We interrupt your regularly scheduled post for this announcement.

I have had such a long week. I just spent the last two hours catching up on three days worth of internet stuff and now I still need to update two days on here. I feel so behind.

There's one thing I want to comment on first though, because it's kind of huge at the moment. I decided to have ice cream (which you already know if I got around to the update before you got around to reading this), and then I decided to hop off the train for a little while. For me, there's no "cheating" or "falling off the wagon" in regard to being Primal. It's just not how the lifestyle works for me. I made the conscious decision to eat what I wanted and I take full responsibility for that.

I do have a list of things I will absolutely not consume, as well as a list of "I need huge reason to ingest this, but if it's worth it, then maybe." I won't have high fructose corn syrup. I won't have partially hydrogenated oils. I won't have artificial sweeteners. If I choose, I won't have natural flavoring or coloring, but sometimes there isn't a good way to get around that.

Tonight I really wanted cookies. I saw Keebler Elf cookies and had talked myself into getting them, until I remembered about my "absolutely not list" and saw that they have hydrogenated oil. No go.

I did get some rice cracker/chip things, which I've had multiple times in the past and usually scarf down a bag. They are great chips for Mexican. They already come salsa flavored. The bag even says "guilt-free indulgence"! Ha ha.

So I had maybe a dozen of these small Dorito look-alikes. I melted mozzarella cheese on them and added organic sour cream (so good) and some fresh (although it's store bought) salsa. I decided it would be worth it.

Honestly, there were so. freaking. good.

Within ten minutes, I was hugely bloated—to the point of impressiveness. It wasn't until an hour or so later though that I started feeling really sick. (The jury is still out on whether or not this was from the pumpkin pie I made tonight. ...yeah...I know...I made another pie. It happens.) So now, four hours later, I'm so sick.

So. Sick.

So unbelievably ill. All I want to do is go sleep it off, but I need to remember this moment.

I've read stories and comments about food reactions, but I, for some reason, thought I'd be this weird exception. Even the ice cream I had last night didn't have any huge effect on me. This rice flour, or whatever ingredient it was, really freaking hates me though. I feel awful. I'm bloated and my chest is tight and...gosh, did this always used to happen and I never noticed?

I need to sleep. I have—for the most part—still been documenting my food intake. I have pictures of my meals (with a few exceptions) or notes here and there that I took down. The last two days have been crazy with my garage sale and real life just got in the way of blog life. Tomorrow I am taking a schedule day off from the blog. After tonight, I will probably be as 100% tomorrow as possible. If I fall into the 80/20, it will still be 100% grain-free.

I wonder how long I'll have to endure this. I guess I had to learn sometime.

I'll be back on Monday with a three day weekend update and maybe a new recipe. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!