What do you mean "bland"?

[stephbg]

If you live in a world without normal human standards of flavour, red lentils (soaked and ever so briefly stir fried with a bit of butter) taste like peppery pumpkin.

I've been avoiding them--who needed another tasteless staple?--but was pleasantly surprised by the experiment. I got me fresh ideas!

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[stephbg.livejournal.com]

It's definitely not easy, particularly at the start, but the rewards are great. I'm still learning new things all the time. Granted, the new things I'm learning generally require additional discipline, but I'm now at the point where I can say that my fuzzy head today was probably due to the half packet of scotch fingers I demolished on the weekend. Bad things are much easier to handle if there's a reason for them. I do my best to not beat myself up when I slip or drift - my body does it quite nicely all by itself.

Good luck!

[huckle.livejournal.com]

Thanks - that is exactly what S said, too. She explained how feeling crummy now has an obvious cause, and it was therefore a lot easier to deal with because she knows it is temporary and fixable.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

*nod nod* I used to get very depressed and frustrated by the whole damn mysteriousness of my illness. I reserve the right to be whiny about the unfairness of it all :P