Is it possible....

That since Patience has lost weight I have bragged to much?
It could be.
However in Mother's defense this is my little girl. And she has come so far. Wearing jeans for Patience was something she did at 3 years old. And it took two more years later till she could wear kids clothing. What came natural for other kids was a struggle for her. So yes i bragged my heart out. Bragged with JOY.

For people that still look at Patience they still see a little girl who is a little over weight. But she is no longer in the obese range. I see my butterfly that changed.

I know for adults that lose weight there comes a point that posting photo's could come across as being vain. But in all honesty as A mother all I was saying is I'm happy I'm daughter has her life back. She isn't stuck in women's clothing. Patience enjoyed taking the photo's.

I don't know... oddly enough a comment was made it was weird how i posted so many photos. But the person who said that gets paid to get their picture taken.

This is my blog, yes I wrote it. This blog is about our life things we encounter on our weight loss. My feelings, Patience feelings. I figure if the wrong person reads this blog to bad. You didn't know us or how far she has come. You didn't know she couldn't wear a child's ring for two years. You didn't know on picture day she had to wear a ladies shirt.
When I post so many photo's it's because I'm happy my daughter is healthy.

So until you walk in someones shoes do not judge. A kind word is sometimes enough to make someones day. If posting to many photo's of my child makes me a bad parent. Then so be it.  But the one thing  you can never say is I dont have a right to be happy.

End of the Year cook out at school.....

Patience teacher wrote me a note saying they are going to have a cook-out.
Would I like to let her participate or bring her lunch. She has only participated in the Valentine Party and Christmas Party. Every other event she has no thank you.

So that was a easy answer....I'm not thrilled with the cook-out food.
Regular hot dog, white bread bun, and chips, and cookie!!!!!

How our family would modify the meal would be
100% beef hot dog or veggie dog (meat hot dog with no nitrates)
Whole wheat bun
And fresh fruit

However I know the school cannot afford to feed that many children with those food choices.  Patience has done so well later that evening I will make sure for dinner she has fish/veggies or a protein  with green veggies.

That day the children will play outside most of the day so she will have exercise.
On a rare occasion we have went to a gathering and they have white bread, chips, cookies. Patience will whisper "Momma this isnt so great for me"

And I will just smile and say shhh. She truly knows the difference.

One snack.....

Almost every day I will pack fresh fruit in Patience backpack for her snack.

Every now and then I will pack low sugar dried apple chips.

Trip to Walmart....

We shop at Walmart often and some of the employee's have noticed Patience transformation. One day a employee had inquired what her diet was. Her time was limited because she had to return to her cash register. We spoke briefly.

She explained to me her own son was 9 years old and weighed 210. My heart was troubled by this because she had named her doctor's it was the same doctors Patience was going to before.

Anyway at a later time I gave her my phone number and email. Told her I would email her Patience sample meals. She told me her son had gained more. Later that week I seen her purchasing soda.

And she had said it is diet, my son will not drink water.
I have yet  to hear from her. I don't know....
That little boy has really been on my heart and hope some how she is lead to the proper doctors and she receives a good plan for him.

Peanut Butter and Jelly

Like any child Patience still loves peanut butter or almond butter and Jelly. We do put that in her lunch sometimes. Instead of Jelly we use Spreadable fruit. The main reason is it all natural and no high fructose syrup.
The sugar free jam has chemicals or Hfc. With the spreadable fruit it has fruit pectin. ( fruit juice)
In the past we would have thought sugar free was doing "the right thing" just another added tip we have learned from Dr. Goglia. :)



The brand we use Polander. When we put peanut butter and jam in her lunch we usually had carrot sticks or celery. Not another fruit. Or a fruit such as apple because of the fiber. Using only whole wheat bread. And all natural Almond Butter or Peanut Butter. I really shutter to think of the weight she would gain using white bread, regular jelly, and regular peanut butter. And the most important thing how good it would be for her.

Turkey Enchilada

Although I have been going with my vegetarian diet.
I plan on making the girls Turkey Enchilada.
Patience loves Mexican food so I do make turkey whole wheat enchilada's for her occasionally.

Allowing her to have one Taco size with veggies or salad on the side.
We do not do the rice, chips, and other carbs all at once.-

Just turkey, whole wheat tortilla, cheese, and sauce. I always try to find a sauce with lower salt content. And bake.
(I will post a photo later this evening)

I cannot ask Patience to give up everything. And we don't but we do try to encourage her to have more protein and veggie over carbs. Since she is a child she cannot give up carbs completely.

In the past before we knew she had a insulin problem we would buy whatever was on sale. Have rice, corn, chips with it the typical American meal. - After awhile that contributed to the weight gain.
It wasn't that Patience was being over fed it was what we had fed her. :( The very sad thing about it was she would still be hungry.
Her little pancreas was given out. Anyway...I'm so thankful now we know the reason and know what will work. :) This is about 4 oz. of protein for Patience in a meal.
And with the veggies we do not ask her to hold back.

A Economical lunch box treat.....$2.00 for all this fruit

One of the fruits Patience loves in her lunch box is Pineapple.
Pineapple is good for digestive system and loaded with Vitamin C.
( I had to get a photo of her and her pineapple. She was so excited we were getting a real pineapple instead of a can) Does not take much to make her happy :)