{"id":6192,"date":"2009-06-06T16:09:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T20:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2009-06-06T16:28:54","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T20:28:54","slug":"june-6th-2009-andrea-0-body-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/06\/june-6th-2009-andrea-0-body-1\/","title":{"rendered":"June 6th, 2009: Andrea 0, Body 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

So as I mentioned in my previous post, I tried to go to sleep last night but I ended up having a really rough go.\u00a0 I started feeling super tired and headed up to bed.\u00a0 By the time I made it to bed I was not feeling well at all.\u00a0 I assumed it was just from being overly tired.\u00a0 I slept for an hour, woke up in a ton of sweat and feeling very sick to my stomach.\u00a0 I was extremely nauseous and actually felt like I was going to see my dinner all over again.<\/p>\n

I was right.<\/p>\n

I busted it to the bathroom and had an unpleasant time.\u00a0 I tried to lay back down only to toss and turn for another hour or more.\u00a0 My stomach was not happy.\u00a0 Scott came to check on me and I told him what was going on.\u00a0 It wasn’t long after he went back downstairs that I got up and threw up again.\u00a0 It was horrible, I hate throwing up.\u00a0 My eyes water, my throat burns, and it’s just the most unpleasant thing.<\/p>\n

However, I felt better immediately.\u00a0 My body felt lighter and not like it was in a battle with something.\u00a0 I was able to lay back down and finally get some sleep around 2am or so.<\/p>\n

Let me start by saying that this was not<\/em> caused by Bonefish, meaning it was not food poisoning or a result of under-cooked food or anything like that.\u00a0 All of their food was fine and perfect.<\/p>\n

This was my body’s reaction to what I fed it yesterday.\u00a0 It was not happy with my choices and could not handle what I tried to give it.\u00a0 If we briefly recap yesterday’s post and look at the pictures of food<\/a>, that is not happy Andrea type of food.\u00a0 The appetizer was not friendly.\u00a0 My main entree had a ton of butter in the bottom of the dish and so did Scott’s.<\/p>\n

I eat as cleanly as I can but, as you all know, I eat some fun stuff too.\u00a0 However, my body has transformed over the course of close to a year.\u00a0 What it needs, wants, and craves is not the same as it was a year ago.\u00a0 What it can tolerate and process is not the same.<\/p>\n

The food I gave it last night, my body could not process or digest.\u00a0 It did what it had to do to lighten the burden and that was get rid of what it could as quickly as it could.\u00a0 I also know that my body can handle butter, cream, and cheese.\u00a0 Not huge quantities, mind you, but those are real foods and my body can do real foods (to a point!).<\/p>\n

Looking back and recapping my evening, what did me in was the Bang Bang Shrimp.\u00a0 It was breaded, fried, and then tossed around in a mayo based sauce.\u00a0 Since the shrimp was hot, it made the sauce hot.\u00a0 That means warm mayo.\u00a0 Gross I know.\u00a0 And then I ate the lettuce which was also covered in warm mayo sauce.<\/p>\n

Even typing this out, I’m making a face.\u00a0 I will not lie, having to recap last night’s dinner and look at all that food all over again was rough going this morning.<\/p>\n

Again, I’m saying that Bonefish did nothing wrong.\u00a0 It is just that I am now realizing what I can handle and what I can’t.\u00a0 Breaded fried food is out.\u00a0 A little mayo is fine, a hot mayo dressing is not.\u00a0 I need to talk to the servers more about what is in dishes and ask for the butter to either be removed or used as minimally as possible.<\/p>\n

I was in such misery last night.\u00a0 My stomach was bloated making me feel overly full and like a balloon.\u00a0 It also felt like I had 5 bricks sitting in my stomach and laying down made everything worse.\u00a0 I wanted nothing more than to just get rid of it and thought how convenient it would be if our tums had little doors so we could reach inside and take out whatever is bugging us.<\/p>\n

Despite all of that, I’m one very happy Andrea.\u00a0 This was a huge learning experience for me and one that I’m glad to know.<\/p>\n

Why in the world would I be happy about tossing up my dinner?<\/p>\n

Because it shows me how well I’ve been treating my body and how efficiently and clean it now runs.\u00a0 It cannot handle a bunch of heavy unhealthy stuff anymore.\u00a0 If I eat it, I will feel like crap, and the worst case being my body rejects it completely.\u00a0 I know this now.\u00a0 I know what it takes to keep my body happy and healthy.\u00a0 I know what it needs and if that makes me a pain of a customer in a restaurant, so be it.\u00a0 I’m the one that has to live with me and I’m the one who is responsible for taking care of my self the best that I can.\u00a0 And that means knowing my body and listening to what it tells me.<\/p>\n

So while last night was not a fun time, I’m walking away from that experience having grown a little bit and being more self-aware which is always a positive thing.<\/p>\n

Eats and Eats!<\/strong><\/p>\n

That said, as you can imagine today I’m taking it slow with food.\u00a0 My stomach is actually okay but I’m trying to give my system a rest and eat simple and well today.<\/p>\n

\"Toasted<\/p>\n

I started off the morning with some coffee and a kashi waffle with almond butter.\u00a0 I ate half the waffle and quickly realized that my body did not want this.\u00a0 The coffee was fine though thank goodness because I was groggy!<\/p>\n

Not long after Scott got up, I had some more coffee and then sliced up a pear.<\/p>\n

\"Sliced<\/p>\n

My approach to today is eating clean and small portions to make sure everything is running smoothly.\u00a0 The pear was perfect!\u00a0 It was juicy and delicious.\u00a0 I started watching some E3 coverage<\/a> on TV.\u00a0 It’s an expo that is all about video games and the like.\u00a0 The sounds of the interviews and game play eventually broke Scott down and he meandered in to watch TV with me.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> So we’re watching E3 coverage on TV.<\/p>\n

Scott:<\/strong> Yes.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> Does this make us dweebs?<\/p>\n

Scott:<\/strong> Oh baby, we’ve been dweebs for a long time now.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong> Oh. I didn’t know that.<\/p>\n

:lol:\u00a0 We watched for a bit and then I got up to make us some smoothies.<\/p>\n

\"Smoothie<\/p>\n

Pretty purple!<\/p>\n