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Here We Go

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I left the house at 6:30am for the first leg of the journey.  It was pouring rain and randomly snowing at the same time.  The roads were flooded and you could barely see the car in front of you.  I got to hit rush hour traffic in Denver and Colorado Springs.  Or maybe it isn’t rush hour, it seems to always be crowded in Colorado lately.  Even though the drive had  a slow start, I still made good time and made it to Santa Fe in 6 hours.  Wow – New Mexico is windy.  I’m still amazed my car didn’t blow off the road.

I have friends that just moved to Santa Fe so it was great to spend some time with them.  Had some food, some good conversation and a short visit to Meow Wolf.

Second to last day of food.  I’m rather tired of eating and going out is difficult because there’s so much I cannot eat.  I think that’s part of the plan, you are so disenchanted with eating that you are ready to fast.  The headaches have stopped.  The irritability is better.  The allergies are a bit better.  So, I think the food withdrawals are almost over.  I still dream of grilled cheese sandwiches though.

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Food Withdrawals

On By rrainefioreIn Uncategorized, Water FastLeave a comment

So, I quit eating (drinking) caffeine and any food made from an animal a week and a half ago.  They want you to go through food withdrawals before doing the fast so fasting goes smoothly.  So, I can only eat veggies, fruit, beans, and grains such as oatmeal or quinoa.  I’ve been having headaches almost every day.  I eat and 10 minutes later, I don’t feel full.  Nothing tastes good.  I’m tired of eating.  I’m distracted and can’t concentrate.  I feel uncomfortably restless most of the day.  My allergies have kicked in so strongly.

I knew that caffeine withdrawals could cause headaches, but I wondered if there is such a thing as cheese, milk or meat withdrawals.  So I looked up caffeine withdrawal symptoms on line.  They can include headaches, sleepiness, irritability, lethargy constipation, depression, muscle pain, lack of concentration, flu like symptoms, insomnia, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, brain fog, dizziness, and heart rhythm abnormalities.  This could explain a lot of what I’m feeling.  I had no idea that it could cause flu like symptoms.  This could explain the allergies.

Then I looked up cheese withdrawal next – fascinating.  Cheese contains casein which when digested turns into casomorphins which has an opioid-like affect on us.  Add fat to that and no wonder cheese is so good.  No wonder I’m feeling crappy – I just quit morphine cold turkey.  Here is one of the articles I found interesting:

https://yumuniverse.com/addiction-to-cheese-is-real-thanks-to-casomorphins/

Whether it’s the caffeine or cheese withdrawal doesn’t really matter.  I’m glad I’m doing it now and not while doing the fast.  I leave in a couple days to drive down to Sedona for the the fast.  I’m still excited to see what happens.  I’m off to go dream about grilled cheese sandwiches now.

(c) All Rights Reserved Kimberly Fiore