What’s for lunch?
What’s for lunch? Mine was a little late today – had a fasting blood draw first thing this morning, to do an A1C check and lipid panel. Long story short – I’m healthier than I have been in the past few years, and I have the results to prove it 🙂 Here’s something new…fennel and bell pepper chicken sausage with quinoa, brown, wild, and red rice, in a sauce of tomatoes, wine, olive oil, garlic, and chiles.
Once the sausage was done heating, I sliced it up and deglazed the pan with some sherry/cider vinegar and the juice from (about half) a can of diced low sodium tomatoes, then added some oregano and garlic, simmered it for 10 minutes, then added the sausage back in and put some shredded Parmigiano on top. The sausage contained more than enough sodium than I would like for one meal, so I did not add salt. Oh! And I stirred in a tiny bit of the chili garlic sauce from Huy Fong…which is also kinda salty.
It’s been chilly and rainy all day, one of those perfect days for a steaming bowl of soup or chili…but all that takes time and I will probably whip up some chili tonight or tomorrow (or a new cabbage soup recipe I’ve been ready to try for days now). But I didn’t want to fuss too much today with dried beans and browning a pound of meat. So remembered I had the stuff on hand to throw together something Italian-inspired but still healthy. I liked the Al Fresco brand of fully-cooked chicken sausage (http://goo.gl/ZzTM0U) for this, and although I don’t really buy much “instant” stuff, I think this multi-grain rice/quinoa medley is really good (https://goo.gl/qs3YQi).
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Hot Pockets and Halloween candy ftw
save me a plate
WOOT! You look great too
Thank you 🙂
lol the pics turned out kind of gross, actually. But it was very tasty. Fucking hippies in PDX would eat the shit out of this stuff.
Lunch was a mars bar and a pint. On the other hand, midnight dinner is grilled salmon, shrooms and salad.
Noms
Wooohooo! Today I found out I am supposed to eat wayyyyy more carbs. Oops. No wonder I’ve been tired. I was eating about 18 grams per day of carbs, and I should be eating 140. Hahaha. I was counting proteins, fat, and vegetables as part of my carbs, which I should not have been doing. I love having a nutritionist.
Oh. And my nutritionist told me today that the BMI is absolute bullshit when I told her my doctor says I’m obese. She said “you’re obese but you are wearing a size small maternity pants? No. The BMI is bullshit. You have big boobs and big hips and a butt. Those things weigh something. It doesn’t account for body type of anyone ever, at all. Eat right and move your body. Stop paying attention to that crap.”
That made me feel better. I love how real she was too.
Yay! Sounds like a plan. But technically, you were correct to count those as carbs, too. People always think of carbs as just breads and other starches lol.
Lol I told her I read about it on a website about diabetes. She laughed and said as is with most things, it’s different when prego. She said the answer to fat, protein and vegetables is always yes with only a few exceptions. She gave me a whole list of the good stuff vs the not as good stuff.
Part of why I need so many carbs is that I lost 3 pounds this week and my BG was always in the 70s 2 hours after meals and the 60s overnight, when it should be consistently 90-120 while I’m pregnant. Some diabetes I have, eh? Lol
Our bodies are all different, but yeah, I expect since you’re pregnant, you have different nutritional requirements. 90-120 is still healthy BG readings to have (for anyone) and 60s overnight is worrisome. I don’t know how low mine drops overnight but even on a good day, I can wake up with a high number vs a low one. So I try not to eat past 10, sometimes even earlier, seeing as I’m usually in bed by 1 at the latest.
Fruit and dairy except cheeses are carbs too, on my chart. So I gotta count those too. This is kinda weird but kinda fun too, learning about food.
When mine were the highest after fasting was when I didn’t eat within 30 minutes of going to bed. 2 docs have now told me that I legit have to eat a snack basically in my bed and then go to bed, otherwise mine is higher than it should be in the morning. So freaking weird. That seems so backwards to me.
Ha ha! That is a thing! Our body’s BG drops dramatically overnight and then in the wee hours, rises up significantly to make up for it. It’s called the Dawn phenomenon.
Wow, I thought the docs were on crack, haha! Omg I’m totally gobbling up your thread! Im sorry! Anyway, This recipe looks super good! Lol
Lol it’s OK – but don’t read about the Dawn phenomenon and then try to solve it if it’s a thing for you – ask the doc first.
Hahaha ok <3