Good-bye bread, good-bye pasta, good-bye cheese. It has been fun. We had many good times spent together. Many, many late nights.
Bread: I may return to you in a few weeks, or a few months. But you will be consumed sparingly even then and only of the whole wheat, low-calorie variety. Your cousin, beer, is on his way out too. You and him seem to walk hand in hand, so the separation will be rough but absolutely necessary. Have faith knowing that I'm keeping my distance from him as well. Don't feel bad. My family, (I'm sure), will make up for my lack of bread eating.
Pasta: I never even really liked you. I only ate you in accompaniment with meatballs, and now since I'm marking one year meat-less, I have no reason to enjoy you. You require meat or cheese to be delicious, and neither one are included in my new eating regimen.
Cheese: What can I say? You had me at cheddar.
Most of all, good-bye to the scrumptious foods I loved that contained one or more of the new banned food products:
White Cheddar Cheez-Its
Mozzarella String Cheese
Mozzarella Sticks
Stuffed Shells
Honey-Wheat Bread
Vanilla Almond Clusters
Any and all types of pizza
Naan
Any and all kinds of rare breads
Pancakes
and so many others I forgot to mention. I will always think of you all fondly.
