Day Forty

Sorry I've been gone. For once, it wasn't totally my fault.

First, I got sick on Christmas day. Not because I started eating again, but because some random stomach bug decided to hit and stick around for about four or five days. I'm feeling better now. Eating lots of veggies, fruits, nuts, and soy. I'll tell you one thing that really helped me get rid of the stomach flu was lemonade. Not crap fake lemonade. I had Jay get the stuff from Simply. It's just sugar, water, and lemons. It helped a lot and stopped the pain.

Lately, since the bug had gone, I've been eating cucumber, mushrooms, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, and very little dairy. Some of it's cooked, some not. I do have to say, it's really hard to find faux cheese without casein in it: dairy protein. I don't want it, don't need it. And I'm trying tto understand why nondairy cheese has it at all? I get it with people who are lactose intolerant, but what about us who don't want dairy at all? Very annoying. I'm going to a vegan store on Tuesday; I hope they have straight soy cheese without any dairy anything.

This is a hard process, all in all. I can't seem to get away from the ranch dressing. I need a substitute to feel comfortable with. It's not that hate the oil dressings, but they're not so good for dipping. Little frustrating, that.

I also had a little... debate with someone about juice fasting. I get why people think it's not healthy. To say it's unhealthy because it deprives you of nutrients is just false though. To say it's potassium rich and low on protein? Sure, but those problems are easily solved by taking in some salt (like with broth) and by adding that plant protein I can never recall the name of. Done safely? It's fine. And I just really hate the term unhealthy, People throw it around too much. Is it healthy to take tons of pills with tons of side effects because some doc is getting paid to suggest them? Is it healthy to plug our foods with growth hormones? No, but we do it anyway. I think people need to really reevaluate what's really healthy. I for one, watched Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead; I watched two totally unhealthy and overweight men go from sick to not sick in a matter of sixty days. I've watched others do it. I've seen the youtube videos of people who completely changed their lives.

For some of us, a slow steady change from eating crap is ok. It works. It helps. But, for others? Sometimes we need a swift kick in the ass and total makeover for our eating plan to do it.

So please, quit telling me juice fasting in unhealthy. Many things are unhealthy.