My stomach taught me two lessons today:
1. I still can't eat bananas. They make my stomach upset.
2. You shouldn't eat two organic, grass-fed hormone and nitrate-free hot dogs in one sitting.
I learned the lesson the hard way. I ate dinner and bought some high quality hot dogs. I made my own french fries by cutting up a potato into strips, spraying them with Pam and sprinkling various herbs and spices on them. They turned out YUMMY!! I threw two hot dogs in the pot to cook up. I had planned on eating ONE and taking the other one for lunch tomorrow. Well, it was so delicious, I decided to eat it for dinner as well. BIG mistake. I ate the second one and then regretted it shortly thereafter.
THEN, I decided that I'd try to eat a banana again to see if I'd gotten over my "allergy" to them. Ummmm... nope. I made a really delicious chocolate banana milkshake (one cup milk, one banana, some chocolate syrup, packet of stevia sweetener and some ice. It was delicious, but the bananas made my stomach hurt.
I got on the treadmill for a short run and 40 minutes later and things got ugly. I got sick and had a stomach ache the remainder of the night. It was NOT pretty.
It was ugly, but I learned a valuable lesson. Do NOT eat two beef hot dogs when you really haven't eaten beef in awhile. And then don't drink a milkshake with a banana in it when you're still allergic to bananas.
Frustrating day.
BUT... I lost another pound- so it can't all be bad, right? Only 17 more to go...
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I'm curious about your perception of grass finished beef?? I tried some and it tasted so weird I could only get a couple of bites down.. it tasted sorta.. wrong... like it was "bad meat".. I haven't tried it again... I am going to try some locally farmed organic chicken this weekend.. but it is SO expensive..
Anyhoo.. I"m enjoying your blog!
Annie
Thanks, Annie!
The organic grass-fed hormone and antibiotic free meat was GREAT! I found it to be greasier than the lower fat stuff I bought from the store, but it was also FAR less "gristle-y" than store bought meat. It's a trade-off. It's fattier, but it's also healthier because it's not all pumped up with hormones.
I'm sad that your experience with it wasn't good... :( Give it a try again- maybe a different brand.
It IS more expensive to eat organically. It's about 20% more to eat real, organic food. For me it's a question of "cheap food is cheap up front, but at what cost over the long haul?" You have to think that in the long run, spending more up front is investing in yourself to spend less time in the doctor's office or on meds later in life.
As Americans we only spend about 9% of our annual income on food. In the 50's we spent 25% on food. Food has become cheap, but it's become cheap at a cost.
I've been reading Michael Pollan's books (The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, In Defense of Food) and also the movie Food Inc. was highly impressionable on me.
Sorry to ramble on and get on my soap box!!!
I hear ya... I read Omnivore's Delemma and loaned out my "end of overeating" by David Kessler... Food inc was great.. and, although a bit hokey, I liked King Corn too... I'm going to try the grass finished meat again when I can grill outside.. LOL I can't handle the smell! Hope the weekend is pretty enough to riiiiide! I'm really enjoying your blog!
Annie
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