[geoblewis]

Last weekend I accidently ate something (a lot of something) that had lots of soy fillers in it. I suffered all weekend for it, with lots of lethargy and joint aches. And weight gain, about five pounds.

By Monday morning I was feeling well enough to go back to Pilates. The workout felt great, and I was feeling pretty good throughout the day. But later that night, after dinner, I was feeling the effects of the soy again.

I thought that perhaps I wasn't completely past the stuff I had eaten over the weekend, because I thought what I had eaten for dinner didn't, couldn't possibly, have more soy in it. I ate really clean!

The rest of my week was the same, I'd be fine until I ate, then felt the lethargy come on again. I decided to go without eating today, then I'd be really careful about what I chose to eat. I felt great all morning, without having breakfast. I did drink a couple cups of coffee with half and half and felt fine (so it's not a dairy thing). Then I made lunch. Arugula salad with tomato and canned tuna in olive oil, plus olives and spring onion, and lemon juice on top. Also, some dried Greek oregano from my mother's garden.

Awesome lunch, felt awesome afterwards, but still a little hungry. I chose to wait 20 minutes to see if I still felt like eating. I did, so I grabbed a couple tablespoons of roasted, unsalted sunflower seeds. I've been eating them all week, on my salads, but forgot to put it on today's salad. Bang! Within five minutes, that old soy reaction occured again!

I hadn't bothered to read the label when I bought the sunflower seeds. After all, they had no added salt, and the label in front said something about wholesome and pure...but sure enough, upon further scrutiny, soybean oil was listed in the ingredients.

I'm angry that so little soy bothers me so much. I'm angry that I was on a roll with getting things done around the house today, and I had so much energy, and now I have to take a nap and wait a few hours, if not another day, before I can get back to things. My thinking is fuzzy. I'm so sleepy right now. And I'm mad!!!