So, the health issue husband was struggling with as mentioned in my last post is looking like an h pylori infection alongside a possible ulcer. It seems to be one of those lots of people have it, sometimes it becomes an issue type thing. It is treatable with medication (although anecdotally it sounds proper rough...) and diet changes can support healing which is a great outlook for recovery.
However. This means bland. Bland food. This is difficult for my husband who loves flavour, spice and everything nice (he married me, didn't he?) but I've decided to wait for the test results before I pull the trigger on the dreaded bland. I'm still miffed about spending all that time and energy filling the freezer with spicy food before Christmas...argh!
I've been logging my meals for the past few weeks, more for personal insight and to be more accountable, since my weight is problematic and I need to focus on positive changes for the future.
Calorie counting can be a bit mentally challenging given I have an disordered eating past but I'm happy losing weight slowly and mindfully, gotta build that positive habits house brick by brick, right? At the end of two weeks logging, I had lost 1.5 pounds which is great.
I'm not intending to talk much about weight loss on this blog. It's really quite boring, y'know? I just log my meals and hydrate as much as possible with my Emotional Support Adult Sippy Cup at this point. No pizazz.
Interestingly, giving up coke zero has reduced my hand pain which makes me wonder if food logging will reveal any other trigger foods for my fibromyalgia.
Anyway, my main health goal for the year is building stamina and endurance which is going to be another slow process but that's okay too.
In cooking news, not too much to report - I made the turkey meatloaf from NYT Cooking which was a delightful introduction to that most American of dishes, made a small batch of cranberry and white chocolate cookies and a leek + bacon strata that used up a bunch of odds and ends from the fridge.
Breakfast has been cinnamon porridge with a small handful of dried blueberries and I'm kinda obsessed with it right now. Just so good!
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