A Cheat Day after a Paleo Challenge, Part 1
Today, I throw everything I did for the last month out the window.
First thing this morning, I went to Starbucks. I’m not as big a fan as I used to be, but during the summer I love a cold, iced beverage. So I bought an Iced Venti Vanilla Latte and a Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake. These are my default choices at Starbucks. It’s what I always get. And today is a cheat day, so I’m doing whatever I want.
So I take a sip of this latte and cannot taste any coffee. None. There must not be any espresso in this thing, right? It’s quite possible I just took a sip from a cup of raw, liquid sugar. I haven’t had a hint of sugar in 30 days and now I’m drinking it in its purest form.
And I don’t like it. It’s too much. Do I really want to reacquaint myself to sugar? If I’m cheating with anything, do I even want to cheat with sugar? A funny thing is going on inside my brain. I know that I am supposed to like this because I have liked it in the past, but that feeling isn’t matching up with my current feeling.
I gaurantee people go through this on a regular basis. They really don’t like the junk food they are eating as much as they think they do. But it’s the norm, so they continue eating. This is exactly what brought me to doing the Paleo Challenge in the first place. I knew I didn’t really like what I was doing.
Food is a mental, emotional game. Discipline yourself to learn what good choices are and make them 9 out of 10 times. You will not be sorry.
