well, 2 weeks have passed. last week we were in KY and not with a scale. plus we considered last week a vacation, and everyone knows that vacations mean calorie free. so we ate as such. yummy cake, cheese dip, chips, peanut butter, etc. we ate "like hogs" (or at least i did).
so today's weigh in is 1 pound less... which totals maybe 6 pounds now? i'm not really sure what my starting weight was now, so i think it is around 6 pounds. whatever the total, this is the lowest number yet and nearly matches what i dropped to after having kendal (while i was breastfeeding). yeah! makes me want to go eat.
my tummy is especially empty today since i had a migraine of all migraines yesterday. lets just say i won't be eating spaghetti or pesto any time soon... because i don't chew my food well!
ok, on to better subjects.
here is today's train of thoughts>>>
food: veggies: teeth.... what kind of teeth do horses and goats have? you know the kind that are flat (unlike human teeth)? so i did a websearch about teeth. i didn't find the actual name of them, but i did find this fairly interesting webpage about whether or not the human GI tract (from teeth to colon) are most like a carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore.
In conclusion, we see that human beings have the gastrointestinal tract structure of a “committed” herbivore. Humankind does not show the mixed structural features one expects and finds in anatomical omnivores such as bears and raccoons. Thus, from comparing the gastrointestinal tract of humans to that of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores we must conclude that humankind's GI tract is designed for a purely plant-food diet.
makes me wonder at what point the prehistoric humans began eating meat, if in fact we were "originally" herbivores. makes me wonder also what digestive differences (tooth decay, tooth wear, reflux, poop, smells, sounds, problems i.e. diarrhea, etc.) there are between the mcdonalds-bigmac-eating human, the chili-and-chicken-pot-pie-comfort-food-eating human (like myself), the cheese-and-eggs vegetarian, the tofu-only vegan, and even a raw foods vegan. maybe someone can do this study!
Having been a cheese & egg vegetarian for quite a while, there wasn't much of a difference, gastrointestinally speaking :-), between that and what I eat now (limited meat, hardly any dairy). I have heard that the people who do the "crunchy" diet have the best GI tracts. I wouldn't know... I just don't think I could do raw foods all of the time. I like a little fried mozzarella every now and then :-)
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