Tall Dark and Geeky: Day 1 and 2 End Badly

So day 1 normally isn't all that bad since your body doesn't really freak out too much if you skip a few meals. I had some hunger pains throughout the day but nothing too bad. Had a few bouts of the 'missing food' paranoia as I like to call it. This is the psychological part of not eating, the addiction really, kicking in. People don't normally think addiction when it comes to food but addiction is defined as the state in which the body relies on a substance for normal functioning. That pretty much describes eating. Eating is something you've done since day 1, there really is nothing you could be more addicted to. So for the first few days of the fast your body is not only dealing with the physical part of not getting food, your brain is trying to deal with the addiction part as well. For me, the psychological is way harder than the physical. Although this time I know what to expect so it seems I was able to deal with the 'missing food' episodes a little better. Also, day one started with a little bit of a weight shock:

The scale groans.

I know I should have posted this yesterday and I had every intention of doing so but when I got from work all I wanted to do was lay on the couch. It's either all of the alcohol I've been drinking these past few months or the coffee, or both. My head was pounding and I really couldn't even contemplate staring at a computer screen. But, I'm going to make up for missing a post by posting... pictures! lol. Yeah, I've decided that I'm going to post pictures of myself. I had a big internal debate about whether I should or not and I'm still not certain it's a good thing or not. I really don't want the focus to be on the weight loss and I'm worried that by posting pictures showing the extreme weight loss it will be the only thing people will focus on. But on the flip side, these pictures will really be the only outside evidence of the fast, not to mention they should show a pretty interesting transition. So here you go: