12/28/19
Fasting Glucose 155

Quick post today. Of course lots going on but I tracked all day and even went to the gym. Managed to do 10 minutes on the stairmaster which is a feat for me. That seems to be the only equipment that makes my heart rate go up rather quickly since I can no longer run after my foot surgery. After that I walked on the track. Hoping this workout helped offset my dinner lol.

Breakfast:

• Whole Wheat pancakes with a small amount of maple syrup
• Chicken sausages

Snack:

• Gouda Baby Bel
• Hard boiled egg

Lunch

• Leftover sloppy joes on whole wheat bread
• Mozaic chips (these are pretty good. I tried the cheddar flavor)

Dinner

• I can’t be a saint all the time Aurelios pizza – pepperoni with black olive and garlic plus salad w/ Italian dressing
• Small amount of ice cream and the deadly portillo’s chocolate cake (it was a small piece)

So not the best day but not the worst day. Until tomorrow!

December 27, 2019
Fasting Glucose 155

I’m a little concerned about the next five days. Lots of events and eating out planned. I guess that’s what happens when you start eating healthy before the holiday season has truly concluded lol.

So here’s my game plan for each day:

Today – Making dinner at home

Saturday – Going to an event and then back to the house for pizza; pack a snack for the event so I’m not starving by the time we are back to the house; order a salad to go with dinner and limit the amount of pizza and beer I consume; Go to the gym

Sunday – Make sure I exercise; going to a Hockey game so no idea if I can find anything healthy; make sure I eat something before I leave the house as the less hungry I am, the less I am tempted to eat poorly

Monday – Last Christmas party; limit my alcohol intake (saving that for New Year’s Eve) and only one portion of dinner; do my best to make healthy choices and avoid the dips and such before the meal

Tuesday – Going out for New Year’s eve. Italian. Yea, good luck with that (my inner negativity says). Avoid the bread basket. Go to the gym

Wednesday – Cook at home; something healthy and delicious and congratulate myself on doing well the past five days!

So back to today. Below is a breakdown of how Day 2 went.

Breakfast:

• Overnight Peanut Butter Oats – so yummy (portion is a bit larger so I had 1/2 for breakfast https://www.gradetaste.com/2019/05/clean-eating-peanut-butter-banana.html
• Coffee w/ splenda and a splash of half and half

Snack:

• Remainder of the overnight oats from breakfast
• Coffee w/ splenda and sugar free vanilla creamer
• Lowfat String Cheese

Lunch:

• Leftover orange chicken and brown rice from dinner

Afternoon Snack:

• Hard boiled egg w/ seasoned salt

Dinner:

• Homemade sloppy joes and parmesan potatoes

Late evening snacks:

• Pirates Booty
• Cheese and whole wheat crackers
  

Overall could of done better for the day but could have been much worse. See you tomorrow!

December 26, 2019
Weight 234.4 (will weigh in twice a week – Thursday and Monday)
Fasting Glucose 159

I truly believe I have eaten everything under the sun this holiday season. Today I feel like I’m in detox for both sugar and alcohol. My glucose this morning was very high, like 159 fasting high and it’s supposed to be below 130. Yikes.

Christmas was great spending time with the family. Lots of parties of course with one additional party to go on Monday, the 30th. Figured no time like the present to get started on those 2020 goals right?!?

To kick off today, I spent about a half hour last night planning breakfast, lunch and snacks for work today and tomorrow. Things really do go better when I take a bit of time to plan ahead. Earlier this week I had already planned dinners for the next two days so good on that. For tonight’s dinner I am making brown rice in the Instapot (love my Instapot!) and healthy orange chicken. Here’s the link. https://thecleaneatingcouple.com/healthy-orange-chicken/ . I did make this before and the family loved it so total win!

For breakfast I had a Daily Harvest smoothie. If you haven’t tried them before they are pretty good. Here’s the link just in case. https://www.daily-harvest.com/ I don’t want to have a smoothie every day but think if I can shoot for every other day that will help me with additional fruits and veggies. They come frozen and you throw them in the blender along with some almond milk so super easy and healthy.

I also made egg salad for lunch today on some whole grain bread. The egg salad was super easy. I just chopped up three hardboiled eggs, added some 2% plain greek yogurt, a small amount of dijon mustard and some Tastefully Simple Onion Onion and Seasoned salt. Done. Lunch made in a few minutes!

Below is my entire day today including my water intake.

Breakfast

• Coffee with splash of half and half and splenda
• Cacao and Avocado Smoothie from Daily Harvest

Morning Snack

• Lowfat string cheese
• Decaf tea

Lunch

• Egg salad on two pieces of whole grain toast
• 2 clementines
• Sparkling Water

Afternoon Snack

• celery sticks
• 2 tablespoons hummus
• hard boiled egg

Dinner

• Healthy orange chicken (recipe above)
• Brown rice
• Organic salad in a bag (I know, need to be doing this myself…baby steps

Evening Snack

• Pirate’s Booty (no idea if this is truly good for me. Need to investigate.)

Water Intake

• 80 oz (it’s a good start but need to do better!)

Overall I think Day 1 went well. Goals for day 2 are to drink more than 80 oz of water and to keep on tracking.

December 26, 2019
3 p.m.

I took the time before writing this post to read back through my posts from 2019. Other than kicking myself that I fell off the bandwagon it was interesting to read how I was feeling throughout the year between my martial arts, foot surgery and recovery. Quite honestly, I’m still not back to 100% post surgery. I literally just went back to the advanced martial arts class earlier this month but did start back to the basic class in September and then moved to intermediate in November. Time will tell whether I can achieve black belt in May of 2020. This next month will make or break me as our first black belt test will be later in January. I have lots to do before then!

So personally, I have two rather large goals that go hand in hand – achieve my black belt and get healthy. I got this.

Goal #1 – Get Healthy

• Track glucose every morning
• Get A1C checked every three months religiously
• Work on getting enough liquids in each day – helpful to track through My Fitness Pal
• Limit processed food
• Exercise five times a week
• Don’t…I repeat…Don’t get derailed by a bad meal (no one ever got fat by eating just one bad meal)
• Increase fruits and vegetables
• Track as much as humanly possible (and be truthful as the only person I am hurting is myself)
• Menu planning – such a huge key to success

Goal #2 – Black Belt

• Set a goal of class 4 times a week; attend as many advanced classes as possible and supplement with basic
• Practice forms with Tyler
• Work on the form names, number of moves and what they mean – create new flashcards to study

Alright, I think these are two great goals. I’m ready to get going!