Although I have been perfectly healthy up until now, inside my arteries it was a different story. A while ago (August 4, at 1pm to be precise) I had, what my doctor likes to describe as, a major heart attack.
It seems that fat had been accumulating not around my waist, but inside my arteries and one of my aorta arteries was completely blocked. I had an emergency balloon angioplasty and stent inserted and spent a week in the hospital recovering. My Doctor says that I should be completely recovered in 3 months, and I am mostly recovered now. She also objected when my school wanted me to go back to work after 2 weeks and told them that I should teach online, which I did for 1 week before going back in person.
So, since then I have been on a strict no fat, no chlorestoral diet. No more breakfasts like this:
Now I usually have a breakfast sandwich with a poached egg, sliced avocado, some rocket or raw spinach on whole-wheat bread with a splash of olive oil instead of butter. However, once a week I can have a piece of meat!
My wife and I actually shared this breakfast, we each had one piece of bread, one egg and one piece of ham.
Here are some other heart-healthy meals:
Lots of avocado, rabbit food and bits of chicken:
The diet seems to be working. I have recovered most of my strength and stamina and have lost a lot of excess weight. I have gone from 95 kilos to 86.6 kilos, mostly lost in the first week. My goal is 80 kilos, though I am getting my appetite back, so it may be difficult. (I am 185cm tall, so I wasn't THAT fat to start with)