Congrats on your first fast! The mental is at LEAST 75% of the challenge. And everyone has different triggers. We ask for people to blur any mention of food on fasting threads and sometimes people forget when they talk about what they are going to break their fast with. It bothers some a lot - others not at all.
I don’t mind the mention of food or pictures of food - in fact, the food porn thread is my favorite one when I am fasting! I look forward to all the delicious things I am going to have once I break my fast.
Now the smell of food… that is torture to me. I left the office today so I didn’t have to smell the lunches being heated up and brought back a bunch of spices and as I was putting them in my backpack I caught a whiff of one of the [spoiler]chilies[/spoiler] and groaned… it smelled so GOOD!
This thread runs all month for people to jump on and off as they are fasting to find support from others who happen to be fasting at the same time, so you are not late!!!
Next week someone will start another thread for February