Monday Weigh-In

I saw some not pretty numbers on my glucose monitor today.  My diabetes has been in remission for the last 2 years.  Being pregnant definitely raised my risk of getting it again and that has me FREAKED out. Ideally my morning glucose should be <95.  Up until now it has been...and then yesterday it was 104. Today is was 103.

Thankfully I did start making some changes last week.  I made low carb meals and tried to eat better than I had been.  However I was still having candy.  Hershey kisses to be exact.  Every afternoon around 3pm.  I'm a sugar addict.

Today those two readings just undid me. I looked at photos of me from last year and I looked so great. I was in such good shape from running and eating healthy. I want that again! I want that to be the person my baby meets.  I want to feel proud and in charge of the way I am treating my body.

I am not trying to lose a TON of weight while I'm pregnant. I am due on 3/1/17.  I want to be 199 when I deliver.  Last week I weighed in at 208.

Today's weight: 207
This week: -1
Pounds to go: 8

But most important is my blood sugar for sure. I am determined to DO this!!!

This week's goals:

1. Eat on schedule.
2. Stay on plan.
3. Test blood sugar 4 times each day

Garlic Parmesan Chicken

This recipe was really easy and a big hit. I forgot to take a photo!


Garlic Parmesan Chicken

Ingredients:
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 chicken breasts, chopped
1/2 c parmesan cheese
TON of baby spinach (6 cups?) I use a club pack

Directions:
Heat garlic in butter.  Add chicken and cook. Add parm and coat chicken. Add spinach by the handful til wilted then add more. Keep doing that until all the spinach has been added and is all wilted.

Deconstructed Pizza

I just loved how fast and easy this low carb pizza was to make. It was really filling too!

Deconstructed Pizza Casserole

Ingredients:

1 14oz can diced tomatoes, drained (not petite)
1 lb italian sausage patties
8 oz sliced mushrooms, cooked
1.5 c grated mozzerella cheese
15 sliced pepperoni

Directions:
Heat oven to 400.  Spray 8x11 inch casserole dish with non stick spray. Cook and break up the sausage.  Put sausage in bottom of dish.  Top with drained tomatoes.  Season with italian seasoning, salt and pepper.  Top with cooked mushrooms, then with cheese, then with pepperoni.  Bake uncovered 25 mins.

Super Easy Buffalo Chicken Soup

I strongly believe in the low carb and high fat approach to eating.  That is what I have found to bring me the most success.   But that is just me and coming from someone with carbohydrate intolerance.

I really enjoy cooking but don't have the time and resources for fancy pants food so I love dump and go meals with minimal ingredients and prep. One of my favorite recipes is this Buffalo Chicken Soup.  It's so easy and very filling. Grey also loved it!

Low Carb Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Soup

Buffalo Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
1/2 c diced onions
1/2 c diced celery
1/ c diced green pepper
3 cups whole milk
2 cans cream of chicken soup (Pacific Sun is my favorite brand because it's all natural)
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast
1/2 c buffalo wing sauce
1 c shredded mozzerella

Directions:
Put diced onions, celery and peppers in a bowl. Microwave 2 mins to soften. Put in slow cooker with the rest of ingredients, except for the cheese. Cook on low 6 hours. Shred chicken and stir back into soup. Stir in the cheese.

Me

I used to be a lot of things.

I used to be really super duper majorly fat. Like 5'2'' and 300 pounds. And I used to be a diabetic. I used to be really sad and hopeless and unhappy. 

Then I decided I was done being those things. I lost weight and became not so fat.  And then I became a runner. 

I loved being a not-so-fat runner.  Loved it. 

Running was amazing. It showed me my power. 

I loved being a runner.  I felt I was part of this elite club and everything about it gave me joy, from the people I met to the gear that came with it. 

I also loved being not-so-fat. Having a body that could easy move was a new sensation for me. Not being out of breath throughout the day was fantastic. Being able to walk into any store and find clothes to fit my body was the best.

My worst nightmare happened and I got injured.  And I didn't handle it right. Suddenly I wasn't a runner...and I wasn't not-so-fat...now I was a sorta fat non-runner. Which is not so fun.

Then I got pregnant. Which is the most exciting happy thing in the world.  But then I just kept getting fatter. And now my blood sugar is high.

And I am freaking out and I feel sad and hopeless and unhappy. I decided I am done being those things.