Fast: Day 2

I am in relatively high spirits today. That isn't to say it hasn't been hard. But with a full days worth of juice I am definitely feeling better. I still get tired. I still feel peeks of energy that spike during and immediately after drinking juice and leave me pretty tired 45 minutes later (sugar).

I wasn't as hungry today at lunch but I am noticing a pattern that at around 5-6pm I am the most tired, most irritable, and most wanting a hamburger or something. Today after school (I filled in as a substitute teacher at Mariel's school for ESL), Mariel was eating some Sun Chips and after she had a few I began to pull them out of the bag for her so that I could smell them en route to her mouth. Its torture to do that to myself but the mind works in funny ways when you are hungry. I find myself, not surprisingly, smelling everything. I think about food non stop and have already planned about 3 or 4 meals that will the FIRST meal once I break fast.

Tomorrow I am going to try to make a more concerted effort to not think about food and focus more on life without food. There are so many other aspects to life but without food sometimes its hard to focus on them. I think that has to be biological. Its the hierarchy of needs. When food becomes almost pornographic to you, you know your priorities have altered. So my goal for tomorrow is to focus on the other good parts of life. I have to enjoy that I have all my limbs and they all function normally, I have well developed use of all my senses (sight, touch, hearing, etc.), and I am healthy. They say that people who are blind hear better and are more sensitive to touch. If I am denying myself taste, I want to experience sight, touch, hearing, and smelling to a greater degree.

That's the plan. I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.