Day 5 for Matt

So far things have been easy.  That's probably because I've had the flu for 4 of the 5 days.  Being sick had its own challenges that I thought were interesting and brought to mind how ingrained habits can be.  Typically when I'm sick I would grab a couple of gatorades, popsicles, and sleep.  By reflex, I started to do this but stopped myself.  This time I drank a ton of water (90 oz+) and ate apples, bananas, and oranges.  Luckily I didn't have any nausea so I could still eat a little protein each day.  Each day my wife would ask if I needed anything and each time gatorade and popsicles came to mind.  Not because I needed them but that was how I would always answer the question. 

I'm glad I had some snack and meal prep done prior.  I was able to grab what I needed and go back into quarantine.  While in quarantine I noticed how many food commercials run each day.  And none of the food is anything that would be compliant; fast food, pizza, ice cream, pasta, cheese, frozen food, sugary-this, and sugary-that.  It might be the meds but I started to think about how many of my actions and responses are from habit, and how many of those habits could be formed from suggestion/advertisements.  I'm sure it's a higher percentage than I think.