On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Paleogal wrote:

> The real answer lies in how you feel after eating what you call a "cheat".
> Meaning non-paleo, intolerant food or sweets.  A cheat for me is an
> intolerant food/non-paleo. I feel dreadful within two hours to the next
> morning.

Hmm... There is no food that makes me feel bad (with the
exception of my recent difficulties with greens and other
roughage).  If I cheat and have something forbidden, I invariably
enjoy it immensely and feel just fine.

Example: Last December, we had a surprise 18th birthday party for
my daughter.  We invited some of her friends and ordered some
pizza.  I did so much running around that day that I hadn't eaten
much of anything.  I figured, what the hell, it has been a long
time since I've eaten pizza, and while I'm at it I'll get some
beer and do it right.  So I had a liberal amount of pizza and
three bottles of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.  I hadn't done anything
like this in a couple of years, I guess.  Well, it was
*wonderful*, and I felt genuinely good afterwards and the next
day, as if my entire body were grateful.  Of course, I gain
weight at a rapid clip eating such things, but I don't get any
internal signals telling me I shouldn't.

This makes it harder to restrict these foods, I guess.

Todd Moody
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