Its been a long and trying week, so I wasn’t sure if I was going to get this one in.  But, today, things seemed to calm a bit - Munchkin was feeling better, work slowed and there was some time to think about meals.  I am not one for a lot of sweets or processed food so this wasn’t too difficult, but I was surprised to find out about some things that contained sugar that I normally would never have guessed.  Munchkin joined in the fun…somewhat…I didn’t deny her bread or her dessert cookie!!

Breakfast:  We both had scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar topping.  I had an Empire apple and Munchkin had a pear and a piece of cinnamon toast.  (I was jealous of her toast, I will admit!)

Lunch:  For me it was fresh spinach salad with mushrooms, hard boiled egg and toasted almonds.  I used a bit of balsamic vinegar and olive oil.  Munchkin had cheese sandwich.  We shared an orange and some baby carrots.

Dinner:  Here’s where I fell off course.  I decided to make breaded pork chops with steamed broccoli and brown rice.  Good thinking right?  Well who knew breadcrumbs had sugar in them.  Really - I had no idea.  I figured spices, but sugar??  And I didn’t think to read the can until after they were in the oven.  So fail on that one!  But otherwise, dinner was pretty good!

For beverages, I had two cups of coffee (no sugar or sweetener) and water the rest of the day.  Munchkin held on to her orange juice all day - she is just getting over her cold, so the extra Vit. C was okay with me.  And she got a Nilla Wafer cookie for her dessert.  Hey - she’s 2, she gets a cookie!

I would say that the toughest part was to remember to THINK about everything that was being cooked or going into the meal.  I did miss using a different salad dressing, but those things are loaded with sugar!  So I guess going forward I’ll be paying a little more attention to ingredients.  I may not lose the orange juice and toast…again I was jealous of Munchkin!  But hey, all things in moderation right?

~Beth   http://becomingasuperhero.tumblr.com/