Hi, ladies!

thank you, thank you, thank you!

today was great! last night was a road ride - I even posted my km's on bikejournal....and I'll post tonight's mountain bike ride, too!

health-wise...day 3 ginger-free went very well. my friend went to see the same the "naturopath" for a treatment and they talked about me some. my friend told her how I'd stopped on the ginger tea and that I think I may be allergic. when the lady heard it burns, she thought....maybe I'm forming an ulcer. not to leave any stone unturned, I looked it up. I had no idea that fatigue is a symptom of peptic ulcer. Or that most ulcers are caused by a bacterial infection. Or that the most useful over the counter anything to take for it is DGL which is an extract of licorice root. I've been drinking licorice tea as the antidote for my other allergy for years!!

with that in mind, I read what ulcer patients should do and followed along a little bit....

I made sure I did not eat later than 3:30 before my 6:30 ride. I drank licorice tea with my last meal....(my tummy was starting to feel "acidic")...I have now eaten potato and cheese and some veggies. I think the licorice tea will be helpful. tomorrow I look for DGL.

my stomach was not bothersome on the ride at all. and I was talking a mile a minute, so I'd say I have pretty good energy. I feel great now - just want to get my mountain bike fit as well as my road bike!!

and, yes, I can get tofu here, but do they make cheese flavoured tofu? I mean, cheese is good for protein, and for melting (tofu doesn't melt, does it?), but it's the flavour I love!! Do they make a tofu cheese substitute that is even remotely close for cooking or something? that would be so cool!!

hahaha!

I'm so happy now! yay! thank you for your awesome support!!

Namaste,
~T~