IMHO, I believe that this type of behavior is very common among all LC'bers. Now, before I start getting hate mail, not everyone caves into it by 'cheating', but I think we all have had thoughts about eating things we shouldn't... the
forbidden food !!! It has to do in a big part with psychological craving as well as what your body had been used to consuming. We still remember the comforting feel of the carb and sugar-laden foods, especially when we were sad or distressed. (How
can I forget it... I have ended up lugging that "comfort" around with me!) Sometimes we automatically reach for those same stand-bys, thinking that we can recapture that feeling.
BUT, something goes wrong when we LC... the body has begun to readjust now that the intake doesn't include what is essentially not good for the body [SUGAR for one!] and rejects it faster than a bad credit card! The body is a natural bouncer given the chance to be healthy! Imagine that your body has transformed into club
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"Uh... sugar, no... I'm sorry you're going to have to leave. You aren't on the list."
"Yes, water, please come right in... a pleasure to see you again!"
" Dark leafy greens! We haven't seen you in awhile! Glad you're back!"
"Bread, how many times have I told you not to hang around here. You're wasting time-- both yours and mine!"
Well, you get the point.
The thing about creating a new way of life (WOL) is that it doesn't stop at food choices, but includes chages in activity and perception. Everyone needs comfort, we just need to recognise that fact and develop new ways of making ourselves happy other than putting something in our mouths.
Your body has obviously already begun to make those changes in rejecting what isn't good for it. You don't want to stop already, do you? You feel bad? Here is some penance for you:
Now that THAT is over with, be free-- go on to do wonderful things for your body.