I'm typing this post at 4:30 on Sunday morning. I've been awake most of the night, tossing and turning. The headaches I'm having aren't allowing me to rest. I thought maybe if I just got up and blogged, I could finally get some sleep. Plus, I have so much to talk about, so much stuff racing through my head. Back to Friday so I can catch up.
Friday afternoon after we got back in town from yoga, Abby and I went to Kroger so she could teach me some healthy grocery options. Our first stop was the produce department where she told me a little about the Dirty Dozen and why some things must always be organic before they go in my basket. Before we left the produce department, I had bananas, leeks, yellow squash, zucchini, parsley, cilantro, Roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, a sweet potato, mushrooms, a box of mixed greens, cauliflower, celery, baby carrots, kale, green pepper, red pepper, cucumber, an eggplant, a spaghetti squash and asparagus.
From there we headed to the organic/healthy food area and stopped for some ground flax seed. I can't remember what I'm supposed to do with that. I also chose some Larabars after looking at the ingredient list of several snack bars. A few flavors have a very limited number of ingredients, which is what we are looking for. I got the Banana Bread, Apple Pie, Cherry Pie and Blueberry Muffin bars. I also got coconut oil here which if you ask me doesn't look like oil at all, it looks like Crisco shortening. Whatever. I'll try it.
To complete our shopping trip, butter was added to my basket. Yes! It was not my regular butter, but stuff in the gold foil wrapper from Ireland. Very expensive, but I won't be using as much as I have been either. Raw sunflower seeds and almonds were also chosen as well as some eggs.
My basket didn't look quite like it normally does when I shop. And at the register, I definitely saw a difference in how much I normally spend on groceries, especially when you consider the fact that I'll have to go back more often for more fresh produce. The things we do and the sacrifices we'll make in the name of health. Well, I'm going to anyway.
I'm just so proud of you for taking this monumental step. Yes, it's driven by your diagnosis, but I still think you're brave for taking on this whole experience RIGHT AWAY...no easing into it, just completely starting over, cold tofurkey, so to speak! I look forward to following your journey, and know it will inspire me and others to make needed changes as well. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amy! The decision HAD be driven by my diagnosis; otherwise, I would never have done it. I'd like to think I'm brave, but I feel more like I'm stupid... stupid for not making changes earlier so I wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place. I hope that someone finds inspiration in my journey!
DeleteIronically, we decided to begin this journey BEFORE the official diagnosis came in. It was like the universe's way of telling us we had made the right decision. It wasn't 1 day too soon that we agreed that this would be the path!
ReplyDeleteAbby, you're right... mostly. I had no official diagnosis, but I sure knew where it was pointed! And there's no doubt that that phone call in the car cemented the fact that our decision was exactly what it was supposed to have been.
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