Meal Planning Can Help With Indecisiveness
Have you ever had those days when you don’t want to cook? What about times when you’ve had a long day at work, and the last thing on your mind is dinner? Pulling out your pots, cutting boards, and food can be stressful when you’re mentally and physically weary. Is there anything you can do to make this part of your life easier? Meal planning and prepping takes the stress out of cooking! WHAT ARE SOME BENEFITS OF MEAL PLANNING? Know the answer to “What’s for dinner?”: There’s nothing more frustrating than opening your pantry, looking at the food, and not knowing what to eat. It can be draining to decide what to cook each night. But meal planning helps you determine your dishes in advance, so you never need to wonder what you and your family will eat that night. And best of all, you only need to cook at least once a week. Keep more money in your pocket: Sometimes, when you are unsure of what you want to eat, your first option may be to order takeout. While this is a quick and easy way to get dinner, it can create a huge hole in your wallet — especially
if you eat out more than once a week or feed a family. You will no longer need to make nightly food runs when you meal plan! You can buy your food in bulk, prepare a few nights’ worth of meals, and save tons of money.
WHAT HINDERS PEOPLE FROM MEAL PLANNING?
Making meals too complicated is the main reason why meal planning doesn’t work for some people. When starting out, it’s best to create easy and basic foods. Once you begin meal planning, you will discover more simplistic ways to make intricate dishes. Another reason people avoid meal prep is the amount of time spent in the kitchen. However, you will save yourself time each day, so you can continue doing what you want throughout the week and less time ordering takeout or quickly throwing a menu together. Go online to find meal prep guides and a multitude of recipe options. We can’t wait to hear about your meal-prepping experience during your next visit!
AN EYE-OPENING TREATMENT CAMILLE REFLECTS ON PTOSIS SURGERY
“You don’t get enough rest” was a refrain Camille heard often. In truth, she was getting plenty of sleep, but her drooping eyelids made her look permanently tired. The worst part was that she experienced limited vision and had to move her head to scan the area around her. Once she had surgery with Dr. Scott, both concerns are now in the past. Camille, a former school teacher, saw Dr. Scott at the urging of her ophthalmologist. He diagnosed her with ptosis, a condition where a weakened eyelid muscle prevents the eye from opening entirely. “Dr. Scott has such a comforting way about him,” Camille says. “He didn’t pressure me into anything; it was like talking to a friend. He’s not a salesman and tells you your options but stresses that the decision is yours.”
After speaking with Dr. Scott, Camille chose to undergo surgery. She reports, “Everything went beautifully.” She noticed immediate results after surgery. “It was amazing,” Camille says. “I could move my eyeball to the left, right, up, and down, and I was seeing so much better!” “Dr. Scott had a real challenge,” Camille adds, “because one eye was much worse than the other. But they’re very much the same now and look even. He’s blessed with a skill.” She also reports being impressed with Dr. Scott’s honesty. “He gave me the worst scenarios, but I was fortunate that those didn’t happen in his skilled hands,” Camille says.
internal surface, I would have a greater fold of my upper eyelid skin postoperatively,” she remembers. “He said it was up to me whether I address that eyelid fold. It’s not that noticeable except to me, but I’m going back to have him take care of that as well.” Camille considers her ptosis hereditary, noting that a cousin in New York has suffered from the same problem. “She had an operation a few years ago,” Camille says. “But she was very unhappy with the results when she finished the operation, and now she feels like she’s back to square one.” Camille is grateful that she’s had a completely different experience. “I told my cousin if she ever wants to try again, she should come to Virginia and see Dr. Scott,” she says, “because as far as I’m concerned, he’s the best in the business.”
“He also told me that because he was going to raise my eyelids by approaching them for the
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