Okay, really it is. After going to bed at 11 last night, I woke at just after 4 am and couldn’t fall back. No, I don’t feel all that well today. In fact, my joints ache, my eyes ache, and my stomach is feeling cautious.
On top of that, being gluten-free is a gigantic pain in the ass. Gi. Gan. Tic. There’s no carb to be kept on hand to eat quickly, when a meal is delayed or no one is home. If you cook rice and stick it in the fridge, each grain gets all hard like little pills. Potatoes just get soggy. And yeah, we have quinoa, but you know what? Quinoa sucks. Don’t tell me what a complete protein it is; I’m an American in the 21st century, I could build a whole new person with the protein I eat in a month.
You know what’s quick and convenient? Bread. You know what tastes like shit? GF bread.
Ah well. I’ve done fasts before, and they always challenge me in ways I don’t expect. I’ve been trying to stay on top of the meals and calories–even with the extra cooking time wasted spent preparing these more labor-intensive foods, but I’m still seriously hungry for most of my day.
Yes, I know about “bodies holding onto fat when they think they’re starving.” My body doesn’t think it’s starving; I fed it two eggs with potatoes, cheese and black olives this morning. It has fuel, just not always when it needs it. There’s a lot of mental self-sabotage involved with food denial, and I just need to be aware of it.
Time for me to send an email to my agent, then get back to work on The Project That Must Not Be Named. I want to get as far as I can before I return home. I’m expecting the galleys for Circle of Enemies to be there, waiting for me.
Also, no, I’m not wearing green (or orange); I’m green on the inside.
I’m hypoglycemic, so I definitely know about desperately-needing-food-now when not every food will do. I recommend high quality cheese sticks, if you like cheese. It saves me every time. I hope the gluten-free diet gets easier for you soon.
Beef Summer Sausage. About two inches worth, sliced, with a glass of milk. Puts me right to sleep.
Thanks, Kate. We do have a really nice block of cheddar in the fridge. I should slice it with apples or something.
Now that’s a nice idea. Thank you!
So did you try Quinoa with a bouillon cube? The difference is night and day.
Ah, crap, buillon cube isn’t gluten free. Uhm, they do have gluten free chicken/beef broths out there because my nephew can eat it in dishes.
At first I thought you said “Not another blog post about sheep” and I thought – “Hey, that’s MY thing!”
Sure, we make them in the kitchen. But even made with broth quinoa is kinda unpleasant.
And you do it so well I’ll never have to try it myself.