Tuesday blues

Today I had instant breakfast, half a peanut butter and honey sandwich with half a glass of milk (non fat) and for dinner mini pork chop with an apricot pistachio, oven baked polenta and a spinach side salad.  Blood sugar is 93 (which is good)

Monday morning

I splurged.  I went to Starsmucks (*sobs* don't hate me) and got a piece of pumpkin bread and a cocoa-cappuccino (grande, I'm not that greedy).  I have a meeting with a client and I need a boost.  I'm still on the hunt for a gym, but need my paycheck first.

late sunday night

Blood sugar 112 (yay) and a really good dinner. Pork loin stuffed with apples and shallots with spinach salad and rice. It was really yummy.

Pork Loin:
Thinly slice 1 apple (I had golden delicious) and 1 shallot.  Toss with a 1tbsp salt, 1 tsp cumin, 1 1/2 tsp dried orange peel (1 tsp fresh zest works too) and 1tsp crushed, dried rosemary.  Butterfly the loin (which sounds frightening, but is rather easy) and evenly layer the apple mixture.  Roll or fold (depending of the thickness or the stuffing and the size of the loin) the loin and secure with skewers.  Bake on a tray with a rack for 50 minuets at 350 degrees F.  Let rest 10 minuets.


Now to do work that I have been procrastinating over!  Not yay

Sunday

Saturday was instant breakfast and pad thai with chicken for dinner.  I had no lunch and my blood sugar was 121.  High, I know.  I am also removing the vanilla soy from my diet.  It is too sweet (which was a shock to me).  Today I had toast with margarine and my meds with a cup of coffee.  I'll be making pork loin with apples, zucchini and carrots, side of spinach salad for dinner.  I'll post a recipe later.

Weekend plans

Will have brunch, my pill and chores today.  I will start my project at 2.  There is no scale in my house, so I have do idea how to get my weigh in for Monday (since I stated the blog of Tuesday).

late friday

Okay, here is my rundown

Ate a PBJ at 12 (brunch)
Soy Iced Chai at starsmchucks at 3
Dinner was egg drop soup with tuckey stock, mushrooms, carrots, and onions (no peas or spinich on hand)

They botched the blood donation and my blood sugar was I think 119 (the chai up-ed the sugar intake.)

Friday

I almost forgot to eat dinner last night (a PBJ).  I got up late today, so I'll have a light brunch (most likely ceral with soy milk) and at 1 I am donating blood.   My weekend will be dedcated to my work and it's also lent, which means no meat.  I predict a bad day

another day plus a rant

Here we go

I've got a blood sugar of 103mg/dL and I've had my instant breakfast and no lunch.  Remembered my meds too.  I'm on a role.  Now all I have to do is my data compiling (whimpers in fear).  I still need to find a gym and figure out a way to pay for it.  I can only check my blood once a day, because I don't get that many test strips.  I do it during the middle of the day when blood sugar should be at it's highest.


Side ramble-
I love my family, I really do.  They have been very understanding about this and are trying to help.  But I swear if they say "It's okay for a diabetic," or "You should be thinking like a diabetic,"  I will scream bloody murder.  I am not a diabetic, I am on a diet.  Diabetes is not a life threatening or crippling disease.  But it still scares me and I don't want to consider it!  I am dieting to prevent it.  Reminding will only make me more stressed and more inclined to find comfort food.

Good morning

Joy of joys, I start today with a glass of instant breakfast, my meds, and a blood sugar could of 112 mg/dL.  Which is pretty good.  The average human should be a 120 constant.  Now to work on data entry (uhgh)

2pm
Lunch consisted of a quarter cup of ceral with vanilla soy milk and a tablespoon of peanut butter.  I was lazy

7:30pm
Felling lazy, will eat leftover pasta with lentils and spinach.  If my stress level doesn't kill me first. Must remember to take meds

So it begins

I, C.S. Moran, am fat.

There I said it.  I am not ashamed of it, nor had I really cared until my first doctors appointment in a year.  I was living a relatively healthy, if not active, life and had no real reasons to be concerned.  But when my doctor pulled a blood test, it revealed that I was borderline diabetic.  I had a 5.7.  What that number means is how much sugar my blood is carrying in a given number of red blood cells.  Average health human is 5.0. I am literally .3 away from type 2 deabeties; rather frightening.

So I've received the wake up call and am now using technology to help me keep in line.  I have a list of requirements from the doctor and  within 2 years I must

• Drop 118 pounds (roughly 6 to 7 pounds a month)
• Remove as much starch and fat from my diet as possible
• Have a daily exercise regime
• Monitor blood sugar daily
• Blood draws every 3 months
• Take Metformin twice daily

I am not expecting a large following, the musings and ravings of one dieting, but fabulous, woman aren't always good reading, but I can at least try to keep some entertained. I will try to post daily my sugar level, my food consumption, exercise schedule and status, rant about how diet food sucks, and at the end of the week, my weight (which is a frightening number).

Wish me luck!