First day back at work this year. Not a good place to be when trying not to eat food. Everything smelled amazing- coffee and sandwiches and pastries. The walk-in refrigerator was an assault of smells, though not all of them good. Amazing how the sense of smell can become so heightened after only two days!
I was actually totally irritated and unhappy as soon as I got there; I'm not sure why, but hunger definitely played a part. I was just not a happy camper whatsoever.
A coworker psyched me out a little bit, telling me about fasts and cleanses she's done, and that it's no wonder I felt like crap because the water fast is so hard on your body. She said the detoxifying my body was doing was probably what made me feel so bad, and that it would have been easier to start with fruit, then juice, then water. She said the first time she started a water-only fast she crashed on day four, and was so hungry and thinking irrationally that she pulled into a fast food place and ate a cheeseburger!
I figured it would be no big defeat to eat a little something, so I ate about six pinkie-sized pieces of red bell pepper and immediately felt SO much better. I think the relief was part physical and part emotional, but either way I'm glad I did it. Now I still feel hungry, but happy. I guess I technically broke my fast, but I don't regret doing it. Maybe I'll stick with eating tiny, tiny portions of raw fruit or veg to get me through. Maybe I won't need it after today. Who knows?! Stay tuned to see what happens!
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