Everyone loves biscuits, but they might not be the best thing on a diet. If that leaves you feeling disappointed, we've got you! This is a healthy biscuit recipe that's perfect for those on a diet. Let's check it out.
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup 1% fat buttermilk
3 1/3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
2. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
3. In small bowl, stir together buttermilk and all of the oil. Pour over flour mixture and stir until well mixed.
4. On lightly floured surface, knead dough gently for 10–12 strokes. Roll or pat dough to 3/4-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch biscuit or cookie cutter, dipping cutter in flour between cuts. Transfer biscuits
to an ungreased baking sheet.
5. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.
Yield: 15 servings
Serving Size: 1, 2-inch biscuit
Each serving provides:
Calories: 99
Total fat: 3 g
Saturated fat: less than 1 g
Cholesterol: less than 1 mg
Sodium: 72 mg
Total fiber: 1 g
Protein: 2 g
Carbohydrates: 15 g
Potassium: 102 mg
How to Deal with Dieting Burnout
Dieting burnout is a real problem that many people face. Whether you're bored with your exercise regimen, sick of eating salad and chicken, or craving a food you know is unhealthy for you, getting sick of dieting is hard. Fortunately, we've got some advice to help you overcome this.
If your diet plan consists of primarily vegetables, chicken, and rice because that's all you think you can eat, think again. You don't have to give up your favorite foods while dieting to achieve significant weight loss. You can actually still eat your favorite foods while losing weight! There is a catch, though. In order to keep eating your favorite foods, you have to adjust them to work with a diet. That means changing ingredients to lower the calorie and fat content of these foods. For example, you might want to go with leaner beef than you usually buy to cut down on fat.
Once you make these adjustments, you can eat foods that you enjoy! Maintaining a varied diet is important to help avoid dieting burnout. Variety is key with exercise, too. If you walk the same exact path every single day, sooner or later you'll get bored with it. Switch it up! Go for a hike, join your local gym, or go for a swim. Maintaining variety in your exercise regimen is just as important as maintaining a varied diet.
We know that dieting can be hard. Sometimes, all you want to do is have a cheat day. You might find yourself wishing that you could just snap your fingers and make the weight go away. By following the advice we've given you, though, you'll take some big steps towards making dieting as easy as possible.