Trying to Stay Healthy

I try pretty hard to do everything in my power to be as healthy as possible, but because of my Crohns I take autoimmune suppressing drugs, which basically means I get every cold, virus and flu that I encounter pretty much guarantied. Right now I not only have a cold (ether the same one for weeks, or else I keep getting re-infected), and the dreaded pink eye, which my husband lovingly refers to as "stink eye" (horrible, but almost all gone thank goodness). I have been working from home all week, but have finally ventured back into the office today. I am hoping that my glasses distract from my still slightly red eye ball and that none of my coworkers are too grossed out by me. Just call me the human Petri dish!

My plan for the day is to work hard, eat healthy, and just try to be the best me possible. I have my Zumba class today, so hopefully I get off my lazy bum and actually go. I haven’t gone in two and a half weeks because I have been so sick and it is always hard to get back into exercising when my routine has been interupted. It is going to kick my butt the first time back but I gotta start some time so it might as well be today. I have two new sports bras so at least that will make me a bit more excited to go. My old sports bra was way too small, and a real pain to get on. In the trash it can go!

I eat pretty healthy most of the time and for the past couple of months, I have been bringing healthy snacks to work so that I can make good choices rather than having to go to the snack machine like I used to. Snacks that I brought to work today include: pumpkin seeds, carrot sticks, plain low fat yogurt with frozen blueberries to mix in it, and a cranberry Kind Bar from Trader Joes (so so good!). This is a pretty typical snack list for me lately. Sometimes I mix it up with grapes or fresh blueberries. Looking at that list, I feel pretty proud of myself actually. It is also kind of cool to think that this time last year I wouldn’t have been able to eat any of that stuff without feeling pretty terrible. I was pretty much down to broth, and even that hurt me. Remission wasn’t even a thought back then. I just wanted to be able to stay out of the hospital!

Besides eating healthy and trying to get a moderate (very moderate) amount of exercise, I also take a ton of different vitamins now including Vitamin D, Iron, fish oil, and a bunch that are supposed to be good for your skin. Before I went into remission, I had such a hard time eating that I wasn’t getting enough nutrients so the vitamins were vital. I also try to drink a ton of water at work, since I tend to forget when I am at home.

Anyway, even though I am not feeling my best today, at least my Crohns is in check and I have the satisfaction of knowing that I am doing everything within my power to be good to my body. I have a lot to be thankful for, and a lot to feel good about.