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no carbs no booze – day 3!

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

Posted by azahar in cancer, diet & nutrition, food & drink

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cancer, diet, food, pet scan

nocarbs-1courgetti with garlicky-bacony tomato sauce

Day three! Final day of PET scan prep and the no-carb-no-booze diet. And as you can see, I have been eating rather well. Wouldn’t want to eat like this forever, but I may start taking regular “carb & booze breaks” from now on. Or even just have the occasional no-carb-no-booze day. I actually had way more ideas for great non-carb things to make than I had time for.

nocarbs-3cheesy-eggy thingy

I only realized yesterday that I also wasn’t supposed to be drinking caffeine (!!) but apparently that’s more important during that last 24-hour stage, which is today. I certainly won’t make a habit of drinking green tea for breakfast, and a couple of times I would have LOVED a glass of wine (especially when out and about) but it really hasn’t been a big deal.

nocarbs-2chicken garam masala with lots of veggies

Anyhow, looking forward to having some toast tomorrow! The usual routine is that I get the scan done between 8 and 10 in the morning. Then I go for breakfast in the cafeteria while they check the images. Sometimes I have to go through the machine a second time, sometimes I don’t. After that, I’ll get my results. I’m so nervous! See you on the other side…

no carbs no booze

28 Monday Nov 2016

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cancer, drink, food, pet scan

no-carbs-no-booze

PET Scan Preparation

Well, it says just for 24 hours before an FDG PET, but I’m giving it three days. And frankly, after a full-on weekend in Antequera, I’d probably be doing this anyhow. So until Thursday morning I’ll be eating light, without wine, and BEING A NERVOUS WRECK. Scanxiety strikes again… fingers crossed!

culpable cauli?

13 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by azahar in diet & nutrition, food & drink, home, homecooking

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cauliflower, food, homecoooking

cauli

On Sunday I made my first ever roasted cauliflower. As you can see, it’s not pretty, but man was it delicious. I roasted it with olive oil, garlic and black pepper, then tossed in some grated parmesan cheese. Served it with some short angel hair noodles. And I thought – hey, this is such a tasty way of having more veggies in my diet. Then a couple of hours later I doubled over in pain and ended up in emergency the next day.

Now I know the two incidents aren’t related (or are they?) but I think it’s going to be awhile before I dare to eat cauliflower again.

no cycling

03 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by azahar in diet & nutrition, health & happiness

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fitness, health, knees, osteoarthritis

no cyclingSo dammit! Years ago I used to run almost every morning. It was the only aerobic exercise that I enjoyed. Then when I reached 40 my lower back and hips gave out, so I had to stop. And so I bought a bicycle and took regular jaunts along the river (though it actually felt like more exercise lugging the thing up and down three long flights of stairs). More recently I’ve taken to riding the recumbent bike at the gym, where I actually get a good sweat going, usually riding for about an hour.

Then my left knee starting giving me grief, starting a few months ago, feeling all stiff and achy, especially on the stairs. I chalked it up to age & weight and just got on with things. Until the other morning. Somehow overnight the knee situation got serious and it was suddenly VERY painful. So yesterday I went to see Dr Agustín and he wiggled my knee around a bit and went “whoah, listen to that!”. “That” being a clickety-click sound that I’d been trying to ignore. Anyhow, it seems I have a bad case of osteoarthritis which, yep, is most likely due to age & weight. And apparently there’s not much (anything?) I can do about it, other than lose weight to alleviate the stress on the knee. Except I was told to stop cycling (at least until Dr A sees the x-rays I’m getting done next week), which will make weight loss even more difficult. *sigh*

not 5:2ing

16 Thursday Jan 2014

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5:2, diets, food

cauliflower rice (1)
Who hasn’t heard of the 5:2 diet yet? For those who haven’t, it’s the latest fad diet that has now reached cult status, and is definitely making big money for some people. I personally think it’s mostly a whole new neurotic way of “dealing with” (actually obsessing about) food, but hey, whatever. It has also made me aware of something called cauliflower rice. Which is a nice thing! Check it out on my kitchen blog.

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