I had another fast day today, and it was MUCH easier than yesterday. Part of that is because I am now at the conference, so there isn't as much bad food around, but I think it has more to do with the fact that I got everything out of my system yesterday. Yesterday was really tough because I ate such a huge amount on Saturday, including several diet sodas. I know they are not good for me, and if I drink a bunch of them they especially make my head feel funny, but they are not bad in moderation. I think those sodas as well as all of the food definitely contributed to last night's headache.
Today at the conference there was some good food that I had to avoid. At lunch time I went to a meeting where they had sandwich boxes, and they had a chipotle avocado chicken sandwich that came with a really tasty looking salad and a brownie. But I had control and did not eat. I did have some lime sparkling water, which tasted really good actually:
It's funny how things taste so good during/after a fast. After lunch was over they had caffeine free diet Pepsi, so I had one of those too:
Other than that, I had a nice cup of Crio Bru in my hotel room in the evening:
So it feels really good to be in control again. It's crazy how food can be so good in the moment, but it always makes me feel worse after I overeat. And when I choose to exercise self control, I feel so much better. Better even than the food can make me feel. But in the moment it can be hard to see that. I am learning to choose what I really want over what I want NOW. It is a hard lesson, but it is also self-reinforcing, as long as I keep at it.
Tomorrow there is a big social dinner with the conference, so I will probably go ahead and eat that, and then fast again until I get back to my family's house Friday or Saturday. Then we'll see how my weight is and if I need to keep fasting or go back to plain OMAD or OMEOD (one meal every other day).
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