WOOHOO Wednesday

WooHoo it is Wednesday

Breakfast; an orange and egg scrambled with peppers,onions, mushrooms in a bit of olive oil

Packed lunch box; starting at the top left corner and going clockwise:  turkey bacon , an orange, veggie soup with lamb, lentils,quinoa , grapes in front of the  soup mug, raw veggies,tuna salad, ham, an apple, walnuts and pumpkin seeds, an egg and a banana .

Corned beef on a flax seed bun 











Dinner was

Leftover turkey breast sauteed in a bit of olive oil ( I am still dairy free so not butter ) with celery,onion ,cauliflower  and stuffing spices and also a baked sweet potato .

Terrific Tuesday

Terrific Tuesday ,,
Monday was a bit complicated by car trouble but over all a pretty good day :)



Breakfast today was

 an egg scrambled with zucchini ,summer squash,onions,peppers and bok choy in a bit of olive oil with and orange on the side .














Packing my lunch box just got more complicated ( as if I need more food complications  ,lol )
Looks like dairy ( have I expressed how much I LOVE dairy ) is messing with my blood sugar levels :( so I am off dairy for awhile to see if that makes a difference in my levels .
so my  non dairy :( lunch box  contains
veggie soup with lamb,lentils and quinoa, tuna salad, munchy veggies, an apple,banana,grapes, pumpkin seeds,walnuts ,  a hard boiled egg ,,, also turkey bacon and an orange for morning break
 









Home at a decent hour today ( canceled my workout)
so a flax seed bun with corned beef and some blueberries
to hold me over while I catch up on some things










Trying to think of something to do with plain
turkey  breast (maybe something with onions and celery and some poultry seasoning ) ,, I mean it is just so dry and
 well plain ,,,,,,
anyway

dinner was plain turkey  breast and a baked sweet
potato












Todays totals :
calories 1581, carbs 178g, protein 97g...
 A good day overall , my blood sugar was in a ( kinda) ok range today :)

Happy Monday

Yep ,, it is Monday  again ,lol

Start weight 256 , todays weight 169.8  -  86.2 pounds (( grinning ))
This number has taken a  very long time to get to  so I am good with it this Monday morning  :)

I am not sure what my goal is ,,,( thinking about 145),,,

Breakfast was egg,bok choy,peppers,
onions scrambled in a bit of olive oil
and half an orange. And coffee

This is as I packed my cooler for work,,
starting at the top left ;2 pieces of turkey bacon ,half an orange, Mug of soup( with lamb,quinoa,lentils and lots of veggies )  for lunch, bag of free veggies ( carrots, celery, red pepper slices ,cucumber and grape tomatoes ) ,
cottage cheese,grapes , broccoli and cauliflower,
walnuts and pumpkin seeds  , an apple and cheddar cheese ,a hard boiled egg and half a banana, greek yogurt with blueberries.

Dinner was
Ham and a baked  sweet potato with some cherries for desert  ,,, no picture :( car trouble on the way home tonight put me about an hour behind  ,, still trying to catch up .

Hypoglycemia sucks !!

Hypoglycemia  sucks!!!
I have always had trouble with my blood sugar dropping to very low levels, but since I quit eating refined sugar it is more noticeable. Apparently before I quit eating refined sugar , if my blood sugar was low I would  just pop a piece of candy (or doughnuts ,lol)    Now I have to be so very careful about what I eat and when. The mornings SUCK.  Sometimes ( most mornings lately ) if my blood sugar is very low I will wake up (very early sometimes) and  I wake up shaky .I need food immediately. Makes loosing weight a tad bit more complicated ( understatement )  
So I am awake and eating a 3;30 am,,,,,, Is is going to be a very long day

early morning breakfast of  part of an orange and
turkey bacon

breakfast was corned beef hash ,, made with

rutabaga,onions,carrots and corned beef ,, and an
egg











snack , greek yogurt with cherries

.lunch was , black beans,ground turkey,tomatoes
,peppers,onions, taco spices , cheddar cheese and

sour cream . This is a high calorie splurge meal for me.( the cheese and sour cream are the high calorie splurge part )










afternoon snack, cottage cheese and peaches

and of course some munchy  veggies and walnuts












hard boiled egg and half a banana  and veggies

Dinner was a mug of soup,, not a great as the last batch
but pretty darn good anyway :)

bedtime snack
Ham with mustard and some applesauce  with  walnuts

Todays totals;
1546 calories ,139g  carbs ,98g protein 

A great good morining :)

It is Saturday and we got  more snow last night,,,, come on spring ,, hurry please :)
So todays question  is :: can you eat to many non starchy vegetables ??
Breakfast was




breakfast scramble  ( shredded rutabaga ,peppers,onions,egg and bacon ) and an orange









Morning snack

blueberries and greek yogurt , some cherry tomatoes and red pepper slices

lite lunch ( before shopping yeah! )
cheddar cheese, mac apple, cherry tomatoes and red pepper slices

afternoon snack
cottage cheese and peaches with a side of normandy vegetables

snack of
a hard boiled egg, 1/2 a banana and more veggies











munching today on veggies and walnuts while shopping








Dinner was
3oz of roast pork, 1/3 cup of peas and 1/2  cup of cherries

bed time snack
flax seed bun with ham also a chunk of cheddar .

Calories for the day 1597. carbs 116 g , protein 102g.
I ate about every two hours today and my blood sugar stayed pretty level all day. :)

March 1st

We got about 2 inches of snow last night. I am soooooo very very ready for spring.

 Today is March 1st , Spring will be here before we know it ,, ( I 'm excited :)  )


I realized this morning my batteries in my camera are low ( must shop soon ) so the quality of the pictures is worse than usual .


Great way to start the day

I have been 170 for about the last 3 weeks, I am starting to get a bit frustrated.

So it is time to reevaluate my food and crack down on my calories




Breakfast was ; an egg, 2 slices of turkey bacon on a homemade flax seed bun

As I pack my cooler to take to work

The last of the homemade veggie soup with lamb, quinoa and lentils    also blueberries in greek yogurt, a banana, carrots, an  hard boiled egg , an apple , cheddar cheese and some walnuts .

Dinner was 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon and about ( nope I did not measure it ) 3 ozs of cheddar cheese ( I really need to go grocery shopping )and some cherries .

   

Back to work today , I was successful and did get my taxes done yesterday ,,, all but writing the checks ( not pleased when I owe them )

So more food pictures. Thank you Stacy at     The Skinny on Staci             for my inspiration for taking food pictures :) 


These pictures are as I was packing my cooler to go to work. I dont call it a lunch box because it involves much more than lunch.

this picture is ( starting at the top and going clockwise)  blueberries and greek yogurt for my morning break,, the mug is homemade veggie soup with ground lamb,quinoa and lentils for lunch , next is free veggies for munching,, then an egg and banana for my snack when I leave work and the snack bag has and apple ( cut up ) and a slice of cheddar for my afternoon break
after taking this picutre I relized I needed more carbs for lunch and added

peaches (to go with the soup at lunch) for a bit more carbs and then some walnuts for munching during the day .



Breakfast was , left over corned beef hash ,,( made with rutabaga,carrots ,onion,zucchini ,yellow squash,corned beef,,) an egg and an orange

Dinner was very similar to breakfast,
Useing up the left over rutabaga I made rutabaga hash browns with peppers and onions. 3 strips of turkey bacon and 2 eggs
No picture of dinner ,,the picture I took   did not turn out well :(
Todays totals :
calories 1692 , carbs 179, protien82
a bit higher in calories  than I would like ,,, have to work on that  :)



As you can tell I am a grazer . My preference would be to eat all day long. Which is ok as long as it is just a little bit here and there ,, not major meals all day long.

I have always had trouble with my blood sugar levels dropping to very low levels ,, recently I have been diagnosed with reactive  hypoglycemia and am trying to learn how to eat all day long to control my hypoglycemia but still lose the excess 20 pounds I am still carrying around .