Guilt Free Vegan Pizza... No Delivery Boy Needed!

Guilt Free Vegan Pizza

Yes, pizza CAN be yummy and guilt free at the same time made in your very own oven at home. Have I blown your mind yet? 

Today was my Plyometrics and Ab Ripper X workout day brought to you by overly enthusiastic fitness robot, Tony Horton :P After hundreds of calories burned, sweat soaked towels, and frustrated grunts... I needed a good ol hearty meal to satisfy my body VEGAN STYLE. Blair came up with the idea of making a vegan pizza so we headed straight to our Kroger grocery market for our veggie based meal. I know what you must be thinking, butttt the gooey cheese and and andddd the pepperonis?! -_- thanks for the tease Amanda!! Well don't judge a book by its cover (or by its plate I guess you could properly say) because BOTH ingredients are vegan based, no meat or soy/dairy used to make the "meat" and "cheese." This is what is great about living near a Kroger or Whole Foods grocery store, these vegan options literally save your day sometimes when you really have a hankering for meat or dairy, but don't want to cheat your diet. Check around your area for grocery stores with Vegan options, they taste like the real thing!! (Well Blair begs to differ lol but she is a Texas meat eating machine born and raised). Which by the way babe, I am totally proud of you for doing this Vegan thing with me :) We have both lost some serious poundage cutting out meat and dairy from our diet.

OK OK, here is the recipe courtesy of Blair :)

Ingredients:

Veggie Daiya mozzarella cheese (First ingredient is filtered water, arrowroot flour, and pea protein!)

Veggie Yves pepperonis (Made from Tofu)

Red wine

4 tomatoes

1 Peeled and sliced avocado

Chopped white and green onions

Garlic salt

Flat out flat bread (sun dried basil tomato flavor)

Cook down the tomatoes and onions with wine. When the tomatoes turn into sauce, add a little garlic salt (not to much with the sodium, don’t want to defeat the purpose) then on a pizza pan lightly spray with nonstick spray. Layer your pizza starting with the flatbread, sliced avocado, homemade sauce, mozzarella, and then pepperonis. Put your vegan pizza in the oven set at 350 until the cheese is melted. Enjoy and all for under 500 calories!!

Look at those delicious veggies mmmm!

Everyone have fun making your homemade vegan pizza, very fun for families and couples to do together :) Forget the delivery boy!

- Amanda & Blair

Fat Free Fad... Is Fat The REAL Culprit To Obesity?

Take a stroll through the grocery store and most likely you will see a plethora of packaged food and snacks with a big label of "FAT FREEEEE!" smack dab on the front. "OoOooOO! Since it has no fat, I will obviously not gain fat. Pshhh what a deal!!" This is what usually our brain processes once we see those magical little two words.

Since it is not a secret that our generation is severely more overweight than we were 30 years ago, the food industry had to victimize a culprit that was causing our jean buttons to pop. Dun Dun Dunnnnn.... Fat is the mean burglar that is stealing our health according to the Food industry. Who cares what else is on the labels of the packaged foods, as long as those key words "FAT FREE" is broadcasted along the front. You MUST be in the clear then, whewwww! Thank goodness for the good ol, selfless Food Industry for having your back against the enemy b/c we alll LOVE pointing out enemies!

Then WHAM! the fat and calories just keep rolling on in despite your smart choices of "fat free" foods. Who is the sneaky bad guy you ask?

Sugarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Muahahaha (as he twists his mustache in a devious dark way as he creeps out of the dark creepy corner).

Sugar may not be as blatant as being labeled as "Fat," but this sneaky lil guy promotes fat STORAGE and tricks your brain into thinking it is still hungry and is never satisfied. What is even worse is that the two most popular sugars, Table Sugar (Sucrose) and High Fructose Corn Syrup both contain the harmful substance, Fructose.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is an isolated nutrient that is derived from a complex nutrient, corn which is a no no! This starves you of proper complex nutrients your body needs from the natural source (such as corn) and replaces it with a chemically processed singular nutrient. An example of this is Cocaine. The drug, cocaine is obviously not good for your health, but it is derived and concentrated from the natural source of cocoa leaves which is good for you, Ding Ding!  Cocoa herbal tea is an actual medication, yet you wouldn't want to snort a line of cocaine!! High Fructose Corn Syrup is that cocaine people! This tactic is similar to what the Tobacco Industry does with nicotine to trap you into NEEDING their product by becoming physically dependent on it. The Food Industry is a Multi Billion industry and will do about anything to keep you wanting more of their products. Your Brain craves the sugar b/c of the chemically fulfilling feeling, yet your body could care less about this deadly component!

Once your sugar levels are sky high (which are very prevalent in deceptive"Fat free" foods), your pancreas has to secrete insulin in order to bring down your sugar levels so you don't die, which is a fat producing hormone! Oh geeeeeez, thought you could escape that fat eh? NEWS FLASH PEOPLEEE! There is such thing as good fat! You need fat in your diet to help keep you feel fully satiated. Worst kinds of fat are your oils such as corn oil and soy oil found in baked snacks and butter spreads.

THEN WHO ON EARTH ARE THE GOOD FATS?
Your savior in shining armour are your plant based foods such as avocados, chia seeds, nuts, and flax seeds. Oh and even wild salmon has good Omega fats for you as well :) Carbs such as white bread, rice, and pasta turn into sugar so stay away from these foods as well! Sugar is paralleled to morphine and heroin b/c it instantly sends endorphins to your brain and makes you feel high and soothed. Perfect  example is milk which were designed to hook kids in. One serving is a whopping 24g of sugar! whoahhh, might as well put an IV of heroin into your kids' arms every morning when you serve them cereal and milk.

Meal of the Day which is loaded with good fats!!!

INGREDIENTS

• 2 large avocados
• 3 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
• 3-4 Tbsp light olive oil 
• 1 Tbsp minced shallots or green onion
• 1 Tbsp minced parsley
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard or to taste
• lemon pepper

• 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of salmon fillets

1 Put avocado pieces and lime juice into a food processor or blender and pulse until blended. Slowly add olive oil, pulsing, until you reach desired consistency of sauce. Add minced shallots (or green onions) and parsley, pulse just until combined. Remove to a bowl, add mustard.

2 Coat the bottom of a sauté pan with olive oil, heat on medium high until almost smoking. Season both sides of the salmon fillets with lemon pepper, carefully lay the salmon into the pan, skin side down. Cook the salmon until about medium doneness, about 3-4 minutes per side.

Serve salmon with avocado remoulade sauce.

BAM! Thank me later ;P

It's Alive!!!! It's ALIIIIIIIIIIVEEEEEE!

Welcome to Fit Wit! 

This blog is intended for individuals who want to get fit "LIKE A BOSS" and lead healthier lives for their future. I came into the fitness scene over a year ago when I moved to Lake Charles, La on my own for the very first time after college. After a few months of being lazy, eating junk food/fast food, and drinking heavily, I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror one day and realized I was unhappy with myself overall. Not just physically, but my unhealthy lifestyle made me emotionally depressed and I felt "stuck" in this shell of a body that restricted me from who I really wanted to be. I then decided that I wanted to prove to myself that I haven't given up on that girl in the mirror. I was disgusted with how I overly undermined the person who meant the most to me.... ME.

Then I turned INSANEEEEEE!!!! Muahahahaha

okkkk well maybe I embellished a tad :P I did however, decide to take on the great feat known as Insanity created by fitness celebrity, Shaun T. In the words of Shaun T, "That sh*t is bananas yoooooo!" Now THAT is not an exaggeration hahaha I completed the 60 day high intense interval training workout program. THE BEST CARDIO OF YOUR LIFE PEOPLEEEE! I dropped fat like crazy, so much that I didn't even have a menstrual cycle for a good 2 months due to my high rate of fat loss. I was making my fat cry every time I hit play :'( in a good way!!! It literally changed my life, after I was done with Insanity, well I just adopted the healthy lifestyle which included cooking healthy, well balanced meals that were making my body feel and look goooooood. I subdued my ancestral instincts of consuming sugar, fat, and salt whenever I could and opted for non processed, lean meals. 

The results speak for themselves!!

compared to.........

                           (I am on far right.)

If you share the passions I do for fitness and health or just want to better yourself, I hope this blog will help serve some guidance. I plan on posting recipes, nutrition advice, workouts, health facts, anything dealing with feeling and looking better! This is merely just an introduction, so without further ado, I present and give life to   FIT WIT!

Be on the look out for upcoming posts!!!!

- Amanda