Kate's Corner - The weekend of 05/04 - 05/06

This was a GREAT weekend. Mostly b/c I stayed on diet. I've always done fine with a new ay of eating/exercising - until the weekend hit. Then everything would got to hell, and I'd give up. I even tried taking weekends "off", but that never helped either.

This past weekend, we stayed on track. We intentionally took Saturday off from working out, and that helped a TON.

The Crunchy Bits:

Date 05/04
Blood Pressure 148/83 pulse 87

Blood Sugars
6:00 AM 61
10:00 AM 93
12:00 PM 104
3:00 PM 132
8:00 PM 83
No b/t bs

Breakfast Diabetic bitter melon crimson smoothie

Snack Swiss chard salad w/ cucumber, avocado & beet & ginger dressing
1/4 c. walnuts

Lunch 1 c stewed kidney beans w/ 1/4 c almonds

Snack 1/4 c almond butter, 1/4 c almonds, 3 stalks celery

Dinner 4 oz white fish w/ cilantro chutney, steamed broccoli & snow peas

Exercise AM Yoga

Date 05/05
Blood Pressure 129/83 pulse 86

Blood Sugars
6:15 AM 56
7:30 AM 74
12:00 PM 70
no afternoon bs
7:00 PM 109
9:00 PM 121

Breakfast 1/2 c almonds & walnuts, Breakfast smoothie

Snack no am snack

Lunch 1 scrambled egg w/ 1/3 cucumber & 1/4 c. hummus

Snack 1/2 c. almonds & walnuts

Dinner 5 cooked shrimp in garlic sauce, miso soup & lettuce salad w/ ginger dresseing. Plate of steamed veggies

Exercise Day off

Date 05/06
Blood Pressure 131/85 pulse 79

Blood Sugars 6:45 AM 63
no am bs
12:30 PM 116
no afternoon bs
7:00 PM 125
no bedtime bs

Breakfast 1/4 c. nuts (mixed walnuts & almonds), & breakfast smoothie

Snack no am snack

Lunch 2 eggs, 1/2 c. un-re-fried beans (vegan), 1/4 c. guacamole, 4 tomato slices

Snack 1/4 c. combined almonds, walnuts & garbanzo nuts

Dinner 1.5 c. dal w/ coconut milk & cilantro

Exercise AM yoga

The Froo-Froo Bits:

Friday afternoon, I had the hungry horrors. So, I went upstairs to our cafeteria, walked past all the not good for me stuff, and got a package of almonds that I split across two "meals". It worked too. Talked to Nick about it, and we're going to add a little more protein to our diet on the non-fish days. Probably eggs.

I really couldn't be happier about how this weekend went. We stuck to eating plan & even took a day off exercise (which was sorely needed). We went to the movies (AVENGERS ROCKS), and even went out to dinner! The important thing was that we had a fun and relaxing weekend, and stuck to the basics that we'd set for boundaries. That for me is HUGE. Weekends were always where I personally screwed everything up. I'm so glad that didn't happen this time.