Resurrection!!

So I want to keep a journal about my food exploits. I cook a lot, but I also get a lot of tummy aches. I also don't want to make -another- journal on blogspot, so i'll just resurrect this old one I haven't touched in a while.

Today I am 'fasting'. I have been feeling sick since last saturday, with the most recent hangover. Four days of nausea is too much. Though i hate the idea of not drinking, as it's the only time i can really talk to people without feeling awkward, constantly feeling sick is taking its toll. Plus maybe i'll learn to be social without using drinking as a crutch. (or not. i hate people haha.)

On Sunday, used the crock pot and made a delicious pseudo 'mexican curry' - giant can of pinto beans, black beans, lots of pickled jalepenos, potato chunks, mushrooms, pineapple, cumin, southwest seasoning, turmeric, and some savory sauces [jerk, oyster, gravy master]. It was very tasty but very spicy, strongly sweet and acidic and kept giving me heartburn and making my tummy hurt. I still have some left over, i wish i could put it on a tortilla over some veg 'beef' crumbles, as a kind of salsa.

Yesterday I was starving around dinner time, and didn't have time to make something fresh, so i dumped a can of pink salmon in with some peas, lite mayo and a can of diced tomato. Added some lemon pepper, lemon juice and some other seasonings. It's not terribly bad, but it's incredibly heavy and makes me sick just thinking about it. I feel bad, like it's a waste, but hopefully i'll be able to bread crumb them and put them in our panini press and maybe make some salmon burger things.

It's about noon now, usually I have some cereal for breakfast - didn't today, just had some black tea with dairy-free creamer - and eat lunch in half an hour, so my tummy's grumblin'. I actually didn't feel too terribly hungry up until now, and I'm thinking it's just a body habit - I almost always eat around 12:30 every day. I feel really hungry, but not starving.

Just want to point out that this is not a detox, as I don't believe in detox diets - there has been no scientific evidence to show that detox diets do a damn thing. On the other hand I still believe in herbal remedies since there -has- been studies done to show that certain plants do have effects. So I will continue to drink my herbal tea and wish I had some ginger powder to put in it. I think once the nausea goes away i will start eating maybe some soup and lighter food [rice and eggs, ramen, peas, fruit] and then slowly introduce foods that I suspect might make the nausea worse - wheat, milk, sugars, caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol [if i can].