Morning all.
Not been DDing since we got back from relatives, mainly due to weird schedules, Montezuma chocolate truffles, and a determination to re-feed after the forced fasting last week. I have done a huge batch of beef shin slow cooked in red wine with masses of veg, so we are living on that for the mo.
Going away was a strange experience at the time, and in retrospect, even stranger.
The hunger was absurd, and really affected my mood. Think this was purely because I wasn't in control of the food going on my plate. I have certainly fasted harder and longer than that under my own steam, without the emotional aggro. But then family dynamics are often a hot button, aren't they? Plus, the eating was low fat, which has never been easy for me.
Anyway, 3.5 days of hunger, sometimes severe, and then suddenly, on day 4, it switched off. From one hour to the next.
And now I am speculating whether that was the point my body decided to go into Energy Economy Mode, because quite a lot of things felt different. I don't think it was the point that Jason Fung talks about when glycogen stores are used up, and the metabolism hikes into ketosis - because I've been eating ketogenically for months and liver dumps have been tiny.
Since we got back, Mr B (my Hero) gave me a small box of Montezuma truffles (16 chocs for £16) and I have had a bit of a choc fest on them. Although they did last 3 days, so not too bad. Fascinating outcome. They have no blood glucose impact. None at all. They are very dark, very delicious. What my mother would call 'for grown up tastes'. A far cry from those sickly sweet high street choccie boxes. There are 4 flavours, all equally delicious. Have now ordered a second box, to see if the experiment repeats.
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