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Eating Cereal
Aug. 20th, 2009 09:05 amI just realized that I don't eat boxed cereals anymore, thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
martini_tim's post with his Trader Joe's cereal. For whatever reason, I think the last box of cereal I bought and ate was at least 10-15 years ago when I was feeling nostalgic. Got rid of it, and haven't felt the inclination to buy it again.
I used to eat Post Raisin Bran, Cheerios, and Grape-Nuts (no grapes and no nuts - why the name?). Then both of my sisters followed my dad in getting their gall bladders removed. I asked my dad once why he had gall stones and he said his doctor told him he drank too much milk. I recently discovered that I have gall stones, but they're not calcifying or getting worse because I'm not drinking milk. They don't hurt, so I'm keeping my gall bladder as long as I can.
My mind went, "Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!!! Stop eating cereal and you'll not drink as much milk! Stop eating ice cream so much and you won't 'drink' as much milk!" So, I guess that's why I don't eat cereal or ice cream (as much) now - not only because of the calories...
I started putting together my own granola for a while (learned from a body-building boyfriend years ago) and made my own trail mixes for a while when I was working out heavily and steadily about 7 years ago (wow - no wonder my beer gut's back!). I used rolled oats, all kinds of nuts, honey, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, cracked wheat, and other nutty, grainy things, oh and lots of different dried fruits - even dried my own! Mixed up all the hard stuff together with the honey, baked it at 200 for about 2-3 hours - till brown, basically, then cracked it all apart into bite-sized pieces. Added my dried fruit, and voila! Milk-free granola/cereal!
martini_tim's post with his Trader Joe's cereal. For whatever reason, I think the last box of cereal I bought and ate was at least 10-15 years ago when I was feeling nostalgic. Got rid of it, and haven't felt the inclination to buy it again. I used to eat Post Raisin Bran, Cheerios, and Grape-Nuts (no grapes and no nuts - why the name?). Then both of my sisters followed my dad in getting their gall bladders removed. I asked my dad once why he had gall stones and he said his doctor told him he drank too much milk. I recently discovered that I have gall stones, but they're not calcifying or getting worse because I'm not drinking milk. They don't hurt, so I'm keeping my gall bladder as long as I can.
My mind went, "Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!!! Stop eating cereal and you'll not drink as much milk! Stop eating ice cream so much and you won't 'drink' as much milk!" So, I guess that's why I don't eat cereal or ice cream (as much) now - not only because of the calories...
I started putting together my own granola for a while (learned from a body-building boyfriend years ago) and made my own trail mixes for a while when I was working out heavily and steadily about 7 years ago (wow - no wonder my beer gut's back!). I used rolled oats, all kinds of nuts, honey, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, cracked wheat, and other nutty, grainy things, oh and lots of different dried fruits - even dried my own! Mixed up all the hard stuff together with the honey, baked it at 200 for about 2-3 hours - till brown, basically, then cracked it all apart into bite-sized pieces. Added my dried fruit, and voila! Milk-free granola/cereal!
