When I woke up this morning, I immediately started dinner! The Diabetic Living cookbook recipe that I chose today was the Spinach, Chicken and Wild Rice Soup, and it's prepared in a crockpot. Nothing could have been easier than adding water, reduced-sodium chicken broth, reduced-fat and reduced-sodium condensed cream of chicken soup, wild rice, thyme and pepper to my crockpot and letting it simmer for eight hours. When the soup was done, I simply added some cooked turkey (although the recipe calls for chicken) and fresh baby spinach. The taste was delicious and the soup was filling. Like all the recipes I've made so far, there was enough left over for tomorrow's lunch.

I see the doctor tomorrow morning to check my blood sugar. I've been lucky in that I'm not being medicated to keep this disease in check. The doctor wanted to try the diet/exercise route, and I'm hoping that my numbers have decreased significantly, especially in light of the major weight reduction.

Today, I packed up my shorts and pants and took them to the Salvation Army. I have purchased six pairs of new pants that fit me now. Next, I need to go through my shirts. My dress shirts are definitely too big. I hate giving away all of these clothes, recalling how much they originally cost, but it's for a good reason. I think I put my skinny clothes in storage; it's time to check that out.

I have an ear infection today, which prohibits me from going swimming this evening, but Stella and I took a long walk earlier, so I'll count that as my exercise for the day. (By the way, Stella is the one in the picture.)