Addiction Isn't Pretty.

So I've had this stomach cramp/ache/annoying bloated feeling for a couple of days now and for the most part, have just kind of ignored it. Well, this morning, the bloated stomach is too much to ignore. "What the hell is going on?" was the first thought this morning when I woke up. Then I started thinking about what I've been eating. When my husband is out of town, I don't have to worry about what to make for dinner, I can just eat whatever I want whether that be a bowl of cereal, a big piece of salmon (which he hates), just a salad, whatever. Last night, I had steamed broccoli and an Amy's spinach and feta pocket sandwich. OK, no big deal. Still thinking. For lunch, I had some salad and some raw broccoli. After my run yesterday, I had a meal replacement bar and.....broccoli. On Tuesday, I had a handful of raw broccoli for my mid-morning snack and again in my salad at lunch and again at dinner, steamed.

Hello, my name is Renae and I am a broccoholic.

Witness exhibit A which I took this morning (exhibit B would be a photo of my stomach but I'll spare you that...your welcome for the scary mental image though):


And that's not all of it. If I had taken the photo two days ago, there would have been more but, uh, I ate it.

Holy crap. Who has an addiction to broccoli?? I'm a total freak. That giant bag in the back of the photo? I picked that up at Costco on Tuesday. Knowing full well that I had all that frozen stuff and a smaller bag (which is now gone) in the fridge at home. And, when I got home from Costco, I opened it before putting it away, dumped a bunch in a bowl and ate it with hummus for my snack. I need help. Serious help.
I don't even want to know what's going on inside my stomach but from the sounds and site of things, it can't be good.

I went to the gym today for my cross training day and rowed for 25 minutes followed by the stationary bike for 20 minutes. Hopefully that will help rid me of all that broccoli because I need to make room for more...I don't think I could handle throwing all that beautiful green stuff away.

UPDATE:
I just pulled dinner out of the oven.

I really thought I managed to go a day without! It wasn't until I pulled it out of the oven that I noticed that damn sneaky broccoli!! Apparently I have an addiction to Amy's Organics as well, but that's an entirely different problem.