So here we are

Starting out Am going to type out here my little notes from the last 2 weeks.  A food diary, blood sugar readings ect. Then we will go day by day :)

Starting out let me say, I am 47 years old that wont change with diet and exercise ha ha And am ashamed to admit I wiegh in at 252 pounds and 4 ounces. YIKES ! It has never bothered me being fat bothers everybody else. Dont you hate it when you run into people and they ask you if you have lost wieght ? And you think to yourself nope your memory is just fatter than I am. My A1C was 12 they tell me that means that the average blood sugar would have been 298 for the last 3 months. It was 248 when Lynn took it the morning after I was diagnosed.

My diary of sorts begins 3/4/2011  4:00 P.M.
Lynn brought me a blood sugar monitor. The doctor has not written me a perscription for one. she seems reluctant to do this. So we get the monitor set up. Lynn taught me how to use it, Blood sugar was 168 Had eaten cottage cheese for breakfast, Tuna salad and a few strawberries for lunch, had some peanuts and a handful of almonds for a snack... neglected to say what supper was that night.
  3/5/11 
had a banana for breakfast, lunch was chicken salad lettuce and some cheese. had a snack of celery with peanut butter and raisins. had some jello and sugar free cool whip. And supper was a pork chop and some collard greens.  Did not do a blood sugar test today. This was before Lynn brought the monitor.
3/6/11
Cottage cheese for breakfast, had collard greens and a pickled egg for lunch. Remember this day felt like crap these meds cause gastric distress. Nausea and diarheia ( cannot spell to lazy to look it up ) Had gone to Wal Mart with my mother in law, and we had to cut our shopping short. Had light yogurt some almonds and peanuts for a snack. Blood sugar was 173 before supper, which was grilled chicken fajita salad.  Sounds pretty high but it is coming down....
3/7/11
Fasting blood sugar 164 light yogurt for breakfast. 142 before lunch Tuna salad lettuce blue cheese and balsamic dressing. Supper was chicken fajita salad, no snacks.
3/9/11
looks like I lost a day Fasting Blood sugar was 192 had a rough night no sleep bad headache.Cottage cheese for breakfast. Had almonds at 10 a.m. Lunch was a hamburger w/blue cheese salad w/avacado and balsamic dressing.  5p.m. before supper 138 worked in the yard all afternoon. Minute steak w/ peppers& onions mashed cauliflower, cabbage for supper. Had a few pork rinds and some almonds before bed.
3/10/11
Fasting blood sugar 169    Light yogurt for breakfast  went to Lynns house, we worked around her place for a while. Lunch was Tuna steak, spaghetti squash, brussel sprouts, asparagus, and collard greens. Blood sugar was 126 before supper Broccoli soup.. 2 bowls it was GOOD and some cheese. Snack later of celery w/peanut butter and a few raisins.
3/11/11
Fasting blood sugar was 139 had Boost meal replacement for breakfast could not face anything to eat. Blood sugar 136 at 1:30 no lunch yet  3 sausages, and 3 peanut butter crackers. Worked hard in Richards yard. Felt like crap got weak and sweaty. Could be I was standing on my head pulling weeds. Had celery with peanut butter and raisins few strawberries. Supper was raw broccoli with bleu cheese dressing, and I was hungry ! Sauteed catfish and scallops and coleslaw... sneaked a french fry well I can live without them.
3/12/11
Fasting blood sugar 133 it is coming down ! Broccoli soup for breakfast. Odd choice but it worked for me. We drove over to Shreveport today stopped in Ruston to have lunch at Wendys  Blood sugar was 95 yep I was so excited I called Lynn, of course that is a little low. Had a spicy chicken ceasar salad and a diet coke. The chicken was fried instead of grilled guess I did not pay attention. Ate it anyway, had a great shopping trip in Arcadia then on to Bossier to visit Dan. Supper was grilled chicken ceasar salad. I know I know same thing I had for lunch. But it worked for me.
3/13/11
Sunday morning fasting blood sugar 146 worked in the yard a little light yogurt for breakfast. Dont remember what lunch was, Larry ate jelly donuts ! Blood sugar 121 before lunch. Canoed and fished all afternoon had a great time caught 2 nice white perch.. Thought I have enough to feed mamaw.. then they just quit biting. No snacks, blood sugar was 148 before supper raw broccoli with blue cheese dressing, sausage and eggs. 1/2 a pickled egg. Almonds before bed.
3/14/11
Fasting blood sugar 127 light yogurt for breakfast, blood sugar before lunch was 115 had a hamburger and cole slaw and cottage cheese. Bad girl 2 or 3 spoons full of apple pie filling. Just could not resist. Was making turnovers for Larry and his mom. And I licked the mashed potatoes off my finger. We had meatloaf not the no carb kind and I ate a piece of that. Mashed cauliflower broccoli salad and asparagus. My blood sugar at 8:30 was 118 maybe I was not to bad huh >? Ate everthing that evening was hungry, jello and cool whip almonds peanuts and 3 peanut butter crackers.
3/15/11
Fasting blood sugar was 141 so much for snacking bad bad girl !Cottage chees for breakfast with jello
Blood sugar before lunch was 111 ate asparagus broccoli salad and mashed cauliflower, working at Richards. That helps burn up some sugar. Snack was piece of roast beef and some broccoli salad had salad with a piece of roast for supper jello cottage cheese and a few strawberries. Almonds before bed.
3/16/11
Fasting blood sugar was 122 light yogurt for breakfast, 10:30 blood sugar was 95 had celery with peanut butter & rasins, had a package of peanuts. Out shopping for plants and then to Wal mart. Had a smoothie when we got back then out to work in the yard all afternoon. Taco salad for supper I was hungry ! Almonds before bed.