Things I love.

My next musical project is going to re-writing the song "Summer Nights" from Grease to "Sleepless Nights" from the new musical called "newborn."

I wrestle with myself most nights because Simon eats very frequently and by the time he eats for an hour, gets changed and put back to sleep, I know it's only an hour or two at most before it's time to repeat...so sometimes I'm able to fall asleep, and other times it gives me my unwanted second wind. Tonight is an unwanted second wind night so I'll let you know how my progress is going.

Ok, so I mentioned "The Dr.'s Diet" in my last post. I collaborated with my sister to start this program together. I just wanted a little structure in my eating. She has followed it 100% and I have followed my own version about 75% and both of us have already had incredible results! The philosophy of his program is incredible and so I'm not too worried about following his exact 2-week eating plan since I'm nursing, but I'm following his guidelines for a healthy lifestyle.

My sister lost 7.5 pounds in one week and she was already a healthy, active person who isn't what I consider "overweight". That is INCREDIBLE!!! I'm losing weight pretty steadily anyway thanks to nursing AND being healthy and am down 6.5 pounds in a little less than two weeks. I've lost 30 pounds and I am 6 weeks postpartum and only have 7 more pounds to hit pre-pregnancy weight. I am so proud of myself!

I love eating my whole foods all day long. I love eating simple meals like grilled chicken, boiled sweet potatoes, and a green salad with lemon wedges. I love drinking milk. I love eating apples. I love my green berry smoothie. I love hard boiled eggs. I love a frozen banana topped with walnuts and a little chocolate. I love toasting pumpkin seeds and drizzling honey over them to put on my strawberry spinach salad. I love making my own bean and cheese burritos. I love my treat of melting some peanut butter in the microwave and stirring some oats in with a few chocolate chips. SO GOOD. I love strawberries in milk with a little vanilla- try it- so dang good! I love me some avocados mixed with tomatoes, onions, lemon juice (yes, I know that is just guacamole)

I made some mason jar salads and I love those too. They took me 3 days to make since having a newborn really is a pretty intense time commitment- WHICH I LOVE BTW- but once they were made, it was awesome to pull one out of the fridge and have lunch in a bowl in less than 60 seconds.

My doctor was so happy with my progress and told me over and over again how well I managed my diabetes and if it hadn't been for my dedication, I probably would have had a c-section or worst case scenario possibly even a stillbirth considering my placenta started deteriorating. She told me she thinks my future is very bright for accomplishing my goals and is so happy for me. She was really happy about my weight loss so far and told me to keep doing what I'm doing.

She advised me to keep lots of fruits and vegetables in my diet and then focus on lean proteins and healthy fats and really watch out for too many carbs and avoid sweets and white flour. I love focusing on REAL food and not feeling like I'm on a crazy diet, and I love that I am not cutting out any food group. Because of my belief in "The Word of Wisdom," I always struggled with these diets that eliminate so many wonderful healthy foods.

I feel my old "health nut" self coming back to life which is really a good thing because the health nut who died at some point in time ate healthy foods because of the health benefits and avoided unhealthy foods for HEALTH reasons...mostly. I really can't stress how much I don't want to eat a bunch of junk and it feels amazing. A little treat here and there is fine, just not something I feel like I need like a drug.

I feel like I'm doing all these things for ME and for my own health and I'm loving it. I'm taking the 2 hour glucose test tomorrow to see if I'm still diabetic, so say a little prayer for me that I'm not because if you didn't get the message from me before DIABETES IS EXPENSIVE! I'd so much rather spend $80 a month on yummy food instead of medical supplies. Have a great weekend!