasty, ooey, gooey blueberry crumble bars


Ingredients

  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1/4 cup Swerve (confectioners)
  • 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
    • Crust – Crumble
  • 1-1/2 cups almond flour
  • 3/4 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup Swerve granular
  • 2 tablespoons coconut flour
  • pinch of salt
  • 6 tablespoons butter (melted)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the blueberries and water.
  2. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat and simmer 10 minutes, until the berries can be easily mashed. Mash them up a bit.
  3. Whisk in the sweetener, and then sprinkle the surface with xanthan gum and whisk vigorously to combine. Let cool.
  4. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  5. In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, coconut, sweetener, coconut flour and salt.
  6. Stir in the melted butter and the vanilla extract until the dough begins to clump together. Press half of the mixture firmly into the bottom of the pan. Bake 10 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool 10 minutes.
  7. Spread the crust with the blueberry filling and sprinkle with the remaining crust mixture. Press the top crust into the filling lightly to adhere.
  8. Bake another 20 to 25 minutes, until golden and bubbly. Let cool completely before cutting and serving. Store in the refrigerator.

If you decide to use frozen berries for this recipe, you may need to increase the cooking time on the filling.

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Disposition vs circumstances!

“I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.” Martha Washington

There are a lot of people out there who can’t understand why they are miserable and unhappy. You do know that you are what you think!

Thinking good things and happy thoughts means that you are happy. Thinking about all the negative things and being miserable just leads to more unhappiness and miserableness.

But guess what – you are the only one who can control that! You have to make you happy, and if you think you are a miserable person and unhappy – you can change that. It only takes a second.

I’ve been listening to the book “The Secret” on audible. i listen to it actually for about 15 minutes every morning before I get my day started. It reminds me that I control my own destiny when it comes to happiness and everything else in life.

It also lets me know that I am normal! We have over 60,000 thoughts a day. When you catch yourself thinking something negative or talking bad about someone – you have the choice to change your thinking and you can walk away. Pull yourself away from the conversation if possible. Or change the subject.

I try very hard to have an awesome attitude every day when I get up. About 95% of the time I can stay in that awesome attitude. Life is too short to be miserable and unhappy. An attitude of gratitude also helps. When you’re thankful for what you have in life – even if it’s just $10 extra in your pocket, you will be amazed at how that will help to change your attitude around.

One of the other things that I’ve been trying to do is to give more. Whether it is my time – making masks and donating to a local hospital or $5 to a homeless guy standing along the street or paying for the person’s meal behind me in line – it always makes me feel better that I was able to give something to someone else. You never know when that little bit of kindness can make someone else’s day be brighter.

My daughter once asked me why I gave a homeless person $5. She was concerned that they would use it for something they shouldn’t or that they were just taking advantage of me! My answer back was that – that is on them. I give because I can and because of how it makes me feel. Whatever their circumstances are – I don’t worry about it. I’ve done more for myself by giving than worrying what they are going to use it for.

So as we move through these changing times – stop and smell the roses, look at the things you already have and be grateful, be excited about life and what it has to offer you, bless others with a little gift, and live life to the fullest every day.

“The ultimate source of happiness is our mental attitude.” Dalai Lama

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