A serious cheat-day

 

Manly Burger from Umami with beef, bacon lardons and fried onion strings.  I also at all the fries and onion rings!

After 8 days no fruit this peach tasted like caramel candy.

The fruit set off instant cravings for more sugar.  I ate about half this container of dried apples, apricots, raisins  and a nice selection of  raw nuts and seeds.

Waiting for my chicken at the Farmers Market in Hollywood.

I never ate all of the potatoes that this guy give me but on this day I could not get enough!  I ate every potato and ate every piece of meat on the chicken.

OK, so maybe this is a little caveman-ish.

Left over carne asada with some forbidden rosemary bread and white rice.  The white rice is a staple in my diet when I am not restricting sugars.



 

Went nuts at Coldstone Creamery.  2 out of thee 3 items are mine, just sampling the coffee ice cream float which was amazing.

Even after all of this food I still had sugar cravings at night!  I ate a big bunch of grapes and more dried fruit.  Being hungry after eating all of this food only confirms my thoughts on sugar and cravings.  Most people are confusing sugar withdrawal with actual hunger.  How else could I feel "hungry" after all of this food?  It is a trick of our blood sugar.

 

The one cheat-food I avoided was diet soda!  All of my life diet soda is a staple drink but I've learned too much about artificial sweeteners to continue eating this stuff.  I can get a great buzz off of coffee if I need it!