Lots of new changes this week, Scott started at his new school and I put my meal plan from my dietician into action. We struggled with the decision to move Scott to another school the last 2 years, Scott has a very difficult time retaining the information he is learning in class even with extra tutoring and help at home. I take partial responsibility in the reason for the switch. The end of 4th grade I had a meeting with the school social workers and teachers, they all agree'd Scott was doing so well they no longer felt he needed the extra help and wanted me to exit him from the special services program. It was true Scott was doing amazing, he made friends, had good grades and seemed to be ok. I signed off under a false hope that Scott was "cured" of any learning issues. It became very clear the beginning of the next school year that we were horribly wrong! Some issues like not wanting to do homework or study come with the pre-teen age but when we spent 3 evenings studying flash cards together for him to still fail a test made us both feel like failures. I started to hear more of "I'm stupid, why study I'll fail anyways and etc." His teachers tried to fight for him last year asking for a re-evaluation that they have never dealt with a child that had such a hard time and he needed more support but the district decided he was fine as long as I kept him medicated. Scott skimmed the very edge of passing 5th grade in fact I received a letter asking to hold him back but I refused. Over the summer I battled myself trying to decide if a charter school was the best choice for him, a school that would help accommodate the needs we were desperate for but decided against my better judgement to allow him to return to public school for another try. Halfway through the school year and he is drowning again, failing all core classes despite our efforts and I was at a loss. I could not get the special service department on my side, Scott was having issues with kids telling him he was stupid when he asked questions and most mornings he fought me tooth and nail to go to school. Thursday I had enough! I called the charter schools told them the situation and by the grace of God they just happened to have a spot the opened up in his grade that morning. There were 2 other families wanting it but they had not completed the application yet so I jumped on it. They told me they would work with their social worker and Scott's physicians to make sure they got him the help he needs. I was completely won over by their staff and have faith that Scott will do great there. He was not thrilled about leaving his friends but explaining they were still close by and could have sleep overs helped him feel better about it. Scott's first day was yesterday and he loved it! He said his teachers were very kind, the kids welcomed him in very quickly and said they all "talk alot" LOL he should fit in just fine :) I feel good about my choice, I may have been inpatient for the public school to help but a year and a half was too long for me. Best part is Austin gets to attend there in the fall as well :) Now onto my food life change (I don't like to call it a diet). It is pretty simple plan my dietician and I split up what I needed into meals and snacks and I have been following it to the T the last 4 days. I track everything in the binder she provided and we go over my choices at our appointments every month. I have been doing good besides the caffeine migraines but motrin 800's have helped me deal with them. I fear I might be obsessing with my food program though. I have
never followed anything so closely and felt so horrible about not
meeting my goals. I am allowed 1225 calories, 60 protein, 30 fat and
130 carbs. I am always under calories but over by 5-10 in fats and
proteins. My food choices are what was suggested, I have done no
cheating no binging but I still feel like I am failing because I am not
hitting my numbers right. Example from Yesterday:
Breakfast:
1 cup of Cheerios
1 8oz. Fat Free Milk
1 Small Apple
Lunch:
2 Whole Wheat Light Bread
1 Tbsp. PB
1 6oz. Light Yogurt
1 Cup Carrots
Snack:
Light String Cheese
Dinner:
3 Oz. Chicken Breast Roasted
1 Small Baked Potato
1 Tbsp. Country Crock Light
1 Cup of Green Beans
I see no where to make cuts except my country crock but that was only 5
fat. I was still over 12 carbs :( Am I being crazy obsessing bout such
a small amount of overstepping....I am proud I made such a huge change
in my life so far but feel like its not good enough. I have had no pop,
only Skim Milk, Water, and Crystal Lite :) I did not get any fitness
in yesterday I kept getting distracted and next thing I knew it was 8pm
and I was exhausted ready to head to bed LOL. This early bedtime is for
the birds HAHA. Our children go to bed and I am too tired to stay up
or even get any reading in...I'm blaming it on getting used to my lack
of caffeine. Please let me know if you are seeing something I am not in
my meal plan...or if I am really just crazy about it LOL
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