Ever watch a cat just before feeding time? Ours attacks my leg!
Hunger causes cortisol release, which makes you more energetic and yes, irritable. Puts you in "hunting" mode. Eating (esp. starches) release seratonin, makes you feel laid back and happy.
After awhile your body adapts and there isn't such a problem with the cortisol, but it's pretty common for a body to overproduce it at first, which is highly uncomfortable. One way to counteract it is exercise: lift weights, do pushups. Anything to get adrenaline going ... adrenaline counteracts cortisol.
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 10:07 AM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@yahoo.com> wrote:
If I recall the book says that you might feel irritable at first but then you get used to it?
I fasted all day, met some friends in the evening and we hung out, we didn't get to eating dinner until like midnight. It was late and I thought, I'll just have chamomile tea, I don't need to eat. I was hungry, but I was OK, it just seemed so late I figured I would go home and sleep.
But I noticed that during the conversation I was slightly irritable. My friend was talking and having trouble finding the right word, and I found myself thinkging, "get to the point already" - I didn't have my normal patience. I was able to keep in control and not say anything. But I wondered if the fasting was making me impaitient.
I had been fasting close to 26 hours at that point. I usually fast about 19 hours. When I do fast longer, I am alone, and I don't notice if I am grouchy, as there is no one to get annoyed with, I live alone.
Just wondering if other people get irritable at all.
- T
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