There. I said it! While everyone around me knows that I am NOT a morning person, somehow I convince myself each and every night that I am! But all was not lost. While I didn’t wake up in time to go to the gym, I did get up in enough time to do Level 3 of 30 day shred AND take my dog on a 20 minute walk. It’s better than watching the inside of my eyelids! 😀
Now I know I am going to want Gina to chime in on this one! I woke up with a blood sugar of 143 – a bit high but not too bad. I decided not to take insulin, I ate 1/4 of a kashi bar before working out. Usually I take insulin without eating anything, then my blood sugar tends not to spike. After the dvd and walking my dog, I waited 45 minutes and tested my blood sugar – it was 274! I quickly gave myself enough insulin to bring that number down as well as to take enough insulin to cover my breakfast. First pics of my walk! 😀
There were actually people fishing in this cold November morning – with winter coats sitting on lawn chairs by the river! Ed loves being outside – so many smells!
Breakfast was a Thomas high fiber English muffin with 1/2 being 1 egg with broccoli and 75% reduced cabot cheese and the other half 1 tsp. no added sugar peanut butter with 1/4 of an apple. Um, I may have put some Tabasco on my eggs! 😀
So fast forward to right before my 45 minute walk at lunch. I tested my blood sugar. It was 183 – I was fine with that, but after last weeks low blood sugars, I reached into my Halloween candy bowl – mind you this is my first taste of Halloween candy! Um, I think Tony loves peanut M&Ms as much as I do!
So my friend Natasha and I walked at lunch – the time goes by so much faster when you talk the whole way! We do 2.2 miles in about 40 minutes. There are a few tiny hills, but neither of us is ever out of breath. Which is why I am perplexed by this number:
Yep – 47! Luckily I had the other 1/4 of my apple at my desk and munched on that in order to focus on putting my lunch together. I made a romaine salad with cucumbers, carrots, radish, diced apple and Annie’s Goddess Dressing – on the side was 1/4 cup of chili. It was a HUGH JASS salad! (Yes, I like to think I am 20 something sometimes!)
There was construction on my way home from work. See all the red lights? This road is normally 50 mph! It took me 65 minutes to drive 7 miles. 🙁
Tony puts up with all the food related shows I like to watch – thank you for that Tony! But one show we both enjoy watching is Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. We watched an episode last night that we had DVRd and they showed a Cuban Sandwich. Holy cow – it looked amazing! Then my mind started thinking “we have leftover pork tenderloin” and a quick stop at the store on my way home to pick up deli ham and low fat swiss we were good to go!
I also had 3 lone potatoes in my pantry – I made some potato chips while I was putting together our sammies. I like to slice them very thin.
I sliced the leftover pork. Then built the sammies – the last of my Milwaukee pickles! And lots of mustard of course! 😀
I pan fried the sammies in just one pat of butter – a little goes a long way!
The secret to a good grilled sandwich is low and slow. Once the butter melts, I put the sammies in the pan. At medium-low heat, I put a top on so that the inside melts while the bread gets nice and crispy.
First flip:
Done! This one was Tony’s – just a bit bigger than mine. See how melty the cheese gets when you don’t rush it?!
My plate: chips and My sammie: 1 ounce of French bread, 2 ounces pork, 1 ounce of deli ham and 1 ounce of low fat swiss.
The combination of the tender pork with the salty ham and cheese and bite of the dill pickle and mustard = priceless! 😀
Stats for the Day:
- 1338 calories
- 39 fat
- 137 carbs
- 73 protein
- 28 fiber (nice!)
- Level 3 – 30 Day Shred
- 20 minute walk with Ed
- 40 minute walk at lunch
Thanks to Foodgawker for publishing my shrimp cocktail picture – I hope everyone makes this soon! And its nice to know that not all my pictures are “dull/uninteresting!”
Biggest Loser tonight – can’t wait to see what Tracy will do! See you tomorrow night. 😀
You make a simple sandwich looks unbelievably delicious. I have a small weakness for peanut M&M’s too. Also love the mini ones for dessert and Greek yogurt toppings too. So cute.
Traffic sucks.
i HATE traffic!
Good job on all your exercise today!
wow, i can’t believe you held off on the halloween candy that long, well done! i was dipping into that stuff last month!
the sandwich looks incredible!
Thanks for visiting 990 Square! I hope you enjoy the pumpkin bundt–I think you could reduce the sugar somewhat and use more spices to make it more diabetic friendly.
I think your blog is really inspirational–and shows people that they can actually eat real food with diabetes. I’m in my late 20s, and now I’m watching both of my parents in their mid-50s deal with being diabetic and they’re having a hard time eating real food. Keep it up!
oh no! I’m so sorry about the traffic – how completely frustrating!! On another note – love that you incorporated broccoli into breakfast! And that sandwich looks A-mazing!
Those sandwiches look so good! 🙂
That is a great looking sandwich… I love Guy and Diners, Drive -ins and Dives. My significant other barely tolerates all the cooking shows I watch, Throwdown is my favorite.
I really feel for you all the extra effort you have to go through to stay healthy… keep it up !
I’ve given up too pretending to be a morning person. It’s probably why I can’t seem to get to bed before midnight every night! I’m never tired at night, but super tired in the a.m. yet I do that again and again!
Your cuban sammy looks great!
My dog needs a 20 minute walk, good idea, I should walk her instead of letting her out in the field to chase herself. I have not watched diners, drive ins and dives, but one of my fave restaurants in Vegas was on there once, Hash House a go go. Super huge portions, takes like 4 people to eat one meal. So yummy though.
You manage to accomplish more in the early morning hours than I do the entire day.
Btw, everything looks delicious, from the salad, right down to the M & Ms.
But that Cubano sammich is giving me palpitations.
Those sammies look sooo good. Wow. I feel your pain w/that traffic, for sure.
Btw, I LOVED the biggest loser last night!!!!!!!!!!
That cubano looks amazing! Drool! And what is up with the funky blood sugar? That’s crazy!!
Beautiful pics!! I am a morning person, all the way. 🙂
Hi Beth! What a beautiful walk. I think I’ve said this to you before, but I am also NOT a morning person! Everyone knows to give me at least a half hour before uttering a word to me! You and I would be quite the pair if we ever had a morning meet-up! Hehe.
Awesome sandwiches!!! We canceled Cable a few months ago, and I REALLY miss Food Network…. I so often get inspirations from the shows. I still watch it at the gym while doing cardio, but I miss so many of my favorite shows….
People who fish are so dedicated! There’s no way I’d sit outside on a frozen lake all day (my dad fishes so I’ve gone when I was a kid).
Man! Controlling that blood sugar seems like quite the tasking! You do such a great job of it! I bet its always a challenge to figure out what works. All of your meals always look so tasty. My favorite today is lunch. Great job getting up for a beautiful walk and workout.
I laugh that I AM HUUUUGELY a morning person——but catch me after 8p and Im a mess.
alas Id love to switch places with you many days 🙂
I don’t understand the blood sugar numbers, but knowing you are diabetic and seeing how all over that place they are, it makes me worry. Maybe you should get an appointment with your doctor and go over them?
P.S. Your sammie for dinner looks delicious!
Haha, I get “dull/uninteresting” a lot too. I haven’t been submitting recently; I should get on that 😛
I love your pictures, very pretty looking area.
oooh traffic is the WORST… i think i know RIGHT where that is too 🙂
You are my idol for doing Level 3 of The Shred. I have only gotten to Level 2.
I really need to make Grilled Cheese soon. Those sammies look amazing!!
Eep, your blood sugar is all over the place! Sorry to hear it’s been giving you problems lately. Maybe b/c you were off the schedule of working out and now you’re getting back in, it needs time to adjust?
The grilled cheese looks yum! I love cooking them low and slow like that. I don’t have a problem leaving food alone, but J is a constant checker/flipper. haha
Those sandwiches look yummy! There is a place out by me that makes Cubans that are to die for. They actually fly the rolls from Havana to Milwaukee.
Oh and thanks for the tips on my last post, they are definitely helpful!