Have you ever watched those TV Game shows where they have a couple of doors and behind one is a grand prize? Well, this weekend the hub and I found out what was behind our Door #1. The hubby and I are starting the beginning phases of landscaping our backyard. Our first step, was to clean out the area behind our garage. When we moved in, there was about 2 feet of walking space behind our garage the rest of the area was covered in vines. Vines were growing on the roof and generally it was a mess. Not wanting the vines to take over the roof, we I started to clear out the vines last fall. But after we cut a million vines with only a pair of clippers we gave up and decided to clean out the rest in the spring. Spring came around and we didn't do much until one day when I was sick a few weeks ago, I ran into our gardener. I showed him the mess and asked if he knew of anyone who could come clean it out. I could tell he was actually, quite happy for me to broach the subject of
Do you know what a serving size is? Since becoming diabetic I've quickly learned what a serving size is and I realized that all those years of eating out and eating at home I was over eating!!! A serving is actually pretty small. One serving of pasta is so small that restaurants are probably serving 6-7 portions as one meal!! My visit with the nutritionist was a productive one. We set goals and she took me through the do's and don't of eating. She made me a meal plan that I think I can live with. The cool thing is that I can eat almost anything within moderation. Of course I can't drink a soda outright or down a bag of m&m's but she taught me if I need a sip of coke or I need a few m&m's its okay if I am exercising and if I don't do it all the time. She even said I could spurlge and eat at In and Out burger as long as I eat protein style with lots of veggies and no salt on the fries and only on an occasion. Yay! The thing that has helped me is being able to take a bite of something here and there so that I don't totally over indulge in the craving. Once you get all the crap out of your body you kind of want to do good and eat good things. One day at a time right!?!