ARGH!
Look, I'm not a social person. Well, OK. I am. But I'm not an extrovert who gets energy from being around people, I'm an introvert and I get my energy from being alone. People, as much as I love them, drain me. And I've just spent a very social weekend.
A girlfriend of mine from my uni days came over Friday night and we gossiped at the Olympic level. The next day we went off to de Keukenhof. Afterwards we went for lunch in Leiden and I had a smoked chicken salad with balsamico dressing and a big bowl of Thai coconut soup. It was delicious! Creamy, a little sour, a little sweet - I had these two big bowls of colourful, delicious, nutritious food for 7 Euros. My friend had a sad little bowl of a rice dish for the same money. I scoffed my food double time and felt full, light and energetic afterwards. My girlfriend went directly after to the supermarket for food!!
(I WIN!)
Sunday we had to go to Erik's grandfather's house and afterwards to his step-brother's child's second birthday party and sit in a room full of 2 year olds hopped up on wheat and sugar, playing with brand new noisy toys. Oh. My. God.
Now, keep in mind we drove for two hours to get there - we couldn't just leave at 6pm, get home at 8, cook the chicken I had for an hour and eat at 9. I would have died. So I was forced, kinda, to eat the dinner on offer. Tomato soup, full of MSG and white bread rolls with margarine and cheese. Ice cream and cake for dessert.
Ugh.
Seriously, does no one like Paleo foods? Party foods are by definition neolithic.
And people are giving this shit to their kids!
Anyhoo, I felt like arse when I got home and despite all the work I had to do, I got my backside to bed.
I had to get up early too...
...to be hacked at by a dentist.
Those four years of vegetarianism and 30 years of general grain-eating and shit habits have come back to bite me. I have cavities. One deep, two shallow.
Gods dammit.
I made it to 32 years of age with not a single hole, and I have one now? Girlfriend's going to have to watch even more what's going into her piehole...especially now that I have one tooth in it that's full of filling.
My piehole hurts. :(
Anyhoo, I did a little snooping around online and it really looks like a need to up my healthy fat intake and get some vitamins. I think coconuts are about on par with this, so as an experiment I mixed up half a teaspoon of honey with rasped coconut, powdered almonds and molten coconut oil and left it in the fridge to set. I just had a piece now with a cup of black decaf...?
HEAVEN!
Low in carbs, high in fat, tooth friendly!
Coconut is food from heaven. I love it it all its manifestations!
ReplyDeleteAh, teeth. I have a trip to the dentist scheduled this arvo. Last week I broke a tooth - chomped on an almond and an old filling came loose and fell out. Not pretty. The joys of aging!
Coconut really is great! If I eat too much coconut oil I tend to get a runny bottom, but I had a whole tablespoon yesterday with no problems...so perhaps it was something else. Either that or I've improved my digestion since the last time I ate it...
ReplyDeleteI'm actually a little pissed about my filling because I never knew the cavity was there. I had no pain, it never bothered me, so why fuck about with it? In fact with my diet, it was probably healing...at least now I know that if a dentist wants to mess about in my mouth, I'm not going to let them do it until I feel ready.
Hehe love the guinea pig!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a little candy bar! Yum.
I had to slowly increase the amount of coconut products I ate because I couldn't absorb all of the extra fat. I now have 2 tbsp a day, along with coconut chips and coconut milk powder in my coffee.
ReplyDeleteI grew up on sugar. At 2 years, I weighed 60 lbs! My grandmother would bring a bag of cookies and I treated it as a single serving! Needless to say, I've had plenty of cavities.