Monday, April 11, 2011

I've decided after much thought that I'm going to use a different format to show what I'm eating.  I have my diagnosis, my meal plan (2000 calories..omg!) and I've pretty much nailed down my new routine.  Sacrifice is the name of the game and I'm here to tell you that it isn't easy but its so worth it in the end.  My bright side is that I'll be in this routine for the next 3 months (grumble) BUT that will give me time to establish new eating habits that will hopefully help lose my baby weight and the weight I already wanted to lose.

The plan goes like this:

• Fasting blood sugar test
• Breakfast 1 meat (2oz), 2 carbs (no fruit and milk because of its lactose is a carb), and 1 fat
• 2 hours after Breakfast test blood sugar
• Morning snack - 1 meat (2 oz) and 2 carbs 
• Lunch - 1 meat (2 oz), 2 carbs, 1 fat
• 2 hours after Lunch test blood sugar
• Afternoon Snack - 1 meat (2oz) and 2 carbs
• Dinner - 1 meat (3oz), 3 carbs and 1 fat
• 2 hours after Dinner test blood sugar
• Bedtime snack - 2 carbs

In terms of food that looks like this:

• Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg (meat), 1 slice of toast (carb) with butter (fat) and a tsp of jelly (my cheat) and 8 oz 1% milk (carb).
• Morning Snack: 1/4 c. cottage cheese (meat) and 30 grapes (2 carbs)
• Lunch: Sandwich=1 oz ham, 1 oz cheese (2 oz meat), 2 slices of whole grain bread (2 carbs) and lite mayo (1fat).  Veggies like carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc are considered "free items" so I usually a few oz of those as a side.  
• Afternoon snack: Greek yogurt and a cheese stick
• Dinner: chicken breast (3oz meat) , rice and/or veggies of some sort (as long as it equals out to 3 carbs).  Veggies can get a little dicey since some are considered starchs which equal carbs.  Think potatoes, corn, many kinds of beans...just think about the texture of the food when you chew it and you can guess whether or not its a starch.  
• Bedtime snack: 6 vanilla wafers and 8 oz of 1% milk
• I drink water all day and either hot tea (no sugar) or unsweetened iced tea with all my meals
• Seriously sugary items are an absolute no-no :(

I don't eat the same thing everyday so I will be posting different menus starting tomorrow and maybe even sharing some recipes that I've found.  The hardest part about all of this is actually thinking about what I'm eating and controlling the portion size.  I'm considering this a really great challenge since I only get to eat a certain amount of food in every meal.  A benefit that I'm already seeing is that I'm not at all swollen anymore and during lunch today my sister actually told me that I'm starting to look slimmer, minus my growing belly.  :)