One of my daily challenges is food. In order to feel my best, I know I need to eat healthfully, and when I was the sickest 21 months ago, all I wanted to eat was ice cream and cookies. Come to think of it, even when I wasn’t sick, chocolate was one of my major food groups. But when you are exhausted and your brain is foggy, the idea of planning, buying and making 3 nutritious meals was a chore. And I wanted to make healthy meals not just for me, but food my family would enjoy.
As my recovery is proceeding, I am learning. I have learned to ask my husband to help with meals on weekends (and he is great about cleaning up every night). I have developed a handful of family favorites that are healthy and easy to make. I have learned where to buy less expensive healthy prepared foods, for the nights I just can’t deal. I guess my pediatrician told my mom that there was “a lot of nutrition in a cookie.” So I just try to do my best.