Introduction/Welcome

Hey friends! Welcome to my blog and to the beginning of my Journey!  First and foremost thank you for taking the time out of your day to support me, you really don't know how much I truly appreciate it. 

Now I will share with you my motivations as to why I have started this blog. I need a little bit of accountability, if not only to myself but to those out there who are supporting and helping to keeping me motivated. 

By trying to post here if not on a daily basis, at least on a weekly basis, but being a mom, working full time, and going to school I can't promise daily, but I will post as much as I can! I want to post recipes, and share on ideas and thoughts I have seen or read about. I want to share on different apps or web sites that I may have come across that I believe will not only benefit me but others as well. 

I expect feedback, questions, and would even appreciate your thoughts, questions, recipe ideas, web sites and such. 

My goal in this is not so much to loose weight but I'm sure that will be one of the results of this, but my main goal in the end is not being insulin dependent. I'm tired of fighting my diabetes, I am tired of being tired! As my dad would always tell me "If you keep doing what you've been doing you'll keep getting what you've been getting." So I can't expect to feel better, and get better if I keep sitting here eating the crap food I eat, doing nothing! 

My Plan of Action

I am beginning my first week on Monday. I am working on a meal plan that best suits my life style, and eating habits (not as much a habit as in what I eat but how my meals are in general.), I tend to eat only 2 large meals a day Breakfast and Dinner so I will focus on planning those, and than from there will base my snacks on what ever calories/carbs I have left for the day.

My doctor (Dr Ouasis) really wants me to get on a 1200 calorie base diet, honestly I really don't want to discourage myself right off the bat, so I'm taking baby steps and will be working with 1600 calorie diet and will work my way down from there.  

As far as exercise please don't be too disappointed in that I will not be incorporating that into the plan until I can get an okay by a doctor, I am having issues with my right foot and after walking on it just a little bit I am in a lot of pain. I am considering perhaps incorporating some light Yoga and Pilates, or even join the YMCA up the road for some Aquatic aerobics, but again one step at a time, first lets get this eating healthy on track! 

I am already planning my meals for the week, I will post that and a few awesome recipes I have found, and some cool websites as well that I will be using to assist me along this journey! 

Thank you again and looking forward to hearing about your current trails and tribulation with your journey, any good recipes you would like to share (I am always looking for something new to try!) I am doing this on a budget, so I am looking for recipes that don't have too many hard to find ingredients or having to go to a specialty store or health food market to get them.  

Till next time!