Day 2 of fast-5

Ok...just thinking through some future situations that may come up, and how I should adjust the fast-5 diet accordingly:

Weekends...I should probably bump up the food-time to accommodate real life as the situations call for it, to be considerate of other people a bit. But I can control it by limiting to the once-per-day eating, and just wait for a longer period until the next day's food time.

I'm thinking that 5 hours of food time is way too long. I would rather do 3 hours. 'Cause a person can only eat so much food at one sitting, and why on earth would I want to prolong the situation beyond necessary?

Last night, for instance...I was like, "Well I worked out really hard today, so I should eat more." (my self-sabotaging thoughts) But my stomach was already so full, I couldn't even stand the thought of cramming more food in. Well, I'm thinking it was about 750 calories for the day. It was a tiny amount of food but had been high-calorie selections. 2 Tbs. of dressing with my celery stick, and already 125 calories! A 1-oz. piece of cheese...there goes another 100--etc.

I tried to get more decent food, but seriously...I wandered around the grocery store for a half-hour, and there was nothing there to eat! I walked out without a purchase. And the restarants had closed for the night already. So I gave up and had whatever I could find at home. Oh well.

The other thing is...I wonder if I should set a calorie limit, or if I should just follow the diet as it says to do in that regard. My calories are certain to remain fairly low...especially if last night the best I could do was 750-ish...and I was stuffed! And that being only the first day--which according to the diet-guru (lol) my tummy will be shrinking daily on this diet, reducing my food intake even more. This is actually quite appealing!

And experience tells me that my food intake will fluctuate from day to day...depending on where I am when I eat, if I'm alone or with company, and also with the availability of various food items. Also, I know that when you don't eat for long periods, you tend to eat less--because food-desires wane. Such a beautiful system!

So anyway, those are just some thoughts...I always analyze the heck out of things.

I'm babysitting for L. again. I think she is bi-polar...one minute she's all happy and smiling, the next she is fussy! LoL! No, I'm actually just kidding. (I'm not making fun of people who really are bi-polar, as I have also been diagnosed...although I think it was a mistake.) She is tired, and fighting sleep. Drat. It might be a long afternoon. : [