Pi1otguy
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Since I've started my diet attempt (counting kCals plus limiting sugar & meats) a few weeks ago I've had some strong cravings. I normally listen to my body unless it wants something that'll bust my kCal goals or will result in me relapsing towards a forbidden item. I figure my body knows what its doing a lot better then me. And so far this was going okay until yesterday.
Yesterday I woke up and had virtually no appetite and didn't eat for most of the day. This continued past lunch time when I had a craving for coffee or all things and then it all went downhill. Later at a movie my cravings lead me to buy the room-temp, overpriced, not quite stale movie theater popcorn and a soda. I was still within kCal limits so it was a non-issue.
Couple hours later I was sitting at home feeling the most nauseated in over a decade. At this point my folks recommended that I medicate it with an OTC, but I generally don't medicate anything that won't kill me. "Besides, It'll go away in a few hours anyway", I said as I sat there all nauseated and cramped up for the next 4 hours waiting for it to go away. Life has taught me the best thing to do is not eat anything else, try some ginger and let your body "fast track" the offending contents. For the first time ever ginger has a minimal effect. Considering the magnitude of events I'll assume I ingested some sort of bad microbe as this is feels like the time I ate under-cooked chicken, but worse.
Next thing I knew my body was trying to "return" the offending contents but I really was in no mood for such an unpleasant act and decided to disobey my body. Took a lot of willpower but I held my ground. But my body punished me for such foolishness by waking me up with a fever and abdominal cramps at 2 am. I went back to bed and now I'm at work, cramped up, tired, slightly feverish, and nauseated wondering if this would have never happened if I had just listened to my body's "return" request in the first place. I suppose our bodies do these things for a reason.
As I sit here tired, hot, and cramped I have learned 2 important life lessons over the past 24hrs:
1. Be wary of hours old room temp popcorn.
2. Listen to your body. It usually knows best.
Yesterday I woke up and had virtually no appetite and didn't eat for most of the day. This continued past lunch time when I had a craving for coffee or all things and then it all went downhill. Later at a movie my cravings lead me to buy the room-temp, overpriced, not quite stale movie theater popcorn and a soda. I was still within kCal limits so it was a non-issue.
Couple hours later I was sitting at home feeling the most nauseated in over a decade. At this point my folks recommended that I medicate it with an OTC, but I generally don't medicate anything that won't kill me. "Besides, It'll go away in a few hours anyway", I said as I sat there all nauseated and cramped up for the next 4 hours waiting for it to go away. Life has taught me the best thing to do is not eat anything else, try some ginger and let your body "fast track" the offending contents. For the first time ever ginger has a minimal effect. Considering the magnitude of events I'll assume I ingested some sort of bad microbe as this is feels like the time I ate under-cooked chicken, but worse.
Next thing I knew my body was trying to "return" the offending contents but I really was in no mood for such an unpleasant act and decided to disobey my body. Took a lot of willpower but I held my ground. But my body punished me for such foolishness by waking me up with a fever and abdominal cramps at 2 am. I went back to bed and now I'm at work, cramped up, tired, slightly feverish, and nauseated wondering if this would have never happened if I had just listened to my body's "return" request in the first place. I suppose our bodies do these things for a reason.
As I sit here tired, hot, and cramped I have learned 2 important life lessons over the past 24hrs:
1. Be wary of hours old room temp popcorn.
2. Listen to your body. It usually knows best.
