butterfly1000 wrote:Hi,
I was wondering if you would count a restaurant-bought muffin (the big ones) like sweets if it's eaten for breakfast? I often buy one for breakfast at the cafeteria at work and I've been wondering how it should be treated on the No S Diet. I know I should be eating a healthier breakfast (and I'd like to work towards that -- but right now I have trouble just getting a green day!
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) -- and I think that some of those muffins are cake disguised as a muffin -- so I feel guilty when I eat it.
Any input on this would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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We regularly eat *homemade* muffins for breakfast (along with a glass of milk, small glass of juice, and maybe one egg). So I am not against muffins per se.
BUT, I can guarantee that a large, restaurant-style muffin *IS* a Sweet--it is like a gigantic non-frosted cupcake.
Thus, you have three options:
1. Quit buying them cold-turkey style and find an acceptable breakfast at the cafeteria or begin home-cooking your breakfast. Eggs, toast, hash browns, some cereals and yogurts are all non-sweet items.
2. You can slowly ease into a better breakfast by buying your muffin, cutting into halves, thirds, or even fourths, eating only one part for breakfast, saving the rest for the following day(s). Obviously, a third or fourth of a even a large muffin is not going to be very sustaining, so you will need to begin improving your breakfast menu right away: eggs (in almost any style) and fruit would be two easy first steps.
3. Keep buying them FOR NOW while working on achieving the three meals a day habit. (You said you are having a hard time getting a green day in). Once you have a stretch of green N days, you can work on improving the quality of your breakfast. Note: this route will make for slower visible results.
I personally recommend quitting cold-turkey. A big sweet like that tends to beget the desire for more sweets which makes for a vicious cycle.
Best wishes for your success,