Just a sugar-free day
(WITH A SCHEDULE!)
A sugar-free day. People, it really doesn't hurt. It is often thought that fat is the culprit when your butt has gotten a bit thicker, but it's mainly sugar. Look, you really need both, but there is quite a difference between them. Fat gives you a feeling of satiety and sugar just makes you want more. And there you go...
I asked my Amayzine’s foodie friend Tessa (you know, from the Go!Greenbar and the cutest nutritionist I know) to make a little schedule for a sugar-free day. Believe me, you won't get any (sugar) dips from this, but you'll feel energetic and if you keep this direction for the coming weeks, you'll soon notice it in your skin, mood, and energy level. Go ahead, after Christmas is fine too.
Breakfast
Green smoothie made of 2 handfuls of finely chopped leafy greens or celery, 1/2 avocado, cup of water, 2 pieces of fruit (e.g. 1 apple and blueberries), tablespoon of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of chia seeds, 1 tablespoon of grated coconut
Snack
50 g coconut pieces (crack a hairy brown coconut yourself or buy a container of coconut pieces at the supermarket)
Tip: you can easily crack a coconut. First, open 1 of the 3 holes with a pointed knife, then poke through the hole with a sushi chopstick and place the coconut upside down on a glass. You can drink the water and wrap the coconut in a tea towel. You can tap the hard shell all around with a hammer so that when you open the tea towel, you have all small pieces of nut left. With a blunt knife, you can loosen the last pieces from the hard shell. Rinse the pieces with water and store them in a container in the fridge. From 1 nut, you can make 4 portions of 50 grams.
Lunch
Millet salad with goat feta, black-eyed peas (or kidney beans), spring onion, cherry tomatoes, basil, and olives.
Season the millet with a good tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
Tip: everyone eats quinoa, but millet is just as healthy and hasn't been over-the-top due to the quinoa hype. You cook millet exactly the same as quinoa: cook 1 cup of millet in 2 cups of water for 15 minutes on low heat. Turn off the heat and let the millet sit in the pot for 7 minutes.
Snack
A Go!Greenbar of course!
Tip: the ingredients in the Go!Greenbar are unprocessed, which means the bar is absorbed very slowly by your body. Your body has to work for it, and your metabolism gets quite a workout.
Dinner
Roasted pumpkin from the oven with garlic, rosemary, and red onion. In a separate baking dish, a piece of cod fillet with pesto and lemon.
Tip: chopping a pumpkin into pieces is a tricky job, but if you put the pumpkin in a preheated oven (175 degrees) for 15 minutes first, it becomes nice and soft. You can eat a biological pumpkin with the skin, just wash the pumpkin before putting it in the oven.
And of course, don't pour a can of diet cola into your glass.
