Food, glorious food

So I am now officially middle aged: the gastroenterologist who gave me That Procedure has said that I should take Benefiber every day... "For how long," I asked? Answer: forever!

Apparently, I have diverticulosis, which is slightly different from diverticulitis. Diverticulosis is the when you have bulgy pockets in your large intestine, which can trap food particles (thanks, Mom -- I seem to have inherited both the boob cancer and this lovely condition from her) which can then irritate your system, leading to diverticulitis and a host of other unpleasant symptoms.

So now I have 2 sources urging me to eat LOTS of high fiber foods and drink LOTS of fluids: WW and Dr. Gerdes. Oh well. On the bright side, I will buy double the amount of Benefiber and give half to my mom, who despite all of our instructions (my sister + me) does not eat nearly enough fiber or drink enough water.

It's a good thing that I already have a fondness for whole grain foods, such as banana oat bran muffins (only 2 points! and if I ever remember which recipe it is, I'll post it here).

And since my mom sent me home with 1/4 of a watermelon (!) I have plenty of high fiber, low calorie fruit to snack on today, along with Julee Rosso's tuscan tuna and white bean salad (photos another day) which is scrumptious and a mere 4 points.

The photos above and below are experiments suggested by my sweetie with time lapse photography. I took them from my living room window, using a 15 second exposure @ ISO80, with an 8.0 aperture. These were both done after sunset. Nice, eh?