Day 6

After two somewhat consistent and stable days there were a few changes today. One possible explanation for this is that the body works in 7 day cycles so if something new happens it is around Day 6, 7, or 8.

There was some change in the gory details, but I won't get into that. The major change that I noticed was that I'm tired of this. I'm not tired of not eating...well maybe I am, but more importantly I'm tired of the same thing. I can handle the not eating part, I just want something different. The HyWy and I were talking about how we have for 6 days now subsided entirely on only four things...water, lemonade, salt water, and laxative tea. If you count brushing my teeth with toothpaste in 6 days I have only experienced 5 different tastes. I don't know if I have ever reached this point before. Often when the HyWy and I have a lot of leftovers I'm willing to eat them for 3 or 4 straight days at which point they usually run out before I get tired of them. Now I will look at my lemonade glass disdainfully and wish that I could just make it disappear. This is the real mental part.

Something else interesting...many sites talk about how your some of your other senses (particularly smell) increase in sensitivity during this time. Very true. The HyWy commented on how sensitive she is to smell and then realized that she sounded like a pregnant lady. There is a strange combination of enjoyment, satisfaction, and frustration that comes with smelling some really good food.

What about all the TV commercials for food? It's almost impossible to watch a half hr of TV without seeing some juicy (albeit incredibly unhealthy) sandwich or other food item. And on high definition that really leaps out at you!

Well there you go...in terms of time we have more days behind us than in front of us and we are slowly reaching the end of this experiment.

General energy level: above average.
General mood: good.