It was 3:30 pm tiday and I still hadnt had my traditional after lunch chocolate fix. I went and got my extra dark nugget out of the cupboard and looked at and said ...I really really want a salad.
OMG I totally know what you mean. On meals where I have planned to go a little bit more lenient on my eating plan (special occasions or what have you) I find that I almost never do...I crave healthy. It is SO bizarre, and yet really a pretty positive feeling for me.
Haha! That happened to me yesterday, i was about to get some cheez-its (which is one of my favorite snacks!), so i was about to get water from the fridge and i was eyeing the salad my mom made and i ate that instead! i was surprised with myself!
But what is weird, is for me the dark chocolate after lunch is what I call "the secret to my success". That I have chocolate every....single...day on this lifestyle change.
I did eventually have the chocolate also, I just needed veggies, hadnt had any for lunch which is NOT normal for me.
Yes, it's strange how a healthy regime can actually make you CRAVE more healthy food. For example, I never thought that I would ever crave cucumbers the way I crave, say, chocolate or cheese cake. But sometimes just thinking about how crisp and clean they taste makes my mouth water. I always liked cucumbers, but never thought of them as a desired snack food. Now I actually prefer them to crackers and try to include them in my daily prepared snacks for the sudden cravings.
It was 3:30 pm tiday and I still hadnt had my traditional after lunch chocolate fix. I went and got my extra dark nugget out of the cupboard and looked at and said ...I really really want a salad.
wtf? who stole my body?
*in the middle of scarfing an extra dark chocolate nugget*
Watermelon. I`ve been craving watermelon like I craved Jared Leto back when "My so called life" was on. They sell huge slices here for about 20 cents. Oh man, I need me some watermelon right now.
By the way, as a self confessed chocoholic, I haven`t had even a taste of chocolate since I got here 4 weeks ago. Wow. I`m going to ponder this over a slice of watermelon.
Is that by choice? Or they just don't "do" chocolate over in Peruvia? Or do they "do" it, but just poorly?
Oh no, there`s this fantastic chocolate called "sublime" that really lives up to its name. It`s that I never buy it. I just started thinking about why I don`t buy it and I think it`s because it`s always in a hidden place in the kiosk and unavailable at the market. I never see it!
In the US I would always buy my Hershey bar if I was in a gas station where they´re staring right at you, or at the check out line at the grocery store. Now that I never really see chocolate, I don`t crave it. Weird.
Omigawd! Is it possible? Can we really be thinking differently these days???? Yesterday, I craved POPCORN!???!!! I looked at my Orville Reddenbacher lite butter-flavored box and noted that there were only 15 calories per cup????? Suddenly, it became my favorite snack food. Darn!!!! I meant to bring some to pop in the microwave at work today & forgot. Oh, well, I've got an apple. All is not lost. This from a dyed-in-the-wool choco-holic from wayyyyyyy back, folks!
Have a great, healthy-snack-preferring day, all! (Yay for us!!!! )
I am a proud chocoholic from a looooonnnnggg lineage of such noble women! The fat-free fudgsicle bars are keeping me sane. Sometimes I save enough calories to have 2
The popcorn comment just literally saved my life! I had to use my lunch time to run to the doctor for another antibiotic shot (my aching hip) and came sooo close to running through the Mickey D drive thru. Then at the dr's office they weighed me and I was down 3 pounds (cue the music!)! Talk about giving me the will to drive past McD's and straight back to work. I was sitting here listening to my stomach growl when I read the popcorn comment and remembered the bag in my desk drawer. Happy days are here again!
Feelin' good cept for the sore hip!