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Yesterday morning, I wrote that I passed the one-week mark. I figured I'd do 5 to 7 days, but we're beyond that and my body is still pretty happy. I ate less yesterday than the previous couple of days. Hunger is constantly at my side, but now we're friends.
I still felt mentally sharp, but have I been fooling myself? I tried to grab a bar to steady myself on the subway yesterday and missed. I definitely felt slightly removed from my body. There's no weird head stuff other than that, though. It is a little disappointing. I was looking forward to lightly tripping.
I wish my family kept better track of spending. I am taken with the notion that our food budget has gone down this past week. I'm the biggest and I work from home, so I figure I eat maybe 1/3 of the food in this four-person home.
My partner told me I should quit. She says I don't look great, and my affect is off. I feel low energy but happy. She wants me to commit to an end date. I resisted, but later on, when I encountered food, I had some salad and some brisket and then went back for seconds.
So... I'm done. Lost a few pounds, felt great, glad I did it. My appetite is still pretty low. I suppose I'll see what my body wants to eat over the next few days. Thanks, all, for reading along.
Thanks for sharing! Haha went back for seconds!! I know the feeling
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Cool saga. Are you going to try anything intentional, going forward, like one meal a day or a restricted eating window?
I've really been shocked at how easily I adapted to one meal a day.
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I generally don't eat breakfast. My body just doesn't want food in the morning. I usually break my fast in the afternoon. But I'm not strict about it and it's not intentional.
I've had some digestive issues that I solved with diet. When I eat poorly, they reappear. Fasting reset all of that. My intention is to not stray from the plan. Avoiding the stuff that provokes my digestion makes a huge difference in how I feel.
I have a lot of control over my diet --- I do my own cooking and work from home. Things fall apart when I travel, so that's where I want to put some of my intentional energy. I'm going to try meal-planning my travel a bit, which is difficult but might really pay off in keeping me on my food plan.
And I need to get back to movement. I had a nasty injury, but it's been healed for a couple months. It twinges but doesn't hurt. Time to stop using it as an excuse.
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