Today was a test

Today was a test in many ways. First, my son was sick so I stayed home from work and, so, my routine was disrupted. I have trouble keeping my eye on the prize when my routine is disrupted. That coupled with the fact that I hadn't slept very well because my son woke up a lot during the night was a recipe for disaster. Nevertheless, perhaps because this whole quest is new and exciting, I did O.K. I at more than usual but I made good choices for the most part. The hard part is now. My son is asleep and my husband who I apparently forgot to tell about my new regiment bought me diet soda and chocolate covered pretzels (two things I have historically liked a lot). The soda is easy to reject because I've become really concerned about the chemicals. The pretzels, well, I'm just going to have to find the fortitude to not open the box.

One question I've been pondering lately relates to canned fruit. I send my son to school with fruit cups in his lunch box almost everyday. I buy the ones that are in 100% juice but they are still very sugary. I'm wondering if the fruit juice sugar is as bad as the syrup sugar. I think the canned fruits in heavy or light syrup have more total sugar than those in juice but still, am I doing my son any favors by giving him this stuff? I wasn't able to find the info I wanted online. I'll keep trying and post anything that comes up. I also send him with applesauce (without sugar). I buy the little cups but now I'm thinking I'll buy some nifty little Tupperware cups and just spoon applesauce in from the big jar in the fridge. I could do the same for the canned fruits if I decide to continue with them. That would ultimately reduce my plastic consumption (all those little cups!) which is a good thing. And it would be cheaper, yee haw!

What did I do today to avoid diabetes?
-I had a bowl of cereal (something like shredded wheat but with more sugar) but I put blueberries on it because they help lower blood sugar (Science Daily, realage.com)
-I ate a ridiculous amount of organic Swiss chard (raw, in a salad. I'm done with Swiss chard for the summer).
-I made a rice-a-roni rice mix but I only used half of the (sodium laden) flavor mix and I added in equal parts of plain brown rice. I also added chopped carrots, onions and celery (I'm not so keen on celery but I had bought the expensive organic celery so I don't want it to go to waste). I also added canned chickpeas which I rinsed well in hopes of removing some of the sodium.
-I, so far, have not had any chocolate covered pretzels.