DEVILED EGGS

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“Hi Maria! I sent you a family before (May 2013) and our most recent family photo (December 2013). I have also included a picture of me at my highest weight (210 pounds) and a picture from 2 weeks ago. In July 2013, my husband thought he was having a heart attack and we went to the ER. It turned out to be acid reflux. The doctor said that he would probably have to stay on Prilosec for the rest of his life. I knew that couldn’t be true. There had to be other things we could do.

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As of January, I had lost 35 pounds but, I had stalled. I was not exercising. My husband had lost 45 pounds but, he had also stalled. I went to the doctor for a physical and they noted the weight loss. My blood work was amazing except my bad cholesterol was a little high which he told me would go down with exercise. I also talked to him about the supplements I had read about in Maria’s books. He told me the ones he recommended from the list for me and I started taking a probiotic, omega 3, vitamin D . . . The doctor has this awesome scale that tells you fat%, fat mass, muscle mass, water content. He lets me come in every other week to weigh in and see my progress. He also sent me to a trainer to get a baseline fitness assessment and I started working out with her. My husband and I joined a gym and I am working out at least 3 times a week. I never would have considered myself athletic before. I was always active but, not really into fitness. Now I miss it when I don’t exercise. I feel better when I do.

Since January, I have lost 14.2 pounds of fat and gained 3 pounds of muscle. I have gone from 42% body fat to 36% body fat. I am still working and am not where I want or need to be yet. I have lost 2 inches off my neck! Who knew your neck could even lose 2 inches?!?! I have lost 10 inches off my waist, 7 inches off my hips, 4 inches off each thigh and 3 inches off each arm. I am starting to see definition again that I haven’t seen since high school. My wedding ring is loose . . . it has never been loose. I am tempted to pull my wedding dress out of the basement and try it on. The other day, I tried on a pair of pants size small and they fit! I will never go back . . . ever. As of this morning, from my heaviest, I am down 51 pounds and my husband is too! Thank you! Kristi T.

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Deviled Eggs

Maria Emmerich

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Servings 12

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 12 eggs
• ▢ 1/2 cup guacamole OR my homemade baconnaise or homemade mayonnaise
• ▢ 4 slices sugar free bacon
• ▢ 2 TBS fresh shredded Cheddar cheese omit if dairy sensitive
• ▢ 1 TBS Primal Kitchen Dijon mustard
• ▢ Celtic sea salt to taste
• ▢ OPTIONAL: Smoked paprika

Instructions

 

• Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water.
• Bring water to a boil and immediately remove the pan from the heat.
• Cover and let eggs cook in hot water for 11 minutes.
• Remove from hot water and rinse with very cold water.
• While the eggs are cooking, make the bacon.
• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet.
• Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown.
• Crumble into very small pieces and set aside.
• Peel the boiled eggs and cut lengthwise in half.
• Remove yolks and place into a small bowl.
• Mash egg yolks with guacamole/<g class="gr_ gr_140 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling" id="140" data-gr-id="140">baconaise</g>/mayonnaise, crumbled bacon and cheese.
• Stir in mustard.
• Season with salt.
• Fill egg white halves with the yolk mixture.
• Sprinkle with smoked paprika.
• Refrigerate until serving.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARISON (per serving)
Traditional Deviled Eggs = 160 calories, 9g fat, 6.7g protein, 3.4g carbs
"Healthified" Deviled Eggs = 158 calories, 14.2g fat, 6.7g protein, 0.7g carbs

(81% fat, 17% protein, 2% carbs)

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