Weekend Report

Well, on Friday night I did NOT eat the chocolate covered pretzels. Yay me.

Over the weekend, I maintained my low glycemic index approach for the most part. I did have ice-cream on Saturday night (but, hey, you gotta live a little!). Besides, I had the ice-cream right after running six miles so I felt that it all balanced out (don't ask me for the logic!).

This week, I coughed up about $4.50 to get Ezekiel bread. It is made of sprouted grain and has no flour. It's a complete protein and low on the glycemic index. I actually like it too. That is kind of a problem. Since it's a legitimate food in my new way of eating, I could live on bread and peanutbutter alone and sort of forget fruits and vegetables. I'm, therefore, trying to limit my bread intake - just to let all the other foods else have a chance.

My family and I went blueberry picking today so we are swimming in blueberries and their associated health benefits (see Dr. Weil). Usually when I buy berries, I don't eat any myself but give them all to my son (because the packages are so little and expensive) but now I can have as many as I want. You may recall in my last entry I was debating about the nutritional value of the fruit cups. I've decided that I'm going to try to always send him to school with fresh fruit. This week he'll definitely be getting blueberries!

I made Dr. Weil's vegetarian chile for dinner tonight. Instead of using canned beans, I cooked a pound of kidney beans (yesterday) to put in the chile. And so I created a low sodium chile. It came out great (even my carnivorous husband liked it).

It's only been a couple days but I'm feeling pretty good. I haven't been worrying about how much I eat (except for bread) but, rather, about what I eat. It's easier on my sensibilities.

What did I do today to avoid diabetes?

-I ate the following fruits: watermelon, orange, banana, apple and tons of blueberries.
-I ate 2-3 servings of kidney beans (in the chile).