Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

Wow!  A whole week on MyPlate!  I feel...  Great!

Hello, MyPlaters!  It's Rachel.  Ever since starting the MyPlate diet, I've noticed that I'm making other healthier choices too.  I make a point of brushing my teeth and using mouthwash at least twice a day.  I also started washing my face twice a day instead of just once.  I changed my insulin levels and now my blood sugar levels are great, and I'm using lots of less insulin.  And when I'm done blogging, I get to tackle the big ugly project which is cleaning my room!  I've been so motivated lately.  I even wrote, recorded, and mixed a song last night of my own.  Then this morning I made a music video of it and uploaded it to YouTube.  (In case you're curious, it's here:  Click Away!)  I feel like I can accomplish anything lately, and that's a good sign!

Also--do you want to know my new favorite veggie to eat with any and every meal?  If you don't, I shall tell you anyway!  It's frozen peas.  I've been eating them in frozen form.  I love fresh peas, but they're so expensive, and I don't like cooked peas very much.  With how hot it's been outside, the frozen peas are refreshing, and they taste like fresh peas.  Plus, at $0.89 per bag which lasts me about 5 meals, you can't beat that. 

Hmm, what else to blog about today?  I kind of cheated today.  Kind of.  But it does work itself out.  Let me explain before you get angry!  *cowers*

I woke up, and didn't feel like making food.  I knew that my roommate and I were going to Fazoli's for lunch (but still plenty early), so I figured I'd eat there and have leftovers to eat a late lunch mid-afternoon and then supper before rounds tonight at 9PM.  Well, I ate all my Fazoli's food.  I got the new Tour of Italy apple and chicken lettuce salad...  It was worth 2 servings of meat, veggies, and fruit.  I had a few breadsticks to what I considered was 2 serving of grain, and since I got a free piece of plain cheesecake, I ate it all and considered it 2 dairies.  So it wasn't like it was bad for me, it's just that I ate 2 MyPlate meals in one.  But I am only going to eat supper later, so it's like I really had 3 MyPlate meals today, two were just combined for a breakfast-lunch.  And do you know what?  IT WAS WORTH IT.  No shame.

Tomorrow is Sunday.  Sundays are weigh-in days and health report days.  Sundays are when Kellen and I blog together.  I'm a bit excited.  My boyfriend Jim said my face isn't as pudgy.  Maybe I'm losing a little weight.  My already-too-large pants are getting a bit harder to keep pulled up, too.  And I fit into my work polo a bit better, which was almost on the too tight side when I got it.  I think this diet has brought about a lot of good changes for me.  I can't to see where I'm at when 90 days is up!

--Rachel