I gave up cheese for 40 days and 40 nights.
It was tough (tougher than tough) and i had not trained for such an event (dangerous) but i thought I would go wild and challenge myself. A few people thought i was daft (which I am anyway) and that i wouldn't succeed (and i did-hells yeah).
PRE NO CHEESE
I asked everyone at work to bring in some cheese and crusty bread/crackers and condiments and we had a nice time socialising and trying different cheeses. One of my colleagues also gave up the cheese (not for 40 days though - ha!) and we knew what was coming the next day so perhaps we went a little overboard on the cheese..
The next day we were meant to start and .. well our hearts were not in it to be honest and there was a lot of left over cheese so we erm.. ate the left overs..
Day 1 - take 2!!!
DURING NO CHEESE
I could almost hear the rocky music as i chucked out the cheese on my first day (take 2) - the boyfriend promptly bought some more and put it back in the fridge.. not helpful)
Day 1 (take 2) - ok i can do this no cheese its fine its fine...1 day without cheese its going to be ok
Day 2 - fajitas for dinner - no cheese no cheese no cheese sprinkled on top.. arg!
Day 3 - Boyfriend reaches for a nice mature cheddar and some crackers pre dinner... look the other way..he wafts the cheese around my face. RAGE!
You get the picture...
It turns out that although i knew that I ate a lot of cheese daily it didn't really realise how addicted i had become.. seriously! that stuff is like a drug.
By the last week i had got used to not having the good stuff and it was not so hard. In fact, i thought i could keep going not eating it. I know..I know its a crazy thought.
POST NO CHEESE
Ill tell you what the first day back on the cheese was glorious. I spent the evening at Androuet - a superb little place that doubles up as a cosy candle lit restaurant and a cheese shop in Spitalfields market. I stuffed my face with their classic hot gooey creamy fondue. It was epic and i then wondered why had i given it up at all!?
I would recommend giving up something you adore for 40 days it has made me appreciate cheese even more. Not that you or I thought that was possible!
I perhaps saviour it a little more and deal in quality rather than quantity. (shes says having been to Gordon's wine bar the night previous night and basically gorged on 6 massive chunks of cheese... ! ha)
I have a lot more cheese times to share with you.. more posts coming soon.
xxx
