Feel ill after a Mcdonald!

Maybe the server hadn't washed their hands properly. It's highly unlikely the OP has a wheat intolerance they haven't noticed previously. After two weeks it's doubtful that their digestive system has freaked out over a McDonald's (processed crap or not). The human body can tolerate an awful lot.

jpaulie wrote: »

That's fine, but we are not all the same, it will affect some more than others, all I am saying, although my post came across as all or none now that I re-read it

Yeah, if you hadn't made it all or none I wouldn't have posted. I'm skeptical that that's really what happened, but who knows.

Fast food (at least what I used to eat -- I haven't for years because I don't enjoy it anymore) used to always make me feel congested so that I would be coughing after, and that certainly seems weird enough that I suppose it might be psychosomatic somehow, although it started when I still liked it and would get it on occasion.

smittybuilt19 wrote: »

mmm processed crap, aka food.

Gotta love some processed crap!

Phoenix_Down wrote: »

Ya...all those ingredients we can't pronounce

By that "logic" there are people who shouldn't eat quinoa.

Apparently I'm doing this all wrong. I never did quit fast food, or even desired to quit it. I simply started ordering either smaller portions or replacing some lower quality items with IMO higher quality items, ie, fruit and yogurt parfait instead of fries? <since we're on the mcD's subject. I also search the fast food websites for what has the best protein/calorie ratio.

I don't think the issue is McDonald's directly. A lot of times, it's just that the quality of the food that you've been eating has been so different - fresh salads, smoothies, very few processed foods, a lot of vegetables - and you're really doing the right thing...and then you turn around and eat something like fast food (twice, I might add). It does a number on your system.

A perfect example is this: my 15 year old daughter has been participating in my weight loss efforts with me - she eats clean and exercises. We grill and steam vegetables and chicken, bake and grill fish and eat whole grains, kale salads, all that...and make everything fresh at home. We've even baked our own whole grain bread and learned how to make our own sushi. After about 45 days, we decide to eat some pre-packaged, bacon-wrapped shrimp stuffed with cream cheese. We were BOTH sick, balled up like babies on my bed, and on the toilet for two days. I don't think it was because the product was bad. It was because our diet had been so clean and the introduction of greasy bacon and hot cream cheese just didn't agree with our new eating habits. Our stomachs had made the adjustment from wreckless eating to clean eating and we simply interrupted that.

Needless to say, now the smell of greasy bacon (something we used to eat on a REGULAR basis prior to this) makes us both feel nauseated, so we don't even buy it anymore.

I used to stay away from their hamburgers because I too would get terrible stomach cramps after eating there. It never occurred when I ate the chicken, but would always happen when I ate the meat. So to stay on the safe side, I just avoid their meat products all together.

Premium chicken and bacon wrap (grilled) looks great.

BodyByButter wrote: »

Maybe you should thank your body for helping guide you back to better options.

Asparagus makes my pee smell funny. Is it my body telling me to look for something better?

rainbowbow wrote: »

Speaking of Quinoa, it's covered in saponin and needs to be fully and thoroughly rinsed or it could cause super bad horrible stomach pains from hell. Trust me, i've done it a few times.

Please don't tell me that you are suggesting that we only eat "clean" Quinoa. Clean is a four letter word on this forum.