We're off and rolling with our watch-your-sugar-type plan this morning! We both had our normal 1/2 cup of oatmeal, now bolstered with 1/4 cup unsweetened canned pumpkin, cinnamon, and a dash of Stevia. Next be the new-found Trader Joe's fat-free Greek yogurt with a sprinkling of Uncle Sam cereal and a dusting of Stevia. Then, our old friend Egg Mates (our local, generic egg substitute) with a tablespoon of grated Parmesan cheese from the bright green can! Add some Folgers Chocolate Truffle coffee, and my morning is complete!
Dee accidentally over-Stevia-ed her yogurt to the point that she couldn't even palate it, so I adopted that as well, and still came out under my normal calories, and WAY under my typical carb & sugar level... wow... This might not hurt as badly as I'd thought...
--Jay :)
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
What A Haul!!!
We have officially hit up some healthy, organic-type food stores! We rolled to Virginia Beach today, stopping at Trader Joe's and The Fresh Market along the way, as well as our good ol' standard issue grocery store for the rest of our essentials. Check it out...
Look at this stuff! Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the dude... the dude who has everything? (Okay, enough of that...)
I mean, we've got unsweetened canned pumpkin, almond milk, veggie & flaxseed chips, arugula, smoked salmon, fibrous Uncle Sam cereal, melba toast, Wasa crackers, turkey pepperoni, low fat cottage cheese, hummus, guacamole, wraps with 12 grams of fiber, low carb pita pockets & bread, fat-free Greek yogurt, tzatziki, sunflower seeds, 72% dark chocolate, and that little baby bottle to the left is our potential new friend, pure Stevia extract powder. Wow.
We've made some definite plans for some of this stuff, and a few things will be tried out as Mega-Football-Game-With-Trademarked-Name snacks this Sunday. The rest... well, I'll let you know. This stuff should be a big help in lowering the sugar levels around the house, while still staying in balance. Man, this numbers game is evil... :)
--Jay :)
Look at this stuff! Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the dude... the dude who has everything? (Okay, enough of that...)
I mean, we've got unsweetened canned pumpkin, almond milk, veggie & flaxseed chips, arugula, smoked salmon, fibrous Uncle Sam cereal, melba toast, Wasa crackers, turkey pepperoni, low fat cottage cheese, hummus, guacamole, wraps with 12 grams of fiber, low carb pita pockets & bread, fat-free Greek yogurt, tzatziki, sunflower seeds, 72% dark chocolate, and that little baby bottle to the left is our potential new friend, pure Stevia extract powder. Wow.
We've made some definite plans for some of this stuff, and a few things will be tried out as Mega-Football-Game-With-Trademarked-Name snacks this Sunday. The rest... well, I'll let you know. This stuff should be a big help in lowering the sugar levels around the house, while still staying in balance. Man, this numbers game is evil... :)
--Jay :)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Recovery & New Ideas...
Good news! Dee has returned to nearly 100% of her former pain-free glory, but she's still laying off the exercise for now. We may get in some this weekend, but perhaps a scaled-down version with lots of precautionary stretching and warming up first. :)
I bought some raw honey a week or so ago, and we've been giving that a go in our morning oatmeal. That's been working out really well, except for the fact that I forgot I'm not supposed to have TWO fruit servings AND honey with my breakfast... oops! A slight caloric and sugar overload there...
Speaking of sugar, Dee had a lot of research time during her recovery, and she's come across a program called The Belly Fat Cure by Jorge Cruise. It's all about controlling your sugar intake, and there's some stuff in there that I like. There's also some stuff in there that I don't like, so I think we'll try out a modified version. We've already started a bit... We're looking into Stevia, which seems to be the most natural faux-sweetener... Dee has scrapped her morning yogurt, and we're looking into buying Greek yogurt and using berries and things to liven it up... We've also eliminated the raisins from our mid-morning snack, opting for more almonds... Dee has scrapped her afternoon fruit serving, replacing with almonds or perhaps string cheese... little changes.
The Belly Fat Cure program tries to get you to approximately 120 grams of carbs and no more than about 15 grams of sugar each day. A quick glance at the healthy eating plan we've been on had us hanging somewhere around 250 grams of carbs and 100 grams of sugar! Through some modification, Dee is down to about the right level of carbs, and I think we have her down to about 25 grams of sugar. We plan to hit up some specialty food shopping this weekend to see what other ideas we can come up with.
The only part of the Belly Fat Cure that's a little strange is the whole Adkins-esque "eat cheese, eat bacon, eat sausage" approach, but that seems to be there just for the sake of those folks who can't live without that sort of thing. I'm planning to combine our previous ideas, while cutting down as much as possible on sugar, and especially our "sugar-free" friends who rely on aspartame and the like. Dee intends to go a little more strict, just to see what happens. The testimonials have folks losing massive inches, and the guy's been all over Oprah and Ellen and junk. Could be interesting.
We'll see how this whole thing shakes out...
--Jay :)
I bought some raw honey a week or so ago, and we've been giving that a go in our morning oatmeal. That's been working out really well, except for the fact that I forgot I'm not supposed to have TWO fruit servings AND honey with my breakfast... oops! A slight caloric and sugar overload there...
Speaking of sugar, Dee had a lot of research time during her recovery, and she's come across a program called The Belly Fat Cure by Jorge Cruise. It's all about controlling your sugar intake, and there's some stuff in there that I like. There's also some stuff in there that I don't like, so I think we'll try out a modified version. We've already started a bit... We're looking into Stevia, which seems to be the most natural faux-sweetener... Dee has scrapped her morning yogurt, and we're looking into buying Greek yogurt and using berries and things to liven it up... We've also eliminated the raisins from our mid-morning snack, opting for more almonds... Dee has scrapped her afternoon fruit serving, replacing with almonds or perhaps string cheese... little changes.
The Belly Fat Cure program tries to get you to approximately 120 grams of carbs and no more than about 15 grams of sugar each day. A quick glance at the healthy eating plan we've been on had us hanging somewhere around 250 grams of carbs and 100 grams of sugar! Through some modification, Dee is down to about the right level of carbs, and I think we have her down to about 25 grams of sugar. We plan to hit up some specialty food shopping this weekend to see what other ideas we can come up with.
The only part of the Belly Fat Cure that's a little strange is the whole Adkins-esque "eat cheese, eat bacon, eat sausage" approach, but that seems to be there just for the sake of those folks who can't live without that sort of thing. I'm planning to combine our previous ideas, while cutting down as much as possible on sugar, and especially our "sugar-free" friends who rely on aspartame and the like. Dee intends to go a little more strict, just to see what happens. The testimonials have folks losing massive inches, and the guy's been all over Oprah and Ellen and junk. Could be interesting.
We'll see how this whole thing shakes out...
--Jay :)
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