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Day 8 of planned 40 day no food fast (Hey I'm starting to sound like you Adef hahaha)
I'm still surprised how little hunger I feel and that I thought I'd be all lethargic but instead I'm very energetic and in a good mood...so strange!
All day every day I mainly just have food cross my mind periodically (mainly only when I smell food), and then I day dream about the pleasure of eating and miss it very much. I also realize how much I wasn't appreciating food as a chronic binge eater. I could eat 6k some days every week or so and I'd just stuff myself...and it wasn't out of hunger, it was out of emotions...but now I'm realizing I should be grateful for food and truly enjoy it, not just stuff myself because I can (honestly I'm not truly enjoying it when I do that!). I also am reflecting on how I've been learning other ways of dealing with my emotions during this fast and that I would like to keep those habits after this (example - want to eat? go walk! Want to eat? go do a project! Want to eat? go visit a friend!).
It's funny that during this fast I truly have come up with a list of things I want to eat when this is over. I find it surprising that everything that sounds amazing isn't junk food at all - it's all pretty healthy stuff! (I only thought one semi bad thing sounded good). Below is my list lol:
Beef stew (this is probably what I'm going to eat when this is over because I've literally thought of it every single day since day one)
I did crave lumpia when I smelled it once lol
BBQ!!! (American bbq and Ono One Hawaiian Bbq with tons of cabbage instead of rice). I also have $22 Doordash credits and plan to use it for the Ono One Hawaiian BBQ mini meals...should be able to get a couple meals out of the credit!
Carne en su jugo
Eggs
Ham
A company here in town called Pieology now makes a chicken crust pizza and I can't wait to try that :)
So there's my list lol - I can't wait :)
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