The down side of healthy eating

Yesterday I had a high-fiber, high-protein cereal with skim milk for breakfast, soybean cakes for a snack, black bean soup for lunch, and chicken and broccoli for dinner.

How shall I put this delicately—all this healthy eating is fueling a lot of violent gastrointestinal activity.

Or more bluntly—if farts burned calories, I’d have lost 10 pounds by now.

The only thing I’ve lost is my self-respect. Look at me, I used the F word in my blog!

Have a good weekend.

Comments

[Dan]

You should have finished that off with a bowl of fresh fruit than you would have cleared out the whole block.

I've learned at work to be careful when use the same bathroom as maintenance.

[Mega Mom]

The IDENTICAL thing happened to me...only with me it was broccoli slaw...it was quite tasty, but...

[Arabella]

Doh! This is why people eat donuts. :) If we're supposed to eat healthy food, then it should at least make us smell like roses.

[Shirl Grrrl]

Should I mail you some Bean-o?

[TB]

Ha, and on the day when new readers will be stopping by. There must be some sort of Murphy's blog law at work.

If it makes you feel any better, I am also very gassy. More so than Jeff, which gave me a complex at first, but now I embrace it and wake him with a special revelry each morning :o)

[V-Grrrl]

I met Cindy Lane for lunch today in Brussels and she thoughtfully gave me some Gas-X. Just what friends are for!

Check Cindy's blog at on my blog roll "The Belgian Years."

[Debbie]

So, let me see here. Fat people smell good (or even like donuts) and skinny people stink. (leans over for sticky bun) Okay! Thanks!!

[amber]

LOL. I knew what you were going to say before I finished the first paragraph!

It will, um, slow down, after awhile. Keep it up!

[Angela]

Aw, come on. Become one with your flatulence.

[Annie]

Beans and broccoli inthe same day are a deadly combination. I think God gives you gas so you are too embrassed to go out in public to, say, buy donuts nad bear claws.

[Brooke]

It's kind of like when I first became a vegetarian...it'll get better. I promise! :)