For over a month, I’ve been quite sick. I had to go to the hospital a couple of times and stay there for a while. I had surgery in order to solve the problem, which is something I don’t fancy too much on a Wednesday afternoon, as you can guess.

 

 

It’s been two weeks since the surgery and I feel much better now. I am walking at a normal pace, I am making my own food again (I stopped cooking for a month, now you know how bad I felt), I am playing drums again, guitar, singing and working. I am writing here again and I am posting on Instagram again. If you wondered why you didn’t see delicious photos on your feed…now you have the answer.

 

 

I hate being sick. I am a very productive person, and when I can’t do my job, I just can’t stand it. This time my body felt so drained that it felt like I was depressed. I wanted to do stuff, but my body wouldn’t move. I spent that month in bed watching videos, series, trying to read sometimes but being unable to concentrate.

After surgery, you are usually drained and can’t even move, but this time I felt much better than others. I felt alive again after I left the hospital five days after and even went to a supermarket to buy fresh food. I was hating the situation of not being able to make anything for myself and having to ask other people.

 

 

They say you really value your health when you don’t have it. I truly value it every single day of my life. I’ve always done it. I’m not the kind of person that gives speeches or preaches to other people how to live their life. So, I’ll just keep going with this post after this advice: Those of you who don’t appreciate the single fact that you are alive and breathing, I recommend that you stop for a minute and feel grateful.

 

 

This has been a weird year. It started in November with the car accident and since then I’ve had some minor problems with my health. Some family members have been ill too and again I was a month waiting for my body to fix itself when it couldn’t.

 

 

I feel a bit tired when I think about it, but at the same time relieved. I don’t know if you’ve ever gone through a rough patch and then you felt like nothing else could happen. Maybe I also feel tired because I lost a lot of blood during the surgery and my hemoglobin has gone to the Bahamas for the Summer.

 

 

Nothing some Iron supplement can’t fix, I hope. Well, I’m aware something bad will probably happen after these 8 months (it always does), but even though I’m tired, I feel strong again.

 

 

I truly believe that food plays a huge role in our lives.

It’s our fuel and something we eat every day. As important as it is to drink water every day, we need to heal ourselves through food.

 

 

Although I don’t restrict myself from eating anything, I have tweaked my lifestyle a tiny bit. What have I changed? I eat healthier. You will probably get it through the recipes I’ll be posting, but I just wanted to give you a heads-up.

 

 

What to expect? More plant-based foods, no dairy, no gluten, some fish recipes and the occasional “non-of-the-above I-wanted-to-try-that-food day”.

 

 

I love eating for my health, finding what is best for what my body needs. I’m a believer that no diet is good for everyone. You should eat what makes you feel good, adjusting your lifestyle to what you are going through and your current situation.

 

 

That’s what I’m doing right now and that’s what I’ve always done. That being said, have fun and keep fooding!