The thing that everyone says when I tell them what I’m doing is:
“But sugar is in everything!”
I know. But have true that is, they might not know.
Today, I realised that Tesco’s own brand of Wheat Biscuits has added sugar. So, fancying some cereal of sorts, that evening when I went to do the ‘big’ shop, I checked Weetabix. On the front of the packet I read:
“100% Wholewheat!”
But behold! When checking the back, I saw sugar was also apparent in the trust worthy brand. Along with lots of other stuffs, and this is when I realised I’d been mislead – of the wheat in Weetabix, 100% of it is wholewheat. Ohhhhhh, I seeeeeee. *shakes head*
It’s little things like this that is equally fascinating in this challenge and baffling.
The second thing I was asked lots of times today, was:
“So what do you actually eat? So, what’ve you eaten today?”
I thought I’d tell it on my blog, you lucky lot! That’s what I said too….
“I’m not going to tell you, you’ll have to read my blog tonight. MWAHAHAHA”
So, today I’ve eaten:
- smoked salmon omlette (om nom nom)
- a tangerine
- plunger coffee with milk (no sugar, obvs!)
- Mackerel salad with olive oil dressing, pistacio nuts and feta
- HOME MADE PIZZAA!!!! OH EMMM GEEEE. Here’s a piccy.
And I’ve got to say, what an amazing pizza it was! Although, it was so nice, I’m not even sure I can leave any for the other half. Om nom nom.
Interesting fact…
Tesco Organic Passata contain added sugar whilst Pizza Express own passata was not only cheaper, but contained no sugar! Only 4 ingredients in fact – tomato, basil, pepper and salt. Yum.
I made the base using ‘oo’ flour, water, yeast and olive oil – nothing more, nothing less. Whilst looking, I noticed all pre-made packets of pizza dough mix contained sugar. Booooo. But to be honest, it was absolutely delicious, and good fun to make. Took some aggression out while kneading the dough before cutting it in half and freezing a portion for another day!
I’m a convert 🙂
Here’s a picture of my lunch for tomorrow:
Rocket, watercress, and spinach with olives, mozerella, kapers, and some parma ham! Delicio.
Craving ratings: 10!!!!
Today, my colleague Emma came back from her honey moon and presented the team with *deep breath* chocolate doughnuts, flapjack things, cookies, nibble things. OM NOM NOM. I found myself starring at it all, longingly, imagining every tiny taste.
It was worse than giving up smoking. When I gave up smoking, I’d sit with people smoking, living every inhale but I never liked smoking as much as I like cookies and doughnuts. It was so hard.
Pizza Hut visit!!
Sunday saw a visit to Pizza Hut and all I want to say is:
“Congratulations Pizza Hut People!”
On their website, they have a nutritional breakdown of all their foods! So I realised there was only three things I could have, and opted for the salmon pasta bake. It was lovely. So going sugar-free doesn’t mean a lifetime cooking for oneself. No, it’s full of lovely foods all waiting to be eaten, so dig in!!
Till next time sweet-peas!
FlubberFluff 