I am a bit of a health nut but I love treats. I happen to be a purist and only eat organic food and I don’t eat any gluten, sugar, dairy, or chocolate, alcohol, coffee, or processed foods of any kind. I know what you’re thinking. I get asked this question almost daily, ‘then what do you eat?’ I won’t bore you with everything I do it but I eat a lot of healthy, wholesome, plant based, organic, yummy foods. However I still have a conversation with myself every time I walk into the fridge looking for something sweet.
When I was younger I would hide food from my mother and sneak treats all the time. I have continued this behavior as I grew up but over the past ten years or so it has slowly shifted to a new relationship with the word treat. Now, when I want a cookie, slice of cake, or something ‘special’, I actually pause and think about what my body actually wants, and needs.
I am aware of what sugar does to the body, I won’t bore you here with the facts but you can watch the documentary Fed Up if you’re looking for more information. I know what will happen if I have a cookie, chocolate, cake, etc. I will be setting a pattern to want it again tomorrow, if not later that night. I know the chemical reaction sugar has in the brain so instead I make a shift in my craving. I realize that what I am wanting is simply another flavor profile. If I don’t feed myself sugar I won’t want sugar. If I feed myself sugar I will want more sugar. It is actually quite simple but our society complicates it for us.
We all think we need cleanses, diets, and sugar replacements but what we actually need is to start honoring our body. If we really honored our body we, as a species, would not do half the things we do. When we understand wh