an example of a day with no added sugar!

goyangi_kitty

Thank you all for the supportive comments and advice on my last posting.
I need to just pick the day and plunge, I am currently overseas so it's hard to do at the moment. I return to my home (currently the US) in a few days so I'll try to begin then.

But in the meantime I'd like to see someone's example of their food diary and a day of no added sugar - just to get an idea of what that would look like.

Is there definitely life after milkshakes, ice creme, and Nutella? I sure hope so =/

Lmac_2017

Here's one of my days recently

Lmac_2017

I've only been doing this a week! I'm gradually working out added sugar.

LAT1963

breakfast:

2 eggs (140 cal) , 200g apricots (or other fruit) (~100cal), tea (or coffee) with 1 tbsp cream (50cal).

I had a (store-bought) sausage that contained maple syrup, which is an added sugar, but sausages exist that lack added sugar. Consider home-made; I have not made this particular recipe (and can't find my book that has sausage recipes in it), but here's an example: http://growagoodlife.com/breakfast-sausage/ Leave out the sugar and reduce calories by using chicken or turkey (notice for the total batch there wasn't much added sugar to begin with). A sausage serving is typically 120-140 cals.

If you want a bread (and can spare about 200 calories a piece) you can make these and have one (I have made this recipe and it is delicious): http://www.lodgemfg.com/recipe/briggs-buttermilk-biscuits

I usually have a trader joe's pre-pack salad but there's probably added sugar in the dressings. A good lunch salad from scratch is:

abundance of baby spinach leaves
1/4-1/2 avocado cut in cubes
1/4-1/2 mango cut in cubes
1/4-1/2 cup salad shrimp (the little guys)
1-2 oz crumbled goat cheese

dressing:
2 TBSP raspberries smashed through a strainer into 1-2 TBSP balsamic vinegar, +/- olive oil to taste (& black pepper)

dinner:
Fried pork chop with herbed salt (~300 cal-depends on weight)
microwaved broccoli or other green vegetable, plain, salted, or herb-salted. (~25 cal)
small-medium fuji or pink lady apple with peel (=fiber), cored and sliced (70-90cal), fried in 7-14 g butter (50-100cal) with abundant cinnamon (no sugar), +/- a tablespoon of almond meal (45 cal) (caution: be sure to use an apple variety suitable for baking; some apple varieties become applesauce when heated).

bedtime snack:
240 g warmed whole milk (for the tryptophan, to help initiate sleep) (150 cal)
pinch cardomom on the milk

thatdesertgirl777

Lmac_2017 wrote: »

Here's one of my days recently

I was surprised that Daves Killer bread actually has a tsp of added sugar(5g) per slice. I stick with sprouted Ezekiel myself, although I don't avoid sugar altogether. I don't find it helpful or necessary personally.

Lmac_2017

thatdesertgirl777 wrote: »

Lmac_2017 wrote: »

Here's one of my days recently

I was surprised that Daves Killer bread actually has a tsp of added sugar(5g) per slice. I stick with sprouted Ezekiel myself, although I don't avoid sugar altogether. I don't find it helpful or necessary personally.

I thought it was just sweetened with fruit. Is that not true?

thatdesertgirl777

Lmac_2017 wrote: »

thatdesertgirl777 wrote: »

Lmac_2017 wrote: »

Here's one of my days recently

I was surprised that Daves Killer bread actually has a tsp of added sugar(5g) per slice. I stick with sprouted Ezekiel myself, although I don't avoid sugar altogether. I don't find it helpful or necessary personally.

I thought it was just sweetened with fruit. Is that not true?

Mine says organic dried cane sugar and organic molasses. Still sugar.

cwolfman13

Breakfast:

Scrambled eggs, pinto beans, Canadian bacon, and 12oz low sodium V8

Lunch:

Salmon, quinoa, steamed broccoli, blackberries

Snack:

Apple and peanut butter and Whey shake

Dinner:

Grilled chicken and Asparagus and roasted potatoes

Moxie42

Here's an example of what some of my meals looked like when I cut out added sugar (actually, I was doing whole30 so bread, diary, and other items were cut out as well):

Breakfast:
* 2 hard-boiled eggs, piece of fruit
* Homemade fruit salad
* Eggs scrambled with bell pepper, onion, and ham (checked to be sure there was no added sugar in the ham)

Lunches:
* Salad w/ olive oil & red wine vinegar
* Tuna with homemade mayo (light olive oil, egg, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, salt, pepper), celery, diced bell pepper, diced red onion
* Baked chicken (seasoned with spices), sliced, and put into lettuce wraps w/ veggies and homemade mayo

Dinners:
* Baked chicken drumsticks (I used all sorts of different spices to mix it up), Oven-roasted veggies drizzled in olive oil, salt, and pepper
* Frozen seafood blend from Trader Joes, with homemade coconut curry sauce (canned full-fat coconut milk and spices), with peas, onion, mushrooms. This is also good with chicken.
* Grilled salmon (or chicken or steak) w/ grilled veggie kabobs (onion, bell pepper, mushrooms), sweet potato

Snacks:
* Almonds
* Fruit
* Apple or celery w/ almond butter (checked to be sure no sugar was added)
* Cucumber slices sprinkled lightly with salt

Desserts:
* Apples baked with sprinkled cinnamon
* Chia pudding (coconut milk, chia seeds, vanilla extract, cinnamon) w/ berries

rheddmobile

I'm not religious about small amounts of added sugar, but I mostly avoid it. Breakfast this week - an egg sandwich with a small amount of ketchup (added sugar, but I use the ketchup as a delivery system for turmeric, which is good for my blood sugar), quinoa with black beans and a dollop of sour cream, and greens. Lunch, Indian food - Aloo Gobi which is potatoes and cauliflower in a spicy sauce, Saag Chicken which is chicken in creamy spinach sauce, and cucumber raita. Dinner is usually something small like a peanut butter sandwich and some cottage cheese. Snacks - fresh fruit, Greek yogurt, latte with cinnamon, smoothies with fruit.

My new favorite no sugar added treat is mamey fruit "ice cream." Mamey is a dark orange colored fruit with a pit like an avocado, and it tastes like pumpkin pie. Blend it with almond milk, cinnamon, and ice, and it's really good.

livingleanlivingclean

Natural yoghurt, chocolate protein powder, fruit, nuts.

Eggs with vegies, cheese, avocado

Coffee with milk, stevia

Fish with salad, loads of vegies, avocado/ACV used as dressing.

Other meals:
Homemade meat sauce with loads of vegies, pasta or zucchini noodles. Curry made from scratch, with rice or Cauliflower rice. Frittata. Roast dinners, protein pancakes/waffles. It's a lot of homecooking but I generally prefer that to eating out!