I keep saying I'm going to revive this blog. And every time I say so, I earnestly mean it.
The fam and I have been doing the Whole Life Challenge since September 7th. The lifestyle challenge this week (and perhaps it's for the remainder of the challenge) is do spend 15 minutes a day doing something you love. I love writing. Over at my other blog I spend a lot of time working through the baby's health issues and trying to balance work, and here I'd like to get back to talking about the other parts of my life that I enjoy--Paleo cooking, CrossFit, and health.
TBH, I haven't done hardly any paleo cooking since Swee'Pea Disceaux got here. The parents are staying with us because there is a scarcity of childcare here, so Mom's been doing all the cooking. And I've only been back at CF for about 6 weeks (c-section recovery took way longer than I had hoped). And with the new lifestyle challenge for the WLC, and after reading the intro to Melissa Joulwan's new Well Fed 2 in which she talks about being her best self (plus with some other stuff I've been working through on the academic blog), this is one of the things I want to get back to. There are some complicating factors though. Even though I'm doing the WLC, I'm on a restricted version of this because of the Swee'Pea's issues. Baby girl may have food allergies (we get the blood test results on Monday), so I've been on the Dr. Sears Elimination Diet for three weeks (which is an issue in itself being on it that long)trying to eliminate allergens in my system in the hopes that I can begin nursing again. I must remain on this until the 24th.
Until the 24th, I'd like to use this space to write and think about my health goals, what will make me happy, and how to integrate that in with my academic life, how to get to balance and how to get to more happy.
After the 24th, once I get the clearance from the pediatrician, we'll say Sunday the 27th, I want to participate more in the cooking. I miss it. I didn't do nearly enough of it when I was pregnant, but cooking, especially loving, wonderful, beautiful Paleo meals grounds me. It's a good stress reliever for me. It makes me feel like I contribute something greater to my family. So, I would like to start sharing the cooking responsibility with the Moms once I can start adding variety to my diet again.
The good thing about Paleo life is that if Miss Swee'Pea is plagued with food allergies, then this is a good way of eating on which for her to grow up. Furthermore, it's important for me, especially since I have a daughter, to have my child see a healthy lifestyle and healthy relationship with food and fitness modeled. I don't want her to grow up seeing a mother constantly dieting and denigrating herself at every turn (like I saw growing up).
So we shall see how I can develop this space in the next week. I'm looking forward to diving into Well Fed 2 and reporting back on it.
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