Weight-Loss Recipe: Diva Golden Omelet

Diva Golden Omelet
1 whole egg + 2 egg whites
1/2 Roma tomato, chopped
4 asparagus tips, cooked and chopped into small pieces
1 Tbsp. Romano cheese, grated non-stick cooking spray

Preparation: Whip together egg and egg whites in a bowl. Spray skillet with non-stick spray and heat on medium heat or use “eggie pan.” Pour eggs in heated skillet or “eggie pan” and arrange tomatoes, asparagus, and cheese on top. When bottom of egg is cooked, fold in half with the fillings inside. Continue cooking until desired consistency is reached.

Makes 1 Serving -- Nutritional Value:

• 151 calories
• 16.8 g protein
• 4.7 g carbs
• 6.6 g fat;
• 1.1 g fiber
• 258.5 mg sodium

Diva Reduction Recipes
“Fit Meals in Minutes”
“Combining quick and convenient with sound nutrition!” Because we truly want you to succeed with MY DIVA DIET, we have designed quick Diva Recipes that meet the criteria for fat reduction as well as sound nutritional guidelines. You don’t have to give up taste when you eat correctly. In fact, you

will learn that wholesome and fit foods taste better than junk food.

Weight-Loss Recipe: Diva Quinoa Quench

Diva Quinoa Quench
1 cup cooked quinoa
1 oz. almonds, chopped
1 oz. raisins
1/2 cup low-fat organic milk

Preparation: Cook quinoa as directed on package in a saucepan or rice cooker. Combine cooked quinoa, almonds, and raisins in a bowl and top with milk.

Makes 1 Serving
Nutritional Value: 374 calories; 14 g protein; 52 g carbs; 12.5 g fat; 6.5 g fiber; 60 mg sodium
Notes:

To make this recipe vegetarian, use soy or rice milk.

To cut the fat, skip the almonds and use fresh fruit like 1/2 banana or some berries.

Benefits of quinoa:

Quinoa is a light, fluffy, and slightly crunchy whole grain that is gluten free. It is naturally extra-low in fat and is sodium, and sugar free. Quinoa provides more amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, and phytonutrients than most other grains!

Quinoa is a great when you need an alternative to your every day oatmeal. Also, consider other cereals you may be consuming that are full of sugar and other fattening ingredients that are unhealthy. See my blog "Food Facts: Cereal".

Yes, carbs are an important part of your diet even when you are trying to lose weight--learn more in my blog "The Carb Defense".

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Dieting Without Sauces: A Great Way to Lose Weight!

Sauces, salad dressing, dips, and condiment intake
Many Americans don’t appreciate real food (e.g. food in its natural form). We not only super-size our meals but also put sauces and condiments on everything.

* Note

• Some sauces, salad dressings, dips and condiments are good to use, such as salsa; marinara sauce; low-sodium, no-wheat soy sauce; olive oil; Balsamic vinegar; low-fat salad dressing; mustard; and horseradish.
  

* Sauces, Salad Dressing, Dips, and Condiment Rules

• Try to eat your foods plain—it’s much better for you.
  
• If you are going to use sauces, salad dressing, dips, and condiments, use them in moderation, and choose ones that have some nutritional value.
  
• Choose items that have minimal calories and ingredients.
• Be extremely selective.
  
• Watch out for sauces and dips made at restaurants and those you buy at the grocery store. Most are packed full of fat, flour, sugar, sodium, preservatives, and other harmful ingredients.
• You can find better-quality products at some health food stores—read labels.
  

If you need the sauces, salad dressing, dips, and condiment, here are some much better choices (list above), however, if you want to lose weight and gain health––LESS IS BETTER!

Weight-Loss Recipe: DIVA Beet and Chicken Salad

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Diva Beet and Chicken Salad
1 beet, cooked, cooled and chopped
3 oz. chicken breast (from a rotisserie chicken), chopped or shredded
2 cups organic spring mix salad
1/3 cup carrots, shredded
1/3 cup peas, cooked and cooled
1 tomato, chopped
1 Tbsp. Balsamic vinaigrette dressing

Preparation: Place beet in small saucepan and boil for about 20 minutes or until al dente. Set aside and let cool slightly. While the beet is cooking, carve out the breast from your rotisserie chicken, cut into small pieces and set aside. Mix together spring mix, carrots, peas, and tomatoes. Add the beet and chicken (cold or warm). Toss with Balsamic vi

naigrette.

Makes 1 Serving
Nutritional Value: 

• 360 calories
  
• 33.2 g protein
  
• 31.5 g carbs 
  
• 9.5 g fat 
  
• 8.3 g fiber
  
• 355 mg sodium
  

NOTES: If you are a vegetarian or vegan, just skip the chicken! Try adding eggplant OR fresh, unsalted almonds instead!  

FYI:

Poultry (lean chicken and turkey) should be organically (grass-fed) raised and always choose the lean pieces, without the skin!  Chicken is a great source of protein, niacin, B vitamins and other nutrients.  Chicken promotes optimal health, energy production, heart health, and bone health.  

Beets are high in nutrients, low in calories, and contain almost 4 grams of fiber in 1 cup!  They contain phytonutrient pigments that provide powerful antioxidant protection.  Beets are also rich in folate, which is a B vitamin that is important for a healthy heart and essential for normal growth tissue.  

This is a great summer dish, easy to make and great for weight loss!  

A Huge Thanks–To the People that Have Supported the MY DIVA DIET Mission

MY DIVA DIET:  A Woman's Last Diet Book is more than a book–it is a program with a mission–E.C.L. =  Empower–Challenge–Legacy.  The MY DIVA DIET Mission is to empower women so that they can get into great shape, to challenge them to be better women, 

and to ensure a legacy of good health for the next generation.  As the superhero of this mission, I want to help you expose, attack and defeat the "diet villains"

-today we will focus on two, Dr. Pill and Nurse Gimmick!  

As SUPER DIVA, my mission includes saving WOMEN from the prevalent "dieting madness" and help them understand that losing fat shouldn't include:  

• Confusion 
• Deprivation
  
• Starvation
• Unbalanced Nutrients 
• No Carb Diet 
  
• One Type of Food Diet  
  
• One Meal Per Day diet 
  
• Liquid Diets 
• Fake Foods 
• Diet pills 
  
• Magic potions 
  
• And any other quick-fix solutions 

If you find and use these type of systems you will only reap the following:

• Poor Health
• Dehydration 
• Loss of LBM
  
• Decrease in Energy 
  
• Loss of Sanity
  
• Bad Moods 
  
• Yo' Yo' Dieting 
• Body Fat will Increase 
  
• Bad Example for our Children 
  

Together we can stop the cycle of ignorance, confusion and desperation in the area of dieting for weight loss.  We can learn how to lose weight, the safe, healthy and lasting way, and then we can pass this on to our children (something that is so dear to my heart)!  That way we can make certain our children avoid the needless pain and insanity we may have encountered or witnessed!   Our children deserve BETTER! 

We began our journey of promoting this mission and the  MY DIVA DIET:  A Woman's Last Diet Book in September of 2008.  It is now February 2009, and we have had many join us on this adventure.  I have had the pleasure of communicating with many wonderful people through e-mails, blogs, websites, and in social networks.  Some of you bought the book,  some added us to your site, some blogged about it and so much more–ALL getting the word out!  I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your support–you have made a difference. 

• Below you will find the link to some very special people–more to come because we have just gotten started!  Thanks to those of you who purchased the BOOK (number 1 in a series of 5)!  If you want to be added to this list, contact me–would value your input!

Bodybuilding.com

Central Coast Women's Network 

The Self-Publishing Experience 

BuyLiveBetter.com

FindtheBuzz.com 

theDomesticDiva.org

Ladybargain.net 

Upside40.com

The Fitness Books Channel

SupplementHunter.com

Start up Nation by Entrepreneurs for Entrepreneurs

NING sites 

Fitness Star Network "MY DIVA DIET Tools For Success" forum 

FBB, Fitness & Figure Admirers -- front page ad!

World Physique "MY DIVA DIET group" 

WAHM Divas – front page ad!

Start Up Space "MY DIVA DIET" group 

WO Zone "Lets Get Fine in 09"group

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