Huge Milestone

Okay... here's a HUGE milestone for me, get ready...

I packed my entire arsenal of food today :)

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
This pretty much sums it up in one big nutshell.

Another Starch

Jeannie just called and after some calculations... we get an additional starch!!

That's 9 Starch all together. Now to figure out how to spend it??

And I was wrong about the whole substitution thing. You don't get to "exchange" starches for meats. So I guess I will be eating some veggie pasta or stir-fry with beans tonight since my meats are gone. I'll work it out.

Overwhelmed...

We met with Jeannie (the Registered Dietitian) and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. She put us on a Diabetic Exchange diet where we have a certain number of starches, meat, milk, veggies, fruits, and fats.

8 Starch (1/2 cup = 1 serving)

8 Meat (1 oz = 1 serving)

2 Milk (1 cup = 1 serving)

3 Fruit

4 Veggies

5 Fat

(Ends up being about an 1800 calorie diet)

It's called an exchange for a reason... so I don't lose my mind. For instance, tonight I will be exchanging a few starches for meat. Since I ate all 8oz of my meat in grilled chicken at lunch, I'll eat about 6oz of salmon for dinner instead of having 6 starches.

Everything is new and it will take some getting used to, but I like that there's flexibility in this plan. Now I just need to get used to planning my meals and watching those portions!