Fasting

Today I am not allowed to eat anything because I am having a procedure done tomorrow morning. This procedure requires my digestive tract to be completely cleared out (any guesses?). The last thing I ate was taco salad at 6pm last night and I had forgotten that I wasn't allowed to eat today. Had I remembered, I could have woken up and eaten a large meal but I forgot so I get to starve! Anyways, I got through Army PT this morning fine and haven't been hungry yet so we'll see how the day goes.

It is 3pm, 20 hours since I last ate and so far I do not feel hungry at all. My body does not feel weak and I have had no problems concentrating. I have even looked at articles about food and haven’t craved anything. I am not sure if this is because of the lack of fiber I have been eating the past few days, but so far I feel good! I also played 9 of the most successful and satisfying holes of disc golf over my lunch break. While I was playing, I felt very focused and observant of my strengths and weaknesses. I made many breakthroughs on my driving technique and got a few 100 yd drives within 20 feet of the hole! It is very interesting that just knowing that I will not be eating at all today has sort of lifted a weight off my shoulders. It is amazing how much influence food has over our daily lives. During work, I find myself constantly thinking about my lunch break and what I am going to eat and how if I can just make it, the day will be over. When I get home in the afternoon I am not hungry, but craving food so I grab a snack and start to think about what I should have for dinner. Then there is always the sleepies I get after eating. So much of my day is affected by food! I actually did not feel hungry at work. I think that most of my "hunger" is influenced by the amount I think about food. Thinking about it leads to wanting it. It really helped me to realize that I often want food without actually being hungry.

It is now 7 pm and I just finished drinking my laxative which is up there with whiskey as the most disgusting liquids I've ever drank. I made Mary take a sip and she couldn't even keep it in her mouth as she spat it all over the counter. I drank 24 ounces of it. I am still feeling fine, not super hungry, but I am feeling colder than usual. I am not sure if that has anything to do with empty stomach but it is still bearable.