We Did It: Weekend Out of Town & Maintained Healthy Eating

A couple of weeks ago we went to my mom's to celebrate her birthday and to enjoy a day at Dollywood with my sister-in-law and mother-in-law.  Who knows traveling and eating right can be difficult?  There is always the temptation to snack while in the car for hours and then stopping to eat fast food along the way.  Well we did pretty good.  We stopped for breakfast at McDonald's, that'r right, McDonald's.  We got the sausage burrito which had 26 carbs and 2 sugars, not too bad.  By the way, it's good to plan your eating stops prior to traveling.  You can look up the places you like to go and check their nutritional charts and see what the best items are for you to eat.  I admit, we did it on the fly checking on our cell phones in the car so either way works.  By the way, our snacking food of choice was a sesame stick, nut trail mix.

We arrived at Dollywood and had already decided the best place to eat at the amusement park would be Aunt Granny's which is a buffet.  You say buffet?  Yes.  The reason is because on a buffet you can get healthy greens, veggies and meat.  Which is what we did.  They had turkey breast, pork loin, fried chicken, catfish.  They had veggies that are not good such as mac n' cheese, potatoes, corn but they had collards (excellent choice by the way), green beans, salad, brussel sprouts and more.  We drank unsweet tea because a drink came with the lunch.  We had dinner at Long John Silvers, that's right another fast food place but fish is very good for you (they also now have baked cod).  We opted out of fries and my husband had green beans and I had the okra.

The next day we went to Pigeon Forge with my mom and her husband and we ate at the Apple Barn Farmhouse Restaurant.  There again we made wise decisions on what we ordered, well my husband did I didn't.  He had meatloaf, collards and pinto beans (which are another excellent choice).  I caved and ate creamed potatoes and turkey & dressing.  Overall though we did great and his blood glucose levels stayed low.

I do have to tell you a funny story about checking his levels this past week.  We had eaten dessert the night before so I was concerned that his level would be high.  I always check his blood because he says he can't "poke" himself.  When the meter showed his level I asked "Do you feel OK?  Your level is 66!"  He said I'm fine but I think you are looking at the meter wrong.  I had it upside down, it was 99.  But the important thing is by maintaining our healthy eating we have found that on occasion it is ok to share a dessert.