Thanksgiving 2012

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there! We have a lot to be thankful for this year including: each other, our family, and friends. Thanksgiving this year was fairly painless and actually enjoyable especially when compared to last year's. I will keep this post short. I made Thanksgiving dinner for ourselves and friends. I was able to keep things healthier by making almost every dish from scratch (with the exception of the cranberry orange relish, pumpkin butter, and stuffing). Enjoy pictures from our wonderful day as we wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!

Farmer's Market Run

I made my customary weekly trip to my local farmer's market today to pick up our local provision of produce. I believe that I may have almost enough produce to cover one of two of the Thanksgiving fixings I plan to prepare next week. We are trying to get back to being healthy cien por ciento or in English 100%. We realize as we make strides forward in our health and eating, we sometimes slowly stunt our own progress or simply just get off track. Luckily we have both maintained the weight loss for more than a year and hope to be able to soon add additional pounds to records for the amount of weight lost. So without delay, I am off to my kitchen to begin whipping up some wonderful and wholesome dishes!

Long Lasting Cold

Today is Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 and I am proud to say that the cold I have been under is finally letting up. I am also proud to say that it (the cold) is no longer running my life. I am functioning at about 85% capacity today which is better than how I was functioning, yesterday, the day before that, and so on... I can say that I have not figured out which approach is better for fighting a cold or helping it progress quicker and move on. Eating your way through a cold or starving yourself through a cold. Last Wednesday and Thursday during the pinnacle of my cold I was ravenous constantly. I ate, and ate, and ate, and rested, and slept, just to get up and eat more. A few days later, I got on the scale and I was shocked that I had actually lost 3 pounds. Could that be right or was the weight loss from all the mucus and runny crap coming out of my nose and mouth? 

I can honestly say that I have yet to figure out what works best but I did decide to limit my dairy intake until the cold completely passes me by. I have read that diary products in general create some level of mucus in the body in general. I would like to limit any dietary habits or behaviors that may allow this cold to prolong itself. 

The short-term plan is simple (for this week). Continue to drink plenty of fluids, get plenty of rest, eat balanced meals, and limit stress. I am pretty sure these efforts will help convince my cold to go find another home- far far away from me but we will see. Til then.