I was sorely tempted this morning, at, of all places, church. (We took communion at the Saturday night service) We were on coffee duty in the overflow area called Center Court. In order to entice people to attend this area, there is a small break in the service and home baked cookies are served with the coffee that Lis and I had made this morning. There were three large trays of those chocolate chip cookies right under my nose at our coffee station, waiting to be brought into Center Court when the time was right. Lordy, Lordy, they smelled so good. At one point I had to simply walk away. Pride is a sin, but I was proud that I did not sneak one, when it would have been so easy to do so.
I am trying to find some levity in the situation as I am not having fun. I guess I never realized or appreciated before the pleasure of variety in foods, not only in flavors, but in textures and smells.
I pan fried some beautiful salmon for dinner tonight. It was almost perfect (ever so slightly overcooked) and was delicious. But the sides! Where were the sides?! Alas, no sides. I used ghee in the pan tonight and it was great. It has a high smoke point so the smoke alarm did not go off as it did for the steak.
I am now past the first two weeks. My initial goal was one month. I am still waiting to report some more dramatic changes in my body and the way it works. So far, I am having, on the down side, episodes of weakness and lack of energy. I hear that that will change in the next few weeks. I feel better overall, apart from the sometimes shaky legs. I have also, at times, had a bit of brain fog. On the up side, the aches and pains are diminishing, I have less of an appetite, and I have lost weight. I am being told to be patient. So I will be.
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