How To De-stress Your Meal Planning While Living With Chronic Illness

April 13th, 2008

Finding ways to de-stress my life has become important to me. I become overwhelmed pretty easy since living with lupus. The evening times are my anxiety prone times. In those few hours my daughter comes home, dogs are more active, homework helping, and fixing dinner and eating dinner.

I had to reduce my stress level, so we started planning meals ahead of time. A lot of our recipes come from All Recipes. The site has a lot of simple recipes and an added plus is they are economical. Finding simple recipes is important while dealing with chronic illness. We plan our meals according to what is going on that day. If I have a doctor’s appointment it’s usually crock pot or eating out. On the days, my daughter has tae kwon do we either prepare meals ahead of time, or you guessed-crock pot. We put our menus on the refrigerator to remind us to pull out the meat.

Another thing, that’s helped me, is to only shop for 2 weeks of groceries. It takes less time to shop and takes less time to put things away. The putting away is my least favorite part of grocery shopping. I’m usually exhausted by the time we finish one shopping trip. I’ve had to teach myself not to over due things. It’s easier said then done.

The last thing, we do is avoid the rush hour shopping times. The busiest time here is early evening on weekdays and Saturday nights. During the day on Saturday’s is sudden death because everyone and there grandmother is out. In the evening on a Saturday night are the slowest times in my area.

All of the de-stressors have made my life easier. They have been a real life saver when dealing with a lupus and a teenager with ADHD.

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  1. Connie on April 13, 2008 10:38 pm

    Some very useful ideas. Since I’ve been chronically ill I’ve come to despise cooking, which I used to enjoy. I get so stressed out thinking of what to cook, getting it timed right, remembering ingredients and trying not to burn down the house! But I have to tackle this and get back into the swing of things. Your tips have got me motivated!

  2. Haney on April 15, 2008 6:30 pm

    Usually me and my mom go to the market once a week :) Thanks for the recipe website.

  3. Diane J Standiford on April 16, 2008 1:50 am

    Good advice. I hate shopping.

  4. Health, Fitness, Science on April 17, 2008 11:32 am

    Hi, I am so sorry for responding late to your messages. I had a surgery last week, and it was only now that I am starting to recover some energy. I hope you understand

    I will add your link to my two health blog and I hope you will do the same. I will come back here and visit you again.

    Here are the URL of my two health Blogs;
    http://sorroundingmystery.blogspot.com – Health, Fitness, Science
    and
    http://www.embracinghealthforlife.com – Embracing Health For Life

    see you around

  5. Wick Davis on April 18, 2008 12:20 pm

    hey chronic chick … wanted to check in and say hi. Sending good vibes your way.

    wick

  6. lis on April 18, 2008 8:16 pm

    hi, hopping time, happy weekend,see you around

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