September 9, 2008

Here’s what it looked like when I left my house this morning – beautiful! My blood sugar was 66 when I got up, so I had an ounce of puffins with 2 ounces of skim milk.  I didn’t take insulin and everything worked out great.  Post workout it was 103 – yeah! EXERCISE:  I did 35 minute bike ride (about 7 miles) and 10 minutes...

I LIKED THE MAHI MAHI!  It didn’t taste fishy at all.  There seemed to be a lot of oil in the package, so I just brushed a little on the top before I flipped it.  Decided to skip the salad and made parmesan zucchini rounds with rice.  Simple Monday dinner!   EXERCISE:  yes!  40 minutes elliptical, 5 minute abs BS: before workout 101.  Ate 15...

The weekend was so beautiful, I am glad the weather cooperated and is rainy on a work day! I went to Trader Joe’s this weekend and found these granola bars: They taste just like girl scout peanut butter cookies!  I added half of one bar to my oatmeal this morning and it was awesome – half is only 95 calories, 2 fat/13 carbs. I am...

It was a beautiful day here.  Perfect temperature, fluffy clouds and sun.  I love this time of year!   A couple months ago, I tried making ribs.  I found a recipe that said to precook the ribs in foil, in the oven, for one hour at 350 degrees.  Remove and then cook on the grill.  The result?  The worst ribs I have ever eaten!  Tough,...

We took the 30 minute trek to Whole Foods and finally found the wheat berries I’ve been wanting to try.  Still not sure how to cook them, but we’ll see! My daughter and I spotted these ciabatta rolls, and I instantly knew that we would have bread bowl soup for lunch.  I cut off the top: Scooped out as much of the inside bread as...

I eat soup all year round, but something about the temperatures dropping, the leaves starting to turn, that I love it even more. Here we go: 48 ounces of vegetable juice 10 ounce can of Rotel tomatoes with green chilis 15 ounce can of Hominy (never had this before and I LOVE IT!) 28 ounces of chicken broth (2 cans) 1 smoked jalapeno pepper (left...

 I wish!  After several years of attempting to be gardners with marginal success at best, we let the grass grow over our garden and just wait until the end of the season to make homemade salsa and pasta sauce.  And look at the price of all these tomatoes!  Add 1.00 for 10 limes, and .57 cents for the jalapenos, this is going to make lots...

My husband makes fun of me at the time I spend reading cooking magazines, reading food blogs, buying cookbooks, only to make the same 5 meals every week! But pizza, hands down, my favorite.  I just love the fact that you can just throw anything on it – I recently found out I like fresh spinach on pizza!  Whew knew?! Here is my no rise...

43.  I woke up early this morning to take my daughter to school.  I knew something was wrong when my eyes couldn’t focus, even with my glasses on!  A quick test and my blood sugar was 43!  It was 81 before I went to bed, so I had a few crackers so I wouldn’t wake up low.  Maybe it was my overnight long term insulin?  Who...

 I’ve done a lot of research, and realized, there are no food blogs at all on the internet!  I have to jump start this new idea!  Okay, so I know there about a billion food blogs out there, but I figured, what’s one more! This is my journey to lose weight, eat healthy, exercise, (get all the laundry done, cook once a month meals that...