11/27/11 - On to Christmas!

Thanksgiving is officially over and now it is time to move on to Christmas! :)

I was very proud of myself for not eating myself sick on Thanksgiving! I over did it on the pies, but for dinner, I was pleasantly full after eating. I didn't test my sugars all day even though I did take insulin to try and combat what I did eat. In fact, I haven't tested my sugars since Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So, here goes.....

261. This is my first test today. I haven't eaten anything, nor taken my morning medicine (which wouldn't have affected the number anyway). I will start my regimen again today. I am looking forward to my eggs. :)

I also weighed in on Thanksgiving morning at 215 lbs. I gained last week. I weighed in this morning at 210. Maybe I was just bloated? But, I would love to lose more through this week. It would be awesome to be under 200 lbs by the end of the year. If I get down to 190, I gain a whole wardrobe!

I had a conversation with my sister yesterday about vitamins. She stated that in a book she read, there is a combination that helps with depression and anger. She gave the mix in a comment on this blog and I am going to try it. I figure it is helping her and that she comes from the same blood and so I am sure it will help. I also think that if I can get my mood stabilized, then it may help in my willingness to try harder and to exercise more. I know I keep saying it, but I am going to set up the WII Fit today and I plan to use it a minimum of 3 days this week with my daughter. On the other days, I will go for a walk or get on the Eliptical.

So, I also only find it fair that since I complained about Comcast on here that I also state that they fixed the issue and gave me a credit on my account. I was VERY glad that they did! Thank you Comcast for fixing the issue! I am now once again a happy customer!

Today we have two of my husband's kids for a few hours and so I am planning to have dinner and make some graham cracker houses for Christmas. The danger is that it is all carbs from the crackers and carbs from the candy! I will make it my mission not to ingest any of those carbs. I will pretend it is all paper. :) Fortunately I am not a huge fan of hard candy and so it won't be too hard to pass on. I will drink some peppermint tea or some sugar free Crystal Light to curve my craving for sweet while we do it.

I am also going to attempt to make gnocci today. I hope that it is successful because I plan to attempt to make different, more healthy versions of it if it works. This is one of my husband's favorite foods (He's Italian) and so I am trying to find ways to cook his foods in a healthy way and have him still love them. On TV a few days ago I saw a woman making mashed potatoes out of broccoli and cannellini beans. I wonder if that mix would also work for gnocci? I have to make the real thing once before I can alter the recipe, but I am looking forward to trying!

I also read in a diabetes magazine last week about a woman that eats black bean soup for breakfast. I love to eat things for breakfast that would normally be eaten later in the day like that. It's kind of the equivalent of having breakfast for dinner. :) So I am thinking of making a batch of taco soup (maybe leave out the hamburger) and eating that all week for breakfast. We shall see. I do plan to make sure that I know what I am going to eat each day so that I don't spend my days wondering what to eat next.

Have a great rest of the day!