Clean Eating?
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kshama2001 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
@ninasharpe228, yes I've been eating considerably less sugar over the last three months and now I feel nauseous after eating a regular sized Snickers bar and even worse after a Milky Way.
Pay no attention to these people who say it's psychosomatic.
just because you choose to demonize sugar, does no mean you have to demonize it for everyone else.
I don't demonize sugar for me or for anyone. How I view sugar is that for me to feel at my best and lose weight easily, I need to eat less of it. If the "I eat ice cream every day" / "I just ate half a cake" crowd are happy with their thing, I am happy for them.
However, for people who indicate that they are sensitive to sugar, I support them in eating how they need to eat to feel best, and think it's crass to suggest it's psychosomatic.0 -
That you reach the conclusion that OP is sensitive to sugar based on the posts here seems like the kind of leap someone who demonizes sugar would make.kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
@ninasharpe228, yes I've been eating considerably less sugar over the last three months and now I feel nauseous after eating a regular sized Snickers bar and even worse after a Milky Way.
Pay no attention to these people who say it's psychosomatic.
just because you choose to demonize sugar, does no mean you have to demonize it for everyone else.
I don't demonize sugar for me or for anyone. How I view sugar is that for me to feel at my best and lose weight easily, I need to eat less of it. If the "I eat ice cream every day" / "I just ate half a cake" crowd are happy with their thing, I am happy for them.
However, for people who indicate that they are sensitive to sugar, I support them in eating how they need to eat to feel best, and think it's crass to suggest it's psychosomatic.
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OP - I wouldn't draw a conclusion on one event. I'd recommend eating the cake again, when it's available and seeing how you feel. It could be 100 different things causing the belly ache.
I hope you feel better.0 -
Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Fair. I didn't consider that. I've had this cake before my diet and loved it. At the time that I ate it, it was more of a "I've been super good, it's just one piece of cake, maybe two pieces so I'll be fine."Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ITT: Lots of people with psychosomatic reactions to arbitrarily defined "dirty" foods.
A piece of cake (or two!) here and there is not going to hurt you or ruin your "healthy" streak. As long as you are taking in plenty of protein, fats, and veggies for micronutrients, then you're fine to have treats, such as cake, in moderation. I find that it's best to take the moral attributes away from foods and view them as what they are: protein, fats, and carbs. Sure, the ratios of each nutrient in each food will differ, but you can make them fit into your goals and your body will still take what it needs from the food and excrete what it doesn't.
I didn't say it would. My question is regarding the feeling after I ate the cake. I love cake. I didn't get to be my size without loving cake. Can I have cake safely without feeling like death? Because if so, That is the train I want to be on. I just wanted to know if anyone else had a similar instances, because right now, I'm the only person in my family who got ill after eating it.
Chances are, if you work on viewing foods neutrally, you will be able to enjoy cake on occasion without suffering any ill effects.
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
In hindsight this was a very rude response. I'm sorry for the things I typed when I had a stomach ache.
Apology accepted.
You said you loved cake. I tried to offer a solution that would allow you to still eat cake.
If you don't want to eat cake, then don't eat cake. Just understand that feeling a bit ill after eating a rich food is completely different than a peanut allergy, and I never suggested that you should eat peanuts (nor did I know about your peanut allergy). I'm sure that your peanut allergy does not make you go proclaim from the rooftops that no one should be eating peanuts.
"I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good." /= proclaim from the rooftops that no one should be eating peanuts
The first is an "I" statement and a question.
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I had eaten clean for about 4 months and then decided to eat about 4 donuts and it didnt do anything to me. If the 2 pieces of cake made you sick its either that there was something bad in it or it was in your mind because i doubt two pieces of cake with processed sugar all of a sudden would make you that sick. Im sure you get sugar from other sources everyday. My father told me a story once that when he was a teenager he once ate a blood sausage with some friends. He then realized that the Bible says it is forbidden to eat blood. He told me he became ill when he realized what he had done and threw it up. It was only after he realized it was a sin to eat blood that he felt ill and felt the need to throw it up...0
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kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
@ninasharpe228, yes I've been eating considerably less sugar over the last three months and now I feel nauseous after eating a regular sized Snickers bar and even worse after a Milky Way.
Pay no attention to these people who say it's psychosomatic.
just because you choose to demonize sugar, does no mean you have to demonize it for everyone else.
I don't demonize sugar for me or for anyone. How I view sugar is that for me to feel at my best and lose weight easily, I need to eat less of it. If the "I eat ice cream every day" / "I just ate half a cake" crowd are happy with their thing, I am happy for them.
However, for people who indicate that they are sensitive to sugar, I support them in eating how they need to eat to feel best, and think it's crass to suggest it's psychosomatic.
Why would you automatically jump to the conclusion that OP is sensitive to sugar from her post, though? No offense to OP (really, just going by what I read), but there seem to be a lot of assumptions and confirmation bias in the original post. I'd be more inclined to lean towards spoiled food/psychological reaction just from reading the OP's post, rather than automatically assuming she has some weird sensitivity to sugar.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
@ninasharpe228, yes I've been eating considerably less sugar over the last three months and now I feel nauseous after eating a regular sized Snickers bar and even worse after a Milky Way.
Pay no attention to these people who say it's psychosomatic.
just because you choose to demonize sugar, does no mean you have to demonize it for everyone else.
I don't demonize sugar for me or for anyone. How I view sugar is that for me to feel at my best and lose weight easily, I need to eat less of it. If the "I eat ice cream every day" / "I just ate half a cake" crowd are happy with their thing, I am happy for them.
However, for people who indicate that they are sensitive to sugar, I support them in eating how they need to eat to feel best, and think it's crass to suggest it's psychosomatic.
OP indicated no medical condition that would make her sensitive to sugar, so why then are you recommending she limit it???0 -
OP, I get what you are saying...I rarely eat sweets unless it is a small piece of super dark chocolate as an afternoon treat. I have found that when I indulge in anything sweeter/richer, I actually feel sick to my stomach...not to the point of throwing up mind you, but ill feeling. I've always assumed that my body is just not used to processing higher amounts of sugar, so in cases of birthday cakes, holiday pies etc I just make sure I eat the tiniest sliver so that I can still enjoy the yumminess without feeling like crap the rest of the day
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ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
Do you know what ingredients there were in the cake? It's not out of the realms of possibility that it contained an ingredient which you have an intolerance to / causing reflux which could explain your experience.
I would certainly look to that before checking yourself in for a therapy session
Reflux, didn't think about that. I remember several years ago I got up in the middle of night not feeling well and thought a granola bar might help. Yeah, turns out I was having major acid reflux and that granola bar pushed it over the edge. I spent a couple of hours on the floor, very nauseous and having trouble breathing. Even though I know it wasn't the granola bar, I haven't eaten one since.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Fair. I didn't consider that. I've had this cake before my diet and loved it. At the time that I ate it, it was more of a "I've been super good, it's just one piece of cake, maybe two pieces so I'll be fine."Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »ITT: Lots of people with psychosomatic reactions to arbitrarily defined "dirty" foods.
A piece of cake (or two!) here and there is not going to hurt you or ruin your "healthy" streak. As long as you are taking in plenty of protein, fats, and veggies for micronutrients, then you're fine to have treats, such as cake, in moderation. I find that it's best to take the moral attributes away from foods and view them as what they are: protein, fats, and carbs. Sure, the ratios of each nutrient in each food will differ, but you can make them fit into your goals and your body will still take what it needs from the food and excrete what it doesn't.
I didn't say it would. My question is regarding the feeling after I ate the cake. I love cake. I didn't get to be my size without loving cake. Can I have cake safely without feeling like death? Because if so, That is the train I want to be on. I just wanted to know if anyone else had a similar instances, because right now, I'm the only person in my family who got ill after eating it.
Chances are, if you work on viewing foods neutrally, you will be able to enjoy cake on occasion without suffering any ill effects.
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
In hindsight this was a very rude response. I'm sorry for the things I typed when I had a stomach ache.
Apology accepted.
You said you loved cake. I tried to offer a solution that would allow you to still eat cake.
If you don't want to eat cake, then don't eat cake. Just understand that feeling a bit ill after eating a rich food is completely different than a peanut allergy, and I never suggested that you should eat peanuts (nor did I know about your peanut allergy). I'm sure that your peanut allergy does not make you go proclaim from the rooftops that no one should be eating peanuts.
"I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good." /= proclaim from the rooftops that no one should be eating peanuts
The first is an "I" statement and a question.
That's not what I was implying in my post, but thanks for your input.0 -
TheVirgoddess wrote: »OP - I wouldn't draw a conclusion on one event. I'd recommend eating the cake again, when it's available and seeing how you feel. It could be 100 different things causing the belly ache.
I hope you feel better.
Pretty much...
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ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
Do you know what ingredients there were in the cake? It's not out of the realms of possibility that it contained an ingredient which you have an intolerance to / causing reflux which could explain your experience.
I would certainly look to that before checking yourself in for a therapy session
Reflux, didn't think about that. I remember several years ago I got up in the middle of night not feeling well and thought a granola bar might help. Yeah, turns out I was having major acid reflux and that granola bar pushed it over the edge. I spent a couple of hours on the floor, very nauseous and having trouble breathing. Even though I know it wasn't the granola bar, I haven't eaten one since.
Aye, for some reason many people think reflux disappears when you reach adulthood.
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ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
Do you know what ingredients there were in the cake? It's not out of the realms of possibility that it contained an ingredient which you have an intolerance to / causing reflux which could explain your experience.
I would certainly look to that before checking yourself in for a therapy session
Reflux, didn't think about that. I remember several years ago I got up in the middle of night not feeling well and thought a granola bar might help. Yeah, turns out I was having major acid reflux and that granola bar pushed it over the edge. I spent a couple of hours on the floor, very nauseous and having trouble breathing. Even though I know it wasn't the granola bar, I haven't eaten one since.
Missed this comment. I totally hadn't considered that. A little google fu shows it's similar to how I felt last night. That may have been it. I'll try the cake again (my parents always have it at their house) and see what happens.
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ninasharpe228 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
Do you know what ingredients there were in the cake? It's not out of the realms of possibility that it contained an ingredient which you have an intolerance to / causing reflux which could explain your experience.
I would certainly look to that before checking yourself in for a therapy session
Reflux, didn't think about that. I remember several years ago I got up in the middle of night not feeling well and thought a granola bar might help. Yeah, turns out I was having major acid reflux and that granola bar pushed it over the edge. I spent a couple of hours on the floor, very nauseous and having trouble breathing. Even though I know it wasn't the granola bar, I haven't eaten one since.
Missed this comment. I totally hadn't considered that. A little google fu shows it's similar to how I felt last night. That may have been it. I'll try the cake again (my parents always have it at their house) and see what happens.
It happens to me every time I eat fake nacho cheese. Sad.0 -
ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
Yes, OP, I had that experience recently at a baby shower - had a generous piece of chocolate cake and it didn't sit well. I don't eat concentrated sugar like that very often. Prior to the cake I'd had bacon and eggs for breakfast, and tabbouleh, fruit, veggies at the shower. I am sure the cause of my post-cake malaise was the huge amount of sugar hitting me. I limit stuff like that to special occasions and after this most recent experience I will remember that I don't have to eat the whole thing
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I know the feeling. If your digestive system isn't used to you putting things like that in it any more, and then suddenly you do, it's easy to feel horribly sick for hours. If I eat something fried, or greasy, or much of something sugary, I get the same reaction. blaaaargh!0
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kshama2001 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
@ninasharpe228, yes I've been eating considerably less sugar over the last three months and now I feel nauseous after eating a regular sized Snickers bar and even worse after a Milky Way.
Pay no attention to these people who say it's psychosomatic.
I strongly disagree with this. Any time an artificial split between mind and body is created, we're at risk of ignoring important signals and information. It's a GOOD thing to consider that there may be a bit of an emotional/psychological reaction to eating chocolate cake after consciously avoiding sweets for so long. And even if it's popular to dismiss this very real mind-body relationship by tossing it off as "psychosomatic", it's very much a part of who we are and how we relate to food.
It sounds like a lot of things could have been happening for you (OP). It's possible you were on the cusp of not feeling well anyway for other reasons and the cake just pushed you over the edge.
I can't eat the same size servings of super-rich (whether savory or sweet) foods that I used to. I usually hit the "I've had enough" point much sooner now. Perhaps you're in the same boat, and your previous habits did an override of your current "stop now" point and it was just too much. Next time, try a smaller portion and eat it more slowly (I am not saying you wolfed it down; I'm just saying don't go by your previous norms with the cake) and see how it goes.
Here's hoping you and chocolate cake can achieve a happier relationship in future!
This is entirely possible. I lifted the 2nd slice from my brothers plate right after I ate the first, so I probably didn't allot time for that warning to stop eating. Thank you for all these good suggestions.
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ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
Yes, OP, I had that experience recently at a baby shower - had a generous piece of chocolate cake and it didn't sit well. I don't eat concentrated sugar like that very often. Prior to the cake I'd had bacon and eggs for breakfast, and tabbouleh, fruit, veggies at the shower. I am sure the cause of my post-cake malaise was the huge amount of sugar hitting me. I limit stuff like that to special occasions and after this most recent experience I will remember that I don't have to eat the whole thing
again, self fulfilling prophecy.
I don't eat cake a lot, but when I do I get no sugar rush....
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ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
It seems as though you had this reaction because you haven't eaten any Cakes or Sweets etc. in a long time.
I've read other posts whereby people have been eating mostly Non Processed Foods, then once they have something like a Burger or even Alcohol - they get a similar bad reaction.
I eat processed foods all the time and never get bad reactions, so i guess (rightly or wrongly) my body is used to them.
Not really sure what to suggest, but it's good to know you're OK now.
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Also have you been checked for allergy to propylene glycol? It's in all cake mixes that I've ever seen on the shelf. If I bake from scratch, I avoid this problem, but if I eat cake from a mix, I will have a bad reaction just like if I use lotion or some other cosmetic with PG in it on my skin. Big itchy red bumps. A lot of people are developing problems with it lately, whether those show on the skin (most common) or other symptoms. Do you know if the cake was from a mix or from scratch?0
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The last time something like that happened to me was when we at lunch at McDonald's. It wasn't because we ate McDonald's food, it was because the food we ate was bad. The whole family was ill for that night and the next day. I wouldn't rule out food poisoning. The very next weekend we drove by and the entire building had been torn down, so we were pretty sure at that point it was tainted food.
That was years ago and I don't eat McDonald's anymore, but not for that reason.
I could not imagine a world without being able to eat chocolate cake or other yummy pastries.0 -
ninasharpe228 wrote: »I am a firm believer in CI/CO. I've been following my diet pretty consistently for the last few months. Last night I wound up eating over my calories when I went to my parent's house and I had some chocolate cake. The problem is, within about 20 minutes of eating it, I felt like dying. I wasn't overly full, I just felt super sick. That feeling continued for the rest of the night to the point where I was trying to will myself to throw up to get it out of my system. Honestly, it has been a while since I've indulged in sweets like this, and I'm wondering if that is part of it? Those of you who do clean eating, but not to lose weight (just to feel better) have you had similar experiences?
The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
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Wow. I have to edit this because of some of the responses I'm getting. I did not want to puke because I ate of my calories. I did not want to puke because I consider cake to be bad. I wanted to throw up because I had the worst stomach ache ever and I laying on my bathroom floor at 11 pm, it was either death or throw up.
Thank you for your concern, but I do not have, have not ever had an eating disorder. #wowthatescalatedquickly.
So I had a similar experience and I have a feeling its the ingredients sitting in your stomach in a certain order. My situation was one of two things 1) The cake was too oily and sat bad in my stomach/an egg was bad in the batter OR 2) I got a stomach virus the exact same time. Its happened with chicken also and I knew the chicken was cooked perfectly, I was the only person who got sick. Sometimes a stomach just wants to politely say "Go **** yourself" lol
I also think in a different light you can spin the words "Clean eating" as Eating only foods that would make your stomach react weird but that's to a personal effect and also something these forums aren't mature enough to differentiate with lol Good luck OP!0 -
ninasharpe228 wrote: »The very thought of chocolate cake is making me feel ill right now, so I'm wondering if I should be off "junk" food for good.
A typical side effect to a food issue that it would seem no one on this post understands haha. Wow did people take what you said to a unnecessary extreme. I had a stomach virus when I was 6 and I was eating hot dogs, I didn't touch a hotdog again until I was legit 20. Its a mental block! Not a eating disorder.
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Also have you been checked for allergy to propylene glycol? It's in all cake mixes that I've ever seen on the shelf. If I bake from scratch, I avoid this problem, but if I eat cake from a mix, I will have a bad reaction just like if I use lotion or some other cosmetic with PG in it on my skin. Big itchy red bumps. A lot of people are developing problems with it lately, whether those show on the skin (most common) or other symptoms. Do you know if the cake was from a mix or from scratch?
I think a lot of people are having "problems" with propylene glycol because it's hit the spot light of medical science controversy recently. There was a big recall of Fireball Whiskey in Europe because the shipment contained too much of it for the regulations of the country it landed in, which is more strict than the US standards. So - now everyone's beginning to fearmonger PG as being this horrible chemical that causes alzheimers (after searching some, I haven't even been able to find a study mentioning the two together), and raising arguments as to why the US allows more of it in food than Europe.
This is not to discount your allergy. I just think PG is going to become the new gluten. Everyone's going to say they have a problem with it when only .0005% of those cases are true.0 -
ExRelaySprinter wrote: »It seems as though you had this reaction because you haven't eaten any Cakes or Sweets etc. in a long time.
I've read other posts whereby people have been eating mostly Non Processed Foods, then once they have something like a Burger or even Alcohol - they get a similar bad reaction.
I don't think this phenomenon is all that surprising really.
When many people diet they tend to cut out foods high in fat or alcohol which are common causes of heartburn / reflux.
Then when they get re-introduced (usually by eating or drinking them quickly...) it causes those reactions.
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I'm just going to guess it was that you weren't used to the richness of those foods anymore and it was hard on your system
edit: I just had that happen with some delicious "healthy" cookies from a local bakery.0 -
Some things really bother my stomach and have since I was a kid. Too much dairy, really greasy fried foods, coffee, and some grain/bread products will have me in pain within half an hour of eating them. I seem to be a lot like my mom. The first time my dad took her home to meet family, she ended up eating their soul food meal then had to camp out in the bathroom and lay down in a bedrooom within hours.
I would have been mortified at 19 or 20 years old! LOL
If it's worth it - like my recent trip to NOLA, I take a 12 hour antacid pill before eating anything, then carry some activated charcoal with me to take several hours after eating.0 -
ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
Do you know what ingredients there were in the cake? It's not out of the realms of possibility that it contained an ingredient which you have an intolerance to / causing reflux which could explain your experience.
I would certainly look to that before checking yourself in for a therapy session
Reflux, didn't think about that. I remember several years ago I got up in the middle of night not feeling well and thought a granola bar might help. Yeah, turns out I was having major acid reflux and that granola bar pushed it over the edge. I spent a couple of hours on the floor, very nauseous and having trouble breathing. Even though I know it wasn't the granola bar, I haven't eaten one since.
Aye, for some reason many people think reflux disappears when you reach adulthood.
I never had it as a kid, only started having problems around college. Thank you for the digestive system Mom. ><0 -
ninasharpe228 wrote: »ninasharpe228 wrote: »
Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?
Do you know what ingredients there were in the cake? It's not out of the realms of possibility that it contained an ingredient which you have an intolerance to / causing reflux which could explain your experience.
I would certainly look to that before checking yourself in for a therapy session
Reflux, didn't think about that. I remember several years ago I got up in the middle of night not feeling well and thought a granola bar might help. Yeah, turns out I was having major acid reflux and that granola bar pushed it over the edge. I spent a couple of hours on the floor, very nauseous and having trouble breathing. Even though I know it wasn't the granola bar, I haven't eaten one since.
Missed this comment. I totally hadn't considered that. A little google fu shows it's similar to how I felt last night. That may have been it. I'll try the cake again (my parents always have it at their house) and see what happens.
Take a Zantac beforehand, and have a smaller piece. See if that helps. That's what I have to do to eat pizza if I don't want to spend the evening in misery.0
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