Thanks again for all the virtual hugs and comments about Tony. The way we look at it, is that it’s just another life adjustment – just like when I got diagnosed with diabetes, that wasn’t the end of my life, I just had to do things different than I was doing before and that’s how we’ll go forward.
I will always be the glass half full kind of person. I am actually looking forward to making low salt bread this weekend! Tony did a great job yesterday – I think he had about 1000 mg of sodium all day. He was going to add American cheese to his burger at lunch – um, not gonna happen. We get our American cheese from the deli, so it’s probably about twice as thick as processed Kraft cheese – that would be 800 mg of sodium per slice!
Tony bought me a giant container of strawberries from Sam’s club, and I’ve been trying to eat them up before they go bad. I haven’t had a breakfast parfait in a long time, and I had a plain Chobani in the fridge. I loves my Chobani, but the plain one is almost too tart for me. So I had the idea of mixing in one teaspoon of peanut butter to the yogurt before building my parfait – I have to say, this one is perfection – slightly sweet, but not overly sweet. The drizzle of caramel sauce was delicious. So delish and filling.
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Since I was gone the afternoon before, work was really busy. Before I knew it I looked up and it was 12:45. Dangit. I have to time my meals/insulin/working out and what normally works for me is working out between 12 and 1. I thought I might have lost my window, but when I checked my blood sugar it was 220 – perfect! Although dreary outside and overcast, I decided just to get my walking shoes on and walk 40 minutes around my office complex.
Ironically, I was listening to a song that really got my feet moving fast – have you heard this song before? Courtney, I am sure you have!
When I got back to work I ended up making more BBQ Chicken and Bean Tostadas for lunch – this time adding a bit more red cabbage to them. Um, so here’s the deal. While I was putting my parfait together I had regular blue corn tortillas in my bag. I wanted to see if I could put one in the toaster to make a crunchy tostada – because I thought the color when put together would have looked cool. So I put the corn tortilla in the toaster on the lowest setting, take my parfait back to my desk, when a few minutes later the smoke alarm goes off – dammit! I accidentally turned the toaster oven on the HIGHEST setting. Luckily the landlord of the building was able to call of the fire department – that would have been so embarrassing! Note to self: stay in the kitchen if you use the toaster!
That plate comes in at 532 calories, 29 protein, 60 carbs, 21 fat and 5 fiber. The squeeze of fresh lime over the top makes these!
I’ve had this polenta in the fridge for a while now. Tony wanted a salad with a side of pan fried polenta. Works for me! This is 4 servings – each serving is 310 mg of sodium.
I ended up pan frying Tony’s in a bit of olive oil, I did mine in Pam. We each had 4 thin slices. I topped Tony’s with a tablespoon of shredded Parmesan cheese for 75 more mg of sodium, and I added 3 slices of low sodium bacon to his chopped salad for another 210 – so not bad 595 grams of sodium for the whole meal, and up until dinner, he probably had about 500. There is even sodium in dried cereal – it’s everywhere!
Me? I defrosted 1/2 a cup of our Italian Sunday gravy that we made at Easter. It didn’t look like much, so I chopped up a cup of carrots, and chopped up a cup of baby spinach – amazing how far spinach wilts – it looked like so much when I added it to the pan! Then I topped each round of polenta with the meat sauce, and topped it with shredded Parmesan cheese – that whole plate comes in at 421 calories – nice! (shhh…don’t tell Tony but I added crushed red pepper to the gravy – makes it so much better with a bit of heat!)
After I cleaned the kitchen and started some laundry and let my dinner settle down, it was time for my date with Sean T. Last night was Rip’t Circuit – you needed a mat and hand weights – I used 3 pound weights.
My shoulders have been killing me lately. Super sore, I can’t seem to find a comfortable position to sleep in and have sometimes woken up in the middle of the night with shoulder pain. Lori thought it might be frozen shoulder, maybe from working out a lot, to not working out as much these last several months so that they are super stiff. I have to say that in just doing T-25 the last three days, my shoulder pain has reduced by at least 50%. And I slept through the night last night without waking up once! I think I am going to see if I have any shoulder exercises on the DVR from that Classical Stretch – all 13 episodes I DVR’d are still on there from 2010!
My aunt left me a message on Facebook – my Mom’s sister is 68 years old and kicked my butt in the steps department yesterday – way to go Aunt Martha!
Since my T-25 was more strength than cardio, I didn’t get as many steps as I thought I would, but I made my goal of 10,000:
Stats for the Day:
- 1530 calories (includes my coffee creamer and an ounce of nuts last night)
- 186 carbs, 78 protein, 55 fat and 17.2 fiber
- 40 minute walk at lunch
- 25 minute T-25
- average blood sugar – 132
I have a couple of errands to run for work this morning – locating a file at our storage unit and then doing a Sam’s Club run for the office – we only have THREE diet cokes left in the fridge and people will start freaking out if there aren’t more today! I used to drink diet Dr. Pepper all the time – now I maybe have a pop once or twice a month? Are you a Diet Coke or pop fan? Yes, it is Chicago, so I am saying POP not SODA. 
Make it a great day!
You and I are both Born shoe fans. I also found a pair of brown leather Born flip flops for $3.99 at Goodwill this winter. I told my hubby what a bargain they were, cuz these retail for $50. Those Born shoes last forever!