Chocolate

Welcome to day twenty-six of the Sugar Free Challenge!

Here is today’s sample menu:

Breakfast: One Size Fits all Pancakes with fresh sliced strawberries and Peanut Butter Cream.

I also had some Iced Coffee. I had some fun taking these pictures and watching the almond milk mix with the chilled hazelnut coffee:

The almond milk slowly seeps down through the coffee…Kind of looks like a root beer float!

Mix! Mix! Mix! Look at that nice foamy layer on top!

Lunch: Baked Sweet Potato with almond butter and cinnamon.

Dinner: Steak, Corn on the Cob, Mashed Taters, and Fresh Watermelon!

Dessert: Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting

Exercise Option: For those of you who chose to take part of the exercise challenge, your challenge today is to do 50 crunches, 10 squat jumps, 15 pushups, 20 1-legged calf raises (10 each leg).

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

Do you like your coffee or tea hot or cold?

Remember that you can track what you eat on the printable Challenge Checklist. 

Welcome to day twenty-five of the Sugar Free Challenge!

Today’s sample menu is a compilation of other bloggers’ sugar-free recipes. I adore these recipes, and I hope you do, too!

Breakfast: Pure2Raw’s Pumpkin Pancakes with Coconut Chia Sauce

Lunch: Dana @ My Little Celebration’s Sweet Potato Veggie Chowder

Dinner: Katie Did’s Creamy Bacon Rosemary Polenta

Dessert: Leanne @ Healthful Pursuit’s Grain-Free Carrot Cupcakes with “Cream Cheese” Frosting

Thanks to you all (and more!) for inspiring me with your recipes.

Exercise Option: For those of you who chose to take part of the exercise challenge, your challenge today is to do 50 crunches, 10 squat jumps, 15 pushups, 20 1-legged calf raises (10 each leg).

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

Welcome to day twenty-three of the Sugar Free Challenge!

Sorry my posts haven’t been very special these past couple days. The wisdom teeth extraction is still lingering, and it has taken most of the energy out of me. So here is another….boring post.

Here is today’s sample menu:

Breakfast:Chocolate Mint Smoothie-pudding style.

Lunch: Lightly sauteed spinach, green peppers, black olives, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, onions, and black beans served on a grilled brown rice tortilla. Side of sliced cucumbers.

Snack: Chocolate Almond Cookie Dough Bites.

Dinner: Hobos. Take a piece of ground beef and roll into a patty. Top with peppers, potatoes, onions, and carrots and wrap in foil. Bake at 375* for one hour. Tastes fabulous drizzled with dijon mustard or Homemade BBQ Sauce. Vegan option: Two Cans and a Potato

Exercise Option: For those of you who chose to take part of the exercise challenge, your challenge today is to do 50 crunches, 10 squat jumps, 15 pushups, 20 1-legged calf raises (10 each leg).

THOUGHT-PROVOKING, MIND-PRODDING QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Livin’ me up! Do you have anything interesting or exciting to share?

Remember that you can track what you eat on the printable Challenge Checklist. 

Welcome to day ten of the Sugar Free Challenge! Today is officially the last day of the challenge. I have had so much fun creating sample menus and helping you all with the challenge. A big thank you to everyone who joined! I hope you all had a great time learning about (and eating!) sugar-free food. Maybe you found that it wasn’t as hard as you thought? Or perhaps you found you ate too much sugar before?

Now for the winners of the giveaway. All those who joined the challenge were entered for the giveaway.

Winner of Artisana: Absie

Winner of Crunchmaster: Francesca Holland

Congratulations ladies! I will be emailing you shortly.

Now onto today’s sample menu:

Breakfast: Veggie Omelet

Lunch: Steak Salad. Sliced steak, spinach, cucumbers, red peppers, onions, olives, fresh strawberries all drizzled in balsamic vinegar and ground black pepper.

Dinner: Pesto Socca Pizza with Grilled Veggies and Chicken Sausages

Dessert: Crock Pot Cinnamon applesauce 

Again, thank you all so much! I have had a wonderful time with this challenge. I hope you continue to eat at least low-sugar (if not sugar-free!). A word of warning: be careful going back to sugar this week and weekend. Don’t go over board because your body is not used to eating sugar these past ten days.

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

How was the sugar-free challenge???!!! Please tell me all your experiences and how your body feels! I would love to know!

Welcome to day eight of the Sugar Free Challenge! There are only two days left for the challenge-can you believe it? It has gone by so fast!

Here is today’s sample menu:

Breakfast: Oatmeal topped with sliced banana, a dollop of Peanut Butter Cream Frosting, and Unsweetened Chocolate Shavings.

Lunch: Baked Sweet Potato with almond butter and cinnamon.

Snack: 2-Ingredient Macaroons.

Dinner: A big salad with spinach, bell pepper, onion, quinoa, strawberries, chicken, olives, and artichoke hearts. Drizzled with Dijon dressing.

Dessert: High Protein Cookie Dough.

Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:

When’s the last time you had dessert for breakfast?

Ummm…Just had some today!