Woke up feeling great and think I can attribute that to finally getting a decent night sleep. I did go to bed early and my wife took toddler duty so I had about 8 hours of sleep for once.
I started having cravings when a coworker brought in a breakfast sandwich but that subsided pretty quickly. There was a free lunch of pizza and salad that was damn hard to resist, but away from the smell it didn’t bother me much.
I am, though, thinking about food almost constantly. It reminds me of quitting smoking several years ago and what I know about withdrawal of other addictions. I don’t think there’s any doubt that some foods invoke addiction and withdrawal in people, but it’s hard to determine whether those effects are due to tens of thousands of years of evolution trying to tell my body what it needs to survive, or whether or not those are drug-like addictions created by consumption of genuinely addictive food.
I did get briefly concerned about water poisoning with me consuming little but drinking about a gallon of water a day. I don’t know what it takes to actually succumb to water poisoning, but just chugged an 8-oz can of V8 (30 cal). Which tasted effing amazing.
Being home and not eating is the worst part so far. I didn’t let my food stock go low before I started this so there are many things I actually want to eat but can’t and I do miss the quick bursts of happiness by eating certain snacks and food. It does feel like I am less able to quickly elevate my mood through food, but retraining myself there might not be a bad thing…