Nutrition Education Camp

I’m back at the beach for another week of Mah Jongg with sand. This week I am staying with my friend Kristi. Kristi is my own personal nutritionist. It never fails that whatever eating issue I am dealing with at the moment Kristi is going to be an expert in and help me.

Last year, or the year before last, (I can’t remember exactly when because I blocked it out of my memory), my doctor had me go gluten free to see if I had an issue with gluten. I was like a pilgrim religiously following a gluten free regime. Kristi has been gluten free for a long while and so when I stayed with her then she gave me a huge tour of all the best gluten free products. She saved me a fortune in not buying the awful tasting products.

My doctor finally declared after 11 months of no gluten that I was free to eat gluten again. Being gluten free did nothing for me, except make me mad that I couldn’t eat regular pizza. I was 50 minutes into my hour appointment when the doctor said that I could eat gluten again. I told her she really buried the lead.

The first thing I did was gather all the gluten free products I had and brought them to Kristi so I knew they wouldn’t go to waste.

So now I am trying to eat more protein and I mentioned to Kristi that I am having trouble getting enough protein. She jumps right into action and shows me three products she things will help me. One is a protein drink, another a yogurt and the third is a bar that she swears tastes just like thin mints.

So now I am going to drink a protein drink before I go off to work in the morning and she put a protein bar in my purse.

Coming to stay with Kristi is the best Nutrition camp I could ever find. I hope someday my doctor says, “I’d like you to eat more ice cream.” Then Kristi and I can go on a tour of ice cream parlors.