Recuperating

05 Apr Recuperating

What I am eating now

Since I can’t be very active physically right now, I am really watching what I eat and staying away from empty calories. Empty calories are the things we eat that have more calories than they do nutritional value. Junk foods like soda pop and potato chips fall into that category. I’m actually eating more red meat, which is a fairly big change up for me as I try to keep my red meat consumption to once a week or less normally. However, this back surgery meant that my muscles along the vertebrae were damaged, as well as nerve tissue, and red meat offers the best source of B vitamins (needed for nerve tissue repair), iron (helps with keeping the blood oxygenated) and protein (to help repair the muscles). Of course, I’m not just eating steaks, but plenty of whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. Since I have been taking narcotic pain medications, the added fiber in the grains and produce will help keep me “regular”.

It’s getting warm here, which is a perfect time to add big entree sized salads to your dinner menu. This week I’ve made my Cheeseburger Salad, as well as a hearty Steak Salad. The best part of both these dinners is all the cooking was done prior; the burger and the steak were left overs of dinners from earlier in the week, I purposely cooked more than I needed so that I could prepare these salads quickly. I’ll post pictures and recipes later in the week.

The rest of the week is a mix of salads and some comforting favorites, mixed in with some My Fit Foods and Grabba Green. I’ll let you know how is it 🙂 In the mean time, get outside and enjoy the weather why you still can, it’s Arizona and Summer is coming!

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