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I... must be honest. I didn't want to eat. Nausea? But... how could there be nausea? It has been two days since I ate. Then I ate ten (liquid, mostly) ounces of a sort of soup. The rest went bad. It had burger in it, and keto rice (diced palm heart). I... just couldn't eat much. As well, it was a few days before that before I had eaten prior to even that.
Still, I wanted to push through. I obtained a can of soup from downstairs. Beef and vegetable. The beef in it is... very questionable. Who knows what it really is? I added hamburger, and a can of navy beans. Well, plus half the big can of water as well as spices. Garlic and onion powder, red pepper (hot) flecks, cayenne pepper (100k on the hot level), as well as carolina reaper (which tops out at ~2.2 million Scoville).
I like the mix. Just one is either barely able to be tasted, or just one dimensional. A nice blend is the difference between just a guitar and a whole band.
Anyway. So, soup, with some substance from the burger and beans, bits of pseudo meat and veggies, and the soup. Really, it was more a stew, thicker even with the added water. Beans, with the gravy, does that. But... the burger added something? Maybe. It was good.
I ate most of it. I did take bitters first. Needed? It seemed like it would be needed. I feared the nausea getting much worse. As well, after three smallish bowls, I had more of the bitters. A teaspoon full at each dosing. But that seems to have worked well. I still have the sense of nausea, but in the background? Not sure it's real. It could be something else? But it was good to get some food in.
And some milk, just because. I wanted to add sour cream, cream cheese, whole whipping cream, or some combination. But I just couldn't get past the worry of worsening nausea. And, I didn't have all those things.
I really have to begin pushing getting food in. I need protein, at least 150 grams of it, a day, to help with would healing. As well, I need it for nutrients. I can't lose weight unless I eat enough. It's an odd trick, but true. Though, too, I need to get more fat in. A lot more fat in.
That was probably twelve ounces of burger. Which is only a third of the protein I want, and a quarter of the fat I need in a day? Good calories, or a good start. I think the rest of the soup only had 190 calories. As to the beans? Hmm, while not the best for things, it's not bad. Save for carbs. Bleh. But, this meal, with the fatted coffee, is still four hundred to six hundred calories shy. Though it will take a while to eat my way up to the calories I need, and manage the nausea.
It's a heck of a problem to dig through. I'm doing my best. Tomorrow? I don't know. But I will try to eat... something. Managing nausea as I can. Real or imagined, it is there and must be dealt with. Successful, this time, today, mostly. Hmm... might have another fatted coffee. That will almost push calories and fats up... or closer. I hate pushing to consume, but need to do that until I can get in enough. Then, maybe, sort out how to begin walking or whatnot.
Later. Or most likely goodnight.
Was wondering on the dosage of bitters, suspected ,but you confirmed, it doesn't take much. Haven't tried yet, but I do want to have on hand for"emergencies". Been a good 2-3 weeks without the nausea hitting, trying to figure out what I'm doing right or wrong. No nausea... I'll take the win. Honestly, I've tried to bring it on by "pushing boundaries" Can't figure it out. Like I said, I'll take the win.
ReplyDeleteHaven't cooked the salmon yet, Really seriously thinking of ordering sashimi grade tuna... soon.
Worked some overtime, I can splurge a bit. Birthday is D-Day, so I could treat myself.
Soup and spice sounded good, soup-meat, sketchy at best. Like your additions, sounds like how I cook, "Bit of this a can of that and a handfull of..." But since I'm the leftover "Duuuude" in our house, I get creative.
ReplyDeleteCottage Cheese and a big kosher Dill pickle (gotta remember to throw in a few garlic cloves, next jar)
later... What day is it again?...?
I jest.
What usually triggers nausea is warmer, or especially hot, fats. If I have coffee, adding cream, but at say 175, on cooler days so that the coffee cools in the french press? Then I get only slightly nauseated. But, if I do 195 F, and the water and coffee don't cool much, the nausea is worse.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to the fat on steak. Well, at least now. When I used to have carbs with the steak, say potatoes, or even veggies, it wasn't a problem. Though it may have been more than that, as I didn't eat as much fat as a percentage of my diet.
I'm thinking it is the fat, and salt if I add too much. Lowering the salt intake has helped.
Yes, just half a dropper full of the stuff. So I don't even think it's really a full teaspoon. If I'm feeling a bit queasy, even without having eaten something, I'll take a doser.
Yes, the hobo life? :) I learned this from my mother. We ate what we had, and made due. There were feast days, when the meal was planned and set and yada-yada. But, usually, we looked at what was available, and what sounded best. That's just how I know to cook.
Not eating anything for a couple days, then trying to "fill" up with water, gets me. Thought it may be the fats for me too (could still be) still pushing the boundaries experimentally. Haven't jumped into a smoked brisket dripping fat (yet) to see if that's a trigger. Funny how that sounds so good right now, just a few months ago I'd have been gagging just thinking about a GReeeaZY hunk O' meat, pulled pork etc. Dairy fat didn't seem to be gag inducing (butter, cheese)yet I have cut back on both can't remember my last butter dose; they don't turn my stomach the way some meats do. Milk has caused nausea but I think for the same reason as the water (sizeable slug of cold liquid on an empty stomach)
ReplyDeleteNice to be able to share... feedback, clues, observations, and info. of all types(good,bad,right,wrong, or indifferent) Keep learning.
Yes. As I read your notes, thoughts, and suggestions, I realize some things. Proteins, cooked meat, is a part of it. Fat or not, though those with more fat cause more severe, and immediate, nausea. Something about protein, and hot fats, is my main. But... there are other minor, lessor, or only occasional causes.
ReplyDeleteWhich is part of why I am trying to consume thicker steaks. Trying to buy them in the inch and a half range. That way I can crisp the surface, but still have mostly rawer meat. And, it doesn't get as hot, neither the meat or the fat. Even if I crisp the fat on a really thick ribeye, the interior, being mostly raw and cooler, cools the fat quickly. But I still have the beautifully browned fat.
I know, jumping back...
ReplyDeleteInfo: the grass finished beef I cooked was like 3 miniature hamburger steaks, seasoned and seared, so even today second reheat, most of the inside still pink to a thin stripe of "raw". Was surprised that this didn't take on the grey patina of most burger. Have a family story 'bout my grandmother and a couple pounds of hamburger... later
Nice. I like, if I trust the burger, if it stays like that. But most storebought burger doesn't. Like you suggested, mine turns gray, and cooks through so quickly. Might have to try that.
ReplyDeleteI don't trust costco stuff. I bought some premade burger patties, and the label said there was natural flavors, so I tossed it. Natural flavors? Added to burgers? (By the way, "natural flavors" has almost no real meaning... it could be cyanide, almost literally.)
Could call around though. And check prices too. Bleh. Motivated, now. I'm just hoping it tastes enough better that I can get back into eating it a bit more often.