Second day of several-hour fast...

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Yesterday was really hard but I'm just getting started.

7:30 - Coffee with cream and stevia

Some vague hunger pangs all morning

10:00 - Break time for everyone else but if I want to break the pavlovian response to eating at certain times just because it's that time. No, I'm NOT gonna eat!

11:15 - Mild headache and not-mild hunger have started. The experts say that the headache means have some salt and the hunger can be resolved with water or bone broth. I have no bone broth, so I'll just sip on bullion, which has lots of salt anyway.

11:30 - I have a cup of bullion broth sitting on my desk next to me in case I get lonely.

1:30 - I've been sipping on the bullion every time the stomach grumbles or the mouth starts to water. Now my jaw hurts. Maybe I'm clenching?

2:30 - Still doing well, I just had a little energy burst that made me want to move so I walked around the building. Now I'm bobbing in my chair a little. I love not getting the afternoon lull you get when you eat carbs.

5:00 - Almost ready to go home and I haven't eaten solids all day. I've been sucking on a single serving of bullion since 11:30 and now I'm hungry but I can tell it just keeps coming and going. I'm going to eat before 8pm today, probably sooner than that rather than later, but I wonder how long I could keep this going if I tried.

Bedtime - Ok, so I spent the last five hours of yesterday eating. I'm fine with that, I don't feel guilty or anything, this is all a learning experience. I just know now that I'm not emotionally ready to fast 'cause it will trigger a binge. I'll try again later, after I'm more secure in my keto eating habits.

Lesson learned, and that's what all this stuff is about.

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