So I haven't blogged in quite awhile, however, Daniel and I are making great progress with couch to 5k! We just started week 5! My reasons for not having regular entries has a lot to do with big changes in our life.
In recent weeks we have found out that Carson (my 1yr old) is allergic to eggs, peanuts, tree nuts and citrus! And that I am allergic to wheat, shrimp and mold! This has been VERY difficult and depressing for me. We found out about Carson's allergies 2-3 weeks before mine, this was quite devastating to us and we were at a loss as to how we were going to handle this. I went thru all the food in the house he ate and I swear egg was in 90% of it! Now he never had anaphylatic reactions to these things like he had with the ice cream or I wouldn't have been feeding it to him. But the doctor told us we had to eliminate ALL egg and citrus from his diet so hopefully he will outgrow it. The peanut and tree nut allergy will unfortunately be a life long allergy and we will always have to have epi pens with us :( just in case. (I pray they never have to be used)
I have had a TERRIBLE time this year with my allergies and have been sick several time this year. My doctor decided to run some blood work to see what I was allergic too, when she ordered it I saw she had ordered a food panel along with the environmental panel. I thought to myself, why would she order the food panel? There is NO WAY I am allergic to any food! WELL SHOCKER FOR ME!!! I WAS!!! The office called a few days later and told me I was severely allergic to wheat, shrimp and mold! I was floored! How was I going to handle this? This is just too much for me, I'm still trying to figure out Carson's problems. I don't have time to deal with my own. I love bread and pasta as much as I love my husband and children! I'll never be able to give up these things. They told me I needed to go see an allergist. However, after discussing all of this with my husband and just sitting on the information for a few days we decided that I would change my diet for a few weeks to see if I felt any better. I really don't want to go to see the allergist, I think I'm afraid I will find out I'm allergic to more than what my family doctor has already told me. And at this point I'm not sure I can digest anymore information like that. :( If the diet change doesn't work then I will suck it up and go but I want to try diet change first.
So a week later Daniel and I headed to the store with a plan after talking with a few people that eat "special diets" and we bought what we call "special diet food". We came home with the Mr. Ed special; barley, quinoa, oats, flax seed, and brown rice. We also bought LOTS of fruit and veggies, and some very expensive YUMMY cheese! The "good" cheese will not be something we buy on a regular basis just because its WAY to expensive...............but its a nice treat :) And yes, the stuff we bought was a little more money, BUT its much healthier for us, and I believe it will last awhile the bags are pretty good size. I'm excited to try new recipes. Last night I made beef barley stir fry. It was WONDERFUL and everyone liked it, and I really didn't even put a dint in the bag of barley.
The big reason for us starting C25K was to get healthy and set a good example for our children, and to run a 5K of course! I believe everything happens for a reason, we don't always know that reason, and we don't know or have our plan, but he does. I have to believe there is a reason for all of this, some reason we need to make this change. So that's what we are doing, grabbing the bull by the horns and getting healthy and making positive changes in our lives. Yes its just "food & exercise", but before now we never really paid that much attention to what we ate, and we DEFINITELY did NOT exercise. And maybe these small changes will lead to bigger and better changes for us and our family!
Hopefully I can get back to blogging on a regular basis, I would like to be able to do this at least once a week, but we will see! :)
I hope everyone has a great day! Thanks for reading my blog!!
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