Fooooood.

To think I’ve already eaten three times today. I thought I could last until I got home, but as it always happens, I got hungry in the middle of Systems Analysis. So I finished the assignment, left five minutes early, and had a tuna salad and provalone on Rye (with lettuce/tomato/mayo). The tuna salad isn’t the best, especially after working at Panera. But in that moment, it tasted fantastic.

Look at me, I’ve been a stick all my life. Being hungry isn’t a bad thing. I used to take sick joy in getting by with one meal. Binge eating, I suppose. “Look at me, I eat crap!” I was going on a run to the grocery store because we’re out or orange jews. Sure, it’s cheap OJ, but it still has vitamin C in it. My mom asked me if I was getting any Entenmanns. I used to eat that stuff a lot. I really just don’t crave it anymore. She asked me to get some ice cream for her. Heh, I’ve never been an ice cream person. It’s mostly a social thing for me, going to that little ice cream place in Chester. Screw you, Dairy Queen.

You know, wouldn’t it make more sense to spike our fiber at night? We eat frequently through the day, so wouldn’t we want to fiber ourselves at night to flush our system during the nighttime fast? Or something. Will read up on that.

Oh. Yeah. I bought some All-Bran. Ha ha. That’s some fuckin` fiber! Seriously, though, since I’ve tried increasing the amount of fiber in my diet, I’ve been #2ing more. In a good way, I assure you. A healthy human should not #2 only once a day, and certainly not just MISS a #2. That’s a sign of fiber deficiency!

I know, I sound like I’m old.

It is not normal to miss moving one’s bowels on any given day. It is not normal to solve the problem by taking a laxative. If your bowels move daily, but with difficulty or straining, if your stool is dry or hard, or if you don’t move your bowels daily, you need to adjust your diet for the right amount of fiber intake.

When there is adequate fiber in the diet, the fiber (viewed as millions of tiny water attracting particles) mixes with the stool. Each particle soaks up available liquid, and enlarges into a minute gel bead. These particles give the stool size shape and moisture, making it easy for the colon to move along easily.

To work properly two other circumstances must also be right; adequate water for absorption, and adequate lubrication of the colon lining. We require 8-10 (8 or 10 ounce) large glasses of water daily. Water can be any liquid, whether it is tea, coffee, milk, fruit juices, soft drinks, or other beverages that agree with you. Milk products may be particularly gassy, due to the fermentation of milk sugar, i.e., lactose, in the colon.

In order to lubricate the passage, the colon manufactures mucous. If the colon is dry, i.e., one has too little mucous, or drinks too little water, the stool will be hard and dry and will stick to the colon requiring that one strain to eliminate.

– http://www.slrhc.org/healthinfo/dietaryfiber/

Uhhh.

I’m eating. Some chicken my mom marinated. I’ve made it before. Rice, and brussel sprouts. Mmm, I love brussel sprouts. And orange jews.

I have a whole bunch of homework to do tomorrow, and I’m only slightly nervous. I know once I do my morning routine, I’ll be just fine. Tear into that take-home test for child psych, probably see where the answers are, then go into the 1337 lab and type it up. I’m sure I have other stuff to do, but that’s the big thing.

*burps*

I’m not sure I have anything else to share at this time. Except that I’m a wee tired.