I have to have spontaneity. I never know what I'll be craving so meal prep doesn't work that great for me. Most of the time, I know the basics of at least one meal a day and eat accordingly.
Hello! I am a little jealous that you can spontaneously prepare healthy meals - if I leave it to spontaneous we end up with take-out or other poor choices.
Meal planning--I just do a few days at a time. Remember @pjilla? She used to do two months at a time.
I do remember @pJilla - but I don't remember she did 2 month plans - but I think I am understanding more why she did
DH and I are pretty sure his grandmother is mad at us and DH's parents. She really didn't talk to us. She is 77 and was just off on Saturday. Last week we got into it with her because she has to have her shoulder replaced (she had the other one done a few years ago) and we told her that she needs to go into a nursing home until she is back on her feet. Like for 2 weeks. She would get the therapy that she needs and the 24 hour care that she needs as well. This is what she did last time. Those first 2 weeks are too much for us to handle. Last time she was pretty much incoherent during that time and couldn't do anything for herself. We have time to get it figured out but this is not what she wanted to hear from us. Other then this the day was great.
That is hard - but you are right specialised care initially sounds like it best suits her needs.
What aspect of Life do you want to gain the most? Have you made any progress toward this?
I want to regain confidence and just experience a feeling wellbeing knowing that I am doing all I can to live my best life. The extra weight saps my confidence and knowing I am not looking after myself properly just adds to feelings of anxiousness about my health. I wish I could say I have made more progress - but I haven't gotten very far.
So, let's talk about sugar! Do you watch your sugar intake, especially the hidden sugars? Do you feel a difference when you eat less sugar? Do you have any tips as to how avoid sugar?
Sugar is also my downfall - I have switched mostly to sugar free soft drink - during the work week I try to mainly drink water during the day at work.
I once read an article about a family who lives with a constant meal plan. They figured out that far too much of their spare time went into food planning and food preperation. So they have a two months plan that just keeps repeating over and over again. They have a day every two weeks where they try something new and if the new thing is great, they might throw something else out. They also had a general structure like Tuesday is pasta, Thursday is chicken and such. To me this sounded brilliant and scary at the same time. But they said for them the gain in time and less worrying was worth it to sometimes eat something that they did not feel like that day.
This sounds very interesting to me - I think this is what I need to consider trying - and yes - a lot of time can be spent looking for recipe ideas.
Also: Have you considered to involve the kids more in the meal making process? One of my colleagues has three boys, 15, 14 and 12. And they all have one day every week where they are responsible for the family dinner. They need to plan what they want to make beforehand as the parents will do the shopping for what is needed and the main rule is that the meal is not allowed to come from a can. Of course the parents helped them in the beginning to figure out what they wanted to make and how realistic certain things were. And to help them plan a nutritious meal, too. They started it a year ago and it seems to work quite well. He says sometimes the boys get lazy and sometimes things aren't really that tasty. But he is impressed how their skills have improved over the year and says that it really helps him and his wife to not be responsible for feeding the family three out of 7 days.
This also - I definitely do need to involve them more - I have done it before but have trouble maintaining it - I will look to start it during the next school break - DS17 is in term 3 of year 12 and this term is when they do their bigger testing for university entrance rankings - so will wait till that is over before adding to his workload. They definitely need the life-skill of cooking so I am all for it - I tend to just do it as it is quicker and easier.
Here in Germany this is standard after such surgery. After hospital you would go to an institution where they take care of your recovery. We call it a rehab, but I know that rehab in English is something quite different! But ultimately it is like a nursing home with the difference that all the people there are people who have to get back onto their feet after surgery or a strok or such.
We also have rehab units attached to most of our hospitals that some people enter after certain surgeries before going home.
I also realized that I have turned a real corner. I actually went for three little runs while there. I could just tell I wasn't moving enough even though I was walking about 14,000 steps a day. I needed to get my heart pumping a little. Never have I ever exercised while out of town/on vacation. Even still, I definitely needed to be eating less but oh well LOL!
Congrats - that is a great realisation - well done for running
am woohoo the DD is doing great so far this year. No signs of anxiety.
That is great news - I take it she has a different teacher this year?
I am also taking off a half day on Friday and we are closed on Monday. Friday we are going to our outdoor theater. We will be watching the
orchestra play the music to Star Wars A New Hope while it is playing for us to watch. We went to this the last 2 years. First we saw Indiana Jones and then last year was E.T. They do such a great job. We also get to take food and drinks in. They they have fireworks after. It is a lot of fun.
That sounds like fun.
Now, I will host September-but I am not proficient as all of you with your beautiful graphics and photos-but I would be happy to start the thread and come up with some questions and maybe links to articles? Is that okay with everyone? I am busy until tomorrow evening with my grandson, but I could get the thread started over the weekend and get us going by Monday.
Thank you for hosting September - What ever you want/can do is appreciated.
