Hi!

Welcome to my blog! I hope it will prove interesting, but if not I hope I at least have fun doing it. :) I plan to share my life, or at least the things I think worth mentioning, in the hopes someone else can benefit. I am the single mother of a precocious 4 yr old, Type 1 diabetic, picky eater who has struggled with my weight my whole life. My goal going forward is to be healthy. Not thin, not a certain number on a scale, but healthy. My goal for my son is to raise him the best I can so that he grows up to be a wonderful man who isn't defined by his diabetes.

Having a toddler with diabetes, though I guess now he's a preschooler (they grow too fast) is a challenge, having one who refuses to eat much of anything healthy is a nightmare. I found a cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld (yes she is Jerry Seinfeld's wife) called Deceptively Delicious that has a ton of great ideas for sneaking healthy super foods into your kids, I highly suggest buying it if you too have a picky eater. As I read it I realized I had already come up with many similar ideas on my own. For example: I always make Lyam's mac n' cheese adding things like tofu and pureed vegi's. I make my own chicken nuggets using healthy cereal and vegi's as a crust and/or a filler. Anything to sneak in the healthy stuff. Her book is way more organized and focused then anything I currently do, but I try to supplement my recipes w her ideas.

My thought is to Blog my recipes, tricks and tips I've learned about diabetes and general 'almost brilliant' thoughts I have (not all diabetic related). Hopefully my struggles/discoveries in life will help someone else, if not maybe putting them all here will help me improve my own situation. If I'm lucky it'll do both! :)