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Yep, it is day four of the flare-up. And I am not feeling the greatest right now as I’m writing this post. Yesterday, I was up real late the night before, and it messed up my sleeping schedule. So, I just took it easy yesterday and didn’t do anything. Today, I just feel really lousy which is normal, dealing with a flare-up.
So yeah I am writing this post trying to decide what I want for breakfast. Do I wanna scramble some eggs or do I just wanna eat some cereal. So yeah. So I took a medication I have to wait about at least 30 minutes before I can eat. So I started thinking that you are wondering how do I prepare meals during a flareup. Which is a good question.
Well, I’ve always been a huge fan of leftovers. And I always like making extra food when I prepare a meal for the times when my energy levels are low or like times like this when I’m dealing with the RA. Which helps when it comes to having food prepared ahead of time. Last night I had leftovers; I had a hamburger, some macaroni salad, and macaroni and cheese that was my dinner. It was delicious.
Tonight‘s dinner is going to be something simple and easy to fix. I’m not spending a lot of time over the stove cooking a huge meal. I want to have some smoke sausage and probably a couple of cans of vegetables. That later this week, I’ll have different kinds of leftovers in my fridge. I like to have variety in my leftovers. And this helps me by taking off the pressure for what’s for dinner? Also, having a variety of leftovers helps with not getting bored eating the same thing over and over again. Still at the same time trying to have a healthy balanced diet as well, which can be hard at times when you’re dealing with a chronic illness like rheumatoid arthritis.
Having leftovers helps to reduce relying on eating fast food. And that’s what I am trying to cut down on. So I use leftovers to make sure I have meals when I need them and when I feel like it I also cook. So this is how I handle what’s for dinner when I have a flare-up.
Alexandra Mars 