Once again, I feel as though I'm constantly apologizing for the huge absence and gap in my blog. I'm not going to belabor it though-My primary excuse (this time) is that I opted to ignore what seemed like back pain, and ended up passing out in the middle of the kindergarten Mothers' Day Tea. Not a fun day, and not a great couple of weeks. Turns out it was my gall bladder, but the neglect had let to a number of complications that caused me to end up in the hospital for over a week, and recuperating for another week and a half or so...Ugh.
Finally, after a surprisingly relaxing weekend at the beach, I'm back in action, and feeling pretty darned normal. Quite a lovely change of pace after the last month!
I won't post a picture here of the lovely gall bladder (we had to ask the surgeon to take a photo for our 6 year old- he really wanted the actual stones, but that was a non starter). We are all, however, glad it's gone!
What does this have to do with anything, you ask? Well, when I asked the doctors what I should be eating, or avoiding, they said "you'll know." My deduction, pretty much solely based on anecdotal evidence from others who've had the same problem, is that anything that's "too" anything- spicy, greasy, cheesy, etc.
In trying to find my way through this, I'm also trying to just generally eat more healthy. Especially with the summer right around the corner, or for all intents and purposes here, there are a multitude of reasons to eat healthier, lighter, and many more options from which to choose. But where to begin!?
Every other barbecue and cookout offers a variety of options healthy and unhealthy, and certain green and...ungreen?
According to Animal Science Journal, among countless other sources, that analyzes, in detail, beef’s environmental impact. It concludes that a kilogram of beef is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution than driving for 3 hours while leaving all the lights on back home.
Yikes! And then there's the much more well known and obvious, "it's not good for you factor." So what to throw on the grill? We are really trying to eat more fish, but then there are so many issues with farmed fish, mercury, etc., that becomes yet another conundrum. It's just never simple!!
One way to make the "fish question" more simple, at least is to download the handy guide from the Environmental Defense Fund http://www.edf.org/documents/1980_pocket_seafood_selector.pdf
It's a handy little card that you can carry in your wallet that will help you decide what fish is good, or bad, for both you and the environment. They now also have a sushi selector card so you don't have to end up in a situation like Jeremy Piven.
So, to finally wrap up, I'm going to try to eat more fish, try to eat less fat, and stay the hell out of the hospital! Hopefully, we can all do the same!
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