The little announcement. (not what some of you expected) But I felt like I needed to share this with you, just in case you’re confused in my future post. As for the cookbook, it’s still in the works. I’ll share some update photos with you soon. It’s a lot more work than I expected. I can’t promise it’ll be done by Christmas, but hopefully in the Spring.
I have been pescetarian for almost four years. If you are not familiar with pescetarian, it’s almost like being a vegetarian, but you still eat fish. Being pescetarian is not always easy. There are tons of dishes you have to say no to, not all restaurants offer pescetarian friendly dishes, and fish is more expensive.
I do love animals, but that was not the reason for becoming a pescetarian. My brother chose the pescetarian lifestyle and I chose to support him, and follow the pescetarian diet as well. I have heard from numerous people, documentaries, and nutritionist that fish is the healthiest and it would be beneficial to my body. They were right, but I don’t think ”fish only” is beneficial for everyone, at least not me.
I have had anemia since age eight. Anemia is basically an iron deficiency causing my red blood cells to always be lower than normal.It’s a pretty common disorder. It is already difficult for me to keep my iron levels up. Eating fish helps, but eating fish everyday can be harmful to my health. High levels of mercury in the body can be toxic and deadly. There are a ton of vegetarian foods that offer iron, but in small amounts. Animal meat is the best source.
Now that I am training for a half marathon, I want my body to be as healthy as possible. I make sure I am eating enough carbs, protein, and calories to keep my body strong. I have had runner’s tell me that eating a white meat diet (turkey, fish, chicken, eggs) would improve my performance and prevent injuries. When I heard “prevent injuries” my eyes lit up. In the past year, Ive dealt with Achilles tendinitis and runner’s knee. Now that I am healed, I am taking all precautions to prevent those from happening again. I have kept a pretty healthy pescetarian diet, too. That is why I think my body would function better with more animal protein. There are a lot of health professionals that say vegetarian diets do not affect someone’s performance. I agree, but I don’t think it’s for everyone. All bodies are different. I feel as meat would help me get more BCAAs, and vitamin b12, iron. I’m hoping by switching over to a white meat diet I can keep my energy levels up, build stronger muscles, repair muscle tissue faster, and be stronger than ever before.
I understand not all meat is the same, and I plan on eating only organic pasture-raised as often as I can. I also plan on eating white meat only 2-3 days a week and vegetarian/pescetarian on the other days.
L says
Hey, this will sound weird I guess. But I used to have a really bad eating disorder in 2011. You had this blog on tumblr and it was about your recovery, and. Was in detail. It had all this information even things and hints to tell someone else has an eating disorder. It was about your Ana and mia recovery and it saved my life. My friend is now struggling with something similar and I searched the web to find you, in hopes to find that blog again, but I see now its all gone. I understand why you wouldn’t want to share that openly but you really helped and healed more people than you would ever know. I specifically recall this photo transformation of you with an ED to you healthy and it really showed me k want to love and feed my body, not deprive it.
If any post like that exist, even under a different name, I would be endlessly appreciative if you could send me in that direction, as I feel this information could truly help my friend right now. Thank you,