I ate a lot this week, and I felt like my control over my appetite was slipping again, so I started fasting again yesterday. The first few hours are the toughest. Now I'm at the stage where it is back to a dull, barely noticeable ache. I'll be more tired than usual today, and I'll have some trouble concentrating, but it should be a slow work day. The idea is to use fasting as a method of resetting habits. Food is an addiction, although it's more accurate to say that all addictions have their root in the elements that evolved for hunger. Nobody talks about weaning themselves off cocaine. They stop using. There's a reason for that.

I've been dating a woman who teaches at a prison and keeps bees. This weekend she helped me put in a cat door. She is all into that organic, healthy food crap, and she keeps trying to change the way I eat. I think it is pretty basic. You eat a certain amount of calories a day. You make certain that there are certain elements in your diet.

My diet is pretty typical American. I tend to go heavy on sweets and salty food. I balance it out by only eating one large meal a day and limiting snacking. I make certain to get enough calcium, and vitamin C, and I add fiber when I feel I need it. The infrequency of my meals is probably the reason my heat beat is so slow though.

Anyway. I should get back to sleep soon. The cat woke me up because he is having trouble figuring out the cat door and wanted me to let him in.