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Day 6 commences!When I started induction the first 3 days went along just fine. However today I faced my biggest challenge yet: I went to my local store to purchase some Atkins friendly groceries. As I passed the yoghart section, a quick glance at the perfectly ordered tubs stopped me in my tracks. The soft feeling of it on the tongue deluged my mind, coupled with its poignant sweetnesss. I stood there enslaved by my thoughts before I yanked myself away.
Just when I thought it was safe, I found myself headed straight to the bakery department. Each new step I took, brought with it a stronger aroma of freshly baked bread and cakes that were being generously topped with icing.Soon I was near a table enshrouded with countless bread related delights. A pack of beautifully decorated doughnuts crowned the top of it. Interlaced strands of white and black chocolate spiralled one of them. I thought of how good it would be sinking my teeth into it, and having it inside me. At that moment I was hooked. Right then and there I contemplated tearing away the plastic packaging, and devouring that enticingly decorated doughnut. Reality soon struck, and I acknowledged the legal consequences for consuming something that I have yet to buy. I needed my 'fix', and decided that I buy something that I have eaten before, that I knew would satisfy my pangs for sweetness. I peered over the multitude of custard buns. They were all liberally strewn accross the table, with some lazily stacked. I sorted through them, looking for the one bursting with the most custard. Finding it, I raised it up towards me victoriously. Immediately a euphoric feeling raced through my entire being.
However soon , just after I began my way to the nearest pay till, that euphoric feeling began to wane. It was displaced with a voice, a voice coming from a more effectual place than my carnal desire, which resulted in this situation in the first place. The 'voice' became stronger- it was my intellect reaffirming the reasons why I am doing Atkins, and why I should not proceed to eat what was clutched in my hands. To make the decision easier I considered what the alternative to eating the buns were.It was a lightbulb moment- CHEESE! With this info I was armed with 2 options: 1-buy the buns. 2-buy cheese and stay on track to achieving my goals.
The choice was obvious - I dropped the buns and headed for the cheese isle.
Just when I thought it was safe, I found myself headed straight to the bakery department. Each new step I took, brought with it a stronger aroma of freshly baked bread and cakes that were being generously topped with icing.Soon I was near a table enshrouded with countless bread related delights. A pack of beautifully decorated doughnuts crowned the top of it. Interlaced strands of white and black chocolate spiralled one of them. I thought of how good it would be sinking my teeth into it, and having it inside me. At that moment I was hooked. Right then and there I contemplated tearing away the plastic packaging, and devouring that enticingly decorated doughnut. Reality soon struck, and I acknowledged the legal consequences for consuming something that I have yet to buy. I needed my 'fix', and decided that I buy something that I have eaten before, that I knew would satisfy my pangs for sweetness. I peered over the multitude of custard buns. They were all liberally strewn accross the table, with some lazily stacked. I sorted through them, looking for the one bursting with the most custard. Finding it, I raised it up towards me victoriously. Immediately a euphoric feeling raced through my entire being.
However soon , just after I began my way to the nearest pay till, that euphoric feeling began to wane. It was displaced with a voice, a voice coming from a more effectual place than my carnal desire, which resulted in this situation in the first place. The 'voice' became stronger- it was my intellect reaffirming the reasons why I am doing Atkins, and why I should not proceed to eat what was clutched in my hands. To make the decision easier I considered what the alternative to eating the buns were.It was a lightbulb moment- CHEESE! With this info I was armed with 2 options: 1-buy the buns. 2-buy cheese and stay on track to achieving my goals.
The choice was obvious - I dropped the buns and headed for the cheese isle.
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