Grazer, yep that's me!

Food. The essential need to survive, aside from water. I don't eat much food according to most. Okay, actually, most people say that I starve myself because when I eat meals with them I barely eat anything. Not my fault. I don't like eating huge amounts of food in one setting. I can't. I mean I could if I wanted to but that would result in being extremely ill later. Why do I get ill from eating large amounts of food in one setting? IBS, better known as Irritable Bowl Syndrome.

Basically, my intestines don't like food. Yes, weird, I know. The acids in my stomach and intestines react crazily to the food, and the peristalsis (muscle contractions) of my intestines is irregular which causes extreme cramping. This cramping can become so unbearable that I can be reduced to tears in a matter of minutes. This is one reason why I went vegetarian. Not the main reason but one of them. Ever since I went vegetarian I haven't cried from pain. That's because the pain has dropped tremendously due to cutting murdered animals out of my diet. This is due to the fact that meat is harder to digest than anything else. Unless you fancy metal. Then that would be the hardest. XD

On a side note, I prefer to graze, like a horse. In other words, I eat a small breakfast, then eat a snack, have a small meal for lunch, eat another snack, and have a small meal for dinner. I DO eat. You people just aren't around when I do. Ask my family, or Jaki or Tom. They've been around me enough to know that I EAT FOOD on a regular basis. When eating meals my stomach, intestines, and my whole body gives me a warning that says "Hey, no more food! You'll be sick!" I can't even explain the feeling. It's sorta like when there's a bad storm coming and you're instincts freak out and try to tell you. Thanks to my IBS I prefer to drink fluids, water mainly, more than anything else. A lot of people like to tell me that I'm going to give myself water poisoning, but my doctor told me that it is normal especially since I also have kidney problems. It's my body's way of caring for it's needs without causing more pain and annoyance for me. If I could live off of apples and water, I'd gladly do so, but unfortunately I cannot.

Why am I posting on this? I'm sick and tired of people saying that I don't eat and that I starve myself. Okay, first off if I WAS starving myself, which I'm not, then would I still weigh the same amount since last year? No. I'd weigh less. Not to mention that I work out and I still haven't lost or gained weight. According to http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/assets/UVAHealth/ssi/includes/hbwcalc.html#results

I actually weigh the ideal and healthy weight of someone my age and height.

Thus ends my rant. Now, back to studying for my freakin' exams.

~Fruit Bat