Day 3: I need advice!

Today is Day Three, and I'm starting to gather my balance on this whole measure-what-I-eat-of-only-healthy-foods thing. For a bit there I was tottering on the brink! I can't emphasize enough how glad I am that I started this thing mid-day Saturday.  My mind and body knows that this isn't a short-term diet with a start and end point, this is a life-long journey.

Learning point: When starting a life-change, start mid-day on a Saturday. And above all, don't start on a Monday morning! Your mind needs to know this isn't a clean start, it's simply a daily choice.

My ear infection is healing, but still bothering me. It's difficult to tell whether lethargy and shakiness is due to that, or my new health regiment. Any time we change things up, our body tends to go ballistic. Just think of how your body feels after feasting at Christmas for a week. Ugh. Changing for good also has its effects, and I'm using logic that I mentioned on Saturday to work through it. In a few days, my body will adjust. Don't give up.

While hunger and even shakiness can be endured, there is another consequence from eating healthy where I'm needing advice.

The past couple of nights I can't sleep due to hunger. Last night I woke at midnight and was awake until past 1 o'clock. First, I have not been starving myself (heh, yeah that's never a problem!). I ate a piece of fruit within an hour of going to bed. When I couldn't sleep I got up and tried reading and made a warm cup of lemon water, both of which didn't help. Finally, I got four saltine crackers and was able to sleep afterwards.

Does anyone have advise on this? Is this normal? I have experienced insomnia on various levels for the past several years, and it's always worse with I cut back on eating.