Have a little cheesecake as a treat

I had planned to leave for the gym at 3 but got a slack asking me to join a meeting at 4pm. On a Friday. On a BLESSED Friday. when I started work at 7:30 because I was up and wide awake. 

I agreed. I attended the meeting. It went to 4:45, and I fed the dogs and got ready for the gym. I figured I wouldn't get 45 min or longer on the treadmill. I also needed to feed the family. 

So a solid half hour with running/jogging/some laughable movement and I was ready to go to the market. 

Doug asked for "something from the pizza family," which usually means a french bread pizza. But I went to Lidl, not Giant (next door to the gym and a whole lot cheaper) and they had nothing resembling a baguette or whatever. So I got some store brand take and bake pizza. I should have just planned for something different. This was not good pizza. Lesson learned .... Go to Giant and get the makings for real pizza or just get Digiornno or however you spell it. 

I didn't rightly care, because I was far more interested in dessert. I made the cheesecake during our sprint review and it came out really great. The springform pan I got at Lidl is a little warped, so I need a heavier aluminum foil to wrap the pan in so the water bath does not seep water into the cake. I think I should look up another recipe - I seem to remember doing this where I put the water on the shelf under the springform pan, and the pan didn't have to get wet. Where did I see that? Alton Brown maybe? Not sure. Anyway. 

The beautiful crust I made yesterday held up to a little moisture. The recipe for the cheesecake was spot on and perfect. No complaints at all  on that front. I set some berries in a bowl with some white sugar (about 2 T) and a dash of brandy, and lemon juice. I didn't make a syrup and reduction - I wanted whole berries. And, when I was at Lidl, I got heavy whipping cream and made homemade whipped cream because heck. I wanted some. I also can control the amount of sugar that goes into the mix and I always keep it super light. 

All told.

Worth it in every way. And, I was shocked my blood sugar was not 200. The new medication and the increase in exercise is helping. It doesn't make it so "Fuck Yeah I'm having cake EVERY night!" This was just a treat. And I'm happy I did it. 

Digits below. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  Treadmill, 30 min/1.54 miles; 10k+ by bedtime

blood glucose:

7:15am: 123
5pm: 103
10:15pm: 108

food:

coffee/water
7:30am: phentermine 
9:30am: metformin+glipizide
11am: english muffin w/pb
6:30pm: metformin+glipizide
7pm: one slice of meat lovers' take & bake pizza
7:30pm: slice of cheesecake w/blueberries & strawberries and homemade whipped cream. 3 glasses of white wine w/diet ginger ale
10:30pm: jardiance