Day 4 of my "no refined sugar or wheat" experiment.........today is proving a bit more difficult than I want to admit. Sugar.....my drug of choice. What this means is that I have to literally change everything about my consumption habits. And I mean everything.
Admittedly, the hardest part will be for Whitney. She has only asked for some sugar based food about a dozen or so times. As I made the sweet tea, she had to pause to tell me she wanted her own pitcher of sweetened tea and explained how to make 2 pitchers of tea. So so so funny.
I had to take blueberries to my blood donation because all the blood bank offers is sugar and wheat products. At the grocery store, I had to consistently return items to the shelf because in the ingredient somewhere was wheat, oat or sugar. While Whitney had a sandwich, I made meat and cheese roll-ups with a cup of broccoli cheddar soup. And I do not like unsweetened tea, but I was tired of drinking water.
Enough complaining. My sweet niece posted a picture of me on FB, and as I stared into my allergy red and tired eyes, all I could think was enough. I am overweight, and it is time to stop carrying all this dead weight. Like apathy, it's time to get rid of that which doesn't serve me well.
I can do this. I can do anything I set my mind to.
Today's recipes:
Protein balls
2 cups trail mix (the one without candy or chocolate chips)
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 rolled oats
Melt the peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl and drizzle over the trail mix. Add enough oats to the mixture for the balls to form. I added a lil bit of nutella as well.
I had two protein balls with half a banana and a cup of coffee.
Meat and Cheese Roll-Ups
Sliced smoked turkey (4 slices)
1 slice pepper jack cheese
Lay the meat out accordion style. The result will be a stack a bit wider than one slice by itself. Lay the sliced cheese in the middle and begin rolling.
Just a couple of small changes today, but necessary ones. Normally on the weekends I make french toast or pancakes and drizzle with lots of syrup.
So, if you are on this journey, too, hang in there. Baby steps.............baby steps.
Admittedly, the hardest part will be for Whitney. She has only asked for some sugar based food about a dozen or so times. As I made the sweet tea, she had to pause to tell me she wanted her own pitcher of sweetened tea and explained how to make 2 pitchers of tea. So so so funny.
I had to take blueberries to my blood donation because all the blood bank offers is sugar and wheat products. At the grocery store, I had to consistently return items to the shelf because in the ingredient somewhere was wheat, oat or sugar. While Whitney had a sandwich, I made meat and cheese roll-ups with a cup of broccoli cheddar soup. And I do not like unsweetened tea, but I was tired of drinking water.
Enough complaining. My sweet niece posted a picture of me on FB, and as I stared into my allergy red and tired eyes, all I could think was enough. I am overweight, and it is time to stop carrying all this dead weight. Like apathy, it's time to get rid of that which doesn't serve me well.I can do this. I can do anything I set my mind to.
Today's recipes:
Protein balls
2 cups trail mix (the one without candy or chocolate chips)
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 rolled oats
Melt the peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl and drizzle over the trail mix. Add enough oats to the mixture for the balls to form. I added a lil bit of nutella as well.
I had two protein balls with half a banana and a cup of coffee.
Meat and Cheese Roll-Ups
Sliced smoked turkey (4 slices)
1 slice pepper jack cheese
Lay the meat out accordion style. The result will be a stack a bit wider than one slice by itself. Lay the sliced cheese in the middle and begin rolling.
Just a couple of small changes today, but necessary ones. Normally on the weekends I make french toast or pancakes and drizzle with lots of syrup.
So, if you are on this journey, too, hang in there. Baby steps.............baby steps.
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