Adrian & Emiko: Day 26, Indulgence Time!

Before we describe the delectable indulgence we had today, we're going to briefly summarize just what it is that we've been eating for these past 26 days, for those of you who are just now tuning into the wonderful world of PCP.

Basically, we started the project by cutting all our food intake by 50%, and surprisingly, we found that we weren't hungry after eating only half of what we usually eat. For the next phase of the project, we were given very specific diets, which were very high in vegetables, fruit and hard-boiled eggs. For those naysayers out there who think that we aren't living by restricting ourselves to a strict diet regimen, you are mostly wrong. Actually, since starting this project, we've learned how to improvise a variety of new, homemade dishes. Whereas we used to just make sandwiches and eat out most of the time. But we do get a sort of break from the diet once a month or so, and this week was the first such opportunity to indulge.

Lately, we have been craving both chocolate & ice cream, but we've been unable to decide which to have for our indulgence. We have a couple pints of Haagen-Dazs ice cream (purchased prior to PCP) which have been taunting us whenever we open the freezer. One flavor in particular has been teasing us seductively - Vanilla Honey Bee. Adrian describes the taste as 'creamy delight'. The problem is, the temperature around here has suddenly dropped by about 40 degrees, so ice cream hasn't been as attractive.

So Adrian came up with the idea to combine chocolate and ice cream! We bought a brownie from the bakery at the corner of our street, nuked it for 30 seconds in the microwave, and split the then warm and gooey square in half. As a bonus, the frosting on the brownie melted to a liquid, and acted as a hot fudge. We topped it with 1/2 cup of ice cream each and voila! Brownie sundae delight.

It looked really freaking delicious.

The first few bites were awesome, and we both felt really happy with our choice of indulgence. But after a minute, our throats began to burn because the brownie frosting was so incredibly sweet. That took the fun out of the brownie part, although the Vanilla Honey Bee stayed delicious the whole way through.

The sugar definitely affected us though, Emiko got aura (usually the first stage in migraine headaches, which she used to get often) and Adrian got really hyper and giggly. He even faked a sugar-induced heart-attack which involved kicking off his shoes and attempting to revive his heart by massaging his chest.