I had Egg Cheese Pesto pizza. I’m usually not good with solid food in the morning, but this worked well. Baked apple as a side which the Facebook group complains about. It liked.
My blood sugar has been fairly smooth according to the CGMS. No big excursions. I still have trouble with evening eating, but will be working on getting better food in the house for that.
Dinner tonight was Portabella Lasagna. It was good. It was only 20 carbs and was lasagna accompanied by vegetables. It was very filling and quite good. Easy to eat with the lap band.
I've decided to get a second weeks food. Husband is going to buy his own food as they don't have a dinner only plan. The cooler situation is a bit unwieldy. I'm looking for some place to take it for recycling. A neighbor is picking up this weeks cooler.
My blood sugar has been very smooth.
I am disappointed that the nutrional information isn't in MyFitnessPal or Fitbit log. I called the 1-800 number about it, and they suggested I use the website. I'm not sure where I was supposed to go –it's been a few hours and really not finding it. I'm going to keep pushing on this.
Still waiting on DietToGo, but I did get an email that it is coming tomorrow. And I’m over scheduled tomorrow but it will work out.
I tried the Nutrosystem food at Walmart. A really nice idea, but I ended up taking the box back. It was marked as good until November 2016, and the bagel in it looked moldy to both me and the sales clerk that handled the return. That warrants a technology post. The box was around $42.00 with tax, and contained 4 meals for each day – 5 meals total, but suggested lots of extra food.
I like the MyFit food but it’s hard to eat. I’ve had two chicken meals with white meat chicken that took me about 30 minutes to chew. Also a bit heavily spiced to make up for the lack of salt. Frankly I do fine with a lighter level of spice. Each meal contains protein and vegetables but I still feel like I need fresh produce.
I have been getting good emails from DietToGo. I just went out and read the latest. I also played around with the order website. It’s a well designed website –even though they are using mostly bootstrap. I can’t be too critical, I broke down and using it myself.
Their facebook group has been good too – though so far, mostly got information on shipping.
I had the Eggplant Parmesan which was very good. Easy to eat for this lapband girl. Concerned about the carb count at 45. However the breakfast count was good and my blood sugar has been relatively smooth.
It had Eggplant Parmesan, pasta with a side of vegetables. I had taken everything out of the cooler about 10:00 am and it was still partially frozen which made it take a while to cook.
So far, I'm very happy, though the meals don't seem to be in MyFitnessPal.
Much easier to eat than any of the myFitFood and also then the Snap Kitchen appeared. The mix of main dish plus vegetables made it feel like a real lunch.
My Diet to Go food arrived today. The whole shipping process made me nervous. I got a shipping label on Monday. It said the food wouldn't arrive until Thursday. A check through the Facebook reassured me as that was common practice and they had shipped to Texas successfully before. The only person who had an issue happened because apparently FedEx had delivered to the wrong place.
My food arrived right after the attended shipping center opened. It weighed 28 pounds and was a large well labeled cooler . There should be a photo attached. Recycling it might be an issue.
My city recycling pickup doesn't take styrofoam.
In top was a plastic bag containing wristbands and reading material. There is a booklet explaining the program. There are several miscellaneous flyers including one with healthy snack suggestions.
The top two meals were thawed but very cold. They were breakfasts that might have come unfrozen. I am eating the first cereal and yogurt which I don't think would freeze well. It tastes good. The carb count is a bit high at 48 grams. The cereal is labeled cinnamon walnut cereal and the yogurt is Chobani Simply 100 peach flavor.
So far so good!
I’ve already posted this on Facebook, but to be honest, I feel both a bit inspired and a bit of a fraud.
http://www.webmd.com/diabetes/manage-type-2-insulin-16/video-manage-diabetes-kathleen-weaver
First, I haven’t been the person with my diabetes under control for a long time. One of the reasons I’m retired now, is because the diabetes had been out of control for several years before I left the classroom. But seeing the video makes me remember that person and inspires me to get it back under control.
More when I get back from Waterworks class.
So I'm looking at some other options. Nutrisystem has a plan that is $9.82 a day but you have to commit to 4 weeks. A similar plan for my husband runs $11.25 with the same four week commitment.
The nice thing about Nutrisystem is that they have some meals available at Walmart. Their 5 day boxes are really inexpensive, running between $25 – $45.00 I've wondered about grabbing one of those boxes when traveling.
There is also Jenny Craig. I've done that in the past and did well. They have a 3 day sample kit for $39.99. It doesn't look like it has changed that much. Membership fee, monthly feed, plus food.
Still waiting 🙂
I am getting quite impatient for my DietToGo food, probably because I got a shipping notice yesterday and it isn't arriving until Thursday.
First I checked Facebook and that is normal and fine. Still something to be aware of.
But in the meantime I decided to try some local services.
The first was Snap Kitchen. I went in and what they call meals don't fit my definition. A single plate with no vegetables. Also higher priced. I left with no food.
The second was MyFit Foods which I tried in the past. Their meals include a protein and vegetables with some exceptions. I bought 9 meals for $77.52 with tax. That worked out to $8.60 per meal. They have a nutritionist on staff, supplements and cleanses I think they call them. Obviously their food was more appealing than the other local option. Also drive time to get is fairly far away. They do have house accounts with bonus bucks that saves some money.
As long as the food tastes as good as mentioned on the Facebook, I’ll probably go with Diet2Go. So I asked about setting up an account, and was directed to the 1-800 number and specifically to Rene.
She was pleasant, and took my credit card information as quickly as her computer would allow.
Nice experience. I don’t use the phone often to contact companies, usually because I have to go through an answer tree. Miss having a person answer the phone and direct the call properly. However, they had already provided me an extension.
I’ll have to do a real call sometime next week.
Looking forward to my first box.
I alluded to some health issues. Since the first of the year, with the Texas Teacher Retirement System, I’ve been dealing with and resolving as many health issues as I can.
Frankly my husband’s issue was too expensive to use on some of them.
First, I had been dealing with my teeth since the Fall when I was accepted as a patient by the school. One of my crowns was completely rebuilt and it took from January to June to get it fixed. I’m chewing MUCH better now. We’re going to replace a few other crowns as we go, and we’re trying to stop the progression of gum disease. A well known complication of diabetes. The chewing helps the ability of doing food the lap band way.
Second, was sleep. I needed a refresher course. A lot of that is still choices, but at least when I go to bed I sleep all night and feel good the next day.
Third is diabetes control, and I think it is getting better.
Fourth is physical pain which keeps me from working out and sometimes sleep. We discovered I was suffering from statin muscle pain and we’re working on getting me on the right cholesterol medication. Went off it entirely for 6 weeks, pain went away. I’ve been on Zetia (non-statin) for three weeks and no pain. I’m working with Parker Chiropractic School on the joint pain. That is interesting as I make good progress than he has to do a full exam, and I go back a few steps. Right now my good knee is causing problems.
My latest issue is dizziness, this is my second round and I’m waiting on non-expired Nasonix to see if it solves the problem. Should be in today.
Nothing serious but all contributing to my weight.