just because it's vegan...

today i felt out of control with the munchies. i had pumpkin flax granola bars this afternoon, just because they taste good. and after dinner i promptly ate three squares of chocolate cake. i was just going to have a bite. and then one more bite. but.... it turned into finishing it off. "go on, eat it, get it out of here!"

ya know, just because it's made with whole wheat flour, no dairy, and no oil, doesn't make it healthy enough to eat the entire thing in one sitting. i mean, really!

so, i'm chalking today up as a minor setback in the control area. i'm definitely still IN control and feeling successful in that area overall. i mean, this morning i had the choice of sitting in a meeting hungry, or eating sugary junk food for breakfast. i chose to drink water and wait until the meeting was over to eat my healthy breakfast. but what's more successful is that i didn't even have to think twice about it. truly, it felt very natural to not even desire it. so yes, that in itself is success.

had that chocolate cake not even been in my kitchen for the last several days (thanks, Mom), i wouldn't have eaten it. so, yeah, lesson learned. don't have anything that's tempting like that in my house.

just because it's vegan, doesn't mean it's healthy.