Who is scared of the flu? Everyone!
The topic of sickness likes to creep into my volcabulary every fall, winter and spring. My allergies are pretty bad and they tend to morph into an infection overnight. I'm afraid that this is also going to be the case for my husband as well. He is learning that along with gaining a wife in his move to Tejas, he has also gained the dreaded allergy. We aren't sure of what he is allergic to as of yet, but they are prevelant. He sneezes, I sneeze. Back and forth, back and forth. Which brings me to my discussion. How do you stay healthy and active when you are sick? This has always been a hard balance for me as I tend to want all things warm and bready when I'm under the weather. But on the other side of the fence I tend to not allow enough time for my body to completely heal before I'm out running or at the gym. A couple weeks ago, I came down with my first sinus infection of the season. (remember the muffins sister and I made...YUM) I was out of commission for about a week. I'm really trying to listen to what my body is telling me. This time around I went an entire week and a half with no physical activity. This is pretty scary to me b/c my mind will start to play tricks on me like I won't be able to run again as long, or that I've lost it. But I put those thoughts aside and kept myself indoors and got plenty of rest. Typically I'm out running again to soon and lo and behold I come down with another cold a couple weeks later. This time I'm trying to be smart and heal before I start it all back up. I feel like I'm getting this part of the healthy train right, but am still lacking when it comes to the food. Like I mentioned, I crave warm, bready, things when I'm sick. Who wants to prepare food under those circumstances, especially raw fruits or veggies? Sometimes soup from a can just doesn't cut it either.
What are some good under-the-weather recipes you might have help your body recover, but taste good?!
Breakfast always sounds good to me when I'm sick. I think I might makes these up tonight for my sicky husband
Cinnamon Pumpkin Spice Pancakes :
1 cup of whole wheat pancake mix
2/3 cup water or milk
1 tbsp oil
1 egg or 1 white of an egg
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 tbsp of pumpkin pie spice seasoning
1/2 cup of Maple Pecan Crunch Cereal on top for some crunch (I have Kashi cimmanon cereal that I'm going to use instead)
The topic of sickness likes to creep into my volcabulary every fall, winter and spring. My allergies are pretty bad and they tend to morph into an infection overnight. I'm afraid that this is also going to be the case for my husband as well. He is learning that along with gaining a wife in his move to Tejas, he has also gained the dreaded allergy. We aren't sure of what he is allergic to as of yet, but they are prevelant. He sneezes, I sneeze. Back and forth, back and forth. Which brings me to my discussion. How do you stay healthy and active when you are sick? This has always been a hard balance for me as I tend to want all things warm and bready when I'm under the weather. But on the other side of the fence I tend to not allow enough time for my body to completely heal before I'm out running or at the gym. A couple weeks ago, I came down with my first sinus infection of the season. (remember the muffins sister and I made...YUM) I was out of commission for about a week. I'm really trying to listen to what my body is telling me. This time around I went an entire week and a half with no physical activity. This is pretty scary to me b/c my mind will start to play tricks on me like I won't be able to run again as long, or that I've lost it. But I put those thoughts aside and kept myself indoors and got plenty of rest. Typically I'm out running again to soon and lo and behold I come down with another cold a couple weeks later. This time I'm trying to be smart and heal before I start it all back up. I feel like I'm getting this part of the healthy train right, but am still lacking when it comes to the food. Like I mentioned, I crave warm, bready, things when I'm sick. Who wants to prepare food under those circumstances, especially raw fruits or veggies? Sometimes soup from a can just doesn't cut it either.
What are some good under-the-weather recipes you might have help your body recover, but taste good?!
Breakfast always sounds good to me when I'm sick. I think I might makes these up tonight for my sicky husband
Cinnamon Pumpkin Spice Pancakes :
1 cup of whole wheat pancake mix
2/3 cup water or milk
1 tbsp oil
1 egg or 1 white of an egg
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 tbsp of pumpkin pie spice seasoning
1/2 cup of Maple Pecan Crunch Cereal on top for some crunch (I have Kashi cimmanon cereal that I'm going to use instead)
YUM!
I'll let you know how it turns out.
Here's to staying healthy this cold/flu season!
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