As you well know, I have been quite out of touch here, been laying low, been laid low. I have not cooked in ages and I am lucky when I can eat what the husband cooks. He will ask me what I want and then by the time he is done cooking, I want something else and what he cooked seems to be unfathomable to my poor tummy.
As I am not cooking and cant stand the sight of food, its been impossible to shoot food so I have been taking a break, tho I feel bad about it.
There is a simple explanation for all this craziness, one that I still am reticent to share (only because Life is Risky .. and one never knows how these things turn out).
See, I cant eat, I lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks without trying, all because of hormones. You can see what I mean in the pic below.
So I have come out :-).
The good news is that the nausea, fatigue, and vertigo are easing a bit so I am emerging a bit back into the world.
Another really good thing, something that is getting my behind up and moving next week, is that I have been granted a press pass as a writer for The Well Fed Network to the International Boston Seafood Show next week!
This is very exciting and I will be shooting lots and writing several articles for this blog and the Well Fed Network.
Imagine more than a 1000 exhibitors showing off their fresh seafood! I will have to be careful to pace myself and naturally will be looking for seafood from specialty providors that certify a low heavy metal and toxin count in their product.
Mercury, other heavy metals, toxins like pesticides and sustainable and organic aquaculture will be my bias.
I will be very sad to not be able to eat sushi samples tho!
Thats gonna really tear my heart out!
I am going all day Monday and after that I will be posting stuff here on it.
Stay tuned!
” by David Joachim and Andrew Schloss right now and I have to say I am LOVING this book. Will post review soon!
8 comments for this entry ↓
1 Anonymous // Mar 10, 2006 at 4:34 pm
So glad you are better!
Seafood that doesn’t have mercury (I don’t think)are scallops, shrimp, clams, crabs and lobster. Ask me for my “Jaiba” recipe. It won me a place in a newspaper contest.
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2 Anonymous // Mar 12, 2006 at 10:21 am
Congratulations!!! I’m fairly new to your site , but already addicted. You have been greatly missed. Hopefully, the nausea will pass quickly.
3 nika // Mar 12, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Thanks for your kind words, so glad you like my blog, and I am so glad to know people enjoy it!
Its very slowly starting to ease. Saltines, plain yogurt, and cream of mushroom soup call my name before steak, truffles, saffron, fruits, veggies, ok, just about anything else.
4 Michele // Mar 18, 2006 at 12:58 am
Congratulations!!! I was starting to wonder if you were ok. So glad all is well, I know you will feel better soon, take care of yourself!
5 Kalyn // Mar 18, 2006 at 10:14 am
Congratulations. You must be very excited.
6 nika // Mar 18, 2006 at 10:55 am
Thanks to all
yep mucho excited. Its been an interesting journey into this freaky visual food dysphoria.. you know how body dysphorics look in the mirror and see fat bodies when they are starving to death?
Well, I WANT to be hungry and eat but when I look at food and food photos I mostly feel nauseated. It is getting better, some food photos are starting to atleast be aesthetically pleasing again.. thats where it has to start I think. I am hoping that when spring gets here, fruits will be appetizing to me!
7 MM // Mar 19, 2006 at 12:30 pm
Congratulations!
8 nika // Mar 20, 2006 at 9:56 am
MM: thanks!
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