The Good News!

Well according to a fasting blood test, and only the fasting blood test and not a timed glucose test I'm supposedly not diabetic. Still doesn't explain a lot of things.. but I'm not going to fight with my doctor as much as I don't like her.
Things in life have gone from bad to worse. I haven't been able to find the energy to bother to go cook some good healthy food. Just been snacking and having leftovers.. I've just been to depressed. Hopefully this will work out eventually. There is hope for the future but I'm not optimistic so I can't bring myself to hope what I want to happen will.. I don't want to be hurt even more..
Eventually I hope to get to being ok enough to just try and get back on track with everything. It's been hard.

The After Thanksgiving Rut

Well it's been a few days since Thanksgiving itself. It was a bit nuts over here since we're still not used to having relatives over at our house for it. Not to mention some crazy relatives who should have just stayed home.. but there is nothing you can do about them.

As with most people we have the leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls and cranberry sauce. Though we also have a LOT of left over veggies. That would be my favorite part. I don't tend to eat much meat in comparison to the rest of my family. So today we have a picture of a typical lunch for me for after the Holidays. Though I can say this is also a regular lunch / dinner thing during the hot summer months as well.

There are two versions of my meal, one being the smaller portion that I had today, the other being a bigger portion that I would have for dinner or as a really big lunch if I had missed breakfast for some reason.
Bother meals also had a serving of Triscuit Thin Crisps(14 crisps = 3 points plus) and a side of Ranch (1 Dannon Fat Free Greek Yogurt container with 1tbsp Ranch Powder = 1/2 cup 1 points plus)
In the smaller meal we have 1 oz Boars Head Hard Salami (3 points), 1 White Cheddar Baby Bell (2 points) and an assortment of veggies and some red seedless grapes.
The Second Larger Plate has 1 boiled egg (2 points), 2 oz of the Salami (6 points), 2 Baby Bells (4 points) Then the same assortment of veggies and grapes.

The second plate really is a lot of food when you add the crisps. Like I said it would be my dinner plate after having had a light lunch. The Salami and cheese can really add up fast point wise but when you have it with all the veggies it does make for a nice meal.

Diabetes...

It's come to my attention that I am probably full blow type 2 diabetic. I was diagnosed with Pre Diabetes when I was younger and about 40lbs heavier than I am now.. Even having lost the weight it can still happen. I probably never noticed because for the most part we eat really healthy here... I don't eat a lot of starch or carbs.. I don't really eat sweets because I don't like them to much. My only downside has been a can of soda a day that I've been in the process of cutting back on to cut out completely soon.

All in all I'm more upset with my Primary doctor who should have seen the signs. I know for people like me you should have the testing done once a year since my family is also predisposed to Type 1. I didn't complain much because things have been tight on money and though I can drive I have to share the car with my mom right now which makes it hassle some to make my own appointments.

In all I'm not to surprised.. kinda disappointed since I have been working to lose the weight and better myself and still eat way better than most people I know yet I'm still the one to end up being Diabetic. All I can really do is continue down the same path of eating well and trying to better myself. I don't think it's at a stage where I'd need medicine to control it. Who really knows though.

For the blog however this will probably mean Diabetic Friendly Meals.. ALONG with the already Weight Watcher Friendly ones that can all be used in someway in a Bento.

Welcome!

I decided to start this blog mainly for myself. I love the Bento Culture and I happen to be on Weight Watchers. I made the choice to start Weight Watchers to better myself. I am far from happy about my body and I finally got around to doing something about it. As for Bentos, I feel that the idea of the Bento just goes very well with my choice to be on Weight Watchers. For the most part Bentos are packed with healthy items and even when they have not so healthy items in them it's well balanced and well proportioned to everything else in the lunch. A Bento is a good way for me to portion control my meals and a good way for me to try and be creative in finding healthy recipes to pack in them. 

This blog at times may be updated on a daily basis and at other times may only be updated sparingly. It all depends on my mood. I suffer from depression and sometimes I find it hard to motivate myself to do even the simplest of things. I do try however and that's what matters.
This blog may be more for myself as a record of my progress and my ideas but any of you who come upon this place I hope that you enjoy it and find something you like.

For a first post I guess I shall share my recipe for my favorite hummus. I love hummus! Sadly I tend to like it more with pita chips rather than veggies but it's good with both.

Roasted Garlic Hummus!

• 2 (15 ounce) cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1/4 cup tahini
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 cup roasted garlic (2-3 large heads)
• 2 teaspoons salt 
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• Paprika or cayenne pepper to garnish (OPTIONAL)
• Olive oil to garnish (OPTIONAL)
  
  Very simpler to prepare. You can either buy the roasted garlic or roast it yourself in the oven. Just split open the heads and brush with a tiny bit of olive oil and roast at 350 for about an hour.
  
  1. Drain the chickpeas and place in a food processor or blender. I say either one because we have some old equipment here and our blender works much better for this than our food processor.
  
  2. Add the water, lemon juice, tahini and roasted garlic to the chickpeas and blend until smooth. In some cases you may need more water. It's really up to you depending on how you like your hummus.
  
  3. Place the hummus in a bowl and mix in the salt and pepper. Most times I don't measure since It's again up to your own tastes.
  
  4. Serve as is or garnish with olive oil and paprika or just paprika. I like to use cayenne for the spice over the paprika.
  
  
  Hopefully you all enjoy. If anyone notices this, I do have a profile on www.food.com that also has this recipe posted.