Fast-5, Day 1

Feb. 10
8:00 p.m.: I ended up also eating a banana I had taken to work to break my fast, then it was probably about 6:30 before I got home and had dinner ready. I didn't munch on anything, just waited for the main meal to be finished. Then I ate a bunless burger and green beans, then went back for another 1/2 of a burger. I ate a little peanut butter and later ate a few slices of bacon. Then I made a little apple dessert that was just apples, cinnamon, some Ideal brown sugar substitute, pecans and vanilla. Oh, and I topped it with some whipped cream. Now I'm pretty full, but I'm not ruling out the possibility of a small snack before bed. I'm a bit nervous about day 2 because it'll be the first day that I'm fasting AFTER having already fasted. For some reason that seems like it might be harder.

4:15 p.m.: Yeah, so, I went to the Goodwill at lunch and that distracted me completely. I got a skirt in size 6 (!!!) and a pair of Ann Taylor pants in size 8. Then I had my meeting and felt very ... sharp. I had questions and insights when normally I just hang out and listen in meetings. Perhaps a coincidence. But at very least, not eating didn't make me zone out and feel foggy-brained. The meeting was over at 3:30 and I waited until a little after 4 to actually eat. I ate some almonds and pecans, and I feel great. Full, even, if that's possible. I'm looking forward to dinner, but only in the way I look forward to dinner every day at 4:15.

1:20 p.m.: Looked down and just realized that it's 20 minutes past my normal lunchtime. I got caught up in work and didn't even realize I hadn't eaten. Now I'm heading out to do some shopping, then I've got a meeting, then I'll be time for my 4 p.m. break-fast!

12:15 p.m.: Well, it's noon, and I'm still feeling that "slightly hungry" feeling. I've been drinking a lot, and that's helping. Part of my problem is that this is all so new, I'm thinking about it all the time. Once I get used to it, I bet I won't even notice that I'm slightly hungry.

10:15 a.m.: Still feeling only slightly hungry, and it goes away when I drink something. My stomach has stopped growling for now. I'm feeling almost euphoric ... it's nice to have control over something like this. And I know that it's much, much easier for me to eat none of something than it is for me to eat a little of something, which is how I've been successful on low-carb. Now it's just a matter of transferring that to "food" in general. I'm very excited about this plan ...

9:00 a.m.: So, I'm 12 hours into my 19-hour fast and my stomach just growled for the first time, probably because I've been thinking about food. Now I'm trying to decide what I'm going to do this afternoon at lunchtime. I think I'll go to the new Goodwill near work. They have a lot of great clothes, and a woman losing weight can always use new clothes! I feel like I'm going to have a ton of "extra" time now that I would have spent eating.

8:00 a.m.: My normal breakfast time. No real hunger, more of a feeling that I "should" be eating now. My hunger pangs go away with a big gulp of tea sweetened with Splenda.

6:45 a.m.: Woke up and immediately remembered dreaming about fasting. I was at work and I was trying to get some stuff done so I could go eat lunch, and then I remembered I wasn't going to eat lunch that day. Was slightly hungry, but drank some Coke Zero and was not interested in eating any more. 

Feb. 9
10 p.m.: As soon as I finished my snack, and I knew I was done for the day (and until 5 p.m. Thursday), my brain started telling me I was hungry. I KNEW that I wasn't, so I told my brain to shut up and drank some Coke Zero.

9 p.m.: Had my last snack of the day — a few strawberries and some fresh whipped cream. Tasty, but I tried my whipped cream with almond extract, and that tasted horrible. I ate all the strawberries but skipped the cream.