Eating Explorations

  The final week of The Mexico Diet has finally come, and I must say, it was a splendid last week. There were a lot of avocados - but that was to be expected. My dishes were excellent, and I did outdo myself more in my last week of this diet than I had in the previous weeks. I believe that's because I was going to miss, well, the avocados, and wanted to make the most of them while I still could. Knowing ahead of time what my future month's worth of food was going to consist of, I didn't feel too guilty in eating a few extra of my favorite fruit while I still could. So let's get into all the yummy creations I had this last week. Throughout the week I teetered on either having 1 plum for breakfast, or 2, or none. Generally I didn't eat any, and if I did, not until later in the morning. One late morning I actually incorporated a heavy cardio workout which I managed to get 8 and a half minutes into - though it was 20 total. I thought I might die from breathing so heavil

   Monday morning I awoke to the misery which was not death. I was still alive, and so was my fever, and so was my headache...and my eyes which ached, and my body which still ached... After I got my senses together and stood up out of bed, I realized I was actually somewhat better compared to the day before, but I still wasn't able to really move around that much. I was still very much sick. There was no way I could go to work. I stayed home, and basically slept all day. I kept dozing off to the TV, and would wake now and again to take a sip of water with lemon next to my bed. I ate some more baguette bread around noon, and even managed to eat part of an avocado with it. I had some more bread later in the day, but generally I didn't have much of an appetite. I waited all day again before I had an actual "meal" of sorts. My friend and neighbor had graciously gone to Whole Foods for me the night before and left a bag of stuff outside my apartment - as she was afraid