Well, here we are. I made it back from NYC alive. Tired and bruised, but alive.
Synopsis of today's eats:
Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee w/half & half and stevia
Lunch: Ranch Chicken Wrap
Smear a Mission tortilla wrap with Bolthouse Farms ranch dressing
On the tortilla, lay a romaine lettuce leaf
On top of the lettuce, some chicken & tomato slices
Roll it up and eat it
Snack: Hand full of salted cashew halves
Dinner: Pasta with mushroom marinara
Cook up your favorite pasta
Sauce Recipe: (Combine all ingredients and simmer on stove for 30 - 45 minutes)
16 oz tomato sauce
1/4 cup diced onion
1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
1 Tbsp Basil
2 tsp oregano
2 tsp garlic powder
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese if you like
Now, a word about breakfast. Since reaching adulthood, I have not been much of a breakfast eater. I usually opt for a couple of cups of coffee and leave it at that. Conventional wisdom says that breakfast is the most important meal of the day - but I have never been even remotely conventional. If you need to eat breakfast, try sticking with fruit.
In their best selling book 'Fit for Life', Harvey and Marilyn Diamond advocate eating only fruit until noon. I tend to agree with their philosophy, but I struggle to make time to sit down and eat breakfast. According to the Diamond's principle of the correct consumption of fruit; fruit should be always eaten alone on an empty stomach. The reason is that fruit requires very little digestion and therefore should assist in the body detoxification. It should be eaten in the morning for better food utilization and elimination. The Diamonds recommend starting the day with fresh fruit and fruit juices and consume nothing but fruit till noon. Such a beginning to the day will purify your body and provide energy.
If, like me, you don't feel you have the time to sit down and eat breakfast - maybe try juice. Simply Orange, Naked and Bolthouse Farms make wonderful juices that are free of added sugar (Check before you choose one, there are a couple of varieties that do list sugar as an ingredient).
And, finally, on a non-nutrition related topic - if you ever go ice skating in Central Park, watch out for the ice monsters. They are sneaky little boogers. Right now, I am hoping that a reduced sugar intake will speed up the healing of the massive bruises on my legs. . . . .
MomK has been a "fruit 'til noon" person for a decade or more. I never sit down for breakfast but just grab a piece of fruit to eat along my way. I'll eat 3 -5 servings of fresh fruit throughout the course of the morning. I've heard that an apple will wake you up as well as a cup of coffee, but I cannot verify this as I've never been a coffee drinker.
ReplyDeleteThe most important key to succeeding in staying "processed sugar-free" is to always, always, always, have something acceptably dessert-like on hand for when you crave something sweet. I think you will crave something sweet often and there a lots of great recipes that use honey only to satisfy this good and natural craving. Following is a banana bread recipe....easily doubled and frozen... I'll smear slices of it with butter without guilt:
ReplyDeleteCream 1 stick butter w/ 1/4 c honey
Beat in 2 eggs and 1 t. grated orange rind
Mash 2 1/2 bananas w/ 2 T. milk or buttermilk in a separate bowl
In 3rd bowl combine 1 c unbleached flour, 1 c whole wheat pastry flour, 3/4 t. salt, 1/4 t. baking soda, 2 t. baking powder(use a non-aluminum like Rumford)
Alternate adding contents of Bowls 1 & 2 to Bowl 3, beating until smooth. 350 degrees 45-50 minutes in greased loaf pan.