Here’s a few things that work for me on the go or at work.

Firstly, plan ahead. Take food from home or at the very least know in advance exactly what you are going to buy for lunch. Don’t just wander aimlessly into the food court and hope that the salad is more appealing than the meat pie, because I’ve got news for you!

Takeaway is expensive, make your lunch at home!

Check out this quick and easy salad to have for lunch or dinner – Yummy Salad

If you get breakfast at work, try poaching your eggs in the microwave – I put boiling water into a cereal bowl, crack in 2 eggs and put in the microwave for 1min 15 seconds. Drain off the water and eat.

Breakfast in the car, bus or train on the way to work – Protein shake bircher muesli – I mix up a berry protein shake and add my serving of rolled oats. Leave over night and drink it down on the way to work.

Always have a packet of almonds in your drawer at work for a snack with an apple.

Sanitarium natural peanut butter is ok spread on crackers. All others have sugar and oil added.

If you have any tips of your own, please share them with us.

I make this salad to serve with any protein accompaniment. It is so easy to make at work, you just wash all the ingredients and throw them in a bowl with the dressing of your choice. No chopping or cooking required.

3 in 1 sprout mix from the fruit and veg shop – It has alfalfa sprouts, snow pea sprouts and mung beans. The brand I get is “Belmore Bean” and it is called “3 in 1 combo”. Chuck in as many as you like of each type.

Grape tomatoes – The tiny ones at the moment are so sweet and juicy. I use about half a punnet for myself per serve.

Baby spinach – As much as you want, the stuff is so good for you.

That’s it, wash it, dress it, eat it with your accompaniment.

The following food plan is an example of what you can eat and be considerably reducing your sugar intake. Whilst you can follow is exactly if you want, you don’t have to, it is merely some suggestions. You can tweak it to suit your own tastes and goals.

Great turn out this morning and a few good workouts to challege everyone!

So the list of names has started and I’m sure it will grow! As will the money raised which is currently $754. Don’t forget to get some sponsors!

Adam M

Tori E

Jo J

Kirsty D

Tim S

Deb M

Kelly P

Jovana P

Kate H

Finn C

Damian A

Monika P

Jess C

Emma H

Danny C

Rachel C

Luke C

Abbey M

Louise W

Cass K

Darrin P

Leonie

Genevieve S

Louise G

Kristin R

Greg D

Sheena C

Last Saturday was my duaghter’s 2nd birthday party. We had all the usuals that you would find at a kids b’day party and I decided this was a good a time as any to partake in some of the treats.

Now this was the first sugar I have had since New Years Eve.

I didn’t feel bad or anything after I ate it, I felt fine, but I did notice one very important thing. The next day I wanted more. I was craving sugar bad! 

So I guess what I am saying is that to make it easy on yourself, you have to go cold turkey. A little bit of sugar here and there in February will only make it harder on yourself. And cost you a donation!

I know that living sugar free is near impossible, but doing a month of no sugar definitely helps to reduce the sugar from then onwards in your diet. You would have to be a robot to live sugar free all the time, but choose your moments wisely and you’ll enjoy better health and your ideal weight.

With the success of NOSUGARVEMBER  last year, I have had many requests to do it all over again, but this time let’s make it worthwhile.

Last week there was a major disaster in Haiti, so I have decided that we should band together to raise some money for this very worthy cause.

To sign up for SUGARFREEFEBRUAREE you must donate $25 to the Haiti earthquake appeal. You then send your receipt to me and you’re in the challenge.

So what is the challenge?

From the first day in February to the Last day in February, you are going to give up all sugar.

Here’s the rules:

Put your name down in the comment section of the Blog to sign up.

Donate $25 to the Haiti earthquake appeal and send me your confirmation.

https://www.oxfam.org.au/donate/current-appeals/haiti-earthquake-appeal/email? 

or

https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp

When you mess up, which I am sure you will, at least once. You have to write down what you did on the blog for everyone to see. This alone will help to keep you on track. There is nothing like being accountable to keep you on track, let alone being accountable to everyone in the challenge!

Every time you mess up, it will cost you $10 towards the earthquake appeal. Write it down when you mess up and donate at the end of the month.

Get others to join you. The more people who join, the more people we will get off sugar and the more money we will raise!

Get others to sponsor you. The more people who sponsor you, the more likely you are to stick to the program and the more money we can raise! $1 per day that you stay sugar free is a good starting rate.

No refined sugar at all.

No sugar in tea or coffee.

No artificial sweeteners either! 

No cakes, chocolates, lollies, soft drinks etc

No bottled fruit juice

No alcohol

No dried fruit

Only 2 serves of fruit per day. If weight loss is not your goals then feel free to have more than 2 pices of fruit per day.

No sweetened yogurt

No white potato

Only mulitgrain bread if you must have bread

Only basmati  or brown rice if you must have rice

Pasta no more than twice a week

If you follow this, you are sure to trim away the bodyfat. I don’t like to make outrageous comments, but I am positive if you follow these rules, you will get leaner!

It really doesn’t take that long to change your tastebuds and reduce the amount of sugar in your diet. Try it for 28 days and see how you feel. Other than being thinner and healthier, I bet you won’t crave it as much either!

So what are waiting for. The challenge that will make you healthier and leaner is now going to raise money for a great cause!

Put your name down in the comments section with anything else that you might like to say and follow one of those above links to donate your $25 registration fee. Start telling people what you are doing and why you are doing it. Get them to do it with you or sponsor you if they need their sugar too much.

I am hoping for a huge list of names!

More details to come, but to get you started, check out the NOSUGARVEMBER folder

 http://blog.fittabodies.com/category/nosugarvember/

28 days to sugarfreedom!!!

A new system today with a non-stop rolling clock ensured everybody completed each challenge before starting the next one. I like it a lot!

This is another one of my favouritre meals on a Summer’s night because you can put it in the oven just after lunch and then it is ready to serve for dinner with a nice salad.

Take 1 leg of lamb with the bone still in. 

Season with salt and pepper. You can stud it with garlic cloves and rosemary if you like for extra flavour. You can also drizzle lemon juice over before adding salt and pepper.

Place in a pre-heated oven at 180 degress for about 30 mins. The lamb should start to go a bit golden by now, so take it out, place about 1 1/2 inches of boiling water in the tray and cover with foil, making sure it is air tight.

Place it back in the oven at about 150 – 160 degress for about 3-4 more hours.

Remove the foil, turn the oven up to 190 degrees for about 15 mins. Remove from the oven and you are left with the most tender piece of lamb you have ever eaten or your money back. (please see you local supermarket for money back guarantee, no reponsibility is taken by Fitta Bodies for this statement, so please don’t say my trainer said I could get a refund when you speak to the checkout person.)

There will still be some water left in the tray at the end, so don’t worry if it hasn’t all evaporated.

Serve this with your favourite salad or veggies.