plasticserenity
March 13th, 2017, 11:35 AM
Hi everyone!
I'm currently 12 days into my pink sway lifestyle and feeling pretty good about it :) I've managed to do my 60 minutes of cardio for 11 out of those 12 days and it honestly hasn't been as difficult as I expected to fit it into my day!
Food-wise I've stopped eating meat and found that my protein and calorie intake has slotted into place quite nicely as a result of this, so all going okay there too. I've cut out snacking between meals, and I am having two meals a day. It's still early days, but I'm feeling cautiously optimistic!
My question comes regarding whats best for the breakfast skipping. I'm actually fine with this - I've always preferred having my evening meal about 8/9pm, then nothing until after 12pm the next day so it comes naturally to me anyway. However - until just now, I hadn't been taking into account my cups of coffee. I know coffee is good for a pink sway which is why I switched from tea, but I have mine with semi skimmed milk - maybe around 30ml per cup (no sugar but a sweetener), so about 15 to 20 calories per drink I reckon. And I probably have 1 or 2 cups spread out over the morning before my lunch at 12pm. I was wondering if this is enough to cause my blood sugar to rise, therefore ruining the efforts of skipping breakfast to keep blood sugar low?
Also, though I am no longer snacking, I am having coffee with milk pretty much whenever I feel like it. As I'm not restricting to just having them with meals, does it count as a snack in terms of blood sugar?
I could try to switch to black coffee, but it might be more of a struggle for me to stick to (it's kinda yuck :D). The alternative is just having water, but coffee definitely helps my day at work go a little easier :D
Thanks in advance for any advice :heart:
I'm currently 12 days into my pink sway lifestyle and feeling pretty good about it :) I've managed to do my 60 minutes of cardio for 11 out of those 12 days and it honestly hasn't been as difficult as I expected to fit it into my day!
Food-wise I've stopped eating meat and found that my protein and calorie intake has slotted into place quite nicely as a result of this, so all going okay there too. I've cut out snacking between meals, and I am having two meals a day. It's still early days, but I'm feeling cautiously optimistic!
My question comes regarding whats best for the breakfast skipping. I'm actually fine with this - I've always preferred having my evening meal about 8/9pm, then nothing until after 12pm the next day so it comes naturally to me anyway. However - until just now, I hadn't been taking into account my cups of coffee. I know coffee is good for a pink sway which is why I switched from tea, but I have mine with semi skimmed milk - maybe around 30ml per cup (no sugar but a sweetener), so about 15 to 20 calories per drink I reckon. And I probably have 1 or 2 cups spread out over the morning before my lunch at 12pm. I was wondering if this is enough to cause my blood sugar to rise, therefore ruining the efforts of skipping breakfast to keep blood sugar low?
Also, though I am no longer snacking, I am having coffee with milk pretty much whenever I feel like it. As I'm not restricting to just having them with meals, does it count as a snack in terms of blood sugar?
I could try to switch to black coffee, but it might be more of a struggle for me to stick to (it's kinda yuck :D). The alternative is just having water, but coffee definitely helps my day at work go a little easier :D
Thanks in advance for any advice :heart: