I weighed 300 lbs because I ate so much ice cream – I swapped it for a healthy five-ingredient snack to lose 97 lbs
A HEALTH-CONSCIOUS blogger has revealed how he used to weigh nearly 300 pounds due to an ice cream habit.
The TikToker shared his recipe for a healthy swap for the sweet treat, which he claimed helped him lose 97 pounds.
Benji Xavier (@benjixavier) filmed himself concocting the dessert step-by-step in a video on the social media platform.
“I was almost 300 pounds because I would eat so much ice cream. Let me show you one of the cold alternatives I was eating during my weight loss,” he said.
“Alright, to start, we’re going to do half a cup of raspberries. And yes, I wash them, and half a cup of strawberries.
“Every time I cook, I eat what I’m cooking,” he said, popping a fresh strawberry in his mouth.
He mashed the berries together, adding two tablespoons of chia seeds to the mixing bowl.
“I’m just going to mix this all together. We’re going to want about a tablespoon of honey. Just going to mix this all together.
“I’m going to let this sit for about 20 minutes so that the chia seeds can really thicken up the mixture,” he said.
After allowing the fruit, chia seeds, and honey to thicken up, he placed them in circular formations on parchment paper.
“This isn’t the prettiest looking dessert, but it does taste really good,” he disclaimed. “It’s pretty once you cover it.”
He added the sweet mixture to the freezer for a couple hours before removing the fruit disks to dip in their protein-rich coating.
“These froze up, so now I’m just going to dip them in some non-fat Greek yogurt,” he said.
Benji added some key ingredients to sweeten up the yogurt coating.
“I’m just going to sweeten it up a bit because it’s unsweetened. I’m just going to dip our clusters in the Greek yogurt, add some leftover chocolate chips,” he said.
After freezing the sweet treats again, he filmed himself taking a bite, clearly enjoying the snack.