It can feel strange and a little uncomfortableā¦
To NOT feel the compulsion to eat something, to actually feel neutral about food itself. Maybe youāve relied on food to give you comfort, joy, solace, and pleasure- for years, or maybe even decades like myself. As you make healthier food choices, balance your blood sugar, support insulin sensitivity through practices like intermittent fasting, the drive to eat can go down significantly. This is something I hear a lot from folks who have tried GLP 1- drugs or the carnivore dietā¦the pleasure of food, the drive to eat, just goes away sometimes. And that can be frickinā uncomfortable for those of us who are so used to deriving not only pleasure- but joy, comfort, protection, and maybe our very survival, from food. If you havenāt ever experienced total neutrality around food, it can seem like a good problem to have. Itās easy to think, āOh gosh, it would be amazing to not be craving food every 30 minutes! I WISH I could feel totally neutral about food!ā. And maybe for some people, it IS a great experience and actually feels good, but I myself have found it unsettling at times. I felt this the other day. I ate my green soup, with celery, avocado, parsley, lemon, garlic, and it was fine. I felt grateful for the nutrients in the soup. After I finished, I did NOT feel compelled to eat anything else. And it wasnāt very much soup. I usually have a low sugar fruit and some nuts or something like that after having a veggie-rich meal, and I find joy in that. It felt strange not to feel the desire for fruit, or any other kind of food. I didnāt want anything else. I could care less about food in that moment. And I found myself, ironically, missing the desire to have another piece of food. Maybe someday I will feel ok with that experience of total neutrality. But in that moment, I wasnāt ready for it. Beyond that, I felt that I needed more calories. So, I hacked my experience by having a date. Itās a healthy-ish form of sugar. Blood sugar spikes are a foolproof way to increase cravings and joy of food.