I'm on a Diet

But nope, not the lose weight kind of diet. It's much worse than that.

It's a no chilli, no soda, no coffee, no tea, no orange, no lemon kind of diet. It's not meant to help me lose weight, nor give me a super smooth complexion kind of diet. I'm just not supposed to eat anything that is too harsh to my stomach.

For more than a month, I realised I burp a lot. Even in mornings when I didn't even take a drop of water and I'll start burping. There seems to be endless amount of gas trying to escape from my stomach. Even my colleague sitting beside me noticed my burps were frequent and louder. Not only that, I will walk around the whole day with bad breath. Actually I found out my breath don't really smell, it's a bitter taste that I get in my mouth that even brushing with the best mint toothpaste cannot get rid of.

So on the day I went to see Kelly on my diarrhea, I told him about the symptoms that I had. He said for someone my age, it's most probably my diet. So he advised me against taking anything that might be too much for my delicate stomach. But he did say that if changing my diet does not make me better, I should go for an xray and maybe a scope.

And so, since almost 3 weeks ago, I've been a very good girl. I went on my diet. It's not easy for me, considering I'm a chilli and coke lover. Not forgetting my favourite lemonade and cafe latte. When I first started, I felt there's nothing in life to look forward to, I mean, no chilli!! Man, that's impossible!

But for someone like me, who doesn't care a damn about anything, I'm surprised I did managed to steer clear (at least 98% of the time) of all those restricted foods for the past 3 weeks. I'm not even that diligent when it comes to a slimming diet. I remembered eating chicken chop for the first time without any chilli sauce. I can even tell Bob that I tasted oyster sauce in the gravy. I don't think I can do that if I had laden the chicken chop with chilli. But I can tell you, the last few mouthfuls was hard to swallow.

Now 3 weeks later, I can say, well, it's not that hard actually. I can give a pat on my back to say that I've been a really good girl. My burps are definitely lesser and my mouth does not have any bitter taste anymore. I'm enjoying nice breath now.