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The Big Man and I went to Costco the other day, just to check it out, see if joining would help meet our needs. I’ve been to Costco before and know what it’s like in there. I guess it’s just been a while…

The over-abundance made me kind of nauseous.

But what we talked about on the way out — without a membership — is how striking it was that the majority of what is available is highly processed crap. In very large quantities.

Now, we’re not raw over here. We do consume processed foods. But we take in a lot less than we used to, and the amount keeps going down. This is good. That kind of stuff really isn’t good for your body, even if it’s made from whole wheat.

Back when I was in college, and shortly thereafter, I could easily eat a pint of ice cream in one sitting. (Curse you, Halo Farms!) Chicken fingers and fries were a great meal. Mozzarella sticks were an indispensable appetizer.

As my habits changed, I ate these less frequently. I didn’t realize how much better I felt until I would eat a large quantity of anything fried (for example) and would feel terrible. At this point, eating a large quantity of sweets will make my stomach unhappy. Most greasy food isn’t even appealing any more.

Just like many people, I would have denied that food would change my energy level. But when you’re not spending so much energy ridding yourself of garbage, you have more energy for other things.

Nichol talked about this a couple of weeks ago: “My body is no longer equipped to handle that much grease.”

Hooray! Her body is that much closer to operating as it should.

When you get to that point, you have options: you can keep eating greasy food (in her case) or sweet food (in my case) until your body takes it in without feeling sick. (You are still getting sick — you just don’t notice it.) Or you can take it as a handy reminder from your body that no, this isn’t really what I want to fuel myself with.

It could happen to you. But you have to swear off of those kinds of foods enough to let your body recuperate from how you’ve been feeding it. Then your body will remind you when you’re doing it wrong.