Frankie Says Yes, Stomach Says No

I have been struggling with my stomach here recently.  The past few months have been a whirlwind of changes, mostly with level of activity, but on a background note, my nutrition has improved as well.  Less heavy greasy fatty sugary foods, and more of the good stuff.  The problem is, now, on a whim when I go to eat an abundance of these bad things, my stomach is more than a little pissed.  I have been struggling with this, thinking, sheesh, is it bread, or dairy?  But then a very wise friend of mine said, "Maybe its just the fatty foods Kris..."  Jeeze, why didn't I think of that?  Well, lets be honest, because I didn't want to.  :) So I am going to need to compromise, and take these other things in small portions.  Part of becoming better at this whole thing is going to need to be from a nutritional standpoint as well.

On a sort-of related topic, I cannot imagine what happens to swallowed gum!  This sounds like a completely random thought, but bear with me.  The other morning when I went for a ride in the hot sun, it was 95+ outside (but cooler than the body's normal temperature).  The ride was awesome, I felt great, right up until the end when suddenly every little rock, grain of sand and well... everything, was flying off of my wheel and hitting me in the legs, for about a half of a second I entertained the idea that I was going "just that fast!" that thought quickly faded and I puzzled the rest of the ride home as to why this was happening.  When I got home and knelt down to take off my shoes, I was overwhelmed by the smell of spearamint..... oh no...  it all made sense!  Gum.... EVERYWHERE.  In the wonderfully hot temperature the green stringy stuff had wound itself around every component of my bike (which of course had just gotten a greasy tune up).  So my girl got some major TLC that night, during which time, all I could think about was... holy cow, if this happens to a bike, what happens when you swallow the gum.  Needless to say I will likely induce vomiting if I ever happen to swallow a piece of gum.