The Smell of Cereal
My husband’s not eating grains these days. It has something to do with his digestion. He started out not eating wheat and a few weeks ago it progressed to eating no grains at all. This makes cooking dinner a pain because we used to eat a lot of rice. He was trying to eat only raw food originally, but that only lasted a day and a half. He’s so quick to go on an extreme diet. He’s not trying to lose weight. If he lost any weight he might disappear.
I’m not disciplined or motivated enough to join him in his dietary experiment, but I have decided to look at my own eating habits. Upon examination, I’ve decided to stop eating cereal. I used to never eat cereal, but now I’m addicted to it. Between meals, I want to eat a bowl of cereal. Late at night, I want cereal. Right now, I’m thinking about eating cereal. Seriously, just writing about cereal makes me imagine a delicious bowl of it with raisins and bananas. Yum. I figure that anything that I want to eat all the time must not be very good for me.
I’ve been off cereal for ten days now and it’s been hard. The other day I nearly fell off the wagon. I took the cereal box out of the cabinet and stared at it for a few minutes. Then I poured a bowl. Then I poured the bowl back into the box and ate a banana and some walnuts. It just wasn’t the same.
When my husband came home a few minutes later he said, “Smells like someone’s been eating cereal in here.”
Can you smell cereal?
September 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Post’s Blueberry Morning Cereal is the best! You made me think of it while reading this … I wish I had some.