"Diet"

For the month of February (my birthday month, may I remind you), I am not allowed to have any type of dairy whatsoever. This pretty much means that my life is over.

Since I often experience stomach pains (cramps and bloating to be specific...too much information?) after I eat, my doctor suggested that we try to figure out the root of all this evil by cutting out all dairy products from my diet for a month. I already knew that I had an intolerance to lactose and I take Lactaid pills when I am about to ingest something with a high dairy content, but as you can see from the list below, everything in my diet has some form of butter, cheese, or milk in it except Japanese, Chinese, and Thai food.

Pizza.
Sandwiches.
Soup.
Smoothies.
Yogurt.
Macaroni & Cheese.
Toast.
Bagels.
French Toast.
Cereal.
7-Layer Dip.
Nachos.
Burritos.
Salads, specifically the Cosi Signature Salad.
Hot Chocolate.
Scrambled Eggs.
Cupcakes.
Frozen Yogurt.
Sour Cream.
Any cheese-flavored product. (There's a lot of those.)

I mean the list goes on and on. Perhaps it is a little more extreme in my case, seeing as I add cheese to pretty much everything I eat, but still. This is really uncool.

I have very little self-control, so this has been really hard for me, especially when friends, family, co-workers, and strangers are enjoying delicious cheesy and buttery meals around me. There was free pizza today at work and I had to settle for lettuce with some sort of Italian dressing on it! What the f! Ok, enough complaining. I'm sure my roomates, Boy, and my co-workers are really sick of hearing me bitch about this, so I'll just keep the suffering to myself. Good thing that February is the shortest month...

On the bright side, I get to cheat on my birthday!

I'll keep you posted and wish me luck!