Sample Day #1

Caprese salad (see dinner)

Here is my menu and glucose readings for 7/19:

Fasting BS: 84

Breakfast (7:10am):

2 hard boiled eggs

mini croissant (16 g carbs - from Trader Joe's freezer section)

BS 1 hour after lunch: 136 (6 points over)

Snack (9:30am):

1 slice Milton's Whole Wheat Plus bread

peanut butter

Extra snack due to hunger (10:30am):

1 rib celery

peanut butter

Lunch (12:20pm):

croissant sandwhich w/2 slices smoked turkey, 1 oz cheese, avocado

grapes

milk

carrot & zucchini sticks w/ranch dip

BS 1 hour after lunch: 108

Snack (3:30pm)

1/2 cup cottage cheese

1 cup raspberries

graham cracker

Dinner (6:45pm):

caprese salad (tomatoes, bufala mozzarella (about 3.5 oz), & basil)

1/6 of Trader Joe's seeded baguette (36g carbs)

milk

Excercise (7:15pm): 20 min walk

BS 1 hour after dinner: 115

Snack (9:30pm):
3 graham cracker halves
peanut butter
milk

We made croissants this Sunday morning because we had overnight guests. Due to the low carb count on them, I decided to have this for my breakfast carbs. I ended up a little high. The dietitian thinks it may be because they are mostly fat (from butter). But I had another one for lunch without a high reading, so she said it could also be that I'm just more insulin resistant in the morning.

Since caprese salad is one of my favorite summertime meals (we use tomatoes from our garden), I was excited to see that it didn't have a bad impact on my blood sugar. Although the walk may have helped, too.