My fasting this morning was 189, although it's not exactly were it's supposed to be at least it's not in the 200's! Keeping within my diet isn't really hard so far. I went to lunch with my mom yesterday at Johnny Carrino's and my number was 133 after eating. I tore off a few bites from the bread, had a salad with ranch on the side and the Lemon Chicken with red pepper green beans and a little bit of angel hair pasta. I was very careful and I'm not sure how many carbs I had with lunch but I think I did pretty well. Once my sugars are were they should be I'll up my carb count closer to the 2-3 carb choices per meal. For breakfast I've been staying between 1-2 since my numbers are so bad in the morning. Lunch I've been sticking close to 2 and dinner 2 also. Snacks I'm doing around 1 mid day and 1 before bed. The reccomended carb choice count per day is 10 and I think I'm sticking close to 7-8. I have 5 cookbooks coming in from amazon in the next few weeks that I'm hoping will spice up my cooking. I also called my doctor this morning and set up a fasting appt on Thurs, Jan 8th.
I haven't been reading as much lately with all of the holiday stuff going on and I probably won't be reading as much because I need to stay on a good sleeping/eating schedule and I usually read at night in bed which at times can put me getting to bed really really late. The meds I'm on right now are making me tired and plus I need to be up in the 8am range to check my blood sugars and eat. Both of those cut into my reading. lol But here is what I am reading at the moment.
Finally started reading the book I got from Rachel Hauck
It's a new week and now that I'm diabetic my meals should be a little healthier.
Saturday- BBQ from local place (Rib Crib)
Sunday- Cube Steak Stroganoff (recipe below) with Italian Green Beans
Monday- Chicken and Artichoke Casserole (recipe below) with parsley red potatoes
Tuesday- Breakfast for dinner... Omelets and pancakes
Wednesday- Garlic Lime Chicken (recipe below) with corn
Thursday- Pot Roast
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Cube Steak Stroganoff
(Saving Dinner by Leanne Ely)
3 tsp oil
6 cube steaks (I used 4)
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 onion, chopped
1 lb mushrooms, sliced
3/4 c chicken broth
1/2 c low fat sour cream, room temperature
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp tarragon
In a skillet over med high heat, heat 1 tsp oil and brown cube steaks on both sides, salting and peppering both sides as they keep warm. In the same skillet, heat remaining oil and add onions and mushrooms, cooking until wilted and all liquid is evaporated. Add chicken broth and stir, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cook for about a minute until reduced slightly. Remove pan from heat (important--your sauce will break otherwise). Add sour cream, mustard and tarragon. Salt and pepper to taste, add the beef (juice and all), and heat through.
per serving: 282 Calories, 17g Fat, 24g Protein, 8g Carbs, 1g Fiber, 67mg Cholesterol, 187mg Sodium
Chicken and Artichoke Casserole
(Saving Dinner by Leanne Ely)
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, cut in 1" strips
4 T butter
2 cloves of garlic, pressed
1 c mushrooms, sliced
1 jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
2 T flour
1 can of chicken broth
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a skillet over med heat, brown chicken lightly in 2 T of butter, add the garlic and mushrooms and keep cooking till chicken mixture is smelling very garlicky.
In a baking dish add the browned chicken mixture. Place the artichoke hearts atop the chicken.
In the skillet, melt remaining butter and add the flour, whisking to blend (no lumps!) Add broth and cook until thickened, then pour over chicken mixture.
Bake 30-45 mins
per serving: 352 Calories, 11g Fat, 56g Protein, 3g Carbs, trace Fiber, 158mg Cholesterol, 374mg Sodium
Garlic Lime Chicken
(Saving Dinner by Leanne Ely)
1 tsp salt
3/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp paprika
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp thyme
6 boneless, skinless chicken break halves
2 T butter
2 T olive oil
4 T lime juice
1/2 c chicken broth
On a dinner plate, mix together first seven ingredients. Sprinkle mixture on both sides of chicken breasts.
In a skillet heat butter and olive oil together over med-high heat. Saute chicken until golden brown about 5 mins on each side. Remove chicken and add lime juice and chicken broth to the pan, whisking up the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Keep cooking until sauce had reduced slightly. Add chicken back to the pan to thouroughly coat and serve.
per serving: 343 Calories, 11g Fat, 55g Protein, 2g Carbs, trace Fiber, 147mg Cholesterol, 612mg Sodium
On Christmas day I gave myself a reality check...while talking to my dad about my foot issues he volunteered his blood glucose meter for me to check my blood sugars. I haven't done this since I saw my endocrinologist after Devlin was born and the doctor told me I was prediabetic but not diabetic which I guess in my mind told me I could go back to eating whatever I wanted because I had time. Well I was definitely wrong. When I checked Christmas day my numbers were in the 200's. When I checked yesterday mornings fasting number I was 250 something. I was going to wait until the beginning of the year to go to the doctor and have all my blood work done before I knew my true numbers. I realized after that number yesterday morning that that could no longer be my plan! I had to take action immediately to start lowering my sugars. Of course it's the day after Christmas and my doctors office is NOT open. lol So I head to Urgent Care for my clinic which has put all of the urgent cares into one place... so can you see where this is going?!? I arrive at 10:30 and almost 6 hours later I can finally leave with 4 new prescriptions in hand plus another bg meter to test my sugars 4x a day. So I am now officially diabetic and have a slight blood pressure issue I hope to lower so I don't need meds for that eventually. The doctor put me on Metformin, Avandia and Glyburide to help lower my blood sugars which I'm sad to say my A1C put me at a 9.9/240 average for the past 3 months. It's all crazy right now and I am not liking this Metformin so far and he even started me out at only one dose a day. So my menu plans will change for the better. Luckily I cut out all soda a few weeks ago so I don't have to come down from my caffeine fix. I am trying to stay away from sugar alcohols, fake sugars and for now anything sweet until I get this under control which the doctor told me could take up to a month or so hopefully. I will keep you up to date as my numbers go down for the better, most likely when I'm under 200 to start with I'll let you know.
Have a nice weekend and I'll be back probably tomorrow night with my Menu Plan for the week!
Hope everyone is having a lovely Christmas! We're having a wonderful one, the kids got tons of fun toys, books, dvd's and clothes.
I can not believe it's almost Christmas. I have only wrapped a few things so far and I really only did that because it was their Christmas Eve pajamas they get to open tomorrow before their bath. I'll have to do the rest tomorrow night. Talk about last minute. lol
Few pages with Peppermint Creative products.
Figured everyone who is getting a card has gotten it so I'll share my Christmas cards!
Friday- Spicy Chicken legs and corn
Saturday- My dad made his Chicken & Dumplings
Sunday- Zuppa Toscana
Monday- Beans (definitely making this week)
Tuesday- Burritos made with leftover beans
Wednesday- Porcupine Meatballs (recipe to come later this week)
Thursday- Christmas dinner at my parents
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Outside my window...
Cloudy, icy and freezing!
I am thinking...
about making a some coffee or hot chocolate
I am thankful for...
My wonderful family
From the kitchen...
Making Honey Wheat Bread, Pita Bread and Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies
Dinner is Chicken Lettuce Wraps
I am wearing...
Long sleeve white shirt and gray sweatpants
I am creating...
CD Calendars and gift tags
I am going...
to stay in this semi warm house all day!
I am reading...
Lethally Blonde by Kate White
I am hoping...
our mouse issue is over!
I am hearing...
My breadmaker kneading
Around the house...
Never
ending laundry, cleaning up the kitchen and bathrooms
One of my favorite things...
My new breadmaker
A few plans for the rest of the week:
Keeping warm, more bread making and continuing to get the house cleaned up
Here is picture thought I am sharing...
Saturday- Autumn Chowder (yummy)
Sunday- Leftover Autumn Chowder (trying to save money so we'll be having leftovers more often)
Monday- Chicken Lettuce Wraps with rice sticks
Tuesday- Baked Citrus Fish with broccoli (didn't make this last week, recipe in that post)
Wednesday- Spicy Roasted Chicken Legs (didn't make this last week either, recipe in that post)
Thursday- Beans in the crockpot with that yummy ham bone from Thanksgiving
You can check out more menu plans here
I got an early Christmas gift from my hubby today. I've been wanting a bread machine and so we went and looked today and I picked one up. It's nothing fancy but I think it will work for my family. So I'm wanting all your bread machine recipes! If you don't want to register for Vox feel free to email me your recipes or links. I'm making my first loaf of honey wheat in it and tomorrow I'm thinking about making the pita bread recipe it has in the book that came with it. I'll let post tomorrow how it went and the recipe if it was good!
I love when these come out. Such yummy stuff!
It's a good thing I'm friends with my designers. I've been slacking on pages. I have been doing a little bit here and there for Christmas gifts but I can't post since some of the family reads my blog. I've done calendars, magnet calendars, our Christmas cards of course and an album for my mom and MIL. Stay tuned the day after Christmas to see pictures of what I've been working on!
Miss Mint has calendar grids & QP calendars coming out in the next few days, I'm thinking about making one of her cd calendars for my desk and I can get it done in time maybe the grandparents. Matt and I have been discussing buying our own binding machine for the business and myself for around this time of year so I can make the calendars. I bought them from Artscow.com this year and was not impressed! I did like how they let me use my own custom calendar grid image but the shipping and customer service stinks! It took them 2 weeks to send my calendars and another 2 weeks to get them and then when I received it I was missing one. So they replied yesterday saying they are resending and should be here in 8-12 days. I'm hoping it will be here in time for Christmas.
Ok, I'm done complaining about Artscow. lol
On the health front...we had pizza last night, healthy right ;) I went a little overboard and should have had a salad with it to cut back. Hopefully it won't hurt me to much. This morning I'm down another pound but I'm not going to document it and wait until Friday which will be my actual weigh in day. I have a treadmill that was a cheap hand me down from a relative and it makes an annoying sounds when I get above 3 mph so yesterday when I tried the treadmill for 10 mins before the sound started driving me crazy I decided to just do my own workout infront of the while watching a movie. Now I'm on the lookout for some fun workout videos that I'll enjoy that are easy enough for beginners but not boring! If you have any suggestions, do please tell!
