Thursday, August 26, 2010

Cardiac Health: Day 5

Just to explain, I've had a little bit of news lately about my heart health.  I had been feeling tired, which I made the mistake of mentioning to my primary care physician.  BTW, this is something you should never tell a doctor unless you'd like to spend quite a bit of time and money on diagnostics.

Anyway, I then had an abnormal EKG, and bloodwork that showed highly elevated C-Reactive Protein levels.  In a nutshell, ladies and gents, I am a heart attack waiting to happen.  Hmmm... could it have to do with all that chocolate and pasta I enjoy so much?

So, I've been making a real point of improving my eating.  My husband wrinkled his nose at my yogurt-flaxseed-protein powder-blueberry breakfast smoothie, but frankly I felt a lot better after drinking it than I would have after a bagel slathered with cream cheese (or so I keep telling myself).  Anyway, last night I went out with a friend.  We have a long-standing Mommy break where we overindulge in chocolate cake and talk about all the things we don't tell people on the internet.

What did I learn last night?  The small scoop of berry gelato with a cup of green tea was, honestly, just as good.  It wasn't the chocolate cake I've been craving, it was the company.  Huh.  Who knew?

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