I need to work on our nutrition. It is sad, I am so careful what I give the cats, always making sure they have quality fresh food. I give them probiotics and buy high quality foods. I serve it to them on little plates. Nothing is too good for them.
But I am often found eating a cup of noodles (I figured out it works with my evening medication) or Pop Tarts, while my orange juice languishes in the back of the fridge. Ron: today, I got him to eat a burrito. That was it. It was a high quality steak burrito but still... where are the vegetables? Where is the protein? Why is he hurting all the time?
And me... I eat processed foods and wonder why I am so tired and depressed all the time. I'm not flogging myself, I'm just stating a problem: our nutrition isn't.
Part of it is depression and side effects from my medication. I am tired and unmotivated, I don't have much energy. There is a very real reason I use disposable plates. So many times I just don't have the energy to cook, much less do the dishes.
I did get Ron some fruit & vegetable juice blended up. He has no idea it has carrot juice, etc. in it and I'm not telling him. I can get him to drink that, sometimes, especially when I am giving him medication.
Me? [crickets] I do like carrot juice and I can buy some of that. Other vegetables? Not sure what we would do that is easy.
Fruit is easier, I love apples and I can do them any day of the week. Same with citrus. Ron doesn't really do fruit aside from the juice. I might be able to get him to eat a banana now and then.
Ugh... I need to think about this for a while.
And I haven't even got to the protein yet. That's pretty easy for me, I do shakes and bars. I had a 20 gram protein bar this morning for breakfast with my pills. Ron doesn't really like them but I might be able to get him to take a bite now and then, that would be better than nothing.
I think I need to spend some time looking at the Walmart delivery website.
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There are some plant based protein bars at Walmart that have fruits and veggies snuck in. They are not the most delicious things ever created but they are tolerable. I can’t think of the name right now. Or there is a mild vanilla flavored plant based protein powder that has fruits and veggies and it can be mixed in yogurt or added to juice. It was a bit costly though but it is also at Walmart.
How about some homemade smoothies? Throw some kale, celery & bananas in a blender, along with some coconut water, peanut (or almond) butter and ice. It's a whole meal, which can be consumed in a couple minutes, with minimal dishes. Inexpensive, too
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