Cinnamon

As a child, eating before school was a bucket heavy to carry.  Textures of yogurt and cereal failed to inspire my taste buds early in the morning before my appetite had awoken.   Except for three things:  oatmeal, french toast, and cinnamon toast- the goodness and hominess of sugar and cinnamon in all three wafted temptingly by and titillated my soul.  And filled my stomach as well.   And boy, I stayed skinny despite after school snacks of ice cream, cheese, and Gatorade inspired by daily doubles in soccer and growing pains.

But, lost in the shuffle of girls to school, diets, and a learned aversion to sugar as an adult, I didn't miss my cinnamon and sugar until a friend called me the other day.   Knowing about my desire to lose weight due to cysts, he told me that he had heard that a study said that you could lose weight by eating cinnamon.   That cinnamon could up your metabolism by as much as 20 times and burn off the stubborn fat on your stomach.   ALL WITHOUT CHANGING YOUR DIET!!!

Cinnamon?  Impossible!!!   It must be a fad, I thought, and tried to write off this absurd idea.

However, I couldn't stop myself from thinking back to those days when the fat flew off my bones as a child, and remembering the copious amounts of cinnamon heaped on my oatmeal, drenched on my french toast, and the bite and sweetness of cinnamon toast, I decided to try this fad.   What could it hurt, I thought.   At least I know it won't hurt me- and it doesn't taste awful.

So I tried it- pills of it (you are supposed to take a lot, and I'm simply taking the recommended daily dose on the bottle of 500 mg pills)- and, miracle of miracles, it appears to be working.   My stomach is flatter, without changing my diet at all.   The only problem seems to be that I have to eat more, and when I take the cinnamon I get a full, warm feeling.

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