I have not been very present on here recently. I have about 6 started blogs, some of which may see the light of day, but I have never really finished anything as my energy is mostly spent trying to find a way to cope.
See, things have been awesome – got married, living with my husband, nice flat, cool gifts etc etc and yet I have been more tired and run down over the past six months than I can remember being.
It’s not just the mental health stuff – although my psychiatrist is all over that, it is something else, which my psychiatrist is all over too, but I have had enough.
I am tired of being too tired to have any form of social life, of being too tired to work more than one day in a row. I am now down to a two day working week, which may sound wonderful – and I am not complaining it is great – but I seem to have no more time to do any of the things that I would have thought I could do, should I only work two days a week.
Why? Because I am so exhausted getting up each day hurts. Now I know, I just got married, big change tiredness expected. Also, depressed – tiredness expected. But this is different. It is more intense and more life debilitating than what I have known before.
So, while my psychiatrist and Dr work away at what is going on physically to top off my mental medley of needs, I am taking things into my own hands as far as I can.
This is my first adventure on the journey to greater health and energy. Perhaps I am in dreamland and it will not help, but I am going to go into it with all the gusto I can manage.
I have been inspired by the Whole Food Diary – a really fun and interesting food blog written, which I was introduced by my mentor, due to the fact her daughter writes it. This is an adventure into good food, that is healthy and good for the body, it is creative and interesting food that just looks too tasty on my instagram feed to ignore.
The paleo diet, from what I can tell (and I really am at the very beginning) is a diet that takes you back to the basics – hunting and gathering. Now, I am not going to go out hunting and gathering, but I am going to start to investigate what goes into my body. I think it could be interesting, and at the very least will give me a fun project in the making and at the best could even make me feel fitter and healthier. I am not really sure how much of this adventure I will share on this blog… but I thought I would share my first foray.
A foray that merely meant purchasing a book. I am yet to cook anything…..
You might find this podcast from Australia interesting listening – http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rnfirstbite/paleo-for-and-against/5359308
Thanks, I will have a listen.
You may want to check this out too. My daughter, who is studying to become a nutritional therapist, sent it me http://www.superjuiceme.com/
Thank you! I will.
sounds exciting! be really interesting to hear how you get on, and will check out the blog you mention. I’m also hunting the elusive energy; some success cutting out more obvious culprits (alcohol / highly processed foods, etc).
Did you cut alcohol completely? I like a glass of wine with dinner every now and then. I don’t want to cut it, but if would really make a difference maybe I should think about it.
Not at first. I “paused” was when recovering from a stomach bug and found I couldn’t drink coffee or alcohol (couldn’t take the taste); and felt I had more energy during that time. But eventually just got back into the routine. More recently I’ve become unsettled about how I use “casual” drinking to lift my moods. So I decided to take the plunge and cut it out entirely to see what difference it makes for me all round. Early days: 5 weeks so far. I’ll let you know!
Yeah do. I would love to know. The drink thing is tricky, I have noticed recently sporadically drinking with meals more for my mood. Very casually etc, but still. Would be interesting to know how you get on!
Love reading your blog especially as i am also a Christian who experiences depression & severe tiredness. I’ve found that clean eating & taking juice plus capsules really helps me so much, really interested in hearing how you get on. Best wishes x
Hello Mrs!!!
I’ve been on paleo for a year now. Cutting out carbs at lunch definitely helps the post-lunch sleepiness, but other than that it hasn’t helped me massively. I also reintroduced rice cos I just wasn’t getting enough calories (and I figured rice wasn’t particularly evil…)
This website is the best one I’ve found for recipes – she’s brill. I often substitute honey or maple syrup as a sweetener when she uses stevia or agave nectar- seems to work well.
http://www.elanaspantry.com/paleo-diet-recipes/
On my Pinterest is a board of best paleo recipes. I will have to show you the chocolate fudge one – it’s amazing.
And – top tip- mashed banana when frozen is very like sorbet/ice cream.
Legend!! Thank you!! I will take a look at the website.