an example of a day with no added sugar!

Here's one of my days recently

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 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?

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

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.