First Time Mom and Losing It

I had a craving for a nice sandwich so I did a Pinterest search for low carb bread. First I came across a coconut flour bun and tried the recipe. It was not good at all and tasted like a flavorless sponge. Then I tried the cloud bread that I have been seeing for a while. I used the recipe from A Seat At My Table.

The ingredients were kind of weird for a bread recipe. Since I had all of the ingredients on hand I decided to give it a shot.


Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Take 2 eggs and separate them. Take 2 ounces of softened cream cheese and mix with the egg yolks until creamy.


Then add 1/8 tsp of cream of tartar to the egg whites and beat until you get stiff peaks.

Fold the egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture. Be careful not to deflate the fluffiness of the egg whites.


Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray and make 6 even rounds with the cloud bread mixture. I also sprinkled some sesame seeds on three of the buns.


Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. The cloud bread should be golden brown.


Let cool then place in a ziplock bag and let it cool overnight in the refrigerator. Letting it cool in the fridge overnight gives it more of a bread like texture.


I used the bread to make a turkey and Swiss sandwich with tomato and mayo.

I was chosen by VocalPoint to be an Instyler Blogger. I recieved the three products mentioned in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are 100% my own. 



When I saw an opportunity to be a Instyler Blogger I jumped and applied. I didn't think I was going to get picked because I'm not a beauty blogger. When I saw the subject in my email about being picked as an Instyler Blogger I was super surprised and excited!

When my gorgeous box arrived thanks to Instyler and Vocalpoint I quickly opened it up and saw the three surprise products: Instyler Max, Instyler Tulip and Instyler Ionic Styler Pro.



I sectioned off my hair and took about a two inch section. It took me a few seconds to understand how to position my hand and grip my hair piece. After I used my Instyler Max on that one piece of hair I was amazed! The Instyler Max made my hair super shiny and straight in just one pass! Because I used two inch sections and only had to do one pass I completed the rest of my hair in a little over 10 minutes! I wanted my hair to be super straight so I didn't roll the Instyler in or out at the ends.

I have been on the Atkins 40 plan for over 3 weeks now and am still loving the food I get to eat. It is pretty amazing when you lose 4 pounds in one week while still eating bacon, cheese and add a little cream in your coffee.


It is extremely easy for me to stay on track when I am home. I have all of my veggies and salads on hand to chop up whenever I need a meal or snack. I also have my Atkins frozen meals in the freezer when I don't feel like cooking or don't have the time to. The problem for me comes when I am on the go and will be away from home. When I don't have the right things available to me my bad cravings kick in and I tend to give in and have something I am not supposed to.


I got the opportunity to attend this amazing all day micro-conference. It began at 9 .AM. and ended at 5 P.M. It was chock full of learning sessions so I didn't want to miss any of them. When I was on my way out to the conference I threw in a couple of my Atkins meal bars in my purse just in case I didn't have any options.


As soon as I walked into the first session they directed me to enjoy some breakfast. It was the standard bagels, spreads and coffee. The bagels looked good but as a huge Atkins no-no I just thanked them, got myself a bottle of water and sat down. I whipped out my Atkins Blueberry Greek Yogurt Bar and thought it was a perfect breakfast with the yogurt, almonds and blueberries in it.


The Blueberry Greek Yogurt Bar is so good! First you get the taste of a rich, creamy and sweet yogurt. Then you get the crunch from the almonds with a burst of blueberry flavor. This bar has 14g protein, 3g sugar, 200 calories, and only 3g net carbs. All of that protein kept me satisfied until lunch time where I went out and got a salad. I was glad I was prepared with my atkins bar because I know hunger would have crept in and I would have given in to the bagels.


Atkins also makes a lot of other amazing flavors of meal bars like Cinnamon Bun Bar and Mudslide Bun! Yum! You can get more information on the other Atkins products and Atkins Plan and create your own meal plans by going to http://www.atkins.com. Be sure to follow them on Facebook and Twitter to get all of the latest information.

What are your favorite go to healthy snacks?

This post is sponsored by FitFluential on behalf of Atkins.