Our THM Chicken Alfredo Recipes ...Yummmy!

Chicken Alfredo    (S)

Ingredients:

• 5-6 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Tenders
• coconut oil
• Yellow, Orange and Red peppers, deseed & dice
• squash and zucchini, sliced
• Onion, diced
• broccoli
• Newman's Alfredo Sauce
• Sea Salt & Pepper
• a little Garlic powder, Onion Powder & a little Tony Catchere's (optional)
• Deamfields pasta

 Directions:

1. Bake Chicken Tenders about 30-40 minutes or until juices are clear. 
2. While chicken is baking, dice vegetables, then melt a little coconut oil in a pan to saute veggies. Once melted add veggies, except broccoli, to saute. 
3. Once peppers, onion, squash and zucchini are tender add Newman's Alfredo Sauce, and continue to cook over med. heat.
4. Once chicken is done, dice or shred it and add it to the veggies and Alfredo sauce.
5. Fill a pot with water and bring to a boil, add Dreamfield pasta (follow directions on box)
6. Then add Broccoli, salt, pepper and other desired seasonings.
7. Continue to cook, turn down to low and let simmer about 10 minutes.
8. Then Serve over pasta and enjoy!

Chicken Alfredo "Pizza"   (S)

Ingredients:

• Joseph's Lavish Bread
• Butter or coconut oil
• Tyson ready to eat Grilled Chicken Strips, diced
• Newman's Alfredo Sauce
• Either fresh or frozen Squash, Zucchini, Onions, and Peppers (yellow, red and orange), slice or diced
• Sea Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder and Onion Powder
• Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees
2. Take Lavish Bread, spread butter or oil on each side place in oven 3 minutes, take out flip and bake another 3 minutes.
3. Place veggies on pan and put in oven to "roast" about 10 minutes.
4. While veggies are in oven, Take Lavish bread and begin to prepare "pizza". Spread alfredo sauce over lavish bread.
5. When veggies are done, spread them and diced chicken on top of alfredo sauce.
6. Then drizzle a little more alfredo sauce over chicken and veggies.
7. Then add Salt, pepper and other desired seasonings.
8. Top with mozzarella cheese.
9. Bake in oven 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.

My newest journey, Trim Healthy Mama

Well due to that nasty little tumor in my brain that is reeking havoc on every part of my body, it has also brought me the wonderful gift of diabetes. I was doing better trying to watch my sugar intake & had given up soda & etc, that is until I found out the news of "Edgar", my nasty little brain tumor, I decide to name my unwelcome guest Now I can stop calling it "my nasty little tumor" ..LOL So when I found out about Edgar, I went through the, "Okay since I have a brain tumor, I'm going to eat whatever I want!" Well let me just say that was a really bad idea. I decided it was time to get my head screwed back on straight.

I kept seeing all these people talking about "Trim Healthy Mama", at first I thought, "Oh another fad diet." But I looked into it more, I then found out it's not a fad diet,  Pearl & Serene (2 sisters that researched this plan for 5 years and wrote the book) they just show how eating certain foods together & avoid putting other together, can help keep your blood sugar at a good stable level and therefore helps your body. So I kept reading and reading more online about THM, then I decided to buy the book. Wow! When it came in I thought I'll never get this, it is a HUGE book, but thankfully, while taking a little at a time & making lots of notes since I can't remember much these days. I went ahead and jumped into the THM lifestyle. So on Feb. 13,( yes the day before Valentine's Day I decide to cut out sugar) I started THM and the things they  recommend to avoid are the things, as a diabetic I need to aoid anyway, Sugar, White Flour, White potatoes, White Rice and replace with better options that my body will use slower and keep my blood sugar stable.

That same week I went to the doctor, about 2 days after my "revelation" I needed to get back to eating healthier. I had to get blood work. My A1C was 8.7, which isn't good. That is basically saying that oer the past 3 months my blood sugar was averaging over 200. And that is one 2 different diabetes medications. I take Glipizide & 1,000mg of Metformin ER, every morning & every afternoon. So  Eeekkk,  that whole, "I have a brain tumor and I'll eat whatever I want", wasn't doing anything to help me, instead I was helping evil little "Edgar". And I do not want to help him at all, he has already done enough damage. So since I had started THM 2 days before my doctor visit, I knew I definitely had to change things. So I continued on my THM journey..

That first morning, deciding to weigh in to see where I was starting, (let's just say it wasn't pretty).. Cushing's is know to mess with hormones, cortisol, it makes you gain weight, and makes it VERY, VERY difficult to lose. I have lost some in the past few years, but no matter what I could not get past a certain point, now whether I'm able to break through that wall with THM or not is yet to be seen, I just don't know but I'm starting anyway, I'm not going to let that little "you can't lose" mentality in, because whether I'm able to lose just a little right now, it is doing wonders for my blood sugar. After a little over 3 weeks on plan. My blood sugar has steadily been going down, yesterday morning it was 100, this morning 102, this afternoon 101.. So I don't know about you, but if nothing else, THM has helped get my blood sugar under control, which is great. The last thing I need right now is it going crazy with my upcoming surgery. I have lost some weight over the past 3 weeks. And after surgery, once they remove "Edgar" and kick him out, hoping and praying if they get it all weight loss should start to happen anyway, but I plan to help it along while continuing THM.

So far at my week 1 weigh in I was down -2.5lbs. Week 2 weigh in -2lbs. Week 3 weigh in -2.5lbs.. So over the past 3 weeks I've lost 7lbs.. I have to admit I'm pretty proud of losing those 7lbs. Especially since we are eating some wonderful tasty food.

I have gone THM obsessed, LOL I search the book, Pinterest, everywhere looking for good recipes. Of course, if you know me very well, you know I always have to "Tinafy" it. I can not seem to follow a recipe or pattern or anything without changing it up a little ..LOL Oh yeah, I'm just a Rebel, like that.. ;) bhahaha... Since I can't cook alone any more due to my wandering mind & memory, along with the fact that I get bad dizzy and lose my balance, food is a family affair. Someone is always over there with me, sometimes, or a lot of the time, I supervise :) If it's a day I'm able I help and we make it a team effort.. I've even come up with some yummy recipes for us.

I will start a new post to share a couple of them.. It's all about balance..

If you need help getting healthier, getting your blood sugar under control, losing weight, I recommend that you check out Trim Healthy Mama.

A little more of what has been going on & some good news in my journey

 Well I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. There hasn't been much to report. I went for my consultation with the surgeon last month. Which didn't go as I thought, he sent in another endocrinologist and together they order even more test. I can't say I was very happy about that, but I finally have them done, except for the big one, the scary one the IPSS test. In the past month I got more blood work, another 24-hour urine, bone density test & sleep study last week. Now I'm waiting to hear from the sleep study, but the guy working said,he didn't see anything really abnormal other than I just have trouble going to sleep & staying asleep. Just what I thought it was going to show, another wonderful gift of that little nasty tumor sitting in my brain, all that cortisol it has pumping through my body, is like being on high doses of steroids, so sleep is very, very difficult. I've told my family after my surgery when I pray I can finally sleep, not to wake me up, just check to make sure I'm still breathing & let me sleep however long I possibly can, I can not remember the last time I actually had a good nights sleep. Now if my doctors can get all these test together, schedule the big, scary one, hopefully we will move on to surgery soon. I guarantee if it was them or someone in there close family they would try to hurry this along a little more. Thankfully my local endo doctore was as aggravated as I am, that they ordered more test, since he had already done plenty, we know what is wrong. They have a pretty little mri picture of that nasty little tumor. So we both agree, lets get this show on the road & pray they get it all & I can get on the road to recovery (which takes a while after surgery) So they need to speed things along.

I am happy that I have a little good news to share.
I finally found some insurance and got approved for it.. Unfortunately, it cost over $300/month, and I have several thousands & thousands that have already & are continuing to  add up already in all the tests, doctor visits, & meds before the insurance. But I'm very thankful, to the Lord, that now as long as it is an "approved" Doctor, hospital, procedure & etc.. That I have insurance to help. I will have a copay for approved Dr visits of $30. Then any labs, procedures, hospital stays & etc. "approved, in plan" will be paid at 80%, then we have any copays & the other 20%. Which will help with the surgery a lot! We will still be out thousands & thousands, but no where close to what we were facing. So what a blessing! That is a huge prayer answered.. And helps alleviate some of the stress.

Thank you all for the continued prayers! Praying I get the "official" results of my sleep study next week & praying then after my local endo calls Jackson that things will start to move faster. I'll post when I know something

Please continue to pray, I spend my days at home, holding down the recliner. Just not able to really do much of anything. Only getting out to go to dr visits & etc. Which I joke & say I wish they could just come to me like the old days. Getting ready & stuff, does me in (that is so sad to say, but it is the truth..) There is so much we take for granted,  that are huge when you are unable to do it or unable to do it without a lot of PAIN, nearly hitting the floor trying, or not being able to do things without help. I know it takes a toll on my family, since they have to help me with most everything. But I know God will help us through all of this. Thank the Lord for my husband (who is amazing, I might add), my precious daughter (which I thank the Lord for many, many times a day. This child gets me through each & every day. She is my sunshine, she brightens everyday of my life. I can always count on her to keep me from getting down. ), mom (who is my rock & always has been) & ALL my family. I love them all dearly, instead of trying to name everyone! Oh but I have to say, my little 3 yr old niece, who has to come check on her "Nay-Nay" ever chance she can, to hug me & tell me, "I love you Nay-Nay!", which of course is a heart melter & always helps lift my spirits.. I am truly BLESSED! I can't imagine what I would do without my family