I think that I have been pretty much homebound since I got my power chair in July 2018. It’s only now that I realize that I am completely homebound.
it’s taking A LOT to get used to.
I first started seeing a nutritionist in November 2023. I think that we had very productive conversations! She told me how life was going to be now that I am chair bound completely.
I needed to adjust my eating. It wasn’t too much of an adjustment because eating has not been, “Easy or enjoyable” for me since the summer of 2019. She first wanted me to stop drinking Adkins shakes.
I have been on a diet pretty much for all of Sean’s life! It was difficult for me to eat in the morning so I would just drink my nutrition.
Sarah, my nutritionist, told me that I needed more calories. I decided to switch and she suggested Orgain because it doesn’t have dairy. I told her that I’m lactose ‘not a good idea.’
I got the chocolate Orgain nutrition shakes in January 2023. When I first tried it, it was disgusting! Sean asked me what I was going to do, and I simply said, “Drink this for the next 11 days. And then I will order the vanilla ones and hopefully they taste better.”
The vanilla ones tasted pretty good and Sean says they taste like ‘melted ice cream.’ I’ve been getting those since February 2023. I get them on Amazon.
Well, Amazon doesn’t offer them right now, they didn’t offer them in December either so I got two variety packs.
I did not realize that the variety was iced mocha Café, Sweet Vanilla Bean, and Creamy Chocolate Fudge. I thought it was Neapolitan so there would be Strawberries and Cream in that pack as well. I told my Mom to give me a chocolate one first because they’re gross, but she handed me an iced mocha café one.
I am NOT a coffee drinker!!! But just like I told Sean, I would have to drink eight iced mocha café shakes this time. I only have two more and it has been brutal!
The first time I drank it, I completely felt caffeinated so I’ve been drinking them every other day. Tomorrow it’s chocolate.
I do have to eat one of my bite-size Twix that Sean got me for part of my present on Christmas. Coffee breath is really gross!!! I force myself too have that little piece of chocolate so I don’t taste it anymore.
