Fast-5, Day 2

Well, last night was fairly easy. I ate more than I expected, but I still stayed within my normal Atkins calorie range. This morning so far has been fairly easy. Hunger at "normal" breakfast time, but nothing, really, now. Brought a book to read at lunchtime, and if it's warm enough I'll sit outside and read. I'm thinking that I might start doing 3-8 or 2-7 for my fasts. If I did 2-7, I could still take a regular lunch hour from 2-3, although I probably wouldn't have anyone to eat with that late in the day. Then I'd have time to eat dinner at night. We'll see how it goes!

Oh, and I was down 1.8 pounds this morning, but I know most of that is still recovery from my tremendous gain while I was in San Francisco. That quick gain like that usually comes off in a week or so of quick weight loss. So I don't know that it had anything to do with the fasting. Although I might try weighing myself right before I eat my big meal, as soon as I get home from work in the evenings. I wonder if that would be lower than in the morning after a big meal. Probably not much difference.

4 p.m. update: Today has been fairly easy. I've had some slight hunger around normal mealtimes that then quickly goes away when I'm distracted and working. I have had no sense of being "foggy" or anything like that. In fact, I feel a bit sharper and lighter. I know that part of the reason I'm enjoying this so much is the sense of control ... knowing that I can make my body do what I want it to do. It reminds me of natural childbirth ... being able to accomplish something people say is difficult just by deciding I want to do it and then sticking with it. I haven't broken my fast yet today (it's just now 4 p.m.), and I might just wait until 5 when I leave work. Or not. We'll see. I don't really need all the way until 10 p.m. to finish eating for the evening, so who knows.

I'm a little worried about tomorrow. From what I've read, many, many people have fairly easy days for the first two days and then the third (and sometimes fourth and fifth) days are much more challenging. It doesn't help that my third day will be falling on a Saturday, which means I'll have access to food all day and will be making lunch for the family. I feel like if I stay strong through tomorrow, that will really feel like a major accomplishment!