Overdose on Chocolate?

I am on day 14 of the Isagenix program. I've had my ups and downs over the past two weeks but last night I had a revelation. I finally GET it.

I was at a dinner event. Being good I had pre-ordered a vegetarian plate. The food was fabulous! The dessert however was a double chocolate cheesecake. I just melt in the face of chocolate. So of course I ate it. Throughout the evening I noticed some pretty interesting results of the cheesecake.

First I couldn't finish the whole thing. It was to much. That's a first for me. Never has there been a chocolate anything that I couldn't finish!

Shortly after eating the cake, my heart started racing. I felt anxious, jittery. A little while later I had a pounding headache. I really paid attention to how I felt after eating the cake as kind of a test.

On my way home, I analyzed how I felt. I felt like I had overdosed on caffeine. You know, the feeling you get after a pot of coffee. I don't like that feeling. My body has become so unused to sugar that I overdosed on chocolate last night.

So now I can ask myself when faced with temptation...Is eating this going to make me feel good or will I feel horrible like when I ate the cake? Will eating this help me continue on my path to optimum health and balance or will it be a step backward?

And I already know the answer to both. I tried it this morning when my 3 year old wanted gummy worms. I'm sooo hooked on gummy worms. But I asked myself those questions and I was able to refrain.

I feel so enlightened, so empowered that I feel I can face any cheesecake and just say NO!

I welcome your comments.