Allium-induced MADNESS!

I have been miserable for a while now, but especially for the last 2 weeks. I've been eating like shit, rarely getting enough water, and not exercising. I go through periods of sleep deprivation followed by sleeping 8-9 hours a night and still feeling like a nap every day at 1pm. So there's not only one thing to blame, but on Monday it finally got to the point where I realized I will fail out of school if I don't do something drastic. I felt drunk and/or high the entire night, and other people noticed how ridiculously stupid I sounded every time I spoke.

So, firstly, I have started going to the gym again, and today I will start doing yoga again a few times a week. I've stopped all caffeine consumption, as my sleep has been disrupted and even the small amount I've been drinking in my daily green tea may be fucking with me. I'm going to bed earlier and getting up earlier, so that I'm not in class a mere 30 minutes after I wake up (people wonder why my hair always looks like shit).

But the number one, shitty, difficult, but necessary step I'm (we're) taking is getting me back on a completely allium-free diet. No onions, no garlic, no chives, no leeks. Nada. When I obstain from alliums, my mind is remarkably clearer. No brain fog, no drunken/highness, I can get away with less sleep and still feel good.

Let's be honest here, I am a complete baby when it comes to food. I cannot do this on my own, because I simply cannot be an adult and face my food addictions. I go through withdrawals big time when I give up alliums, and my first reactions are always to feel pitiful, whine, and scheme on how to get an onion burger or some cool ranch doritos in my belly, stat. So, Michael being on board is pretty much a must for my success in the first week. Luckily, after he saw how miserable I was Monday, he jumped on it and made a meal plan for the week. He even took me out to Whole Foods last night to show me that I could, in fact, eat out and get something besides a salad with no dressing.

As we speak, he is making a brined chicken with roasted veggies. Allium free, and most certainly delicious. The man is a much better cook than I, thank god. So, hopefully by the time my next finals roll around, I won't be stupid anymore. We shall see.