Day One - What to eat after 6pm?

Day One.
Good thing I was smart enough not to eliminate meat- today was curried mutton. I think it was a test though- I hardly ever eat the stuff- maybe this is the first since the start of the year, and I might have had it twice last year!

Sop today, so far so good.
Before breakfast a nice sized mango
For breakfast i did oats with bananas in my magic bullet, followed by some water.
For lunch a cup of vegetable soup using chicken stock
For dinner curried goat and white rice with a few slices of tomatoes with a tall glass of water.

My only temptation was the sound of the pied piper selling ice-cream which I got for the kids. My greatest challenge is what to eat after 6 pm? I had dinner at 5:30 and I dont get to bed until about 10:30 -11...and a girl gets peckish at some point- so what do I eat?

I went a looking but instead found a list of stuff I should not eat...here goes

Here's a bigger list of Foods NOT to eat when trying to lose weight...

1. Fried foods
2. Hamburgers & French fries
3. Table sugar
4. Plain Jam
5. salted nuts
6. smoked nuts
7. refried beans
8. Baked Beans
9. Chocolate Fudge
10. Candy
11. Toffee
12. Gums
13. Boiled sweets
14. Mint Sweets
15. Liquorice
16. Honey - Honey has minimal nutritional value & has the same calorie content as sugar.
17. Soft drinks
18. Tinned fruits
19. Chutney
20. Pickle
21. bacon
22. sausage
23. cured meats ( no sausage, franks)
    
24. ham
25. fatty cuts of steak like T-bone & rib-eye
26. Puddings
27. Corn syrup
28. Fruit juice - It's better to eat raw fruit instead of fruit juice because fruits contain more fiber and the juice will always contain more sugar than the actual fruit.
29. Cake
30. Bread made with white flour
31. Soda pop, such as Coke®, Pepsi®, Mountain Dew®, etc.
32. All baked goods made with white flour
33. Coffee
34. Biscuits
35. Fast foods
36. Pasta made with white flour
37. Canned fruits w/added sugar
38. Most packaged cereals
39. Alcohol can slow your metabolism down by 73%
40. Potato chips
41. Popcorn
42. Cookies
43. Ice cream
44. Cakes
45. Pies
46. All deserts
47. Artificial sweeteners
48. Most bottled green teas have more ingredients in it to help you gain weight than the actual green tea itself to help you lose weight.

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LENT 2011- Give Up Sugar

I must document this experience to be. Every year I try to commit to do something to mark the season of Lent. It is not so much that I am a religious fanatic, but really because I like events. I find it much easier to accomplish things if I have a goal that can be realized in the short-term- I think ijust like celebrating really.

Having said that, I sat or lied down a few weeks ago and started thinking about how can I mark this season of my life, and like a whisper it came to me- Give up Sugar!

I nearly asked out loud, what the hell for? but instead I took the time to mull it over in my head.

Let me just say, I like sugar. I like cakes, muffins, doughnuts, bun, juices, biscuits, breads etc, however I tend to eat these things all the time if offered but more often at nights when I am sitting at the computer or watching a movie, or just being- sometimes i get up and just make a banana bread- it only takes 20 minutes!

So I have mulled it over, and I have decided that I am going to introduce some discipline in my life if only for 40 days ( if I do 46 I am taking Sundays off) and address the real issues. Therefore this is the contract I am making with myself:

1. No sugar for the period (processed - fruits are ok)
2. No CARBS after 6 pm for the period
3. Consistent exercise for the period (at least 4 days per week)

If I can do all these things, I will treat myself to a kindle at the end of LENT.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me