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The Chocolate Macaroons Were Calling to Me

I have been eating very well these past 5 day.  I have exercised for these past 5 day and I feel really good.  I noticed that I do seem to have more energy so I can't wait until I'm further into the program to really feel that surge.  

I have my family starting to change they way they eat which is a bonus.  My son is trying things that he hasn't eaten before and even though he may not always like what he is eating he still finishes it.  He has hockey playoffs coming up so every little bit helps.  

I will admit it to you now.  My name is Laura and I am addicted to sugar.   For the past 30 years I pretty much treated sugar as my favourite food group.  There was sugar, chips, ice cream, pop and Pizza.   Those were the food groups I was using.   I knew going into to this that my craving for sugar would be hard to give up, but I thought that if I ate a balanced diet, drank all my water and exercised with time my sugar cravings would become a distant memory.  However, today, I struggled.  I had a craving for chocolate.   I know myself well enough that I can't just have a little chocolate like the spoonful of chocolate chips.   Once I taste it I just need more....as much as I can find.   I fought it off most of the day but at 4 o'clock I couldn't take it anymore.  I snapped.  I had a moment of weakness and I gave in.   I'm not sure if loosing an hour of sleep threw me off (I had to be at work today at 6 am so loosing that hour is amplified), but at 4 pm I had a couple of chocolate macaroons.   I'm I proud of myself?  No I am not.  Was it worth it?  No not really.   So I'm going to do the only thing I can.  I put it behind me and will do better tomorrow.

I can't let every little mistake or set back throw me off course.   I just need to get it back together again and get back on the program.   When I did my 30 minutes of exercise tonight I went all out.   Man was I sweaty and out of breath by the time it was over.   It was Cardio Fix tonight and I must say, I am loving the Cardio work outs so far.   They are my faves.   As I mentioned previously I was not a fan of leg day......leg day was tough.  

So today's lesson is;  I am human, I make mistakes but it's the lesson I learned that will make it a positive event.  


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