Sugar

When I got my brace last week, the therapist mentioned that there are things I can do to heal faster/better.  Caffeine, alcohol and sugar all contribute to slower healing.  "Sugar?"  "Well, yeah, for diabetics." I'm not diabetic, but both my parents are, and I've heard several people talk about watching their sugar intake.

Although I don't always eat with health in mind, I do know how to balance things like calories, fat, fiber, protein, carbs, etc.  I have a pretty good idea of what a "healthy" day looks like.  At least, I thought I did.  Throwing sugar into the mix is a real challenge for me.  Never mind my affinity for the occasional dark chocolate bar; "hidden" sugar is killing me!

MFP's daily sugar recommendation for me is 27 g.  This morning, I had Cheerios with 2% milk and strawberries.  That's 15 g of sugar right there, most of it from the milk! 

I'm playing around with a Tamale Pie idea for dinner that will come to about 500 calories, 55 carbs, 20 g of fat, 27 g of protein, 5 g of fiber, and 15 g of sugar.  Not the greatest numbers; I'm going to keep tinkering with it to see if I can improve the fat and calories before I go to work. The sugars--ok, a lot of it comes from the white sugar in the cornbread recipe.  I got that off the back of the container, and I'll cut it by at least half. But the rest comes from the milk and the tomatoes.  Those are harder to cut out from this type of recipe. We'll see what I end up with an how everyone likes it.  I'll definitely post the results tomorrow.