Damned be the Delectable Italian Style Tomatoes!!!

So a wonderful discovery this week. From now on I'm buying plain chopped tomatoes and onions or tomatoes and chiles and reading the ingredients and then adding my own seasonings.

Lo and behold I find that Stewed tomatoes often have high fructose corn syrup as the second or third ingredient. Why are they so tasty? Oh right...the sugar. I used to eat an entire can as a 'healthy' snack. And I was one of those people that prided myself on knowing where there was added sugar because I have to read so many labels because of allergies.

How did I go wrong?

Today's Daily Report

Planned Meals:

Breakfast: Smoothie - 1/2 C frozen blackberries and pineapple, 1/2 c plain low-fat yogurt, 1/2 scoop vanilla soy powder, 1 C tangerine strawberry sunrise crystal light

Lunch: 1 C leftover stirfry - onion, carrot, garlic, vegetable oil, broccoli, bean sprouts, tofu, low-sodium soy sauce, hoisin sauce, rice wine vinegar, chili sauce; 1/2 C brown rice cooked with veggie broth; 1 C 1% milk, 1/2 C unsweetened apple sauce

Dinner: 1 C steamed broccoli; 1/2 C brown rice cooked in veggie broth; 1/2 cup sauce made with leftover spaghetti sauce, soyrizo, mushrooms, olive oil, italian style stewed tomatoes, fat free 1/2 and 1/2; 2 tbsp parmesean cheese

Snacks: Morning- light babybel cheese; Afternoon- Steamed edamame, carrot sticks; Dessert- 1/2 C no sugar added low-fat ice cream.

So in straying from my planned meals I also had a glass of milk for snack and for dessert I added on top of the ice cream some sugar free pancake syrup and a teaspoon of chopped peanuts.

Planned Exercize:

Wii Fit- 1/2 hour free step

Dance- 1/2 hour practice

Walking- 1/2 hour walk

Excercize wasn't as splendid as I'd planned. Because of my crazy sleep schedule last night/this morning I was very lethargic and didn't get much done. We did manage to take a 1/2 hour walk after dinner.

Daily Food and Excercize Blogs

So this is mostly for my own tracking and interests but if anyone ever wants to make any suggestions when looking over this (I always love new recipes) that would be fantastic.

Mostly I'm a little concerned right now because I'm without health insurance.  I've been trying to be generally healthy but haven't been as hardworking when it comes to actual weight loss and I'm partially concerned because of my family history of Diabetes and I know that what's healthy for Diabetics can be a bit more restricting than what normal people can eat to be healthy.  So, because of this I'm going to try to follow a few rules.

1. Portioning - 1/4 of the meal starch (preferrably whole grain...harder to do when allergic to wheat), 1/4 of the meal lean protein, 1/2 of the meal non-starchy vegetables.  Can also add 1 fruit and 1 low fat or non fat dairy for each meal.

2. Less Sugar - no juice, no sugary sweets, no added sugars.  Includes staying away from foods with added sugar like most peanut butters and spaghetti sauces.

3. Less fat/ more good oils

4. Regular snacks such as low fat cheese, veggies, fruit, yogurt

5. Stick to my homemade smoothies for breakfast.

The boyfriend has good intentions when it comes to eating, but I do wish he brought less sodas and juice home.  I have also taken to making a smoothie for breakfast for him and packing his lunch in the morning.  I'm also trying to plan out each week's meals.

We'll see how this works.  Hopefully it can alleviate some stuff that's been going on with my body.