Artemis I agree with the rest of the gang.
I have found that if I don't eat right one day sometimes the next day I end up with cravings. I noticed that in the beginning of P2 I would have a harder time figuring it out. Now I seem to be able to listen to my body better and know that what I need is food or water.
I have found though that if I just eat a little bit more OP food and drink a little bit more water on the day that I am craving it will usually cure my cravings. My mind and mouth are usually saying junk food
but what my body really needs is just more food or water to make up for what I didn't get yesterday (sometimes the mind & mouth win
). I have also found that when I am really craving chocolate I actually am needing water most of the time. I go and drink 8oz of water and then if I still want chocolate I go ahead and have some but just watch the portion control. Sometimes drinking a diet soda pop will stop the chocolate craving also.
However, if it is something that is nagging at me for several days I go ahead and eat a very small amount of it (usually one or two small bites will do it) before it gets to the point I will go get a whole bag of chocolate (or whatever I can't stop thinking about) and set down and eat all of it.
And remember you can have chocolate on P2. Beachgal said she tries to stick to 1oz a week of dark chocolate. Make sure to check the P2 list on here. You didn't do anything wrong unless of course it causes you to have cravings again. Then you may need to rethink eating chocolate very often.
Hang in there!! And bravo
for you for stopping and thinking about what and why you were doing what you were doing. Thinking about what you are doing is a good part of the battle we are always having with ourselves and what we stick in our mouth. Took me a long time to figure this out and to not just impulse eat.