I'm getting close to the one year mark of when I had my last chemo treatment in a few weeks here. I can hardly believe it's been almost a year. It's been a busy year so time has gone by pretty fast. I was thinking the other day about the changes I've tried to make in my life and what habits have stuck and what haven't over the past year.
Good new habits
- My kitchen looks a lot different. I couldn't eat fresh fruits and veggies that I couldn't peel while on chemo, so now I have a whole lot more healthy stuff kicking around than I did before. My fruit bowl used to be this white one, but we had to upgrade to the wooden bowl, and we fill it and empty it every week between the 3 of us.
- We've replaced white flour and white rice with whole wheat flour, wild rice and quinoa. We've been incorporating quinoa in a few meals a week and we are all loving it! I do keep a little white flour around to mix in with the wheat in stuff like pizza dough and cookies. Too much wheat makes stuff too heavy sometimes. We've always loved black beans and use a lot of black beans in our meals. But one change is we've started buying them dry instead of canned and we cook up a big batch on Sunday to use throughout the week. I like to cook them with cumin and chili powder, no salt, and they are super tasty.
- I've stuck to my green drinks in the morning on most mornings. I'm not a real great breakfast eater and it makes me happy to get in a good portion of fruit and veggies first thing in the morning. I make one about 3-4 times a week.
- I love sweets. This one is so hard for me. I really do feel like I'm addicted to sugar and need to have it everyday. I'm still trying to figure out a good way to kick this one to the curb but I struggle with it.
- If I don't plan ahead, then I don't eat very healthy. The days I pack my lunch for work I eat so much better than when I run out the door empty handed, and then I eat the unhealthy stuff that they have around work.
- Chips... oh gosh. I love chips. And they are a really easy thing to eat at work. I'm trying hard to bring other snacks so that I'm not eating chips. - I'm getting more consistant with exercise, but I still have a long way to go. I've been working out about 2-3 times a week. I would really like to get it up to 5-6 times.
Good for you!!! Lots of love and health :)
ReplyDeleteI think you are doing a good job. Simon is 9 months this next week and I'm no where near my goals. Now that I had to quit nursing him, do to allergies, I'm going to refocus. I no longer have an excuse to not do what I said I would do. I'll need to get your green breakfast recipe.
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog - love it. Thanks for the healthy reminders. I too love sugar, but try to eat healthy otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! I struggle with sugar SO much. I do better if I don't keep things around the house that tempt me! With how many fruits and veggies you guys eat I hope you're doing Bountiful Baskets. You probably are, but if you want to know more just check it out. boutifulbaskets.org or something like that. :) I save SO much money with BB rather than buying produce at the grocery store.
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