TaraM84

I started making my first Morsbag out of an old pillowcase today and now I am hooked. I’ve just advertised on Freecycle for peoples old sheets and doona covers and have already got 2 replies, so it is looking promising! I want to make at least 20 by the end of the year.

I just found out that I am severely deficient in Vitamin D. I’ve always thought I was doing the right thing by staying out of the sun to try and avoid skin cancer (which is very prevalent in Australia)... and the fact that I burn quite easily doesn’t help either…

Now the doc tells me I have to spend at least 15 minutes a day in the sunshine (as well as taking tablets) to get my Vitamin D levels back up, otherwise I risk osteoporosis later in life. I’ve always eaten plenty of dairy foods to get lots of calcium in my system to avoid osteoporosis, but apparently the calcium can’t do any good without the vitamin D, so I suppose that is another thing I have gotten completely wrong! Aargh…

The ironic thing is that I am studying for a Bachelor of Health Sciences, majoring in Nutrition! I don’t eat ridiculously badly, but I could eat a lot better. I need to make this a habit now so that I can help others when I graduate without feeling like a hypocrit. Of course it would be better for my health if I did this also.

I need to stop skipping breakfast so often and not eat rubbish for lunch. Dinner is usually fairly good because this is well organised. I think that is what it comes down to, if there is nothing healthy to eat in the cupboard I will go next door and get fish and chips or just eat 2 minute noodles or something.

My other weakness is I have a bit of a sweet tooth and I always want something… anything… after dinner… so I should start eating fruit then instead of chocolate or ice cream or whatever…

Today there was nothing for lunch so I went next door (had to walk past the fish and chip shop) and bought a loaf of bread to make a sandwhich with. We already had ham, lettuce, tomato, cheese, etc, so it wasn’t all that hard to buy bread. Then I had a banana with yoghurt afterwards for something sweet… the best lunch I have had in a while…