His + Hers Dark Chocolate Mini Cakes

My husband and I just finished a (planned) 2 week diet break and couldn't be happier to be back on track. As awesome as it was to go nuts at buffets, eat lots of bacon, drink bubbletea every other day, eat bags and bags of chips, and unlimited dessert, I actually felt disgusting after a few days. I was bloated, gassy, breaking out, and tired every day which was a good reminder of why I don't eat that way anymore! We are back on track starting this week...which is still awesome when you can eat things like the cake below as a regular part of your diet:

Moist, chocolatey, and guilt free. I think the only downside to baking things is the waiting game.... waiting for it to bake, waiting for it to cool, waiting to take pictures of it before taking that first sweet bite.


Recipe adapted from food.com
INGREDIENTS:  makes 6 mini cakes and 6 whoopie pies
3/4 cup + 1tbsp whole wheat flour 1/4 cup cocoa powder 3/4 tsp. baking powder 3/4 tsp. baking soda sprinkle of salt 60g agave nectar (or honey) 1 egg 1/2 cup skim milk 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted 1 tsp. vanilla extract
frosting:  4oz low fat cream cheese 30g chocolate chips, melted 2 tbsp skim milk sweetener (optional)
DIRECTIONS:  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl, then add wet ingredients and mix for 2 minutes using a hand mixer. Once batter is mixed well, add a 1/2 cup of boiling water and mix well with a whisk. Pour batter into greased muffin tin or mini cheesecake tin, there should be enough to put about 3tbsp of batter into 12 holes. Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Frosting: Mix all ingredients together using a hand mixer, add sweetener to taste (optional) 
Once cakes have cooled, slice off the rounded tops of the cake so they all have flat tops. Spread each top with frosting and pile one on top of another to make one cake. Add toppings of your choice. Take 2 cake tops and spread with frosting to make whoopie pies.
MACROS per 1 mini cake + 1 whoopie pie (not including toppings): 30g carbs, 5g fat, 1g protein. What's your favorite cake flavor? 

What Happens After Your Wedding Day...

I've heard of people letting themselves go after marriage but thought "that'll never happen to me!" Well, it happened. 
Before Wedding: No consistent exercising, just trying (and failing at) this fad and that fad in order to shed the most pounds in the shortest amount of time so I could look good on my wedding day.   Wedding: I reached my goal weight, not due to exercise or eating well (cus i didn't do either of those), but due to stress from planning. We had two wedding celebrations, one in Vancouver and then the next day, we flew to the Philippines for party #2. It was my first time returning home in about 7 years so I guess you can say I went a wee bit crazy on the food. 
After Wedding: What do I do now? I don't know how to cook! Solution: microwave dinners, canned soups, and eating out. 
After marriage, I just got lazy and took comfort in  the promise that he will always love me for me. :P   The top picture is us approaching our first year anniversary and the bottom picture is us approaching our second anniversary. I can't wait to see where we'll be for our third anniversary! :)
Saying "fitness is a lifestyle" is cliche but that's where I failed with fitness in the past. It was always just about one goal or one event, like losing pounds for the wedding. Once the wedding was done, i switched off and returned to eating whatever I wanted and not exercising. Instead of focusing on a big event or time of year (bikini season) as your target, focus on making it a change for life! I promise you'll be happier with your results inside and outside :)

Chocolate Wasted and a Chocolate Making Kit Giveaway! (CLOSED)

I love chocolate. Like love. I'm pretty sure I have chocolate in some form at least once a day... it's definitely up there with bacon and bubbletea. Of course, my choice in chocolate has slightly changed since my lifestyle changed a year and a half ago... more dark chocolate and now, RAW chocolate! Raw chocolate has tons of health benefits which means that yes, go ahead and have chocolate every day! ;)

Lisa from Raw Nibs puts together chocolate making kits from her cottage kitchen that contain all the organic and raw ingredients you'll need to make delicious chocolate... and she wants to give YOU a free kit. Yes, you. Yes, free.


I tried this out for myself and loved how easy it was to make. I literally just had to open the bag, set up a double broiler and mix all the pre-measured ingredients Lisa put together. That's it! I was done in about 15 minutes and just had to throw my mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes. Done. One kit made 8 heart shaped chocolates and 2 bars!

chili cinnamon chocolates and sea salt cashew chocolate bars. Y.U.M. I almost didn't have any chocolates to take pictures of.

if your mom loves chocolates, which she probably does, this would be a perfect gift for Mother's Day!

Enter for your chance to win your own chocolate making kit! (Giveaway open WORLDWIDE!)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

P.S Lisa is giving free chocolate molds to the first 10 people who order using my special code. I think "CHOCOLATEWASTED" would be an appropriate code. Order instructions on www.rawnibs.com ("about" section)! As a bonus, you get 10 points for doing this when you enter the giveaway above ;)