I am obsessed with carrots lately. I must keep eating them or else I cannot
be satisfied. All day long at work, I am constantly snacking on these
diminutive orange roots. At home, when I crave a little snack, I reach for
some carrots. I eat so many that I sometimes miss meals because my stomach is
full of carrots. Why am I suddenly gobbling up all of the carrots I can get?
I have always liked carrots, and throughout my life I have eaten them on a regular basis, but in the last two weeks I have probably eaten more than I ordinarily would in six months. I cannot remember ever experiencing a food craving quite like this.
Perhaps the cause of this strange obsession is the hormone treatment that I recently started. Other transsexuals I have talked to about this have their own stories about craving certain foods. Also, pregnant women are well known to have similar experiences. Like transsexuals, pregnant women go through changes in hormone levels. Maybe this is the explanation for my urge to eat copious quantities of carrots.
Since I had to develop an unusual craving for a certain food, I am glad that it turned out to be carrots. They are very nutritious, not very fattening, and quite filling. I have never heard of anyone dying from a carrot overdose. I may get an overabundance of Vitamin A in my body, and I may eventually turn orange, but at least I will not get fat on such a diet. I hope my craving does not turn to something like chocolate bars (which, incidentally, have been an important part of my diet since childhood). If that happens, I will probably blow up like a balloon.
This will likely be just one of many unusual experiences relating to hormones. I am excited to find out what happens next. Whatever it is, I am sure it will surprise me. I never could have predicted this one.