Are you tired yet of these posts from the couch, with photos from my camera phone? I know I am.
The big news is that I can now place weight on my ankle, stand for short periods of time, and inadvertently took a few steps yesterday. (Talking with friends can be so fun and distracting; you may start walking without even thinking about it!) Today I walked around the house quite a bit and am now recovering on the couch. This is very, very good news.
However, I have been concerned about staying healthy since I can no longer run each night. While using crutches does give me a stellar upper body and core workout, I need to get back to consuming more vegetables in my diet. (We’ve done a LOT of take-out the past two weeks.) The good news is that since I’ve stopped running, my appetite is much smaller. The bad news is that it’s harder to get in the kitchen with crutches.
That being said, I have been doing some cooking, focusing on preparing veggie intensive, healthful meals.
I pulled out our trusty recipe binder and found several salads and healthful grains to prepare this week: Quinoa Salad with Pears, Baby Spinach and Chickpeas in a Maple Vinaigrette; Golden Spice Rice with Chickpeas (from Feeding the Whole Family: Recipes for Babies, Young Children, and Their Parents); Green Beans with Roasted Nuts and Cranberries; and Garlicky Shrimp and Spinach. Yum yum!
That quinoa salad looks amazing! Maybe we’ll have it for dinner tonight! Thanks for the inspiration. :)
Wow you are eating well!! Glad you are feeling better and getting around a bit. xo
i can’t imagine trying to feed *other people* while on crutches. every time i’ve needed crutches, i’ve lost weight.. because it was so hard to get around / prepare food etc, i just waited until someone else came and fed me ;-) if i actually had to, you know, not do that? i would be getting a lot of take out as well!