Welcome to the challenge everyone!! So 72 hours without any form of sugar - can you do it??
As promised here is the basic plan:
Three day approved foods
Every day you will start with a healthy breakfast, eat a satisfying lunch and enjoy a delicious dinner and you can even snack between meals!!
MENUS
Day 1
Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs with pinch of dried rosemary, black coffee or fruit tea and a glass of water with lime
Snacks - nuts, unsweetened cinnamon tea
Lunch - 170g chicken breasts, on top of baby mixed greens and half sliced avocado with herbs, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snack - Sliced red and green bell peppers with 2 tablespoons of houmous and glass of water with lime
Day 2
Breakfast - 3 boiled eggs with asparagus spears as soldiers, black coffee or fruit tea and water with lime
Snacks - Roasted almonds - choice of tea - water
Lunch - Tuna Nicoise - canned tuna or a sauteed fresh tuna steak over a bed of mixed greens, one hard boiled egg sliced and steamed haricot verts, dressed with vinaigrette
Snacks - sliced peppers with houmous
Dinner - Rosemary pork tenderloin, sauteed brussel sprouts and mushrooms seasoned with salt, pepper and fresh garlic, chopped cos lettuce salad with avocado dressed with lemon and extra virgin olive oil
Day 3
Breakfast - 3 egg omelette with shrimp, sauteed spinach and tarragon
Snacks - cashews
Lunch - grilled turker burger with sauteed mushrooms and other approved veg
Snack - sliced pepper and houmous
Dinner - baked cod over bok choy and mixed greens with vinaigrette
- 1 cup unsweetened black coffee per day
- Unsweetened green and or herbal tea unlimited
- Minimum 2 litres water (sodium free sparkling or soda water is fine) daily
- Food as above on 3 day shopping list
- Condiments and cooking oil – red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, or apple cider vinegar, and olive oil, coconut oil or butter only for cooking!
- Herbs and spices – unlimited
- Artificial sweeteners of any kind! And that includes diet drinks
- Alcohol
- Dairy (except a little butter for cooking)
- Wheat or other starches, such as pasta, cereal, bread, rice or quinoa
- Added sugar of any kind
- Fruit except lemon and lime for drinks and cooking
- Saute
- Stir fry
- Boil
- Poach
- Steam
- Tofu can replace any meat or egg product for any meal
- Legumes, such as beans, can also be your protein substitute
Every day you will start with a healthy breakfast, eat a satisfying lunch and enjoy a delicious dinner and you can even snack between meals!!
MENUS
Day 1
Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs with pinch of dried rosemary, black coffee or fruit tea and a glass of water with lime
Snacks - nuts, unsweetened cinnamon tea
Lunch - 170g chicken breasts, on top of baby mixed greens and half sliced avocado with herbs, olive oil and red wine vinegar
Snack - Sliced red and green bell peppers with 2 tablespoons of houmous and glass of water with lime
Day 2
Breakfast - 3 boiled eggs with asparagus spears as soldiers, black coffee or fruit tea and water with lime
Snacks - Roasted almonds - choice of tea - water
Lunch - Tuna Nicoise - canned tuna or a sauteed fresh tuna steak over a bed of mixed greens, one hard boiled egg sliced and steamed haricot verts, dressed with vinaigrette
Snacks - sliced peppers with houmous
Dinner - Rosemary pork tenderloin, sauteed brussel sprouts and mushrooms seasoned with salt, pepper and fresh garlic, chopped cos lettuce salad with avocado dressed with lemon and extra virgin olive oil
Day 3
Breakfast - 3 egg omelette with shrimp, sauteed spinach and tarragon
Snacks - cashews
Lunch - grilled turker burger with sauteed mushrooms and other approved veg
Snack - sliced pepper and houmous
Dinner - baked cod over bok choy and mixed greens with vinaigrette
