Yesterday was great and I ate all the good and none of the bad with the exception of 1 Corona. I also walked.
Today has been a nice relaxing day and I'm pretty proud of my eating so far. I'll just break it down for you:
Breakfast: Coffee w/some cream, Fruit Smoothie with Kefir, about 1/2 c.
Lunch: Nuts, bowl of black beans
Snack: 1 cracker, goat cheese and olive relish, nuts
Dinner: Tuna on tortilla (only 25 gi on the torilla), large whole carrot
Bad choices today - 1 chip. Really? Did I need to do that?? Cracker, I really didn't need that either, I could eat the relish and goat cheese with carrots like I did yesterday.
So even though it was only 2 tiny bad choices, the matter is my heart. There is no reason to put those into my mouth. None. The taste is minimal and it only perpetuates a bad lifestyle, however small it seems. I hope to walk tonight after Mike gets home from a remodeling job.
Hard to believe tomorrow is day 28, which is really only day 13 of the GI diet, but day 28 of the commitment to kick the old lifestyle in the patootie.
The kicking continues...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Day 25, day "off"
Yesterday was the celebration of my daughter's 21st birthday. I thought all day about if I was going to let myself have some insulin rising snacks, or if I was going to maintain my lifestyle. I chose to let myself have some unhealthy foods. Not sure that was the best choice in hind sight.
During the day I had my normal green smoothie, etc., and then I was craving cereal so bad,. So I had a bowl. Mistake #1. For the party I made a healthy chicken veggie brown rice soup, which I planned to eat along with some raw veggies. And I did, but I also ate a sloppy joe on a bun, and pink lemonade dessert square, and 2 chips, and half a fuzzy navel cooler.
I decided that was surely enough for me and purposed not to eat anything else the rest of the night unless it was conducive to my new lifestyle.
So I ate the tops of 4 cup cakes.
Yeah.
It's like driving out a demon and then have him and 7 of his friends return!! I really cannot divert or I just run in the wrong direction with head down, arms pumping and cleats digging in! It's like giving a heroin addict just a little bit of heroin during recovery. BAD IDEA.
So here I go, starting day 26, with the attitude that anything I put in my mouth last night was not worth the insulin raise. Except for maybe that one cup cake top.
During the day I had my normal green smoothie, etc., and then I was craving cereal so bad,. So I had a bowl. Mistake #1. For the party I made a healthy chicken veggie brown rice soup, which I planned to eat along with some raw veggies. And I did, but I also ate a sloppy joe on a bun, and pink lemonade dessert square, and 2 chips, and half a fuzzy navel cooler.
I decided that was surely enough for me and purposed not to eat anything else the rest of the night unless it was conducive to my new lifestyle.
So I ate the tops of 4 cup cakes.
Yeah.
It's like driving out a demon and then have him and 7 of his friends return!! I really cannot divert or I just run in the wrong direction with head down, arms pumping and cleats digging in! It's like giving a heroin addict just a little bit of heroin during recovery. BAD IDEA.
So here I go, starting day 26, with the attitude that anything I put in my mouth last night was not worth the insulin raise. Except for maybe that one cup cake top.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Day 24, REBOUND!
I kicked it today! I ate nothing but good, and very little of it. I worked like a maniac on the house and school. Took a short nap, and right back at it. I don't think I have felt this good yet in this 24 day lifestyle challenge! Very pumped!
I think I will weigh every Tuesday a.m.
Naked.
After I pee.
Before I drink.
It's how I roll...or how I lose the roll rather.
I think I will weigh every Tuesday a.m.
Naked.
After I pee.
Before I drink.
It's how I roll...or how I lose the roll rather.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Day 23, harder
Today was a little harder for me. Not sure why. This morning was fine...
Green smoothie - spinach, strawberries, blueberries, water, and some nuts for a snack. About 1/2 c.
Lunch was 4 bagel bites. That was not my best choice. It was only 28 carbs, which what I am told translates to 28 on the GI index and my goal is to stay under 50. But still.
Snack was fruit smoothie with kefir, made with low gi berries.
Dinner is chicken breast, carrots steamed, and no apple tartlets that I made from a Pampered Chef recipe.
I also ate a bite of someone's pizza crust. I CANNOT, repeat, CANNOT do that. I cannot take bites of bad here and there. That is total lack of self control for me. Please pray that I can just simply abstain. It works much better for me. At least for now. Abstain from the things that I know are not my best choice.
I saw someone in my family drinking a coke from a bottle today. I walked away. All I could think about was how much that would rise my insulin.
Please, Lord, keep me going on the road to health. Let my numbers reflect your healing and your will power. In 5 weeks I will get a blood draw and I want you to get all the glory, please. Hang with me, your weak and flawed daughter!! My intentions are good but, God, I am flesh as well.
Green smoothie - spinach, strawberries, blueberries, water, and some nuts for a snack. About 1/2 c.
Lunch was 4 bagel bites. That was not my best choice. It was only 28 carbs, which what I am told translates to 28 on the GI index and my goal is to stay under 50. But still.
Snack was fruit smoothie with kefir, made with low gi berries.
Dinner is chicken breast, carrots steamed, and no apple tartlets that I made from a Pampered Chef recipe.
I also ate a bite of someone's pizza crust. I CANNOT, repeat, CANNOT do that. I cannot take bites of bad here and there. That is total lack of self control for me. Please pray that I can just simply abstain. It works much better for me. At least for now. Abstain from the things that I know are not my best choice.
I saw someone in my family drinking a coke from a bottle today. I walked away. All I could think about was how much that would rise my insulin.
Please, Lord, keep me going on the road to health. Let my numbers reflect your healing and your will power. In 5 weeks I will get a blood draw and I want you to get all the glory, please. Hang with me, your weak and flawed daughter!! My intentions are good but, God, I am flesh as well.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Day 22, evening
Today was another good day! Nuts, veggies, salads, pinto beans, green smoothie and water. Plus a 30 minute walk with a great friend. Oh, I did eat 3 pepperonis. There was pizza made tonight and I was pretty proud of 3 pepperonis considering a month ago I would have eaten 3 pieces of pizza.
These are boring blogs to some perhaps, but for me, it is very good!
Looking forward to what God will do tomorrow!
These are boring blogs to some perhaps, but for me, it is very good!
Looking forward to what God will do tomorrow!
Day 22 - I WEIGHED!
Serious lifestyle change for one week now. I weighed this a.m. I have lost SEVEN POUNDS.
Surely if I am losing, then my insulin is dropping and my triglycerides are scared.
The should be afraid. Very afraid.
Surely if I am losing, then my insulin is dropping and my triglycerides are scared.
The should be afraid. Very afraid.
Day 21, DQ - take THAT!!
Yesterday, Day 21, was awesome. We had to have a mechanic look over a car we wanted to by in Carmel, IN. The only place to go was DQ while we waited. I was a little concerned. But I ordered a pressed chicken quesidilla and water. The quesadilla (and no, I can't spell that) was broken into quarters. I ate one quarter with the shell, and then scraped off the insides of the others and ate the veggies and chicken only. And honestly, it wasn't hard. I am so, so thankful.
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