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Day 3 without a nap/rest during the day! Got a bit tired in the afternoon, but not enough to crash out. Still don't feel like I could do anything beyond what I'm doing, but it is encouraging to not have to sleep the night and days away.

Read today. Picked up "Miracle in the Andes" about the plane crash where a rugby team and relatives were lost for 70+ days. The book is a new one written by the man who "walked" out and brought back help for the survivors. It's a non-stop read like "Into Thin Air" and I'll probably finish it tonight.

Some survivors had to resort to eating flesh from their dead compatriots in order to survive. But the book is much more than that--it's the story of one man's vision of living through it all and doing so--along with the side stories of others who didn't make it. The incident happened over 30 years ago and the book was written with that amount of time passing--with a lot of compassion and a lot of time on the author's part regarding what it meant for him.

So another day of eating, reading and not sleeping/resting on my side of things. I'm curious as to where this is going--what is happening for me as the patterns shift. Digestion remains steady--I'm into the 8th week now and doing well. My grocery bills are increasing as I continue to eat more now with more variety. Thank goodness for that!

Still only eating smaller portions of things--my stomach has shrunk some (although I know it's flexible, can stretch and get bigger again). But am still munching away as my appetite requires--eating whatever seems tasty.