Well first of all, on an up note, yesterday was a blast. Going straight to the food part... we went to Cheesecake Factory and my sister-in-law ordered her favorite appetizer plates. I had a little bit of everything and didn't even consider an entree or dessert, even though we would have shared it. I found, though, that on the way home, the fried food didn't sit well with me, but not to the point of feeling sick. I did wake up hungry today, though, as I have to say we did a ton of walking (wish I had my pedometer with me - just curious) and I didn't have that much to eat last night.
Anyway - to the sick sick sick part.... today was my mother's 96th birthday! We had a party for her at the nursing home. Following a bagel brunch we had cake and ice cream. I have to say that honestly, quantity-wise, I did not overeat and probably was at a 5-6 following the lunch, maybe sliding into a 7 by the time we finished ice cream and cake.
What I wanted to write about was how sick I felt on the drive home. Not sick from being stuffed, but sick from what the foods from that lunch did to my stomach. We rarely have processed flour/sugar foods at home and I am certain that it was the cake and ice cream that made me sick. (And again, I don't think it was related to quantity... I have consumed MUCH more in the past.... I always joked that frosting was my favorite food group!) Then I was thinking to how the bit of food I had last night didn't sit well with me either.
I know that when you get old, you don't have an iron stomach like you do when you are younger. But I also wonder how much of it is a side-effect of my IE journey. Along with tuning out hunger and satiety, I am sure I tuned out feelings of discomfort that certain foods would cause me. I would venture to say that I probably never noticed how cake and frosting made me feel sick because I was already moaning how sick I felt from eating too much of it.
I will be interested to see how I begin to tune into how certain foods make me feel - alongside tuning in to my hunger/satiety scale. It's a welcome side-effect because learning what makes me not feel well will also guide me to making healthier choices that my body craves.
So meanwhile, here I sit three hours after the party, still not feeling well. But sort of glad for it!
Miriam
Interesting that you got sick over cake and ice cream yesterday...so did I! We had a belated birthday celebratory dinner with just the two of us at a nice restaurant, and my husband and I decided to share a dessert. Well, it was one of those "death by chocolate" cakes which I literally NEVER order as they tend to be so rich - and as if that was't enough, we added a scoop of ice cream to our order - YIKES! It was a large piece of chocolatey rich cake which tasted wonderfully while we ate it - down to every last crumb - but boy did I feel the ramifications on the way home! It also gave me the same "sick" feeling you described...and I felt that way the rest of the evening. When I woke up this morning at 7, I had no desire to eat. I did force myself to eat something 2 hours later only because we were going to church and then afterwards to see Mom and I knew I would eventually be hungry as it would be late before we got home. Anyway, what a coincidence - we were "sick, sick, sick" at the same time and for the same reason! You're very right, Miriam - the "lesson to be learned" from this is why we need to make healthier choices!
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