Trip

[EgYpTiAnMaTT91]

Hey guys. I need some advise. I'm going on a trip to a monastery for 3 days. My parents won't let me take any food with me and all they serve there is rice, beans, and other weird egyptian food . There's no doubt I'm going to postpone this woe as there's no way out of it. I was just wondering if any of you had ideas of how to ease the damage? I'd appreciate it.

[Finelly]

Re: Trip

I don't know for sure, but I think Egyptian food is very similar to Israeli food. When a member went to Israel last year, we suggested that she would probably be served at almost every meal:

- tomato and cucumber salad
- fresh vegetables
- hard boiled eggs
- cheese
- t'china

The last one, tchina, is a seed and if you aren't at that rung yet, well......

But you can get by on the other things.

[sidrah]

Re: Trip

Hmmm....Drink water a lot? Load up on salady stuff. I don't really know the types of food. It is 3 days, though. I think you will be fine. I am assuming it will be extremely hot, so they will have water and probably not just one kind of food. Even so, I cannot see how it will be that detrimental if you are mindful of what you are doing.

Have a good trip.

[EgYpTiAnMaTT91]

Re: Trip

Thanks guys.

Yup, it's in the middle of the desert, so they have lots of water. But the last time I was there, all we drank was pepsi. Too bad mostly all egyptian foods are really carby. They don't really have that much salad stuff either. Oh well, I guess it won't hurt that much, being only three days, but I just wanted ideas to minimize it as much as I could.

Matt

[tickletussler]

Re: Trip

Keeping my fingers crossed for you Matt!!!!

Depends on how your body will handle it - I know with mine, 3 days of carbs can do a lot of damage, but everyone's different.

If you have to eat what's there, then just watch your portion-size - try and eat smaller portions more often.