Whole30- Day 8

Food

Breakfast-  Coffee and Fruit   Off to church with a huge water in hand

Lunch-  Shrimp Salad with Romaine TONS OF STRAWBERRIES while picking in the fields!  So fun!   

Snack- Leftover chicken sautee mixture from Sat.   Yummy!  

Dinner-  Chili's-  Steak, Salmon and steamed broccoli       We had such a sweet time with friends at a baby dedication Justin led for their little girl.   I will confess... I bout lost my mind when chips and queso were put in front of me.  But I waited patiently and it was worth the wait!  The dinner was SO good and I love that after I finish a meal with minimal carbs I don't feel like a beached whale that needs to collapse and die.   I'm not sure if normal people feel that way after lots of carbs... but that's how me... the girl with the bum pancreas feels.   :)    

Snacks:  I had a sliced banana with almond butter before bed.   

I've noticed that the discipline of eliminating dairy and grains has transferred into other areas of my life.  For instance, in the case of eating out with friends... it made me exercise self control and patience.   I'm a pretty impulsive girl who wants what she wants when she wants it by nature... this has been a good way to slow down and think through decisions in more areas than just eating.  I'm grateful.   

Thank you God for strength and better blood sugars.  I'd like to keep this going so my next A1c  ( a blood test that shows my 3 month blood sugar average  is a DRASTIC crazy low number that blows my mind.  That number will be very motivating.  I've not had an A1c that I was completely satisfied with since I gave birth to my daughter... over 7 years ago.    

     

Whole30 Day7

Wooo Baby.  One Week Down.    It's been 7 days since I've had a diet drink which in and of itself is a miracle.   It's also been 7 days since grains and dairy (except coffee cream).

Day 7 Food

Breakfast:   Coffee and Water.  I slept in and then had couch drama and then started cleaning and forgot to eat.

Lunch:   Avacado Lime Shrimp Salad with Romaine.  Yum. Yum. Yum.

Snack:  Sweet Potato Chips.   I chopped up several sweet potatoes into thin slices and baked them low and slow brushed with a bit of coconut oil and salt.   Oh my holy tasty snackness.   It's amazing.  Stop what you're doing right now and make some.

Dinner:  Chicken tenderloins sauteed with EVOO mushrooms and onions.  Awesome.    More sweet potato chips.  I'm addicted.

Clementine, La Croix, lots of water.

Diabetes:
Lows, lows and more lows.   Not bad ones that require assistance from Justin, but low enough to be irritating.  Still working on dialing back Basil rate in tiny tiny increments   Better than being high all the time!  This is the best benefit to this way of eating.

Tomorrow I will prep meals for next week and Pinterest some more ideas.

Whole30 Day 5 and 6

Day 5 Food
Breakfast-  Casserole.  The answer is always egg casserole.  It works on school days.   And coffee.  I got coconut milk.  I might be able to handle this.

Lunch- Leftover chicken roast with red potatoes and carrots.  Still yummy.

Dinner- Salmon with asparagus.  Yes, sir.  Easy and yummy.  

Plaintain chips, lots of water, LaCroix, and an apple pear with almond butter  


Day 6
Breakfast-  Guess what??? It was casserole today.  Tomorrow were going for bacon something.  

Lunch- Didn't really happen.  It was a Clementine and an apple and some water and a La Croix and rectifying an unresolved issue for an important event next week and 3 hours of cheering for sweet students in a track meet.  

Dinner-  Shrimp, avacado, cilantro, lime salad.  Yes.  Yum.   Good stuff.

Basil rate is down to 18 units per day and still haven't had a high over 140.  As you can tell I'm pretty exhaused so I'm gonna be done for today.  Tomorrow brings SATURDAY and refreshment and meal planning for week 2!  Yippee!

Whole30- Day 4

Food:

Breakfast-    Coffee and the Egg Veggie Casserole   It's not getting old yet.  It's so dang yummy.

Lunch-  I devoured leftovers from last night's crock pot chicken, carrots and red potatoes.  So good. All the spices got married and had flavor babies.   Drank a 32 oz. water bottle and then had a La Croix.

Dinner:  Leftover Chicken Zucchinni Poppers wrapped in Romaine and an Apple Pear (have you tried this hybrid? It's awesome!!)  dipped in Almond butter.  More citrus water.

Diabetes:
Confession:  I didn't do one blood sugar all day. This is typical of Wednesdays.  They are my busiest day at school with 8 classes and a private piano lesson... plus other fun prep responsibilities and emails that always pop up.    But I did not have any lows at school.      I'll go do one right now... hang on.  82. Yee haw!   Guess I'll be dialing back my nightime basil rate a bit again.  One of these days I'll hit the magic number.  Justin has been so annoyed with my early morning lows and cries for juice that we just put fruit next to my bed, knowing it will probably happen.  :)   I'm going to go have a few frozen pieces of fruit and pretend it tastes like ice cream Fudge Pops now.  

Tomorrow my salmon and asparagus await me in my fridge.  Yaaaaasssss.      

Whole30- Day 3

Food

Breakfast-  Ate some breakfast casserole for breakfast and coffee.  

Lunch-  Tuna salad.... again.... 3rd day... tomorrow change is needed.   Also had a clementine.  Sipped on 32 ounzes of citrus infused water all day.  

Dinner:  Crockpot chicken with red new potatoes and carrots and fresh herbs, also made some grilled greenbeans cooked in coconut oil.  REALLY delish.  

Snacked on a half banana with almond butter and a few frozen pineapple slices before bed last night to ensure NO LOWS and it worked!

Diabetes

 Woke up at about 80 at 6am.   :)  

Clicked back my basil one more unit as I was getting low during class.  Kept correcting with little bites of my Clementine.   :)  

Whole30- Day 2

Food

Breakfast-  Egg scramble again with fresh veggies.  Then I made a big egg casserole from Pinterest with lots of veggies. Coffee  

Lunch- Tuna salad with Granny Smith apple wrapped in Romaine leafs.

Dinner- Garlic Spaghetti Squash with two chopped up chicken zucchini poppers  

Snacks- Apple and almond butter, Cucumbers and baby carrots

Took a whole chicken out of my freezer to pop into my crock pot first thing in the morning for tomorrow night's dinner.   Casserole packed up in tupperware for myself and friends for school tomorrow.  

Diabetes

   Decresed basil rate 2 more units.  Had a couple lows today.  I drank a galloon of water today. I also visited the bathroom like a billion times because of that.    Highest sugar reading today was 98. Awesome sauce.

   

Whole30 Day 1

Yesterday I began the Whole30 eating plan.So far so good.  I've already learned and researched a lot and feel like this will be a great way of eating (I REFUSE to use the word DIET) for my life with Type 1 diabetes.  I'm using this blog to record my tips, findings, and food journal to help myself and others on this journey.   I'm not going to link up recipes because I don't have time for that, but I can assure you EVERYTHING is on my board "Whole30" on my Pinterest account.

Day 1: (Food) 

Breakfast:   Eggs scrambled in a bit of coconut oil with lots of veggies.  Aidell's chicken sausage is compliant and delicious.  Baby spinach, peppers, mushrooms, onions, zuchinni all taste great mixed in and bulk it up!

Lunch-  Tuna mixed with tons of veggies and lemon and lime juice squeezed in.  Right before eating I chopped a little Granny Smith apple into it.   Served over a couple Romaine leafs.  Delish.

Dinner-  Zuccini Chicken Poppers

Snacks- Clementines, Apples and celery with almond butter (Fresh Market, almonds only ingredient. so good!), La Croix sparkling berry water filled my afternoon diet coke craving (Yay!) and I purchased Plaintain Chips at Trader Joes under the recommendation of a friend for bedtime munch.  Gotta be disciplined on these because they are compliant (Sunflower oil and plaintains) but full of fat and calories and not that great for you... however... better than Lays!  :)    Also made a big jug of citrus water... Added sliced cucumbers, limes, and lemons to a jug of water.  Easy peasy and so tasty.  

The coconut oil spray from Fresh Market was a great buy.... I'm amazed at how omiting butters and oils is really not changing how tasty things are.

Now... for the one shameful admission.  I'm not giving up coffee creamer.  I'm just not doing it.  Judge me.  Shame me.  I know I'm not a true hardcore Whole30-er... but I am limiting myself to just my morning coffee with 2 tsp. of cream.   No added sugar.  Just get over it cause I have.  :)

Day 1:  (Diabetes)

 There is one immediate result I have seen.  Steady blood sugars.  Haven't had one over 130.  Not even kidding.  Pretty sure I will never add grains back into my diet again.  Dairy... probably in moderation... but I have a feeling grains will be gone for good.  Decreased basil rate by almost 2 units per day.  Decreased bolusing to almost none (only to cover fruits, but found I got low when I chose to do that due to the massive decrease in grains probably)