Cravings galore!

Day 13 - normally one of my favourite numbers, but today has not been so lucky for me. It seems my stomach is revolting against rice. This morning I wasn't feeling particularly hungry (my metabolism has slowed waaaay down - which may be a problem when I start eating normally again, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!), but I knew I'd be out all day so talked myself into starting the day right and having something to eat. The problem was, my stomach did not particularly agree, so it promptly hurled my breakfast straight back up again.

The last few days have been interesting. It's definitely becoming easier and easier to ignore other foods...they don't even really tempt me to eat them any more, but last night I was out at a restaurant having dinner with dad and 3 aunties and uncles, and I was definitely eating vicariously through them! At one point I suddenly became aware that as I sat there and sipped on my glass of water, I was staring at their dinner plates, unconsciously watching my poor aunty sitting across from me eat every mouthful. I then had to deliberately make the effort to not stare at someone as they ate every time there was a slight pause in the conversation!

I had a red-eye flight down to Sydney, which means that the airline serves breakfast at about 4:30am. I have no idea what was on the menu, as I deliberately kept my eye mask on so I couldn't see it, but man...it.smelt.good! I was very aware of the ridiculousness of salivating over airline food, especially at 4:30 in the morning, but i couldn't help it really! Still, there was nothing to do but keep my eyes closed, hope the guy next to me would stop elbowing me as he tucked into his middle-of-the-night breakky, and fall back asleep - so that's what I did!

Over the last few days I haven't been craving a wide range of foods like last week. Instead, part of my brain has been grabbing hold of the idea of one particular item, and obsessing over it like it's the most important thing in the world...my brain reminds me of a teenage girl with her first pop-star crush - any time it's not being used it's dwelling on something it can never ever have! I notice a sign advertising something out the corner of my eye, and even if it's something I would never normally contemplate eating, all of a sudden it's all I want. So far in the last few days I've obsessed over pumpkin soup, chicken and vegetable pies, quarter pounders (ugh!), steakburgers, caramel fudge, strawberry quik (which I haven't thought about in years), meringues, chicken & avocado sandwiches, blueberries, and teriyaki marinade. Oh man, I'm getting hungry just typing this!

Anyway - the brain is a funny thing. While my head is telling me it wants any or all of these things, my stomach is threatening to expel anything I try to feed it today. Lucky for my stomach, it's not going to get anything fancy - just more rice.

I refuse to start a countdown this early in the game, but if I WAS counting down, I'd finish up by saying...27 days to go!!!