Back on Track

It was a relief yesterday afternoon to resume the low-carb diet after two days on liquid. Even a forbidden milk shake during that period did not assuage the nastiness of that two-day, all liquid regime, which was in anticipation of a colonoscopy. I passed, a solid A, so to speak. I expected this. More remarkable to me was my blood pressure, which was perfectly normal. The last time I had my blood pressure taken, it had been high. It would seem to me, a non-scientist, that the weight loss and my walking and biking regime are delivering additional health benefits.
I had a salad for lunch yesterday, though I was not hungry. I felt badly in need of nourishment. I had some trail mix immediately after the proceedure and frankly, my appetite had become so diminished that I could have refrained from food the rest of the day.
For dinner, I had salad and two hot dogs-- a feast. This stuffed me. I had nothing else for the rest of the night. This morning, however, I had a craving for eggs and bacon and so I indulged, making myself three strips of turkey bacon and an egg-white omlette with a chicken chipoltle sausage from Trader Joe's--it was exquisite. I am satiated.
Oddly, though I had little appetite yesterday, I dreamed of food last night! I've never, ever before dreamed of food. In the dream, I was at a film-party eating handfulls of giant blueberries and nibbling on a confection that coosnsited of cream within a thin, glazed cup of carmel, which tasted rather nasty. I returned to the blueberries.
At the film party I was discussing Will Ferrell as if he were an important motion picture artist and commenting that when he scored a comedic hit, he immediately produced another film in practically the same genre to preempt any immitators, which my dream self thought was a marvellous economic scheme. In reality, I 've seen just one of his films--the spoof of race driving. I laughed just once, when he drove his car down the street while blindfolded. I found most of the film to be excrutuatingly juvenile and was very sorry that I had spent the four bucks to rent it at Blockbuster.
What are my favoirte comedies? The original Pink Panther; Road to Morrocco; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Cactus Flower; Caddy Shack; The Three Amigos; Ghostbusters; Stripes; Uncle Buck; Some Like It Hot; and The Odd Couple.