A warning from the past.

This is my Dad's fifth year anniversary of his death. He was very sick for a very long time. One of the things that gave him the most health complications was diabetes. One of the things I remember the most about him is how his neuropathy made even light hugs hurt. I know that I haven't been very good about taking my blood sugars once the doctor told me that my A1c was under where they wanted it to be. I know that I haven't been taking my medication as often as I should. I know what my excuses are. I know why I don't. Today though, I'm going to take this more seriously. I am going to take my blood sugars before and after dinner and post them just to show everyone that I actually did. I am going to take my meds at lunch and not just dinner. I am not going to let myself slip into the comfortable arms of ignorance, because I know what can happen when I become ignorant to the state of my diabetes and it scares me... Sorry for such a down post but I think I needed to remind myself of the goal that I originally put before myself once I got the diagnosis: Get my sugars low enough that I don't need meds! So here I am renewing this goal and trying to force my eyes back to the prize.

Oatmeal and Smoothie

Here is the oatmeal that KC and I made last Saturday. It is rolled oatmeal with dried cranberries, freeze dried blue berries and some frozen black berries.

First we cooked the oatmeal (about 1.5 or so cups dried) with extra water. After a couple of minutes we added about 1/3 cups of each of the berries. We added more water so that way it didn't become a death paste and so the berries could rehydrate. We then added some Splenda to sweeten it without adding any more sugar.


Here is a picture of KC's plate. We also made eggs. KC had scrambled off to the side. I of course wanted to be difficult and had eggs over easy...












So I put my eggs over the oatmeal. It was actually pretty good. This was a little carby but delicious, mostly low calorie it had some decent protein going on and it filled me up for a long time.










You will have to excuse my poor focus in this picture. This was probably my best decision this past week. I was still hungry from dinner and wanted something with a lot of protein. I have some protein powder that AAA gave me which has been doing alright for breakfasts so I decided that I would make it my base. Using frozen bananas (1 banana) some frozen black berries (1/2 cup) and some frozen mango (1/2 cup) as my sweeteners I broke out my blender. To the berries I added about one cup of Greek style yogurt and LOTS of soy milk (basically until it wasn't berry cement) I also added a splash of orange juice for fun. Once that blended smoothly I added a scoop and a half of the vanilla protein powder and mixed until smooth. With the protein powder alone there was 60 grams of protein. That doesn't add the amount from the yogurt or soy milk. It also tasted like ice cream, I'm not joking. So next time you want something smooth and cold in stead of going to DQ or out to the store to get a pint. See if you have the fixings to this and try it out yourself (if you don't have to protein powder add a little Splenda or honey since it gave the smoothie some sweetness). I bet it will be great!

GAH!!!

Ok, so it's been a while. I actually have a back log of things to post including PICTURES!!!! But I'm still trying to figure out if I need a flicker account or such to post them on to the blog. I also only did one thing I said I was going to last post and that was to weigh myself. I am still at 393 lbs. I have only been varying +- .5 lbs each time I weigh myself which is weird. I haven't found my tape measure so that hasn't been done yet. Stay tuned though to see pictures and some new recipes!

*Edit* Looked up on the Blogger help page and I don't need to host the pics through a different website to put them up so expect them tonight or tomorrow.

Today's List

Today I will:

Weigh myself
Measure myself
Figure out a meal plan for the next week
Then post it all...

So later tonight or sometime tomorrow you will get all of my (sort of) beginning stats for this fun journey to a healthier me as well as a meal plan for dinners this week. I will try to post pics and recipes as I make them. If you try any of them out let me know how you like it!