I love doing challenges such as Sugar Free Me.  I learn so much as a coach and as a group we gain insight and real life tips that work for those of us who live in the real world!

Here are some of our best Tips from Sugar Free Me Summer 2017!

 

Read the Labels

There are so many names for sugar! “- Grace P
We also found out how much sugar so called healthy items have in them.  Someone found out that their “healthy” smoothie had 92 grams of sugar!

Avoid foods that have “Health Halos”

Health Halos are manufacturers way of advertising a food as something essential to health or promoting health and Vitality when a lot of the time it’s really a whole lot of nothing to get you to buy the product which we do because who doesn’t want health and vitality!

Another issue with Health Halos is that people end up eating MORE of the food because if a little healthy is good…A LOT of healthy is much better.

Get a Good Start by preparing ahead of time

“Started preparing Steel Cut Oats on Sundays and putting them in bowls” – Gloria W

Up the Protein Intake

“Afternoon plant based Protein Shakes really helped with my sugar cravings” – Geneva
Note: I use Vega Sport Plant Based Protein.  You can get on Amazon or at Whole Foods

Clean out your pantry

This was a great tip by Grace   Cleaning out your pantry and organizing it makes grocery shopping more productive.  You can fill your pantry with what you want to stock it with.  This is super important and something I talk about in my Nutrition Program:  The Preseason!

Make your own Dressings and Rubs

This was a great reminder from Gloria:  Salad Dressings, BBQ Sauce, and all of these other condiments have lots of added sugar.   You are better off making your own dressings (it’s easy to do) and rubs!