The Backwards Diet

Hi guys!

Sorry for the hiatus- life has been hard since leaving Paris 14 days ago. I went from pure happiness and joy here...... to sheer pain, tears, and beaucoup de DRUGS here:

I spent 7 horrible days at Mt. Auburn Hospital sick from goodness knows what... some horrid bacteria attacked my intestine and kidneys and I'm still getting over it. Two wonderful concert contracts down the drain, not to mention I missed 7 days singing in Miami, FL with some of my best friends.

My arms are all bruised up from the needles and what's worse... I had 7 days of strictly THIS: the Mt. Auburn Hospital Liquid Consistency Thin Diet.(Yes, I took a picture with my phone from my hospital bed, IV in my arm and all! Now THAT'S blog dedication...)

Just Broth, Apple Juice, Ginger Ale, Jello, Weird Orange Italian Ice, and Tea.

All I could stomach most of the week was a small cup of apple juice, and maybe a cup of jello each day. I was pretty much too high on morphine to even know what was going on!

Now that I'm out of the hospital, I'm stuck on THE BACKWARDS DIET.

Apparently my stomach can't handle even the teeniest bit of work right now, so all FRUITS, VEGGIES, WHOLE GRAINS, DAIRY, and FATS are FORBIDDEN. Yup. Craziness. The DB girl can't have oats, kale, or yogurt! Strictly white food. White rice, white pasta, white potatoes, white bread, white cereal, saltines, and poached chicken, steamed tofu, or eggs. Thank goodness my body is low on sodium, so salt is allowed! :)

My Mom has been here with me making me some nutritious WHITE meals, though. Thanks, Mom!!!!!

White Rice with Egg and Tofu

White Rice with Poached Chicken

White Pasta with Poached Chicken

Scrambled Eggs with Toast

My one allowed fruit is Banana. Cheerios + Bananas + Almond Milk = Yummy Change

A few days later I was able to eat something ORANGE!! A sweet potato!! :) Yay! Mashed sweet potato over spaghetti with chicken:

Probably the most exciting meal of the past 14 days, something RED! Spaghetti with tomato sauce! Not sure why I'm allowed plain tomato sauce, but not actual tomatoes. Something to do with the skin and seeds... This marinara sauce from the Farmer's Market even had big chunks of garlic. :)

I am so in love with my new bowls from Anthropologie! My Mom is awesome at "cheer-ups"! :)

We headed over to the Belmont Farmer's Market today, and although it was torturous to see all the fall veggies and apples, I was happy to meet the fresh pasta man! I scored white pappardelle, cavatini, and sweet potato gnocchi.

It's been hard to be eating this stuff this week, not only physically, since my body is still kinda weak, but also a bit emotionally. It's not that this food is BAD food, it's just that I've really done a makeover on my eating in the past couple years, and I honestly can't even tell you the last time I've eaten white bread or white pasta! I've really grown to love my whole grains, and I miss my kale salads so much!

Oh well, the most important thing is that I'm getting better. I always take my health for granted- it's been over a year since I've been sick, and I haven't had to cancel a performance since March of 2009. I feel so badly for all the patients still stuck in the ER or floor 8 at Mt. Auburn. I did have the best nurses and doctors ever! Thanks so much to Nurses Sara, Diane, Colleen, Mary, Angela, and Bob! And of course to my buddies Tyler, Amanda, Emily 1, Stefan, Emily 2, Scott, and Emmy for visiting me in my druggie stupor or rescuing me to the ER! Lovely flowers from lovely family and friends!

And to all my friends in FL- thank you for such gorgeous roses!

Back to regular life in Boston with this little girl.

We've been doing a lot of this together...

Love that paw!

Hope to post about the rest of my stay in Paris soon!