Today’s weigh-in: 149.8 (BMI 26.5)
(Told you little flucutations just happen for me, so yesterday’s didn’t mean anything!)

I added one final sugar water (2T, dissovled in 12oz water — at least I think that’s the size of my mug!), late last night, and again, experienced very strong positive feelings of physical/mental wellness. This morning, I’m ready for breakfast, but I’m unsure whether that’s by rote/habit or because I’m truly hungry.

8-ish: Breakfast
10am: Last coffee
11:30am: 2T sucrose in 20oz water (sipped, not chugged — finally).
2:00pm: Lunch
3:45pm: Finished coffee after lunch
5pm: 2T sucrose in 20oz water.
6:30pm: Dinner
9:00pm: 1.5T canola

The canola is NOT bothering my stomach this time. While I don’t feel the euphoria like from the sugar water (which is also lessened today, btw), I don’t feel bad either, and I have no evening munchies at all. None. Late evening/night is a red-alert time for me usually, so this is really encouraging.

My food choices continue to be much more healthful, in part because I’m not fighting (unhealthy) cravings in order to make good decisions. On top of that, I’m actively craving “good” food, especially fruits and vegetables. On the way to dinner tonight, I found myself looking forward to the crunch celery in my Pad Thai Puck (PT w/ bunches of veggies). Celery? Whaaaa? Dude…I like celery fine, but looking forward to it? It baffles.

One poster on the SLD boards suggested that more healthy cravings are part of the body’s (being tricked into) believing that a famine cycle is beginning. If you’re not going to have much to eat, you’d better be darned sure that the calories you *do* consume are packed with nutrients.

Now that I think about it, I ate absolutely no meat today. Some egg, yes…but no meat. This wasn’t intentional, but frankly, it’s good. I know enough about how my body processes food to know that I’d do well as a vegetarian. No plans to become veggie just yet, but I do like the idea of eating with meat as a condiment rather than a main course. Overall, I’m very hopeful that this will be a simple and inexpensive way to get myself back into the eating habits I know work well for me.