Recovered Addict

So if you've known me for some time, you know of my addiction for, no not frozen yogurt, but cereal.  And almost any kind of cereal at that.  Any type, any time, any place.  The love for cereal could possibly have paralleled my love for my most favorite humans.  If you ask me for a bite of my cereal expect to hear an inner grunt, I DO NOT like to share my cereal, not because I'm stingy but because it messes up the cereal to milk ratio.  This ratio thing is no joke.

Cereal o'clock is the same time every day - 4:00pm.  And sometimes there's a second cereal o'clock around 11:45pm. 

A change occurred a few months ago.  I began noticing that cereal and I weren't getting along.  My lifetime commitment to its scrumptiousness was coming at a price.  I was feeling grouchy, almost mad and knew it was nutrition related.  I couldn't ignore the feeling anymore and couldn't ignore that maybe just maybe it was the milk and cereal.  According to Dr. D'Adamo Eat Right for Your Type (a book I found about 12 years ago and find it to be brilliant, worth the read!!) milk is the culprit to such feelings and should be avoided.  And I've never felt great about milk, seems a little unnatural to drink from a cow.  I know we'd all rather just drink the stuff and not consider where it's actually coming from... but the studies, the hormones, young children and early maturation... blah, blah, blah - bottom line I bought almond milk.  Mekena liked it at first but wants to try rice milk now, Reef loves it and I've noticed major changes in him, Kirra never liked milk anyhow and doesn't like the almond milk either, Kaia is addicted to mama milk and Rand goes 1/2 cow 1/2 almond, and as for me... I can't bring myself to try it - it's so slimy looking.  But I cut out cereal and milk for a few weeks and wow big difference in how I feel.  I've tried to eat a bowl a couple of times and couldn't stomach it.  I'm a little sad, it's weird I don't crave it, and although I cut it out for a three month period way back in 1999, I think this time I'm really a recovered milk in the cereal addict.  Cereal may be welcomed back if I can become more friendly with the almond milk.

And I know there's milk in frozen yogurt, but it's different - don't know how, don't know why, but it is.  Maybe it's the hot fudge and mochi.  :)  Not sure how Dr. D'Adamo feels about frozen yogurt but I know I feel great about IT!  And I love the way I feel after I eat frozen yogurt, love it, love it, love it!  Hmmm, all this talk about frozen yogurt, I'm gonna go get me some!! 

Good bye cow milk!