Fake sugar and pumpkin spice, have a little protein slice. 

Whether you're trying to eat clean, or simply want to make healthier choices, these pumpkin spice cupcakes are great to help with sweet tooth cravings, or if you want to bring a healthy treat to your next gathering. 

This recipe makes 12 cupcakes, each with only 80 calories! The best part? They also have nearly 10 grams of protein per cupcake! 

Cake Ingredients

• 1 cup pumpkin purée
• 1/2 banana
• 2/3 cup almond flour
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1/2 cup Truvia sweetener (lil extra extra)
• 2 scoops Vanilla Phormula-1 from 1stPhorm
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2/3 cup egg whites
• 1/2 tbsp All Spice

Frosting Ingredients

• 1/4 packet Sugar-Free Vanilla Jell-O
• Splash of almond milk
• 1/2 container Sugar-Free Cool Whip
• Dash of All Spice seasoning

Cake Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix together the dry ingredients.
3. Mix together the wet ingredients.
4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients into a...

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Summer is a time for activities, celebrations, and countless social gatherings. While we greatly enjoy being actively part of our social groups, it can be quite challenging to maintain your waistline with all the delicious temptations that come with many social gatherings. So how do we enjoy these outings without the anxiety of the pressures we put on ourselves around food? First off, we need to remember that we eat to live, not live to eat. When we look at it from that perspective, we are then in a better mental space going into social gatherings. 

With any goal, there will be times where sacrifices/changes need to be made in order to reach said goal. However, there can be situations that allow exceptions to that rule. In general, we recommend finding a balance somewhere between complete restriction and overindulgence. We call this controlled enjoyment. 

Controlled enjoyment: how it works?

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