WEEKEND 1

THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THIS 20 DAY CHALLENGE HAS BEEN A SUCCESS 🙌

 I abstained from meat 🐮🐷🐔 on Friday, had all beef 🐮 sliders without the bun and homemade beans with caramelized onions 🧅on Saturday, lots of water 🥤, and A LOT of produce 🍌🌶🥑 throughout the whole weekend.  It wasn't hard at all and I felt very satisfied and less hungry the entire weekend.....score 🙌

I made a delicious and nutritious homemade version of Rice Krispy Treats this weekend using: organic brown rice cereal 🌾, a tablespoon of real grass fed local butter 🧈, all natural crunchy peanut butter🥜, real dark cocoa powder🍫, and a touch of honey🍯 spiced with cinnamon and a dash of cayenne 🌶

The end result was a decadent but healthy chocolaty treat/snack with a softer/chewier consistency (which I didn't miss) (since there are no marshmallows) filled with a depth of flavor from real high quality ingredients 😋  I don't think I'll make rice krispy treats any other way again.  A fun childhood treat with A LOT less sugar and better for you ingredients that I actually feel good about eating??  YES PLEASE 👏

1 week down....2 more to go.......I'm hoping to  Keep It Real and keep this ball rolling.....
Til next week.....👋





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