Blueberry Muffin Low Carb Recipe by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

blueberry muffin low carb recipe by medical weight loss philadelphia
blueberry muffin low carb recipe by medical weight loss philadelphia

blueberry muffin low carb recipe by medical weight loss philadelphia

Mom’s Blueberry Muffin  

This is a delectable and scrumptious blueberry muffin weight loss recipe that has only 4.8 grams of carbohydrates per muffin. Being able to eat yummy food like this differentiates our Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss program from all of the other weight loss clinics and programs in Philadelphia.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Ingredients:

  • 12 ounces cream cheese, soft
  • 5 eggs
  • 15 packets Splenda sugar substitute
  • 2 Teasps vanilla
  • 1 ½ cups whole almond meal
  • 1 cup unprocessed wheat bran
  • 1 Teasp baking powder
  • 1 cup whole (fresh or frozen) blueberries
  • 2 Teasps grated lemon peel

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325ºF.  Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin pan (heavy-gauge metal is best).  You can also use muffin liners.

Put cream cheese and two eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer.  Beat with a flat beater until smooth and fluffy.  Add the other eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each.  On slow speed, stir in the rest of the ingredients except the blueberries and lemon peel.  When mixture is well blended, stir in the blueberries and lemon peel.

Fill the muffin pans almost to the top.  (The muffins will rise only slightly.)  Bake muffins for about 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.  These muffins freeze well.  Thaw at room temperature.

With our children being home from College for the Holidays and with all of their friends visiting my Wife just can’t bake enough of these muffins.

When you make these for friends and family they will not believe that this recipe came from your medical weight loss center.

For more yummy weight loss tips and recipes just look around our website.

If you need help with losing weight just call us for your free consultation. Call us at 215-821-7336

Happy Holidays

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Low Carb Banana Loaf Recipe by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

Banana Loaf

 Note: This is a tasty banana bread that has a rich banana flavor and is still fairly low-carb.

Serving size,  one ½-inch thick slice.  Carbs per serving,  4.4 grams of carb.

  •  12 ounces cream cheese, soft
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 medium-size bananas)
  • ¼ cup soy protein powder
  • 1/3 cup stone ground whole-wheat flour
  • 1 Teasp baking powder
  • 16 packets Splenda sugar substitute
  • 2 Teasps vanilla extract
  • 2 Teasps grated lemon peel (optional)
  • 1 cup unprocessed wheat bran
  • 1 cup whole almond meal

Preheat oven to 325ºF.  Lightly butter three mini loaf pans (use non-stick pans made of heavy0gauge metal).  Optional:  For easy cleanup and removal, cut strips of waxed paper to fit in the bottoms of the pans and allow them to hang over the edge by an inch or two.

Put cream cheese and two eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat with a flat beater until smooth, thick and fluffy.  Be sure to eliminate all cream cheese lumps.  Add the remaining eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each addition.  Add the next seven ingredients and beat at slow speed.  Add the wheat bran and nuts, blending at low speed.

Spoon the batter into the pans and bake the banana bread for about 45 to 55 minutes or until done.  Cool before slicing.  Keep refrigerated (keeps for about 3 to 4 days).  Freeze bread that isn’t going to be used soon.

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Suagar Free Lemon Squares Recipe – Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

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lemon squares recipe low carb medical weight loss philadelphia

lemon squares recipe low carb medical weight loss philadelphia

Lemon Squares

Ingredients

CRUST

  • 1 cup almond flour (fine ground)
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 2 Tbsp powdered xylitol*
  • 1 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • 2 Tbsp raw unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract

 

LEMON TOPPING

  • 1/4 cup almond flour (fine ground)
  • 1/4 cup powdered xylitol*
  • 2 tsp Stevia
  • 4 large free-range eggs
  • 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking dish with unbleached parchment paper.
  2. CRUST Combine the almond flour, powdered xylitol, and sea salt in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, stir together coconut oil, butter and vanilla extract. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry until thoroughly combined. Press the dough evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes, until lightly golden.
  3. LEMON TOPPING While the crust bakes, prepare the topping. In a blender or food processor (or by hand with a whisk), combine the almond flour, powdered xylitol, stevia, eggs, and lemon juice. Blend on Medium speed until smooth. Remove the crust from the oven. Pour the topping evenly over the hot crust.
  4. Pop back into oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes at 350 degrees F until the topping is golden at edges. Let cool in the baking dish for 30 minutes, then refrigerate for 2 hours to set. Sprinkle with extra powdered xylitol (optional). Cut into bars and serve.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. It’s a nice sugar free treat.

I saw this recipe on:

http://www.diabeticconnect.com/diabetic-recipes/general/5674-lemon-squares

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Heavenly Breakfast “Soufflé” Only 6 Carbs by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

6 Carb Heavenly Breakfast “Soufflé” 

Makes 1 Serving

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup egg whites
  • 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced mushrooms
  • 1/2 medium tomato, thinly sliced
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1/2 cup crumbled fresh goat’s cheese, or grated cheese of your choice

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Whip the egg whites to soft peaks adding salt and pepper to taste.

In a heavy 9-inch frying pan that can go into the oven, melt the butter over high heat. Add the mushrooms, season lightly and cook until the mushrooms become soft but not brown. Arrange the tomato over the mushrooms. Quickly fold the cheese into the whites and spread out evenly over the mushroom mixture. Place in the oven and bake for 8 minutes until golden on top.

Remove from the oven and run a spatula around the sides to loosen. Flip over onto a plate and serve immediately and only 6 carbs per serving.

 

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Cinnamon Sticky Buns Low Carb Recipe by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

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Low carb sticky cinnamon buns that are finger lickin good. In our Philadelphia Medical  Weight Loss Program we believe in eating delicious food and enjoying life.

So here is one of our yummy low carb recipes.

 

Low Carb Sticky Buns

Ingredients:

  • Serving size: 12 3.3 grams each with frosting 1/2-cup butter — melted, divided
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar Twin — divided
  • 1/4 cup Splenda
  • 1/4 c. sugar free maple Syrup, 7 grams per 1/4 c.
  • 1/2 cup soy flour
  • 1/2 cup miller’s wheat bran
  • 1 Tablesp baking powder
  • 1 Tablesp vital wheat gluten
  • 3 Teasps cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup cream
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 2 Teasps vanilla
  • 1/2 cup walnuts — chopped

Heat oven to 350* Spray 12 muffin tins with Pam. Combine 1/4 cup of melted butter with, 1/4 cup of brown S Twin and L.C. maple syrup

Spoon equally into muffin cups. Sprinkle each cup with walnuts. Combine remaining brown ST, Splenda, flour, wheat bran, baking powder, wheat gluten, and cinnamon. Combine remaining melted butter, eggs, cream which has been diluted with the water, and vanilla. Add this to flour mixture, stir just until dry ingredients are wet. Spoon this evenly over walnuts in muffin tins…. Bake in upper third of oven for 18-20 minutes or until lightly browned

Remove from oven and loosen edges, invert onto cooling rack. Frosting Optional: Soften 1/2-c. cream cheese, sugar sub to taste, 1/2-tsp. vanilla, mix well.

We hope you enjoy this recipe. If you need help with you weight loss program please call us at 215-821-7336

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Weight Loss Low Carb Recipe for Peanut Butter Cookies

Medical weight loss low carb cookie recipe
Medical weight loss low carb cookie recipe

Medical weight loss low carb cookie recipe

Yes you can eat cookies and loose weight. Here is a delicious low carbohydrate recipe for peanut butter cookies.

Everyone loves cookies and I especially enjoy peanut butter cookies so here is a great recipe that is delicious and is conducive to your weight loss.

I hope you enjoy these cookies as much as I do.

Peanut  Butter Cookies Low-Carb Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup of butter
  • 1/2 cup of Splenda
  • 2 tablespoons +1 teaspoon of Truvia
  • 1 tablespoon of blackstrap or dark molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup of natural creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 1 cup of soy powder
  • 2 tablespoons of oat bran

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Use an electric mixer to beat the butter until creamy. Add the Splenda, Truvia and molasses and beat again until well combined. Beat in the egg, peanut butter, salt, baking soda and vanilla. Beat in the soy powder and oat bran. Butter or spray the cookie sheets with nonstick cooking spray. Roll the dough into small balls and place them on the sheets. Press the balls of dough flat you can use a fork to do this. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes. This should give you approximately the 48 – 53 cookies.  Recipe is  from Dana Carpender 1001 Low Carb recipes

In our medical weight loss program we try to make losing weight easy, enjoyable and delicious. So if you are looking to lose weight with a medical weight loss proam in Philadelphia PA or Bucks County PA call us a schedule a free consultation.

Have a great day!

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Low Carb No Bake Cheesecake Recipe by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

low carb no bake cheesecake recipe by medical weight loss philadelphia

low carb no bake cheesecake recipe by medical weight loss philadelphiaGreat Recipe for a No Bake Cheesecake

Ingredients:

  •  1 sm. pkg SF Jello, any flavor
  • 1 c boiling water
    12 oz soft cream cheese
    1 cup ricotta cheese
    12 pkgs Splenda
    1/2 cup heavy creamDissolve gelatin in boiling water and stir well. Blend cream cheese & ricotta in separate bowl with electric mixer. Whip in the Equal. Add gelatin mixture and blend until smooth. Whip the cream to heavy peak stage. Fold in jello mixture. Pour into paper-lined muffin cups and refrigerate until set.  Total: 29 carb. Makes 10 @ 3 carbs

I hope you enjoy this recipe. It is really easy to make and tastes so good.

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Cheat Your Way Skinny by Medical Weight Loss Philadelphia

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medical weight loss philadelphiaYes yo can cheat your way to being skinny. I don’t know about you but I cannot always eat perfectly. Yes,  I do give into temptation. And when most people are told that they cannot eat something that makes them crave it even more.

So on our medical weight loss program our philosophy is a little bit of everything is okay.

So with that being said you can have your starchy carbohydrates and fruit along with your proteins and vegetables and good healthy fats.

 

But we do have to remember to follow eat certain portion sizes. But sometimes you just have to let go. You can see in the picture posted in this article the dinner I had this past Friday night. We ordered take-out pizza and Italian antipasto.

Now most medical weight loss programs would totally forbid you from having pizza but I believe in keeping our weight loss program real.

So what I did is; I enjoyed my pizza along with an Antipasto that had tons of delicious leafy green vegetables in it along with some sharp provolone cheese and Italian meats.

I just piled all of this salad and cheese and Italian meat on my pizza and I folded it together and totally enjoyed. What I tell most of our patients is that if you are going to have a cheat meal like this, just make sure that you are going to eat something conducive to weight loss as well.

And there is nothing more conducive to weight loss then leafy green vegetables and cruciferous vegetables. Even though this delicious slice of pizza might not be considered weight loss or diet food when I added all of the leafy green vegetables to it, it’s not totally bad for you.

From now on when you are eating something that is not so good for weight loss just make sure to get counterbalance it with something that is good for weight loss like vegetables.

Not only are vegetables packed with nutrition they also act as an internal broom for your body. They will sweep out and flush your body all of the bad stuff you ate that day.

So make sure to eat your veggies especially your leafy green vegetables and your cruciferous vegetables because they are the most optimal foods that you can eat for losing weight.

Take away points from this article:

  • Your weight loss program has to be realistic.
  • It’s okay not to be perfect every moment of every day.
  • You should enjoy one cheat meal a week.
  • If you enjoy more than one sheet meal make sure to eat something that promotes weight loss like leafy green vegetables.
  • Don’t beat yourself up if your one cheat meal turns into a cheat day. You always have tomorrow.

If you need help with your weight loss program please call us at 215-821-7336.

Thank you for reading this article, have a fantastic day.

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The FastDiet Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting – The Fast Diet is a best-selling book that has recently been published in the U.S., promises that you can eat whatever you want, but still lose weight, and even live longer as long as you practice intermittent fasting”. It sounds too good to be true so is it just a scam to sell books or does it really work?
 
The book outlines a 5 and 2 approach. You can eat whatever you want for 5 days of the week and then you fast on two non-consecutive days – you can only eat 500 calories a day for women and 600 calories a day for men.
 
This is not the only way to lose weight with intermittent fasting. You can also do a daily intermittent fast where you eat for a certain amount of time per day and then let your body rest and digest for the remaining hours. This is an easier weight to get all of the benefits of intermittent fasting while you are still eating food every day. I will discuss this method a bit later.
 
Sara Richter, B.Sc., Gillean Osterday, M.Sc., RD and Katie Coles, M.Sc, RD have reviewed this book and this is what they have to say.
 
In their book, Dr. Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer do a fine job building a case for intermittent fasting as a method for better weight-control, improved health, and even longer life. For example, they review the research produced by nutritionist Krista Varady, Ph.D., of University
of Illinois at Chicago, who was the principal investigator for UIC’s study evaluating Isagenix products. They also discuss the findings of Valter Longo, Ph.D., and Mark Mattson, Ph.D., that show calorie restriction and
intermittent fasting in rodents can potentially protect the brain and increase lifespan.
 
However, the weight loss plan has many critics and I will tell you why.
 
Eating whatever you want (and as much as you want) has its consequences. One of the biggest negatives is the endorsement to eat without restraint for five days of the week. The book does propose some healthy eating guidelines, but with the main attraction being “Eat anything you want!”, there’s likelihood that many people will live by those words. That kind of promotion is bound to be harmful as people are given permission to grossly overeat and to eat the wrong types of foods as often as possible — think greasy hamburgers, French fries, and sugary sodas. Even two days of intermittent fasting can’t undo a lifetime of making unhealthy choices like these.
 
Another problem is potential muscle loss. When the body is taking in fewer calories, it goes into what’s called a catabolic state (meaning “breakdown”; the opposite is anabolic, which means “build-up”). Catabolism is fine for the breakdown of fat, but if calorie-deficient bouts are not followed up with the right type of muscle-building protein in the right amount, the result can be breakdown of muscle. Studies have found that during weight loss, a diet higher in quality protein preserves muscle mass more than a diet higher in carbohydrate (2). Research has also found that protein from dairy, such as whey, may be the superior protein for increased fat loss and muscle retention during weight loss (3).
 
Then, there’s the problem of getting proper complete nutrition. Most people already eat too much, yet they do not receive adequate amounts of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) from the foods that they eat for optimal health. Mainly, this is because too many people don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables or may not know how to properly choose foods for adequate amounts of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals, etc…).
 
Even those who think they know what foods to eat in combination for better health haven’t fared well in achieving weight loss and improved health. One study compared weight loss groups consuming either fresh, healthy foods for the majority of their diet or nutrient-rich meal replacement shakes and found that meal replacement shakes resulted in more weight loss, better improvement to health biomarkers, and better adherence based on the convenience of the shakes (4).
 
How can you take advantage of the benefits of intermittent fasting without the drawbacks of the 5 and 2 diet approach that include eating too much, losing muscle, and not getting enough vitamins and minerals? We have the perfect program that takes the guesswork out of intermittent fasting and how to do it right.
 
We have two types of programs.
 
Our first intermittent fasting program allows you to eat food every day of the week.
 
The second programs gives you 2 days of decreased calories.
 
What you get with our program is intermittent fasting combined with additional nutritional, antioxidant, and detoxification support in Cleanse Days, which are part of a fully guided system that won’t leave you eating everything in sight one day followed by wanting to eat your arm off the next. Our system means moderate calorie control on Shake Days and appropriate fasting with nutritional support on Cleanse Days.
 
Our system, unlike theFast Diet, is also backed by clinical data showing that it leads to healthy weight loss, fat loss (without the muscle loss, especially if exercise is included), and better cardiovascular health. The end result is curbed food cravings, successful weight loss and maintenance, preservation of muscle mass, and finally, a long-term
lifestyle that will keep you healthier than ever before.
 
This all being said, unless you have some serious health issues the majority of our clients lose a tremendous amount of weight just following our Nutritional plan. Just for convenience people use our meal replacement shakes. They also make a great snack.
 
For more information call us at 215-821-7336.

References:
1. Mosely M, Spencer M. The Fast Diet: The Secret of Intermittent Fasting – Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer. Short Books,
2013.
2. Wycherley TP, Brinkworth GD, Clifton PM, Noakes M. Comparison of the effects of 52 weeks weight loss with either a high protein or high-carbohydrate diet on body composition and cardiometabolic risk factors in overweight and obese males. Nutr
Diabetes 2012;2:e40.
3. Josse AR, Atkinson SA, Tarnopolsky MA, Phillips SM. Increased Consumption of Dairy Foods and Protein during Diet- and
Exercise-Induced Weight Loss Promotes Fat Mass Loss and Lean Mass Gain in Overweight and Obese Premenopausal Women. J
Nutr 2011;141:1626-34.
4. Klempel MC, Kroeger CM, Bhutani S, Trepanowski JF, Varady KA. Intermittent fasting combined with calorie restriction is
effective for weight loss and cardio-protection in obese women. Nutr J 2012;11:98.

Sara Richter, B.Sc., Gillean Osterday, M.Sc., RD and Katie Coles, M.Sc, RD, UK’s “Fast Diet”? Not So Fast
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