The trixie/matchman CUT THE CRAP challenge (Page 7)

As long as it's in moderation. I mean, if you're drinking 20 ounces at a pop, it's not so good for you. Personally, I'd say no more than 8 ounces of 100% juice a day. You're much better off eating whole fruit - you get all the nutrients in juice plus lots of fiber and you'll feel full.

One thing we do for our kid is give him watered down juice. You can stretch that 8 ounces pretty far if you throw an ounce into 8 ounces of water - gives your water a bit of flavor, but doesn't add a ton of calories. There are only about 15 calories/ounce of 100% apple juice.

Of course, it all depends on the motivation for cutting the crap. Technically, real juice isn't crap. But, if your motivation is to be overall healthier, then drinking lots of water is the ultimate goal, I would think. 

Snacking is the hard time, isn't it? I've been eating a lot of fruit, mostly. I also have a small bag of "raw power" mix - which is just raw almonds, sunflower seeds, and raisins. I've been snacking on that at work when I get super starved. Last night I had a little block of goat cheese when I realized that my schedule yesterday had been too hectic and I hadn't eaten anything between 11:30 and 5:00. I was getting furious while making dinner and realized my blood sugar was totally crashing. Not a good thing.

It's interesting for me, because it's only been a few days, but I've found that I'm already preferring to make better choices. Last night I bought a bag of baked low-salt potato chips to go with dinner (shredded turkey sandwiches on whole wheat, no sweetener added buns & organic, low fat, low sodium, sorghum sweetened baked beans). My husband was so psyched, but I didn't actually want to eat them, because while they weren't deep fried crap, there really wasn't a lot redeeming about them, either. I ate grapefruit with my sandwich, instead. Yay, me. Oh, and the beans were awful. Just gross.

I carry a bag of mini carrots with me at work.  If I'm hungry I pop a few and that staves off the hunger pains for a while.  In the afternoon around 3pm, I'm guessing when my blood sugar starts dropping, I have a small banana.

We had our first cheat meal last night - crab rangoon, squash curry, almond cookies. YUM!

Right back at it today.  

So, I had an interesting discussion with a nutritionist yesterday....the same I've mentioned before. He sees the food I eat and he knows how much I exercise and he is still amazed that I'm the size that I am (small)  He thinks that I'm not absorbing all that I ingest and has suggested some Primal Defense. (probiotic stuff)

So, if it's true that I'm not absorbing much then I'm really gonna have to start eating healthier.... 

We shall see what this does to me.  Could help with the racing. It sure would be nice to not have to eat every 30 minutes while exercising... 

Carry on kids, you guys seem to be doing much better than I. 

Congrats JSchmitchicago. Great to hear you're getting over those cravings. And, no cheat meals?!? Hey, isn't that cheating? :P

Fred Little - 2008-06-09 6:50 AM Found a new way to cut the crap, Let the temps reach mid to upper 90's for three striaght days. All I want is cold fruit and ice water . But, It is hard to get my riding and running in.

That does help, doesn't it?

We did well this weekend. I whipped up another batch of home made healthy granola for the hubby, and made a batch of pseudoyams' peanut butter energy bombs (natural peanut butter, honey, oatmeal, WW flour). Yummy! A little too yummy. I am limiting myself to 1/day.

Husband and kiddo are on a big smoothie kick, so I threw together smoothies a couple of times. Apparently, I'm better at it than hubby is (so says son). Funny. 

Still doing well at not eating the crap. I was horribly disappointed last night because we went to this kid's cafe that touts its healthy food, and while yes, the dal I had was healthy, it was also a completely bland, tasteless bowl of mush. *sigh* So unsatisfying.

No cheat meal yet for me this week, though there's supposed to be a neighborhood cook out tonight which might end up being my cheat meal.