Day 43I only ate once today. We got up 9-ish, laid around, then went into town to run errands. Picked up food to cook for dinner, and Jared goes, "You want Asian food?" Why yes I do. Still full at dinner time, so that was that. Probably the worst low carb food entry in existance. Day 442 sausage patties for breakfast. Turkey w/ melted cheese on a zero carb tortilla for lunch. I made "Totchoes" for dinner. My plan was to make this for the family, and then cook my dinner, but 50eleven things happened, so around 9:00pm, this is what we ate. I went easy on the tater tots and black beans. The recipe is literally Slow Cooker Tater Tot Heaven, except baked in the oven, minus the sour cream, and add black beans. I thought I had discovered something totally new and easy until I took the first bite. I said "this is literally the crock pot thing". Also, my bag of "diabetes shit" which has my meter, needles, strips, all my cash, and my debit card is missing somewhere between the house and the car. Day 45Leftovers for breakfast. Melted cheese on turkey slices for lunch. I finally broke down and bought some Keto bread. Jared made chili dogs for dinner, and the bread was awesome! Still no diabetic bag... Day 46Sausage links for breakfast, which is just lazy, because I didn't go into work until 11:00 and I had time to prepare something different. Meh. For dinner I made a me-version of Fajita Nachos Bravas. On a scale of 10, being from the restaurant, and mine at home, it was a 3. BUT, still tasty. I took pre-packaged chicken and steak pieces, a bag of shrimp that I picked the tails off, thawed, and seasoned, bell peppers and onions, and a can of white queso, and mixed it all together on the stove. I put thin tortilla chips underneath, but I only ate a few that were saturated in cheese. Jared found my diabetic bag, so Imma try to get my readings and injections back on track. Day 47Sausage links for breakfast, and lunch was going to be the leftovers from last night. My first driver was a no show, but I couldn't go home and back because that's over 2 hours of driving, so I just kind of meandered around town. I couldn't call my second driver in early, because he didn't get out of school until 3. NEVER does the second driver no show or cancel, it's always the first one that fouls up everything. I saved my lunch for dinner, and Jared wanted a pizza. Day 48Today is Levi's 1st birthday! Which means over 10 hours of driving. We ate breakfast at the Golden Corral in Alexandria. Now I did get some healthy choices. They had sausage links, bacon, eggs, and I did eat these things. And maybe a couple pieces of deep fried bacon, and half of a cinnamon roll. And a square of French Toast. <<< that was only because there was no white gravy for the biscuits. We made it to the party, there was pizza and cake. I ate half of a slice of Jared's, and ONE bite of the cake, I drove back home, we got here around 9:00pm, so I just kind of ate a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter, and we went to bed before 10:00. Day 49I am going to have to get my shit together. Forgot to take my sugar, and insulin. It's slowly getting cooler so I am excited to start walking. I didn't weigh today in fear that I'd be right back where I started, so I can wait a week. Brunch was canned meat. I am not lying. We got it from the nice old lady that we bought the Toyota from, both affectionally named Lurlene. She has a bunch of groceries that she gets and never uses, so we got a bunch of what she didn't need. After he cooked the "beef", which honestly tastes fine, it's just fugly, he added green beans and corn. After we ate, it wasn't too hot, so I went outside and was cleaning up in the backyard, I pick up a chair that my big ol' booty plopped down in a slightly inebriated state and busted the seat out to the burn pit and I made it about 35 steps before I felt the first sting. There was a whole ass ant colony living in the folds of the chair. They were everywhere from my ankles to my neck. I took off towards the shower, yelling and stripping. It got so bad with the itching that I had to take a Benadryl. I DO NOT take Benadryl. I was out. Cold.
Jared finally woke me up to tell me dinner had arrived. The Child described me as coming down off of anesthesia. I got a burger, and I took off the buns. After I finished eating, they were both laughing at me, mouth full, going "I ATE THE BUNS!!! I DIDN'T MEAN TOOOOOO!!!" I barely remember this. Anyway, I am getting tired of the same old results so I need to step it up. Now tomorrow is our anniversary, and we're going to the Asian place I like, so I am not even gonna tell y'all what I'm going to eat because the shrimp I love, even though lightly breaded, is still carby. I also get two steamed dumplings. But the stuffed cheese mushrooms is where it's at. 'Til next week.
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Day 36I really enjoy having Mondays off, working Tuesday-Saturday. This week Jared is working all 7 days, open to close. Boo. I took a melatonin way too late last night. When I got up at 6am to make sure Jared had everything he needed for work, I went back to sleep before it even alerted me that he left on Life 360. I slept until 10 or so. I had turkey bacon for breakfast, and leftover Chicken Queso for lunch. I have been cleaning most of the day, my plan is to finish the bath and bedroom, Jared is having leftover spaghetti, I had a leftover hamburger patty with a cut of white cheddar melted on top. It did not photograph well. Day 37I would call this a bonus off day, but I know that when I go back to work that I am going to have to work 10 days straight. I ate around noon, 2 hamburger patties, cheese, and mayo. When dinner rolled around, I was going to cook fish. I thawed it out in the sink, hours later I take it out of the freezer bag, look at it, message Jared and go, "I think this is the bait". I ended up making ground turkey w/ wild rice for him and The Child, and I had sausage and eggs. I already knew that the block white cheese melted funny, but it did not pair well with the eggs. Day 38Back to work, so of course I had sausage links for breakfast. Lunch was turkey, cheese, half a cucumber, and come cottage cheese. Driving home from work, I could not keep my eyes open. I came home, kick off my shoes, and went straight to sleep. 2 hours later I wake up, dried drool, hair stuck to my face. I cut up 3 chicken breast, seasoned as usual, baked on 375 for about 20 minutes. I then marinated the chicken in sugar free honey mustard for about an hour, and then simmered it in a skillet for about 30 minutes. I microwaved packaged Brussel sprouts, and then drained the water, put them in a skillet w/ butter and seasonings, and tossed them around on high temp for about 7 or 8 minutes. Jared and The Child had beef and cheese taquitos with chips and salsa. I am fancy like that. Day 39I knew when I took my blood sugar, like for the past week, that it was going to say 330. It did. *shrugs* Sausage links for breakfast, and leftover chicken/Brussel sprouts for lunch. I told my coworker and the student drivers that I was heating up the sprouts and that they would probably smell. No one said anything, but then another person walked and and went "WHO FARTED!!!!!" I ran errands after work, stop by for a minute to get some Jared hugs, and then came home. I made pork chops and mashed potatoes for the fam, but I had zero appetite. I drank some sugar free Tang, and that was my dinner. Day 40I didn't even wake up hungry, but I ate 2 leftover pork chops for breakfast. Today is the first day of FALL!!!! You would think by eating decent, no snacking, I have cut WAY down on Diet drinks, that even if my blood sugar isn't dropping, I would ate least lose pounds? No. I am still 5 pounds down so YAY, but damn it's been 40 days. Dinner was salad. Day 41Today....was not good. I didn't bother checking my sugar because I knew it was just going to say 330 again and put me in a mood before 7:00am. I ate sausage links for breakfast, and then at lunch I took SPAM and heated it up in the microwave for 3 minutes, stuck a piece of white cheddar in the middle, and ate it. Please forgive my French, but the second half of my work day was pretty fucking bad. Like, bad that I am cussing for real. We stopped for our break on the opposite side of town because there was no way that we could go to our regular place because I didn't trust them to get us in and out safely. So I am looking at their drink cooler. Do I want water, a Powerade Zero, a Dr Pepper Zero? No. I grabbed this. It had sugar AND carbs. Zero cares. I drank the whole thing, and then finished my work day with a forced smile. AND THEN, I didn't really eat dinner, I cooked chicken and rice for Jared, and I made Ugly Beer Cheese Dip. The Child bought grocery store sushi, and saved me 2 pieces. I ate them. AND THEN, I tried the dip with the pretzel crackers that I bought. I ate a little with a spoon, but I consumed at least 5 crackers. What even is life. Back to normality tomorrow. Day 42Same lunch and breakfast as yesterday.
No deliciously sweet mocha drinks. I had salad for dinner, and made the fam biscuits and sausage. Down 7 pounds :) I'm not even looking at my blood sugar. Day 29So I wake up early, feeling good, I make Jared some coffee, I cook sausage patties and eggs w/ cheese. I go to take a picture to prove that I do eat something other than the Banquet sausage links, and as I pick up my phone I received an email from the funeral home with the most recent obituary. A lady that I have loved my entire life passed away yesterday. I did not take a picture of the food, nor did I remember to take my blood sugar. I just kind of meandered to the bedroom and got under the covers. Jared eventually came and fished me out, we ran to the store, came home and he cooked dinner. Cubed steak, mashed cauliflower (me), and fried okra (him). Day 30My blood sugar was 191 this morning. I grabbed sausage links on the way out, worked half a day, and then went to the graveside service. We all went to dinner at New Asia Buffet. They have a lot of non fried options, so I got a lot of meat and shrimp. I still got a couple of pieces of sushi, and I can't NOT get one hot wing. I skipped the fried shrimp and rice noodles, that should count for a little something. Came home and napped, and ate a gigantic spoon of peanut butter. Insulin shot, then bed. Day 31Sausage links for breakfast. I got this cool pouch to keep all of my supplies in one place. However, I stuck it in the wrong bag, because when I work a half shift I don't take hardly anything with me, so I forgot to take my sugar. I did take a shot before I left the office. Lunch was steak fajita meat with melted provolone. Shocker. Meat and cheese. Dinner was ground turkey, seasonings, and mixed veggies. This is my mindset one month in. Just by eating low carb, my blood sugar isn't dropping. Even when I take insulin, it's still high, per a doctor. I do feel better, and my clothes fit a lot better, but I always gain weight when I take insulin. It feels like a lose/lose. I am going to keep trying. I still want a loaf of French bread and a pack of turkey and cheese. Day 32Blood sugar was 330. Turkey bacon for breakfast. I forgot my lunch at home, so I ate a bag of Pork Skins for lunch. For dinner I made Crack Chicken. I ate mine with a fork, Jared used French bread, and The Child used crackers. It's easy to make, I took 4 frozen chicken breasts, placed them in the slow cooker, added one pack of Ranch seasonings, onion/garlic powder, 2 blocks of cream cheese, and then you cook on low for 8 hours. When I got home I shredded it, added just over a cup of shredded cheddar, and then added cooked bacon. It tastes a lot better if you add the bacon into the slow cooker for about 15 min while the cheese is melting, but The Child doesn't like bacon. If you're weird, I heard it's good to add green onions. I'm not gonna. Day 33I don't think I took my blood sugar this morning? Breakfast was turkey and cheese over Keto thin bagels. Lunch was meat/cheese, with grapes and carrots. For dinner I made Jared and The Child Garlic Bread Pizza (Garlic Texas toast with pizza sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, red pepper flakes, and bacon on his), and I made Chicken Queso for myself. I just cut up 3 chicken breasts, seasoned the fire out of it, added a can of queso and half a block of cream cheese. It was ugly, but so tasty. Day 34No doubt that I had sausage links for breakfast. Lunch was this bomb ass salad. For dinner I made spaghetti for the fam, and I heated up a cauliflower crusted pizza. This one was California Pizza Kitchen I think? Nom. Day 35I suppose I will step on the scale on Sunday's. Down 5 pounds.
I'll take it. Same breakfast and lunch as yesterday. Jared made burgers for dinner, I had one patty with cheese and mayo, a pickle, and these amazing green beans that I should have photographed. He took 2 cans of fresh cut beans, added diced ham, seasonings, two tbl of bacon grease, and then he scraped the bottom of the skillet from making the burgers and added in all of that good crumbly. I don't ask questions, I just eat. My blood sugar has been averaging 270-330, without insulin. I am still waiting for my insurance cards to arrive. I may have to have to pick up the phone and call them, and I think I would rather just die instead. Enjoy life the way that Levi loves this pasta. Day 22So I get up this morning, drag over to the counter, open the monitor case, prick my finger...and my sugar was 204. I guess all I had to to was complain about it. As always I had sausage links for breakfast. Jared and The Child wanted pizza for dinner, so I had to smell that all the way home. I could have had a slice. Would not have hurt one thing, but I was so proud that the sugar levels are finally going down, I didn't want to screw anything up. I had cheese and turkey for lunch. Dinner was blackened chicken with cheese. I mean it looked like every other food I eat. Meat with melted cheese. Day 23I am sure I had sausage links for breakfast, but because of a real self absorbed BEEEOOOYYYAAAATTTCCCHHHH, pardon me, reasons beyond my control, I did not get to eat lunch today. I remember taking my blood sugar, but then I couldn't remember which monitor I used, so we'll have to pretend. Dinner was shrimp and crab with the creamy sauce. Jared had to run to the DG and I told him to bring me a snack. I didn't care how carby or cheesy, dense, I didn't care. He still brought me a sugar free snack. These are SO good. Day 24I figured eating the wafers last night would spike my sugar some, they're sugar free but they did have carbs. It was 224. Not too shabby, but I need it to go down at least another 100 points. I ain't even telling y'all that I had sausage links for breakfast and meat/cheese for lunch. I made my lunch for the rest of the week, the hot dog casserole, so I just ate some of that for dinner, and Jared and The Child had pork chops and wild rice. Day 25Today I won't forget for a while. I gasped when I checked my sugar this morning and it was 197. Finally under 200! I knew my work day was going to be difficult, but I was ready. Ate sausage links on the way to work, I get there, take my medicine, and the Student Driver and I left. Less than an hour later we were back, after the tow truck got us out of the ditch. So...I had a few hours to kill. I picked up more lunch meat and cheese, and a few items for the next few meals. I ate some of the hot dog casserole, and 1, I am getting tired of it, and 2, the turkey chili (which was all the store had), I don't like the consistency. I also don't like the hot dogs (WIIIIIEENEEEEEERRRSSSS) that I bought. Now I did have a bite of something that has for real sugar, and a sip of regular grape juice, but I am still sticking to the low carb way of life. I had cauliflower crusted pizza for dinner. Day 26I said that I wasn't going to eat sausage links for breakfast, because I had time to get up and make a decent breakfast. I didn't. I got up with Jared, took 2 Tylenol and went back to bed. Sausage links for breakfast, and for lunch I ran by Walmart and got a sub sandwich, and just took the bread off. Now right as I got two bites in, I got the message that the power went out at home. I am not even going to talk about my second driver, but it wasn't much better than the driver yesterday that wrecked the car. I get off work, do a grocery pickup and then take all of the cold/freezer stuff back to the office, because there's no reason to even take them home. When we got to the house, Jared packed up all of our cold/freezer stuff and took it to the in-laws, where we stayed the night. Since we had our food there, we were going to eat a salad, but you don't do that with my mother in law. She cooked for us, so I had a piece of pizza and a big bite of chicken and rice. Of course I forgot to pack my insulin so I went to bed without it. Beyond grateful to have a nice cool place to stay the night. I really do have the best in-laws! Day 27We woke up smelling biscuits, so I didn't even check my sugar, LOL. I only ate half a biscuit, with a little raw honey, and slightly redeemed it with a giant chef salad. No sugar, no carbs, we are going to ignore the sodium. For dinner I made Hamburger Steak. I didn't snap a photo because we were all on fire. I added WAY to many seasonings, and had at least least 2 meltdowns whilst cooking it. I noticed that my clothes are fitting better, Jared said he could feel that I have lost weight, and my body feels better. All of that was negated when I stepped on a scale FINALLY. But...it isn't about the weight, it's about the sugar and trying to be healthy. I snacked on carrots and cream cheese, and then went to sleep. We got power back after 26 hours. THANK YOU! Day 28I wake up this morning, eyes and temples throbbing. I got dressed, went to church, ate lunch with the preacher, came home, and went to sleep. Now when you eat with a man of the Lord, carbs don't count. Dinner was a salad, and a rotation of Ibuprofen and Tylenol. I still can't remember to take an insulin shot, so now I am just going to take it when I remember it, instead of taking it before bed. Onto another week! |
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