Pickles Are Vegetables, Too!

Hey everyone!  It's Rachel, and I have some updates for you!

The MyPlate food plan is working out well for me.  Well, in most aspects.  I've just noticed the last two nights I've done rounds for work (going through all the residence buildings on every floor on campus) I've developed seriously low blood sugars.  I don't know if I've ever gone so low in the seven years I've been diabetic!  I'm going to have to lower my insulin levels in my pump now that I'm eating less carbohydrates.  That will be easy enough, and since I do rounds Friday night through Sunday night, I'll be able to find out what's right for me. 

That may sound like a serious problem!  It isn't though.  It's a really good thing, actually.  I'm using less insulin, which is much healthier!  I'm so excited about my lower blood sugars overall (not the super-lows though!), because that means I'm headed a step in the right direction!

Are pickles vegetables?  I think so.  Pickles are made from cucumbers soaked in brine.  Since a cucumber is a vegetable, therefore pickles have to be vegetables too!  I only mention this as I was in a hurry for breakfast today and didn't have time to make a vegetable to eat.  I just grabbed the pickle jar and ate a few Milwaukee Dills.  Yum!  So yes, pickles are vegetables.  Enough said.

Tonight I made tacos for dinner.  I used a serving of corn chips (my grain), a cut-up chicken breast fried in loads salsa (my meat and my veggie), and put some cheese on top (my dairy).  With a piece of cantaloupe on the side, sliced with my awesome melon-slicer from Bed, Bath, and Beyond, I was able to eat a wonderful MyPlate meal with my beloved boyfriend Jim.  It was delicious!

Up until today, I had been craving some cotton candy for quite a while now.  When my roommate asked if I'd like to go see The Hangover 2, I said yes, definitely!  Not only was the movie good, but I had a coupon for cotton candy at the theater--buy one, get one free!  My roommate and I each got a bag of cotton candy.  Before leaving for the theater, I looked online to see the calorie count of cotton candy.  On average, 1 ounce of cotton candy has about 100 calories.  I took a small food scale to the movies, and had nearly exactly 3.5 ounces of cotton candy!  Woo-hoo!  So that was my snack today!  And boy, was it worth it! 

I cannot wait until Sunday.  I was talking with my mom today about this eating experiment, and she said it sounded good for me.  I think it is, too!  I want to see if I've lost any weight by Sunday.  If not, it's okay.  I feel healthier, and that's all that really matters!  I just wouldn't mind losing my thunder-thighs at some point!

I'll see you again on Saturday!  Thanks for reading!

--Rachel