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Staying the Course

Things have been going along pretty well.   I've hit some bumps along the way.  I was craving something sweet the other day.   Once I allowed myself to have something, a little while latter I was looking for something more.   I couldn't figure out why, what was going on.  Then it dawned on me...I have a visitor coming.   She makes me crave chocolate, leaves me feeling bloated and very unlike myself.   I'm going to have to find something 21 Day Fix acceptable for these days when they come around again....and they will more than likely come around again.  

Having said that I have found that I have given up most sugar fairly easily but it is salt that I'm having a problem cutting back on.   I just can't shake the salt.  See what I did there?  Sorry for the pun but I couldn't resist.  I didn't really realize how often I was reaching for the salt shaker in the past, but now that I'm hyper-aware of what I'm eating, I find that I want to put salt on things.   Mainly my eggs.  Anyway I prepare eggs, I find that I want to put salt on them.   I have tried some of the Mrs. Dash salt free replacements, but sadly they are just not the same.   

So now I'm off to the internet once again.  To find a sweet replacement for those uncontrollable cravings for a little something and to look up to see if I can have any salt and if by some glorious revelation I am, how much can I have.  

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