Thurs., May 31 - Slow lazy day

Jennifer here....
Not much to thrill you with today.  One child had a doctor's appt and I sorted through junk that has piled up... but I could do that forever and still might not get to the bottom!  Worked on editing some photos too.  Just sorta a ho-hum day.

I got some of the results from my doctors appt yesterday and seems I have a severely low B12 level and I have to go back for a glucose test to see how well my body is handling sugar.  Doc said I have the lowest B12 numbers she has ever seen in a patient.  Hmmm.  Not the thing I wanted to have a first place in.  I know that Emi and I are both insulin-resistant (one of the prices we are paying for being overweight so long) so my doc wants to do a glucose test to see how my numbers look after drinking that *yummy* orange syrup - gag!  All you moms out there will remember that stuff you drank when you were pregnant to check your sugar tolerance??? Same test.  Praying for a good outcome.  Doc said I will start getting B12 shots once a week for a while and they can be given at home.  Not sure if I want to give myself shots but without hesitation, Carly excitedly volunteered.  My scientist in action.  I envision the kids fighting over who gets to torture mom this week with a needle.  Tonight google will be my friend to figure out what I can about B12 or the lack of it. Do any of you deal with B12 deficiencies?  Did you even know you had a problem?  I sure didn't.  The upside is that she said I'll get some energy back so I'm wondering if that will help with my weight loss?  Will let you know what google says.

Breakfast/Lunch
This is going to be bad but it was almost noon before I made it to the kitchen so my breakfast/lunch was nacho chips and salsa and guacamole.  I just have not been hungry in the mornings.  I make my own guac with just avacado, salt, and lemon juice.  We eat the Kroger brand tortilla chips for $1/bag and I buy Pace Picante Sauce.  Regardless of the brand you buy, check the label for sugars - the Kroger brand salsa has added sugar, Pace Mild Picante does not.


Snack
handful of raisins and later in the day I had 3 pieces of the brown rice California Roll sushi that never got eaten yesterday.  Yum!

Dinner
Mac & Cheese with chicken breast cut up as a casserole
Edename (one of my favorites!!)
Cut fresh fruit

I just can't explain enough how NOT-HUNGRY I am all day.  Now if I would exercise a little more than 1x a week, I could speed up this weight loss process.

Tomorrow I'll tackle another new recipe.  Think I'll shoot for experimenting with new recipes every other day - ish.

Thanks for reading along!
Jennifer