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Isn\u2019t that the truth for most of us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I could eat a chocolate chip cookie every day, I promise I would, but I can\u2019t.<\/strong> Mentally, physically, emotionally, I can\u2019t. I couldn\u2019t eat just one. I know this about myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I was planning on discussing STRONG quotes or images that people share or stick on their fridge or bathroom mirror, but I had a change of heart. After last night, I decided to talk about \/ discuss \/ share my thoughts on cheat meals and how to recover from them. You say, \u201cwhat do you mean recover?\u201d<\/em> It\u2019s just that, you do it and then get back on track. I see people make a cheat meal in to a cheat day or a cheat weekend. I\u2019m like NOOOOOOO \u2013 STOP!!!! The weekend is not an excuse to cheat on your diet and undo all your hard work from the week. It\u2019s like Saturday and Sunday = no need to care. Since when is your nutrition not valid on those 2 days? Once you take your gloves off, you\u2019ve lost the fight. You went into I don\u2019t care mode<\/strong>. The fight of good and evil is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listen, with nutritional cheating or not cheating decisions, prepare yourself for the most ridicule of your life. When you say \u201cno\u201d to an adult beverage or anything not healthy at an event, people make fun of you. I\u2019m not sure why that this continues to happen.   Not one person thinks that it\u2019s normal. They would rather squirt you with the barbecue sauce than just let it go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m on Day 21 of Whole 30, not that it would even matter in any case but\u2026 I went with a friend to a fundraiser event last night. Saying \u201cno thank you\u201d to anything that I could not eat or drink was like being thrown in the lion\u2019s den. The next time I am at a social event of this nature, the more appropriate response that I will use is, \u201cI\u2019m a recovering alcohol\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m pregnant\u201d. People seem to let those two statements be left unquestionable. They don\u2019t seem to be near as condescending of the fact that we just eat healthy. Yes, if I would not have been on Whole 30, I would have continued to monitor my food intake, but would have enjoyed a big ole glass of wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheating on your diet or nutrition is like anything else. It is a lack of will power, want, understanding, and a desire to change. Why do you want to continue to say, \u201cI\u2019ll start over tomorrow?\u201d What exactly are you accomplishing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A friend told me this morning, \u201cI like it when I have been eating healthy for a while and then eat poorly. It really makes me feel sick, but I like it because I realize how much the bad food really affects you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think anyone begins their day with\u2026 Dear Diet, Things just aren\u2019t working out between us so I\u2019m quitting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think most people have good intentions of staying with it and getting results but you don\u2019t follow through because you don\u2019t have a game plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m just as human as you. I love pizza. I love wine. I love homemade desserts. I love chips and dip. Those 4 things would kill me if I allowed it. Yes, they do come in my life every now and then and in moderation. It\u2019s perfectly okay to have treats occasionally, but make it a choice not a cheat! When it becomes your choice and you are mindful of what you\u2019re about to put in your mouth, it then becomes mind over matter. CONTROL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are my 5 personnel rules for a cheat \/ choice meal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n