What's your splurge food?

Every once in a while, I let myself eat certain foods knowing that they're going to wreak havoc on my system later. My BF can't understand why I would eat something knowing that it'll hurt later, but sometimes it is worth it. Included in this "bad" list, depending on how I'm feeling are cheesecake and milkshakes (because of the milk-I'm intolerant), and salads (which I love but my body doesn't always).

So as I sit here drinking my milkshake, knowing it'll hurt me later, I'm wondering if we all have foods that are "bad" but we can't resist. What are yours?

I used to eat "bad foods," but not anymore, I'm too scared to. I constantly fear ending up in the ER, and worse ending up in surgery. I even fear just having some minor gut pains. That's pretty much curbed my appetite for anything. However, I dream about forbidden food. Last night, everywhere I went, there was cake, and I ate and enjoyed. At least dream cake can't hurt me .

I hope someday I can eat a great big salad with lots of stuff in it! I haven't had one in a really long time.

I find it hard to resist cake and ice cream at birthday parites. I can eat a bite of each and feel okay, but who can do that. My problem is in the quanity. I can eat one bite of almost any food but that is almost impossible. I find myself stealing from my husband's plate when we go to restaurants. He is always a good sport and never complains.

Elizabeth

A whole stick of pepperoni,and a hand full of nuts...
With a side of spinach...

Cantaloupe(mom said I ate 2 whole ones when I was just 1.5 years old...nice on a hot phoenix day), oranges, watermelon, grapefruit...heck most fruits. And while I'm at it, a nice salad with butter head lettuce, nice vinegrette, and sunflower seeds. Oh and let's not forget the meats, I like pork but pork has NEVER liked me (even as a wee child), but I like my ham.
Kinda interesting that most of us included a fruit or veggie. Most people avoid them, and yet we'd do almost anything to eat them. Rebels we are...

Double Stuff Oreo cookies. I call them nature's laxative. hee hee

bar - have you tried taking lactose pills before having your shakes? I can tolerate dairy if I take a couple lactose pills first.

artichokes... Maybe once a year I forget how bad they really hurt.

bar77 said...
You know, sometimes I can have a shake and it goes down fine, and sometimes it doesn't. Maybe I'm only a little lactose intolerant?

Right now, the problem (or at least suspected problem) is that my stomach seems to hold on to food for too long, and it makes me really nauseous and full feeling. So something like a milkshake makes my stomach feel really heavy. Just now I had a piece of thin crust bbq chicken pizza (CA pizza kitchen) and it feels like I ate the whole thing! I'm learning to have smaller meals more frequently.

Maybe your lactose intolerance depends on how damaged the villi in your intestines are. The villi secrete enzymes you need to break down food, such as lactase. If the villi are damaged, there are less enzymes available. If you take a lactase enzyme before you eat dairy, it might help. I take an all-around enzyme pill before I eat to make up for any enzymes my body isn't producing enough of. I take this one (http://www.giprohealth.com/prozymes.aspx) because it's SCD legal, but there are cheaper ones out there.

Also, your food may be sitting in your stomach too long due to lack of acid to break it down. Sometimes people even think they have over acid stomachs, when actually they're lacking in it. You could try taking a hydrochloric acid pill before you eat, such as the one here: http://www.vitacost.com/NSI-Betaine-HCl-with-Pepsin

maybe u can have lactose foods with a meal. if u have a lactose item by itself it will cause more havoc on ur digestive system than if u eat it with a meal to kind of "dilute" the effects.. thats what the dietitian told me anyway

Popcorn. Oh it hurts, but it tastes so good. I haven't dared it recently due to a particularly nasty stricture, but, man it's tough.