quantum wellness day 5: sleep is cooler than food?

I think I need to get more sleep.  However, I'm not sure how, short of tacking more hours on the day.  I'm just so tired.  I think I'd be a lot less grumpy about the diet if I felt more well-rested.  I do realize that I don't need more caffeine - I need more sleep, but caffeine is way easier to come by.  I am still drinking green tea, but all things considered, my normal caffeine intake is always pretty low since if I drink too much, I get squirrelier than usual.  

Right now if I had a choice between a 3-hour nap and a sushi buffet, I'd go for the nap.  

I'm experiencing this weird "hungry/not-hungry" thing.  I think it's that I'm finally experiencing the difference between psychological hunger and physiological hunger.  Now that my only food options are things that frankly usually aren't as tasty my normal nommings, I realize that I actually am full more often than I would've normally realized.  But I'm still ... hungry.  And that part of me that's insisting that it's hungry really does think that a plate of tuna tataki would set everything right with the world. Ah, hormones - those little stinkers. :P (Wait - lack of sleep increases production of ghrelin?!? Oh ...)

I miss the flavors of things that I'm accustomed to eating.  I'm really looking forward to dinner at Chipotle tonight, because at least that tastes like the usual stuff (minus the extra tang of sour cream and cheese).  I wish I would stop thinking about that tasty salmon wrap at Harper's, though.

Alright, I'm going to stop whining and try to think about what I'm going to do about the sleep thing.

Every time I think about what a pain in the butt this diet is, I remind myself that I did manage to stop smoking cold turkey, and this is a comparative cakewalk.

(cake! *groan* ;) )

Oh! And I've managed to drop 4 pounds so far.