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Whenever I’ve managed to stick to these eating habits, I feel like I’m just so much more aware of what is actually in my body/stomach at any one time. ... just feels like my body telling me when I’m putting bad stuff in.
This for me as well. Not to get too shiny-eyed, but after a short bedding-in period of a week or so, once I am in the groove it then "bad" food just doesn't seem quite so enticing or tasty any more.
el_presidente-
Its quite scary really. I find it amazing how much “bad” food starts to disagree with me once I’ve started to be more controlled about what’s going in.
But also how quickly chocolate becomes as addictive as heroin. I do really enjoy being able to have a tiny bit of something and having the self control to stop, rather than just having to abstain entirely.
Occasionally go out for pizza, and I always come home with half in a box - something that seemed literally impossible to me at many points in my life.Weirdly I think there’s a pleasure to not having stuff as well. Learning that little reward for the self control of just making a conscious choice to have something or not.
I’m hungry most of the morning, particularly when I wake up, and just before lunch at 12, having not eaten since about 6pm the night before. But managing to deal with the gentle hunger and then realising it hasn’t been that bad as lunch arrives feels pretty rewarding.
Nef
The massive salad is a big winner. Once you get over the mental block of worrying it won’t be enough, you suddenly don’t miss the extra calories.
I feel like I really feel the benefit of not eating until lunch. There’s a weird sticking point around 9-10am where there’s a hunger pang, but it fades after a coffee and I feel generally so much better. Whenever I’ve managed to stick to these eating habits, I feel like I’m just so much more aware of what is actually in my body/stomach at any one time. There’s probably a slight increase in how sensitive my stomach is (which isn’t usually sensitive at all), but it honestly just feels like my body telling me when I’m putting bad stuff in.