for the deprived foodie in me

**SOS SOS sirens**….help! need distraction desperately. I can’t seem to shake off visions of pizzas, brownies, kaju katlis, french fries, cheese …anything with cheese….from my mind. To give you a brief background, have commenced with my monthly project of GM diet today. For the reference of those fortunate enough not to have to go through it, it is a 7 day meal plan which goes as follows:
day 1-fruits (no bananas), day 2 – veggies (breakfast is 1 glorious lone potato), day 3 – fruits and veggies, still no bananas and no potatoes this time, day 4 – 6-8 bananas and 4 glasses of milk, day 5 – 6 tomatoes and 1 cup cooked rice (am stressing on the cooked as I once made the mistake of rejoicing in 1 cup uncooked rice, which basically amounted to more cooked rice than I have on a normal day!) day 6 – veggies and 1 cup rice, day 7 – veggies, 1 cup rice and fruit juice.
Sounds depressing? It is. Trust me. Mom and I slightly bend the rules on the numbers of items with the assumption that it is made for an American audience (GM and all), hence the size of fruits and veggies will be much smaller in the Indian context, and thus sustain ourselves thru the day by increasing the quantities:-D! I also content myself with the knowledge that I have tempted some friends to go through this and now have company in my misery. The miracle diet promises to remove 4-5 kgs in one week AND keep it off. Yeah suuuure! But every 500gms counts, since the gym workouts aren’t helping (refer earlier post ‘Gym’).
So what distraction would help? Movie – na, popcorn beckons. Shopping – no, wallet doesn’t beckon. Music – no, stereo busted (last 4 years, since a certain friend/wolf who promised to repair it never did). Books – well, reading is so much better with some munchies, so no, not an option. * sob* I’m doomed!
Might as well resign myself to writing about yum foods I remember having eaten of late. Kebabs, etc at Barbeque Nation in Bandra (the dal makhni inspires ecstatic moaning with every spoonful), Belgian Choc something at the Thai restaurant in Bohemia, Juhu (now that was positively orgasmic), all sea food dishes at Martin’s in Goa, Belo’s beer in South Goa, Tamarind Chicken in Goa (the place has shut down), curry sauce dipped French fries at Mocha, pepperoni pizza at Trattoria, strawberry cheesecake ice cream at Haagen Daaz, Tiramisu at Hyatt coffee shop oh and almond flan in Las Palmas and cinnamon something dessert in Barcelona. I think I’m rambling on and the keyboard is getting submerged anyway, so ill stop here.
Someone provide diversion puhlleeeezze!!