Look Before You Eat – Pei Wei

I heard a while back that Pei Wei was now serving cauliflower rice and I’ve been interested in trying it. They also have a cauliflower fried rice, which sounded great! I’ve made cauliflower fried rice before, so it sounded like a best of both world type restaurant item. I figured it would be high and …

Black Listed Food – Erythritol

I made a mistake yesterday that I am paying for today. I had a gift card that was expiring, so I wanted to use the last $2 on it. I stopped at a gas station, in a hurry, and grabbed a Bai “Narino Peach Supertea.” I will take the blame for not reading the ingredients …

Black Listed Foods: Movie Theatre Popcorn

I managed to delete this entire blog, so until I am able to write it over…. They’re way worse than you imagine, especially if you get that fake “butter topping stuff” like me!

Black Listed Food – Chick-Fil-A

Chick-Fil-A, I’m afraid it’s time for our unhealthy relationship to end…We got in a major fight back in 2012 when you took the words out of the Christian music that’s playing in your stores. That made me sad, but I was able to get past it. I didn’t even mind this year when you discontinued …

Black-listed Food – Dairy

Dairy and I are not friends these days.  While the breakup isn't horrible because I am super-particular about the cheeses I will eat and avoid most creamy substances like the plague, it has been making it nearly impossible for me to enjoy some of my staples, like tacos and pizza.  However, removing the offending cheese …

Black-Listed Food – Alcohol

This is a very hard black-listed food for me to write!  Needless to say, my desire to consume good beer has been at war with my healthy living for several years. I probably don't need to tell you that beer is caloric, contains grains, and as a result, helps people acquire additional abdominal fat. You …

Diet Coke

I've been needing to add this to my black listed foods for a while, but it's so easy to let the addiction creep back in.  I'm back on the wagon again and hopefully I will be able to stay away from this horrible stuff.  If not, I'll certainly feel the burn when I drink it …

Black-Listed Food: Protein Bars

RIP Date: 3/1/2017 I previously felt that protein bars were healthy; like even diet-worthy. I ate a variety of them, but my favorites were the Zone Perfect Chocolate Peanut Butter bars. Other ones I ate regularly were Nature's Valley Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate bars and Fiber One Peanut Butter bars. Are you sensing a theme here? I've …