My Best Remedy IS…..

Saturday, August 16:

As I mentioned in my last blog, my new job began on July 29. Well, it has been 0 – 60 since then. Which I knew would happen, so no surprises. I am certainly not complaining. I am grateful to be in the position I’m in, and to work with really wonderful people. But boy am I tired!! Today is my first day off in 14 days. I went to a trade show in Las Vegas, which started on Saturday. I came home mid week, and went right to work. Yes, I was dead tired, but made it through to Friday. And surprise! Friday, we ended up setting up our office space unexpectedly, and there I was moving furniture. Saturday I got up, went to my WW meeting, went shopping and home to do chores. I was dragging. If you know anything about me at all, you know that I was planning a swim today. I almost didn’t go. That is how tired and sore I felt. But I dragged myself to the pool. It wasn’t wonderful at first. Of course the water felt fabulous, but I was out of breath, and sore all over. Finally I got my rhythm going, and started to feel better.

The above paragraph was to be the beginning of the blog I meant to publish last Sunday, August 17. And then….

Sunday, August 25:

FAST FORWARD TO THAT NIGHT –

Surprise appendix attack! Sunday I had an emergency appendectomy. It has been one thing after another since the beginning of the year. But I stay strong in my self care practice, my work ethic, and my appreciation for the life that I have, with no regrets. And that, my friends, is my Best Remedy for being happy, healthy, and staying focused.

I have no meal prep planned for this week, as I am still on the mend, and will be working mostly from home. I am continuing to keep healthy things in the house, and of course, no trigger foods! As focused as I am, stress eating is definitely still an issue for me.

I do want to share the dinner we had last night. It was a slow cooker chicken stroganoff recipe from diethood.com: https://diethood.com/crock-pot-chicken-stroganoff-recipe/.

It came out delicious. We used boneless, skinless chicken thighs instead of breast meat. I omitted the flour in the recipe, and the parsley garnish, but otherwise followed the recipe as written. One note: the recipe lists the cooking time as 4-4 1/2 hours on low. It only took about 3 – 3 1/2 hours in my slow cooker. So keep your eye on it. I highly recommend you give this a try. It’s luscious, yet light.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff . Recipe from diethood.com

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