the week after i started the juicefeast i also started a new job. my previous job was just under two miles away, so unless the weather was horrid i would walk to and from work (yes! great exercise!) with my iPod belting out, marching along, in my own little world.
then i started working in an office a train ride away and my life changed. i don't like commuting. i don't like people when they're squashed together on a train or a platform. pushing each other, standing in front of the doors so they can't get on and those who want to get off struggle to do so. it's so counterintuitive, the whole thing. horrendous. anyway. i'm here to talk smells.
so i'd walk up to the station with the smell of damp pavements, the odd waft of cigarette smoke from someone walking ahead of me and then i'd head into the station and be assaulted by the overpowering smell of bacon sandwiches from the on-platform cafe. i swear they just leave a bit of rind burning all the time, hoping to entice people to buy a sarnie because i have yet to see anyone actually eating one. so on the train we get and then off at the other end... where it gets much worse. there's the roasting coffee and the sweet, caramel aroma of danish pastries. and onwards i go, hauling 2 litres of juice in my bag, shoulders groaning.
on the way home i pass two indian restaurants (my favourite comfort food) and then back at the station the smell of various south african meats hits me first, and the coffee and pastries have been displaced by the strong smell of cornish pasties, hot dogs and pizza. off the train and i'm hit by the divine fragant calling of the fish and chip shop (so hard to resist!) and i turn the corner into the enticing wafts from the noodle bar. approaching home and one last struggle as i pass the italian cafe on the corner. phew. made it through all that temptation.
fast forward to today. this morning the train was very full. i was squished into a corner next to a woman having her breakfast of coffee and croissant and the smell of the croissant was positively nauseating. i don't know why, but i was so unbelievably turned off, the thought of ever eating a croissant/danish pastry again is so alien to me. amazing. then, on the way home as i passed the two indian restaurants i conjured up what it would really be like to eat some of my favourite dishes. all i could think of is how oily they'd be. the magic had gone. just like that. no longer appeals. wow. that's HUGE for me.
good job i found some amazing curry recipes on gone raw ;)
image credit: Indian thali at Jaipur, Milton Keynes by Scorpions and Centaurs on Flickr. attribution-non-commerical-sharealike.
3 comments:
Wow, that's fantastic, LouLou that you are getting to a point where the smells are not attractive to you anymore.
Have you decided to continue with your feasting?
Lots of love to you!
Wendi
XOXOXO
Hi LouLou
It was encouraging to me to read your thoughts on day 62 - and then your victory over all the enticing smells on day 63. Encouraging because I really struggle with staying on the juices as well, though I am reaping great benefits. Have started and restarted the feast several times.
Have a link to your blog up on mine - but this is the first time I've actually stopped by. I transferred David and Katrina's list of juicefeasters onto the blog at the beginning.
Anyways - no matter what you decide - congratulations on the weight loss, and the improved relationship with foods.
Wishing you well
Maryyx
I think you might be hitting that magical point in juice feasting where you've effectively detoxed your cravings for cooked foods. I was so surprised when this happened... but it did! I've been on raw foods now for 3 weeks since feast-breaking and I can attest to having had no cravings for cooked foods whatsoever. It's mindblowing. The last time I went raw, it wasn't so easy. I really think juice feasting did the trick.
:)
My comfort food is cooked butternut squash but I found this recipe for a pumpkin/squash mash or some kind in Sarma's book (RFRW)... I'll have to try that one soon! :) Let me know how your indian dishes turn out. I want to create a recipe for raw pakoras soon: I notice that hasn't been done yet!
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