Feelings After First 2 Fast Days

So I have successfully completed 2 full fast days, a Monday and a Thursday.  The first day I ate at 11am and then again at 7pm.  The second day I ate at 10:30am and 7pm.  Both days I had frozen Healthy Choice meals (around 250-270 calories for each one) and steamed asparagus with both meals making sure I did not go over my 600 calories per day.  Although the book says that women should do 500 calories per day, I questioned whether or not this would be safe for me being so overweight.  I'm sure that before the diet I was eating about 3,000 calories per day.  Cutting the calories back to 600 per day is still quite a shock for my body.  Plus, if I ever hit a plateau, I can always lower my fast day calorie allowance to 500 per day.  I have a long way to go on this weight loss plan and I have to think long term. 

I have to say that I have been absolutely amazed.  The fasting days have forever changed the way I think and feel about food.....already.  I have realized that I may have been over eating this whole time partly because of the fear of being hungry, or having low blood sugar.  I have had episodes in the past where I have suddenly gotten shaky and weak.  Those episodes have scared me.  The worst is being alone with my 3 kids and having that feeling hit me, not knowing if I'm going to pass out or what.  I did not experience anything like that on my 2 fasting days so far.  I haven't even really been all that hungry.  I don't wake up running to the refrigerator to cram my face full of whipped cream and sticks of butter.  I have become more "in tune" with my body and feelings of hunger and being satisfied.  This has made me realize that I have been eating for all the years for many other reasons besides being hungry.  My fear of hunger is gone.  I won't die if I don't eat for 3 or 4 hours.  I know now the real limits of my body are much more than I ever realized.  This makes me happy, very, very happy; because now I realize I can do this.  I need to lose about 130-140 pounds to be a healthy weight for my height.  That's going to take awhile.  It's going to take a change in my thinking and a change in my habits.  This is a long, long road I'm on and for the first time in I can't remember when, this seems possible.