- I love the stuff and therefore eat too much of it if I have access to it
- I'd never been able to lose weight until my naturopath suggested cutting it out
- Since I've avoided sugar, my tum doesn't like it when I do eat it now
Now I wouldn't have this blog if I'd managed to cut out sugar all together. Which is what I'll be trying to do!
I avoid starchy carbs and get most of my carbohydrates from vegies. If I'm working out in the morning before breakfast (usually I workout at 6am) and I'm feeling really hungry, I'll have a piece of wholegrain toast. But generally, no bread/pasta/potatoes/rice/crackers/fun stuff.
Eventually I will probably pop some recipes I use frequently onto the blog, but an average day would look a little like this:
Breakfast: Either a protein shake (whey isolate which has no carbs/sugar) or 2 eggs with some bacon and/or grilled tomato or other veg.
Lunch: Normally last night's leftovers, or meat from the night before tossed into some fresh baby spinach and salad veg with a bit of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Soup is also a fave in winter (I adore asian style broths with chicken meatballs and bok choy...).
Dinner: Usually it's a lean meat (chicken, fish, lean mince, lean steak, lamb) with veg in some shape or form. Popular dishes are stirfries, curries, good ol' grilled meat and roast veg and steamed fish parcels.
Snacks: I normally have about 30g of nuts (almonds, pecans, brazil nuts) to munch on during the day, as well as small bits of low fat cheese and cut up vegies. Will usually have a skim cappucino, too!
Notice the lack of fruit? Again, it's the sugar thing but sometimes after dinner I'll have some berries and non-fat greek yoghurt. Fruit was the hardest thing for me to give up and I'll be able to re-introduce it to my diet more frequently once I'm at my ideal weight.
