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Somewhere else it's written, I think, that if you'd consider it a dessert, it's a sweet. I'm guessing there might be a difference between a healthy normal sized whole wheat raisin bran muffin and one of those huge sugary creations that look like a four inch cake. . . If you're not sure, just save it for an S day and really enjoy it without overthinking it!I mean something whose principal source of calories is sugar. Go ahead and put sugar in your coffee or oatmeal; you have my blessing. Of course fruits are fine.
I wouldn't worry too much about borderline foods like yoghurt and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. If these are a problem for you, i.e., you eat them every day and lay it on thick, then make them esses. If not, don't. Just by targeting the really egregious offenders you'll be cutting out a lot of calories. And you'll be that much more likely to stick with the plan. If you're like most first worlders, it's a little revolting to think how much unambiguously crappy food you consume. So forget the borderline cases, the clear cut cases are 80% of the problem and 0% of the headache.
Do you know how many pounds of sugar the average American ingests each year? According to the USDA's Economic Research Service, 105 pounds (2001). That's about 20% of total calories. You could make a snowman out of that. That's less than 2 years till you've eaten your body weight in sugar. If you're a real whopper, chances are you eat even more sugar than that, so I figure it works out about the same.
ThomsonsPier wrote:I'd call it a sweet if you speak of the ohsoverytasty cakey things that look like big, delicious mushrooms (which I assume you do). I have one in the fridge that my other (significant) didn't want and which I shall consume merrily on Saturday.
If, on the other hand, you're thinking of a proper muffin, like we have in England (you colonial folk, corrupting our healthy breakfast words into sugar-laden monstrosities), it's not a sweet; it's bread.
LOL, well, I just adapted the "quick pumpkin bread" recipe from the Joy of Cooking. I was wrong on the flour to sugar ratio though--but I made the recipe X 5 last time, so that's why I didn't remember! Maybe these really ARE "S" day goods! You could play with less sugar. Anyway, here it is:SassyInkPen wrote:Pumpkin muffins made with WW flour? YUM! They sound pretty healthy to me, as well as satisfying.
Now I want the recipe! Will you share?
Sassy