Fish and conscious change

I had a full on medical last year and it went well. I was poked, prodded, measured, asked to blow, asked to listen, asked to look and asked to run. You name it, they looked at it.

The fantastic news, was that all my things were doing what they are supposed to be doing.  All my numbers were in the right range. And all my bits were doing their job.

A gift. A clear bill of health. I did not take it for granted.

One piece of feedback that I did get, was around my nutrition. Whilst I seemingly have a bit of everything in my weekly diet, I had a huge void when it came to omega three.

I ate no fish for a start, no flax seed, no soya, no beans, no walnuts, basically nothing in my diet gave me this.

So I decided to look into this and make some changes. Surely I could find a creative way to eat salmon, tuna and kidney beans.

It is quite amazing, the results achieved through conscious change.

I did not intend to eat more omega three, I did not talk about it. I decided and committed to change my diet.

As a result, I now eat fish regularly. Let's be clear, it is still not my favourite. And I would chose spare ribs, steak, burger any time, if I had a choice.  However, I always chose fish when I go out for work dinners in nice restaurants. Often when we have a BBQ, we put salmon on there. And sometimes in my salad from the office shops and restaurants, I will add in tuna. That is a huge change.

I asked my hubby, who often does the shopping, that he should put some fish in the trolley. I then found some recipes that seemed semi appealing including these ingredients. (Rock on Jamie Oliver!)  And with these deliberate changes, I now find myself with enough omega three in my diet.

And that's without taking a spoon of cod liver oil every morning!! Ha Ha!

So forgive me if this sounded a bit preachy. I just wanted to highlight that with committment and deliberate intent, things can change.

Even I can eat fish!