I'm Good at any Diet for the First 2 Weeks

How many of you are like me?  You are excellent at staying on an eating plan for about 2 weeks, and then you start to slip back into bad habits.  It can be so discouraging.  If I can get past this phase, I will probably be successful, but it is difficult.  Still, I am working on it. I find that I keep forgetting to test my sugar levels.  It is critical that I test at this point, so I need to do a better job.  But when you are diabetic your entire life revolves around food, and testing.  If other things, like needing to watch your brother's kids, or needing to run kids to the dentist and doctor, or having unexpected visitors drop by; if those things crop up, and they will, it tends to throw off your entire day.  It's hard for me to test, if I have a visitor. It's hard for me to eat right if I am watching kids. It takes practice, and I'm sure I will get better at it.  But at this point, life's little interruptions, interrupt my ability to care for myself correctly.

That is not to say that I don't want visitors, or that I can't or shouldn't do the things for others that I need to do.  It is simply that I need to figure out how to balance diabetes with real life, because for me, diabetes is real life. It is the same set of problems that usually throws a dieter off track- real life. At some point you find a balance and things start to click.  But you might also have to say "no" to some things, while you concentrate on your health.  And that, is easier said than done.

I went back to my normal smoothie for breakfast.  What can I say- I love them.  I am now making enough for my entire family.  Everyone loves them.

So yes, this is a quick and lame lunch.  2 cheese sticks and a small package of lunch meat. 

I found these mini ice cream sandwiches.  They are sweetened with Agave Nectar and made with coconut milk.  They actually taste really good.  They are 100 calories.  I gave one to my kid, who didn't notice that it wasn't actually ice cream.  Now the trick will be keeping the family out of my stuff. :)

This is an enchilada casserole.  I served it over a bed of lettuce with cantaloupe on the side.  My blood sugar levels were really good after this, and I had a decent sized portion, so I will post the recipe too. 

I made rice pudding with almond milk and splenda.  It turned out really yummy.  I had 2 bowls last night.  I also added cranberries to it.  Yum.

Okay, sometimes I just need some chocolate.  Only I don't have any.  So I rummaged through the chocolate chip bags and grazed for a while.  Not diabetic friendly, especially before bed.  But this is an accurate log- so this is an accurate reporting. ;)