Sugar Detox - Day 0

Day 0 "Fat Monday"

Tomorrow Cameron & I are starting a "Sugar Detox."  I had been thinking about cutting down sugar for a while, but now that I'm finished breastfeeding, I feel like I can.  A friend posted this article on Facebook a few days ago http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/09/health/sugar-detox-food-drayer/index.html and I decided it was time.  I've been running for 6 weeks now using a C25K program, but I haven't lost any weight at all, which is really disappointing.  But I have felt better and I have more energy, so I still feel it has been worth it.

Basically for the sugar detox, you have NOTHING sweet for 3 days.  No bread.  No dairy.  No fruit.  Not even sweet vegetables, like carrots.  No artificial sweeteners.  So then the question that follows is: what can you eat?  We made a list of acceptable foods and created a menu.  We ended up deciding to keep it simple by eating the same thing all three days.  Here is our menu:

Breakfast: Eggs with spinach and tomato, black coffee
Snack (optional): cashews/peanuts, black coffee
Lunch: Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, black beans, chicken, olive oil, and parsley for flavor
Snack (optional): cashews/peanuts, black coffee
Dinner: Chicken Lentil soup, black tea

And of course we will drink plenty of water to stay well-hydrated.

So, since Monday is our sabbath day anyway, we decided to make it our last sugar hoorah.  We usually have pancakes and eggs on Mondays, and I wanted to keep the tradition.  :)

For lunch, we had leftover Subway sandwiches and leftover chocolate cupcakes I had made for church on Sunday.

I had my favorite my last cup of coffee (with milk and sugar) and cereal for an afternoon snack.

And for dinner was the ultimate grand finale: Pizza Hut!  I've only had pizza once since Sara was born, and it gave her horrible gas pain.  I wanted to have Pizza Hut as a celebration of being finished with breastfeeding/pumping, but then it worked out well to do it also right before the sugar detox.