Anjel and I had a one on one meeting with a Dietitian today. Her name was Marian and she was awesome. She basically praised me for all the things I have been doing right. She also thought that I should lean more towards being a vegetarian because of my lipid numbers. The book Anjel and I bought has really been a blessing and we love the fact that it puts foods into 3 different categories. Red, yellow, and green....traffic light. Green has all the foods I can eat. Such as mushrooms, spinach, onions, salmon, oranges, apples, and so on. Yellow items are things like sweet potatoes, carrots, and banana's. Red items are potatoes, non-lean red meats all the bad things. Marion told us that the diet that I have been on for almost a month now is the best thing that I could have done. We were very pleased with what we learned. The book we use is called "The G.I. Diet" by Rick Gallop.
Anjel and I also worked out today after breakfast. This is a good thing. My blood sugar number was 115 after the work out. My blood sugar before the work out was 125. I am starting to get down to the numbers that I need to be at. I also found out today that the BMI (Hate it!!) chart is right. I should be around 190 lbs +/- 10%. This is going to be fun!
The food that I eat can sometimes get boring and bland. I am trying to stay on the positive side and be a little creative with my meals. I love to cook. I really love it. So for lunch today I made a tuna stuffed tomato on a bed of spinach with several pickled items. It looked so good Anjel took a picture of it. I wanted to share those pictures but have lost my cord to my camera!
Anjel's dad is leaving for Tennessee tomorrow morning. This has left us kinda sad. We have really enjoyed him being here. I know that Anjel has enjoyed having her dad right down the road from us and he has helped us out a lot. Job called him and he must go.
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