So I gained all my weight back 《43 kg》 but I’ve lost 3 kg !!! 《40 kg》 I might sleep now it’s 12:01 and I usually wake up at 9 or 10 and that’s a good amount of sleep and if I sleep more than 8 hours I usually feel good and burn more calories so look thinner yay. Also I’ve been trying my new diet 《2 weeks in it》 and oh my I’ve failed so bad so far. Anyway gonna watch asmr goodnight :D
So basically, and I don’t know about you, but to me, I’ve found that the holidays revolve around (food wise) pastries, cookies, sweet and savoury pies, potatoes, a lot of carbs, cakes, and sauces. Don’t even get me started on the liquid cals. Because of this, I’ve gained quite a bit of weight instead of losing it. I’ve been wanting to feel festive and so I’ve been eating a lot of these fattening things. Though there are MANY holiday treats that are low cal. Thugs I have forgotten about, because my family LOVES desserts. Here are ways to feel festive though! If you simply want to have safer options, or anything like that!
-clementines. (40, each) the official holiday fruit!
-apples. (50- 80, usually) If you bake them in the oven they’re really good! I add one tablespoon of whipped cream for ten cals, amazing.
-candy canes! (70 cals for 3 mini ones! I’m bringing some to a holiday party so I can have some with my friends!)
-flavoured teas, now these are great options. (0 cals) i have the Christmas in Paris flavour, it’s a mix of lavender and chocolate. I have peppermint, a classic! Candy cane lane, sugar cookie, gingerbread spice, all kinds! I got mine at bulk barn. (:
-hot cocoa! ☕️This is usually very high cal, I know, but you can mix cocoa powder, 1tbsp (5-10 cal depending on brand) with sweetener I add one tbsp but I’d experiment depending on how much of a sweet tooth you have! And boom, 10 cal hot cocoa! If you mix it with hot water though, if you mix it with milk or but milks it’ll go up. (Not by much and not milks are good for you! And to be honest with water tastes the same though, at least to me.) add a mini candy cane for more festivity
-ginger cookies!!! (Amazing amazing) These are the ones I’ve found! Mini gingerbread men (35 cals each) but it depends. Usually they won’t be very high, though, and they’re nice to dip in tea! Usually for a big chunk of a gingerbread house of half of a huge gingerbread cookie it’ll be around 110 cals.
-GINGER CANDY. When I restrict super low, and I don’t feel safe that day but still want something holiday-y (literally every day starting from December 1st to January 10th. It’s a curse.) mine is 10 cal each, they’re hard candy so they take a while to suck on and stop the binge urges, and they have this strong ginger taste they’re really good! They also come in chewy candy but they’re a bit higher in cals (not much maybe give or take 8 cals) but I can’t with my braces unfortunately.
-APPLE CIDER (5 cals) usually normal apple cider is high cal depending on the brand but this one is very good. You mix 1L water, 1 and a half tbsp apple cider vinegar, sweetener and cinnamon (all depending on your taste and how sugary you like it!) and then warm it up in a mug. Boom. Super tasty, you’ll thank me later and I KNOW apple cider vinegar is disgusting and you’re probably thinking “it was good up until now my dude” or “there’s a space in hell waiting for you” but trust me, it’s great. I was showed the recipe and now I’m passing it on this post if you haven’t heard of it already!
-spices! This may not seem like much but spices especially cinnamon and nutmeg are a HUGE part of the holiday treats and delicacies. Add them to your coffee, teas, fruit, and boom there is a great way to feel festive for little to no cals. Not actual cals anyway, so go nuts!
-flavoured coffee!! ☕️ I found many holiday ones for barely any cals. (10) there’s eggnog, gingerbread, and cinnamon spice. Mine are from the brand irrésistibles but I’m sure there are many!
-skinny syrups. (0 cals) i have peppermint bark, sugar cookie, and salted caramel! From the brand skinny girl. Guys and gals, Marshall’s or winners, food section, will save you.
-cookies!! if you want a cookie flavour, take the fibre one brand bars (they’re chewy like a cookie) but square. I didn’t like these alone, but if you warm it up, it’s amazing! Kinda like a blondie bar!!
Ice cream! halo top cake out with holiday flavours and they’re to DIE for. There’s a gingerbread one, a candy cane, pumpkin pie or spice and cool way cake out with some too. Only 90-100 per serving or 200-350 cals per pint! They’re very accurate and honestly just thinking about it is making me crave it
These are all I have for now! I’ll add to it over the next days, promise! I know I’m also kinda late. I’ve been working insane shifts Tomorrow I’ll be putting up a post of super low cal (20-100 cal) holiday treats. But I wanted it to be a post of my original recipes and I’ll be working on them all night (: I hope you find at least one or two things you’d like or have, but if not I’ll put out more recipes before Christmas, I gotchu, boos. I want to make this as happy as I can. The holidays can suck, especially if you feel like you’re missing out. When you don’t allow yourself nostalgic treats, or when most treats are high cal, so I’ll come out with as many things as I can! and I’m sorry I didn’t do it sooner. happy holidays, and stay safe. ❤️
