Once in a while I fight depression and my food habits begin to take on a tail spin. I noticed I was eating mindlessly and caught myself just staring into the pantry. I then recognized the symptoms of depression creeping back. I'm on meds for this, but once in a while I have set backs that will effect my eating patterns. I will now have to make special efforts to get out of the house and go do things that require physical activities like mall walking, something that doesn't cost anything but will take me somewhere other than the house and get me exercising. Then there is the gym of course, but I need new place that can stimulate my senses, even a museum would be good to go too. When I get like this I need something. In years past I would go spend money or eat to make myself feel better, all of which are negative behaviors to an emotional problem. Now, I must find some sort of activity to relief my stress. In my younger years I would ride my bike which I loved or play softball or draw. I realize I may be coming up with a partial answer here. My art room is still the house storage room ! I could complain more about this to my hubby and see if anything gets done about it. Ok...
My body has healed from all of the surgery. I felt pretty good yesterday taking the dog on her walk. My hip and SI joint felt no pain. Now the real test will come when I can get back on a treadmill. My knee is all rested up, so I am ready to go back to the gym now.
I came up with a cole slaw recipe that my hubby likes. His mom makes a traditional one with raw cabbage, carrots, sugar, and miracle whip. This is way too much sugar and fat for me. So I reduced the sugar and fat and came up with this simple one.Here is a single serving of mine :
3 oz of raw cabbage
2 tbs dried cranberries
1 tsp light mayo
1 oz plain soy yogurt or plain cows yogurt
1 tbs granular splenda
mix fat, yogurt, splenda together until smooth. pour over cabbage and fruit and mix together.

This makes a good lunch salad to go with a sandwich.