No Sugar New Year Challenge (Page 8)

As I've said before, you can drink 100% juices -- apple juice, orange juice, grape juice -- these juices have up to 30 grams of sugar!!  Just make sure they are 100% juice, no added sugar.  And make sure you dont' start drinking large glasses of juice all day cause that will kind of defeat the purporse    If you read through the back pages of this thread, you will see there are lots and lots of great suggestions about super-sweet alternative foods that are 100% allowed for the diet  

Confession:  I am eating sugar cookies right now   Gettin my last fix in and then It's on Cletus!!

I weighed in at 146.0 this morning. Not too bad but I want to turn that 4 into a 3. I found out last night that the apple pie that I bought from a school drive has sugar listed as #4 on the ingredient list. So that means I might not have to take my mulligan on christmas. Christmas is at my house and the only other dessert we have is cherry pie and I don't eat that. But only one piece of pie. Now the ice cream and the cool whip might be a different story.

Stacie 

Thanks, Tracy.

I look forward to it! This is really a complete lifestyle change for me. Even in high school and college while I was fit. I never ate well. It is ingrained from the family at an early age. It is funny how such things can become acceptable or the norm.

I need advice though, from whomever. A couple foods I need to find substitutes. Bagels with cream cheese. Anyone got a bagel that would work? That is my quick breakfast go to about half the time. Sometimes I feel like I just need the bread or grain. Most of the bread I currently am eating is whole wheat, so it passes the test. I can't think of the others right now. I

I just googled sugar withdrawal and apparently headaches are a common symptom...one site suggested eating at regular intervals and drinking lots of water...apparently thewithdrawal symptoms will subside  in a few days...

Here's a link to one of the articles:  http://www.earticlesonline.com/Article/Sugar-Withdrawal-Symptoms---Don-t-Let-Them-Stop-You-From-Kicking-Your-Sugar-Habit/116319

I must confess too...I just ate a large 100 gram bar of swiss milk chocolate...mmmmm

From past experience, I know that headaches can definitely be a symptom of sugar withdrawal.  Usually, when I start to get them, I head back to the sugar, which is a bad thing.

Watch the whole wheat bread.  I usually eat Pepperidge Farm brand whole wheat bread which is safe; however, this past summer, I tried to switch to store-brand to save a little bit of money.  The store-brand 100% whole wheat bread had HFCS as an ingredient.  I was not happy and switched back to the Pepperidge Farm bread.

I'll also confess.  I just went to Subway for a sandwich, Baked Lays, diet coke, and 3 oatmeal raisin cookies.  I wasn't even hungry for it, but I needed to have that "meal" one last time.

Edited to add that my last meal was 1090 calories.  That calorie count is something I will not miss.

Thank you, I am happy to be here. I have been a little cloudy the last couple of days. I didn't even think I would have withdrawl symptoms. With all the exercisising, and pushing myself I figured it was just general fatigue. Who knows. The comfort food crutch is more of a concern than the withdrawl.

Someone asked about ketchup.

 I found this for Ketchup, never tried it. anyone? Personally, I have always found switching is better than trying to impersonate. I tend to go with spicy items; jalapenos etc instead of trying to mimic the other food/condiment probably wind up just dissappointed. Right now, I have found mixing my own spicy mustards horseradish tabasco etc. Of good if raw horseradish has sugar added I may freak out. I work at home so I make 98% of my meals (statistics make it official right). So I like to experiment with food. Send me ideas. Maybe I will bake my own bread, lol.

If you've got a blender or food processor: puree an ounce of sundried tomatoes in a little olive oil, flaxseed oil (to balance up your EFAs), vinegar and/or some water.

This is also available as a ready to eat paste in squeeze tubes in most grocery stores. It is richer tasting than ketchup, so you don't need a lot. Sundried tomatoes deliver as much as 2.5 times the amount of lycopene as ketchup/tomato paste. You're still going to have some sugar carbs, but it's not very significant and you'll also be getting some fiber and other nutrients.

English Muffins are a better choice compared to bagels...look at the difference in calorie count between the two. 

My standard breakfast is egg whites, Canadian bacon and some 2% cheese.

My kids often have egg sandwich on english muffins with egg, Canadian bacon and cheese.  Having protein for breakfast really makes a difference than pretty standard American fare of carbs for breakfast as protein doesn't spike your blood sugar and make you hungry again 2 hours later .

thank you! I"m off to drink water....and thanks for the ketchup subs.

 I"m with family now...so I"m just eating normally, but no diet coke.  helps to be somewhere there is none!

oh but these headaches!  this will be the hard part.

I've been avoiding posting all day what I weigh...argh...175..up 18 pounds since IMLP

I've been indulging a bit this week knowing I will be eating clean going forward.

Way to go jezzieswims - and everyone else

T-minus 5.5 hours to post you starting weight and join the madness.... errr... Diet Challenge

As for the dings... I'm thinking we will update our number of dings every Monday morning.  It is the individual participants responsibility to honestly and accurately tabulate their dings for the week.  And remember:  one ding (X) per slip-up event.  If you screw up once in the morning and once at night, that's two dings (XX). 

If by chance we're able to amend the google spreadsheet ourselves (Bob, can we do that?) then we can just amend the spreadsheet ourselves each time we screw up  

Welcome.  We'll all be miserable, oops, I meant healthy, together.

Just so I understand, we're posting our dings every mistake or just once a week?

For example, I eat a cookie on Tuesday. Do I wait to the following Monday to post or do I post right after the offending cookie?

If this is set up like other challenges we can get into google spreadsheet whenever we want. My suggestion is to post dings as we do them or they might slip our minds if we wait a whole week. I thought we were to post here on this thread as well and sort of fess up.

since we are confessing....I started this early and was doing good, but I was just at the grocery store and knew the deadline was looming, so I bought a single servine of key lime pie and boy, was it good! 

I do try and eat eggs, but I do need some variety, so I try to swap in once or twice a week some waffles or bagel. They are also my go to if I am tight on time. I guess.  I will try english muffins, but I dunno Lox, and a lil cream cheese on an english muffin seems not right. lol.

Another question does anyone eat eggs with the yolk? I read reports and studies that state both opinions. Is it the quantity of eggs your eating that concerns you, taste, or what exactly. Thanks for the input. Does anyone track/test their cholesterol? just curious.

How about PB on English muffin or cheese or no sugar or sugar substitute jam?

I have eaten same breakfast 95% of the time last 5 years.

Count me in, I will weigh in later tonight when I get a chance and will do my best not to take a million dings in the next week. Christmas parties like everyone else and then my wife having a c-section on the 30th, so lots of hospital food for a couple of days to follow.

Best of luck to all.

Exactly Kathy  If we can get into the google spreadsheet (willie05, Bob???)  then we will update the spreadsheet afte each offense.

Ang again, for the record, we can have sugar!!  Natural sugar.  I just bought some Bolthouse Farm Berry juice.  29 grams of sugar, best juice in the world!! http://www.bolthouse.com/

Also, everyone, please re-read the original rules ... you can eat and drink sports drinks (gatorade!) and sports bars (chocolate!), gels, etc... an hour before, during, and after training!!  So really, if we train consistently we can eat a power bar, drink a gatorade, and have a chocolate milk protein shake.  There is a rhyme and a reason to this diet.  And if you're creative and smart, you will eat well, eat sugar, train well and lose weight.  Good Luck to everyone.

Last confession:  I was just at the supermarket and drank my last red bull... for two months and change atleast   A redbull was my last choice of poison.