I feel like that is probably what I've done. I've put bad food into my body for so long and now it has quit working for me. I'm in a situation where I REALLY need my brain back. I want a new job but when I try to learn new tasks my brain just shuts down. I've been trying to learn new computer programs but I have to take the same lessons over and over again. So I'm doing an experiment. I'm eliminating all the foods that I may have a food sensitivity to and see if that is what is causing my brain fog. I don't like it. I don't like it at all.
The last few days have been really challenging. I don't even want to get out of bed. Today I got my kids off to school and then sat on the couch with my computer, then I laid down on my bed until 11:00. Then I got up to take a bath. Then I laid down my bathroom floor. Then I laid back down on my bed. I want to feel good again. Staying in bed till noon is not what I want to do. If I had to rate how I feel today I would rate it as a 2. I skipped yoga class today because I didn't want to get out of bed. How pathetic.
I'm eliminating the following foods for the next 3 weeks and see how I feel. Dairy, eggs, peanuts, gluten, soy, sugar and artificial sweeteners, and there's one more that I can't remember because (remember, I have no brain.)
Today I had my regular morning coffee with equal and fake french vanilla cream. Tomorrow I am really going to miss it and it will be hard because it is such a comfort food for me but I REALLY need to make the change.
So for lunch I looked in my fridge and pantry and nearly everything contained at least one of the above foods. I did find some chicken that I had sauteed in olive oil and some summer squash that I sauteed in olive oil with garlic and onions. I ate it all together and it was absolutely delicious. I sprinkled nutritional yeast on top and it made a wonderful cheesy tasking topping. I also ate an apple which I rarely do.
Making dinners will be much more challenging because I have to feed 2 teenage boys. I buy so much crap for them which really is pathetic. I'll have to get creative with my meals. I'm going to make a 7 day menu plan.
I'm also going to commit to a few more things
- 15 minutes of sitting in the sunshine
- 15 minutes of reading (even if I'm not comprehending it)
- 30 minutes of walking
- 15 minutes of blogging
- 15 minutes of piano playing (after I dig out my keyboard that is shoved into the garage.)
