Cereal

I had cereal this morning for breakfast - which I do about once per week. Nothing out of the ordinary there. I had honey-oat Oh's... delicious. I added strawberries.. magnificent. However, eating cereal for breakfast is not without it's tiny torture for me.

First of all, I am slightly lactose intolerant, so milk is a bit of an issue. Luckily, Kristen buys skim milk which is sort of watered down to start with, and I also take a dairy digestive supplement before inbibing large quantities of milk which provides me with the enzymes I otherwise lack to properly break down the lactose. It's a small little pill and I only really need it when I am drinking a glass of milk or eating cereal - not for cheesy dishes or ice cream - so it isn't too bad of an encumbrance. All of this allows me to enjoy the cereal the way it is meant to be enjoyed... wet. I don't mind dry cereal - I'm sure I had a lot of it as a baby - but for a "meal" I think the milk (and sometimes, fruit) is necessary to complete the course.

That kind of segues me into my second point. A bowl of cereal actually doesn't cut it for me as a meal for breakfast in the morning. I find myself (as I am right now) snacking earlier in the day (or later in the morning) when I have cereal for breakfast. I don't want to eat a bigger bowl because I am afraid of an unruly B.M. in the middle of the day should I take in too much lactose for the small digestive supplement to handle. Also, if I eat too much, I will get a stomach ache regardless, and that just isn't comfortable. Maybe the dairy pill is doing too good of a job at breaking down the lactose and once it is finished with the milk it starts to attack other foods through the enzymatic process, rendering it useless for properly nourishing me... I don't know. All I know is that anyway I slice it, I better make sure I have something to snack on at work if I am going to have cereal for breakfast.

These pretzels are making me thirsty...