Like some other types of pain (exercise being the most obvious, marriage being another;) tolerance to it can be built up. For example, I've done the fast mimic

Like some other types of pain (exercise being the most obvious, marriage being another;) tolerance to it can be built up. For example, I've done the fast mimicking diet twice in the past couple of months - a little bit ineptly at points (always plan properly!) - which left me feeling very hungry. Certainly, by the last day of each, I was planning what I'd eat the next day in great detail and anticipation. The lasting feeling it left (aside from the obvious health benefits) was to be reminded of what real hunger is like, not the semi-boredom, semi-distracting-itch kind that makes me nip to the fridge for a snack. That is very tolerable to me now.