The great fruit debate...
I have read alot about fruit + paleo + whole 30....
Like Claudia said - you should not feel guilty about eating fruit. At the end of the day, it's still real food!!
However - if your goal is fat loss - then eating too much fruit can slow your progress. Especially fruit that is high in sugar (grapes, apples, bananas etc). I have read this a million times, and I believe it.
The same thing goes for nuts!
This is something that I am constantly challenged with. I know that if I cut out the fruit & nuts - that I would see more results. But still I choose to buy & eat both of them!!
I am going to work on different snacks (veggies, hard boiled eggs etc...) in fact I have both in my bag right now (I am at the airport!!)
Post to comments!!
Update - I just did a little google search about fruit + sugar. What I learned: be careful with any dried fruit - they pack ALOT of sugar (dates/raisins/apricots/prunes). The other ones that are high in sugar are bananas, grapes, tangerines, mangos, cherries...
If you need fruit - your best bet is berries - however they are definitely not in season :( AND - make sure they are organic!! They have such delicate skin, so non-organic berries are full of chemicals...that's why they look so perfect in the middle of winter ;)
Jenny
Meal 1: flank steak, scrambled eggs, 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 avocado, fish oil, black coffee
ReplyDeleteSnack: orange, almonds
Meal 2: roast elk, Caesar salad(romaine and whole30 approved dressing)
1: flank steak, scrambled eggs, 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 avocado, fish oil, coffee
ReplyDelete2: veggies, nuts on plane
3: big salad with chicken, beets, veggies, evoo, lemon juice
4: hard boiled egg, veggies
5: roasted chicken, carrots, broccoli
I ordered dinner at my hotel and they gave me two chocolates with my meal...SO tempting! But I am NOT eating them :)
Jenny
Way to stay strong and not eat the chocolates Babe! So proud of you!!:).
ReplyDeleteSnack: hard boiled eggs, carrots, cucumbers, peppers
Meal 3: pork chops, broccolini, apple sauce
Snack: grapes
1. 2 scrambled eggs, turkey patty
ReplyDelete2. veggies, smoked salmon, almonds
3. coconut chicken curry
4. kale chips, apple
5. coconut chicken curry
So I went shopping at Whole Foods today and was doing some investigating... I was sad to discover that my smoked salmon that I have been relying on for an afternoon protein snack has sugar in it (like 8th down the list of ingredients, but it was still there) :(
When I think about it, DUH!!! Of course it would. sigh... Anyways, I found some salmon lox that have no sugar whatsoever and that's what I'll be snacking on instead from now on. I also may try the hard boiled egg as an afternoon snack too.