Yesterday evening I came home from work hungry, which I thought was surprising because that has not happened since I started taking my SLD doses regularly. Not like being hungry is unfamiliar or anything, so I did not think too much about it. Went for a one-hour walk and then came home, fixed Husband and myself some salad (we are crazily addicted to Asian Ginseng Dressing) and made my trade mark rice-and-lentils mush. I make good mush.
Had about two cups of that, plus some steamed broccli florets. Obviously, I was HUNGRY.
Thing is, as I think about it today, I realized two things:
1. I had barely eaten at all most of the day, other than fresh vegetable juice at lunch. By the time I got home from work, I had probably ingested all of 500 calories and was only mildly hungry. Really.
2. I ate the mush and then STOPPED. I did not clean out the pot as I have been known to do. In fact, there was enough left over for me to put it aside for lunch today — in fact too much, I threw a little bit out. Which is NOT something I normally do.
Conclusion: I was experiencing a healthy hunger that was abated when I ate a decent meal, and felt no panicked urges to stuff my face or spend the entire night grazing through the kitchen. I did not start craving sugary snacks either.
This is how Shangrila Diet changes your life, right there.
Today has been normal. Took my SLD dose on schedule, I ate my leftover mush and enjoyed my veggie juice — although I note I will need to buy more carrots next grocery trip, I’ll be out before Friday. I’m feeling full right now, sipping coffee, and that’s all good.
Tomorrow I’ll talk about what, actually, I am eating these days.
