The Quick Service Adventures of a Table Service Family. Update POP & Pecos Bill 5/24

[princess aleya]

I'm enjoying reading your live report. Can't wait to hear more.

 

[JessLovesDisney]

Sorry I didn't post today! I woke up sick as a dog this morning and still attempted the magic kingdom. Apparently blood sugar issues, a cold, and running around in the heat dont go well together! Who knew?! We just got home but I will post all of my reviews from today, tomorrow. Thank god I have the day off of work!

 

[JessLovesDisney]

Hi Jess I'm Lorianne and I lurked on your last Dxddp report! Your report is what convinced me to go Dxddp instead of just regular ddp!

I too was Vegan for a long time (16 years) and had a lot of the problems you just described but they couldn't put a finger on the reason why. I'm also diabetic which was a whole other issue with being Vegan and my iron levels were in the toilet and my CFS was a constant misery. So, in 2006 I went back to eating just vegetarian and that helped some but not a lot. I slowly added in some meat protein and I almost immediately felt better. I still have to be careful not to eat a lot of ground meat because it causes me stomach issues but I eat some red meat now, a little pork, and a lot of poultry.

Lorianne,
I'm so glad you posted because a couple of friends of mine who are vegan are acting like I am the devil for eating meat again. I had such severe symptoms that I could barely function. At first the dr thought it was diabetes which I guess he wanted me to incorporate the meat into my diet and focus on cutting carbs. Since its hypoglycemia I was given the okay for a vegetarian or even vegan diet but to avoid soy as much as possible. I'm probably going to start back on that tomorrow so my August DxDP review will be interesting!

Oh I am sorry to hear that about your diagnosis. I have HYPOthyroid and I honestly believe it had a lot to do with soy as well. I was not vegan, but I took Soy Lecithin for a long time (to prevent clogged ducts/mastitis when breastfeeding) and shortly after that was diagnosed. I try to avoid soy now but still have it sometimes.

Anyway, I hope your health improves just from the food changes, that would be an easy fix! Unfortunately, mine haven't and I have tons of other hormone issues now... so you are very smart to change your ways as soon as you discovered the problem!

Looking forward to more reviews! Brave to take on the Kitchen Sink!!!

I am actually HYPOthyroid also. My autocorrect on my phone decided to change my diagnoses!
I am on armour for the thyroid, and hopefully that and the food changes alone will help. Glad to hear your story!

The vegan talk is very helpful as I have been furiously reading up on the vegan threads here on disboards. I am about two months in at an attempt to be vegan and will be going to WDW in August, so the information has been very helpful. I am concerned about the soy issue as I have upped my soy intake and I have had thyroid issues for about 10 years now. Any additional info would be helpful!

I don't think it happens to everyone because I have friends that have been vegan for 10+ years and no problems. I guess everyones different but I would try to go for rice milk and other soy free products so when you do have soy/tofu/tempeh etc it's not an overload. I still think on vacation soy overload is okay . Have fun at disney, there are a lot of options!

great reviews so far

Thanks for reading! I'm glad I have an audience!

I'm enjoying reading your live report. Can't wait to hear more.

Thanks! I'll be posting the rest tomorrow.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I'm a vegan as well now too, (pescetarian on my last trip,) but I also have a thyroid condition that is better if I avoid a lot of soy, (though I still eat tempeh and tofu at least once a week, but just cutting soy milk out of my diet has been helpful,) but I am enjoying your reviews, even if you did eat meat.

 

[JessLovesDisney]

I'm a vegan as well now too, (pescetarian on my last trip,) but I also have a thyroid condition that is better if I avoid a lot of soy, (though I still eat tempeh and tofu at least once a week, but just cutting soy milk out of my diet has been helpful,) but I am enjoying your reviews, even if you did eat meat.

Thanks!

 

[JessLovesDisney]

For Breakfast we had originally planned to get up early and head out to Main Street Bakery for Breakfast. I woke up sick so we ended up staying in our room longer than planned. We decided to just hit up the POP food court again instead.

DH ordered the Breakfast Wrap. I figured that's what he was getting when he got in that line because he wasn't crazy about the omelet the other day. He liked this much better. And well he was away grabbing some syrup (for my food) I got to pick at his potatoes !
Same pic as before because it looked exactly the same

David and I shared the Pop Waffles. Personally, I thought this tasted better than the mickey waffles but its probably the exact same batter! David loves waffles so he was happy with this, except the fact that when I asked him what he wanted to eat he said 'chicken' and was a little upset when I told him they didn't have chicken for breakfast.

That's it! Pretty simple breakfast! Up next: Snack for Lunch and Dinner at Pecos Bill.

 

[JessLovesDisney]

We weren't too hungry at lunchtime and David was doing the Pirates League which took 2 hours with waiting time and all. After Pirates we decided to head over to Aloha Isle and try a Dole Whip. We shared a Pineapple and Vanilla Swirl. It was nice and cold on such a hot day, but it was melting quicker than we could eat it. Now don't get all mad at me for saying this but I didn't really like it. David didn't either but DH did. I guess it's one of those you either love it or hate it kind of tastes. It was not for me. We sat on the slate looking benches to eat it. Beware! Those benches will burn your butt off!!!!

 

[JessLovesDisney]

For dinner I wanted to try Pecos Bill. Originally because I wanted to try the Deluxe Burger but at this point of the trip I was flip flopping back and forth eating vegan, regular, and vegetarian because I have no idea what I should be doing now. I used my better judgement and I ordered the Vegetarian Burger with French Fries. It is the same as the Veggie Burgers pretty much everywhere in Disney but it was good. I don't mind them, especially because they have a pretty good topping bar. I got sauteed onions and mushrooms, lettuce and tomato. *

I told DH about the Deluxe Burger but he said he forgot after he ordered the Pulled Pork Barbecue Sandwich. He got some toppings too and said he liked it but it was too small. Luckily, they gave us an extra fry by accident so he filled up on those.

David had the PB&J which was the usual uncrustable sandwich. David likes these so he was fine with it. He got a side of Fries and a cookie. He ate the whole uncrustable, picked at the fries, and of course ate the whole cookie. I forgot to take a pic of the cookie but it was just a regular prepackaged chocolate chip cookie.

 

[DCDisney]

The waffles look awfully brown. Do you know if they were over cooked or was the batter changed to something browner?

 

[JessLovesDisney]

The waffles look awfully brown. Do you know if they were over cooked or was the batter changed to something browner?

I had poured the syrup on it already and it kind of absorbed it. It was actually perfectly cooked.

 

[Stew_Mouse]

Lorianne,
I'm so glad you posted because a couple of friends of mine who are vegan are acting like I am the devil for eating meat again. I had such severe symptoms that I could barely function. At first the dr thought it was diabetes which I guess he wanted me to incorporate the meat into my diet and focus on cutting carbs. Since its hypoglycemia I was given the okay for a vegetarian or even vegan diet but to avoid soy as much as possible. I'm probably going to start back on that tomorrow so my August DxDP review will be interesting!


I don't think it happens to everyone because I have friends that have been vegan for 10+ years and no problems. I guess everyones different but I would try to go for rice milk and other soy free products so when you do have soy/tofu/tempeh etc it's not an overload. I still think on vacation soy overload is okay . Have fun at disney, there are a lot of options!

That's good to know! And in all the times I've gone to Disney, I have never had a mickey waffle, I will have to have some in August!

 

[bluejasmine]

So sorry to hear about your health issues.. I do hope your feeling better. I enjoy your reviews. I was trying to talk my family into becoming vegan, I was readiing Alicia Silverstones The Kind Diet and I was pretty excited to try it but my family was violently (lol) opposed.. Its just too hard to make two seperate meals with my schedule...

 

[JessLovesDisney]

So sorry to hear about your health issues.. I do hope your feeling better. I enjoy your reviews. I was trying to talk my family into becoming vegan, I was readiing Alicia Silverstones The Kind Diet and I was pretty excited to try it but my family was violently (lol) opposed.. Its just too hard to make two seperate meals with my schedule...

I know what you mean about making two separate meals! DH doesn't cook at all, with the exception of a frozen pizza now and then! I cook two meals every night except for when were on vacation! That's probably why I love disney and DxDP so much!!!! And I am definately still all for being vegan, it was great for the first couple of years...I'm sure this doesn't happen to everyone. Who knows if it would have happend if I wasn't vegan anyway. I am a member of the kind life site. It's fairly new but there are a couple good recipes. My favorite site for recipes is VegWeb.com! I even have some of my own recipes on there!

 

[JessLovesDisney]

Just wanted to let everyone know that we did have Ice Cream at the Main St Ice Cream Parlor before we left the park. That's the only food I didn't get pics of because I about collapsed at that point!

I had the Kids Mickey Cone with Cookies n Cream Ice Cream. It was good but just your average Edys Ice Cream. The cone was really good and so were the little Chocolate Mickey Ears. The kids size is plenty big for an adult. I saw the regular serving and it looked like way too much (it's cheaper too if paying oop)! If on the dining plan, get the larger one for a snack credit! Make sure you have them put it in a cup when it's hot out because it will melt faster than you can eat it and you will have a huge mess!

David had the same thing but with Chocolate Ice Cream. He is famous for only eating the cone, but this time he had 'some' ice cream, both chocolate Mickey ears and mist of the cone. I was surprised since he ate most of his dinner too.

DH went with the Coke Float with Vanilla Ice Cream. B-O-R-I-N-G! Lol! Ok, I guess it's not that boring but I was expecting him to go for the sundae. He liked it and drank it in like 3 seconds. It was HOT out!

We've had Ice Cream here about 5 times and always come back because who doesnt love ice cream when it's hot. I think next time I want to try one of the regular soft serve places. I think I'll skip the Dole Whip next time too.


Overall our favorite QS of the trip was Earl of Sandwich. The Sanwiches were delicious, filling, and a good break from fried QS food. There dessert was good too. Mmmm Brownie Sandwich!!! I can't wait to go back!

 

[Vegcentric]

Lorianne,
I'm so glad you posted because a couple of friends of mine who are vegan are acting like I am the devil for eating meat again. I had such severe symptoms that I could barely function. At first the dr thought it was diabetes which I guess he wanted me to incorporate the meat into my diet and focus on cutting carbs. Since its hypoglycemia I was given the okay for a vegetarian or even vegan diet but to avoid soy as much as possible. I'm probably going to start back on that tomorrow so my August DxDP review will be interesting!


I am actually HYPOthyroid also. My autocorrect on my phone decided to change my diagnoses!
I am on armour for the thyroid, and hopefully that and the food changes alone will help. Glad to hear your story!


I don't think it happens to everyone because I have friends that have been vegan for 10+ years and no problems. I guess everyones different but I would try to go for rice milk and other soy free products so when you do have soy/tofu/tempeh etc it's not an overload. I still think on vacation soy overload is okay . Have fun at disney, there are a lot of options!


Thanks for reading! I'm glad I have an audience!


Thanks! I'll be posting the rest tomorrow.

Jess I'm sorry to hear about your health problems! You're right that not everyone is the same. I'm vegan, but I don't really like soy beyond soy milk and the rare tempeh bacon here and there. I'm not a big tofu person. I prefer seitan (which is wheat gluten.) I've tried a macrobiotic diet, and that didn't go over so well. I've found that what my body really actually responds best to is a vegan raw food diet (not the most practical, seriously), so I try to incorporate as many raw foods as possible. I've found that my hormones and everything else is just so much more adjusted. Some people have tried the raw food approach and felt like absolute crap. We are all built differently.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I know what you mean about making two separate meals! DH doesn't cook at all, with the exception of a frozen pizza now and then! I cook two meals every night except for when were on vacation! That's probably why I love disney and DxDP so much!!!! And I am definately still all for being vegan, it was great for the first couple of years...I'm sure this doesn't happen to everyone. Who knows if it would have happend if I wasn't vegan anyway. I am a member of the kind life site. It's fairly new but there are a couple good recipes. My favorite site for recipes is VegWeb.com! I even have some of my own recipes on there!

I use VegWeb too! Same screen name as here, I love it for the Cookbook Lab forum they have.