It was pretty sudden. I'd been on my diet for about two weeks, and was experiencing all kinds of emotional ups and downs, to the point where I really could barely participate in conversation. I was sticking with the diet, but it was really, really tough. Then one day, poof! I was fine.
All of a sudden, my brain was back! I could think and feel normal emotions again! I wouldn't collapse into a heap of disfunction as a mealtime approached. In fact I could be arbitrarily late to a meal and experience no ill effects.
Feelings of hunger, that before would rage out of control, now had simmered down to something akin to a normal sensation, something I could recognize without it utterly taking over my existence.
The cravings, which had been extremely intense, had actually subsided a few days or a week earlier, after I'd adjusted my diet to give me a few vitamins I'd been lacking. So those had already been gone for a while.
So, what's my experience right now, after several days of this new non-insanity? Well, my salads and relatively small meals satisfy me; I don't go through life in agonizing hunger, but instead I have plenty of energy and I feel basically fine.
Yay! I am very joyful!
I'm staying on my guard though. I expect the cravings and possibly other symptoms to return within the next few months, and stronger than before. But for now, I'm going to enjoy the feeling of freedom.
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