Having awoke on New Year's day, I knew this was go time. The very first day, I experienced a craving almost right away. While your mind can accept any premise you propose in the theoretical, it can often blanch at the execution. Though I had known for days I was planning to do this, my body was not as keen on the idea. It's because you know you can't that suddenly causes you to desire something even more.
So that first day, I was acutely aware of all the sugary sweets that were on offer everywhere. It was tricky but once I forced myself to forget them by thinking about other things, they seemed to dissipate and the cravings went away.
The thing is, the first day of giving up anything is always going to reasonably easy. Even an addict can probably go a day without fulfilling their addiction. The body, so used to having something in its system, will not immediately notice its absence. So if I didn't think about sugar, I didn't notice I wasn't having any.
Things were going along swimmingly for the first couple of days. I just drank a little more sugarless coffee and perked right up.
Then the third day hit.
I expect that by this point, my body had begun to suspect my ruse and the cravings again began, my body having long consumed any residual sugars in my system.
Low blood sugar can make me VERY cranky, to say the least. If I'm very hungry, or lacking caffeine, I can be very beastly. This is what happened to me on the third day. Despite a lovely brunch and a hearty cup of strong coffee, I felt infuriated by the day itself. Anything anyone said to me caused me extreme annoyance. Lights were too bright, sounds too noisy. I felt restless.
It wasn't until the evening that I realized what was the matter: a lack of sugar. I had been avoiding all sugar up until then and decided to have a banana. I instantly felt better. But I began to realize this might be harder than I thought.
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