Almost a week into this thing and I am doing ok. I just want to throw updates from time to time to notate what I am doing. Perhaps it will be of benefit to others.
Woke up feeling very good today. I slept until 3am!
I still drink about 2 coffees in the morning and a tea in the afternoon.
Driving to and from work (30 Miles each way) has been strange without a dip in. I ALWAYS drove with a dip in. Sometimes half-way,etc. I don't want to romanticize it any more. Needless to say, I am surviving thus far without it. No road rage either. For some reason anger has not been a part of this recovery process.
I'm eating a lot more frequently. I have been going to the Green Grocer and getting some healthy things to keep me occupied when I need it. Carrots, grapes, Red Raspberries, Blackberries, baby spinach, crackers (I am eating a ton of these), ham sandwiches. I haven't had any urges to get greasy and fatty foods which is odd. I got a healthy kick going. Plus, the fruit tastes so good.
What else.... I am drinking a lot of water like people have been mentioning here. I remember that our brains are wired such that a thought goes through the emotional part of the brain before it hits the rational part. So a trigger will hit the emotional and make me think a dip is a good idea, but if I wait it will reach the rational part and I can say hell no.
So that is about it for now. All of that above plus you guys here plus keeping it in the day and saying no nic for today is working for now.
Keep up the fight!
