Forbidden fruit
There is an innate tendency for the human psyche to desire that which is explicitly forbidden. Tell us we can’t have it and suddenly temptation rears its head. This is why so many people fail at restrictive diets. Low-carbs leads to pasta and cake cravings. No sweets results in secret stashes.
So for someone like me, who is on a post-oral-surgery liquid diet, just about everything is on my “can’t wait till I can have it” list. All of a sudden I am having cravings for all sorts of things: pizza, Mexican food, Chinese spring rolls. My dreams have become more about food than anything else - no plot, just people (including me) eating normal food. My daily timetable revolves around my next “meal” time as I seek for variety in liquid sustenance.
I am about to start writing a list of all the things I want to have when I am again allowed to have solids. Maybe that way I will be able to control it and not go overboard binging and put back on all the weight I will have lost by then.
This week’s soundtrack: “Food! Glorious food!”
Right now I am feeling kindaamused and
hungry and
restless...
