Ravenous \ˈra-və-nəs\ adjective: very eager or greedy for food, satisfaction, or gratification <a ravenous appetite>
This has been me all day today. I just couldn’t seem to eat enough!
My meals started out normally enough: I had my usual breakfast of homemade oatmeal with granola and almonds, which successfully got me through to lunch. At noon, I made chicken salad using some leftover rotisserie chicken, a few chopped grapes, almonds, and onions with lettuce on a high fiber wrap, and had that with a side of watermelon. This held me over for a while, but by 3:00 I was hungry again. Usually I don’t need a snack until about 4:00.
I’m a big proponent of eating when you’re genuinely hungry, so I had some pudding. I was still hungry, so then I had some applesauce. Then some more chicken salad. Then a peach. Then some grapes. Finally, I chewed some gum to keep myself from eating more, which I would have easily and happily done.
I then went to kung fu and afterward a bunch of us went out for sushi. I partook in a delicious sushi boat, my portion of which should have been more than enough. But then the boat was empty, and I was raring for more. There was a l-o-n-g wait for our meal, so they brought out some pineapple on the house. I ate a bunch of that, and was still hungry! In fact, on the walk back to the car we passed a restaurant that smelled of chicken wings and I was totally up for that, though that would have been insane.
This is an unusual thing for me. Typically, I am satisfied with the amount that I eat and don’t feel deprived. Today I ate so much, and I still wasn’t sated. Very strange. I hope this isn’t the new thing.
That would be bad.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who has days like these! I’d hate to be alone with my sometimes insatiable appetite, not that I’d wish it on anyone.
At least, not anyone that I like.
