I Nearly Gave In.

Temptation is always there no matter what we do, today has probably been the hardest day so far on the Keto diet.

Yesterday I craved chocolate, and I found that my magnesium levels were low so I altered my diet to increase the amount I was in-taking through eating spinach and asparagus.

It was about 3pm this afternoon and I was thinking about a sugar fix as that is all that has been in my mind for the last few days.

My wife decided that she would have a piece of cake to take away her cravings and left a slice on the side, I walked into the kitchen and there it was.

It was looking right at me, I could taste it just from thought, I reached for it and picked it up and I started to move my hand closer to my mouth ready to take a bite.

As it got closer I had another thought in my mind, guilt, yes guilt, why? I don't know, I felt like I was doing something wrong and I was letting myself down.

There was no-one else in the room, so why guilt?

I am trying to loose my weight for a few reasons, I would like to be able to do stuff that I have not been able to do in my 20's and early 30's mainly due to been over weight or ill.

I didn't think that just taking one bite of cake would make me feel this way and I put it down and brushed my teeth instead.

The reason for brushing my teeth was, who would eat after cleaning them pearly whites, this then distracted me for a good hour before I wanted to eat it again.

I have done some more reading and this is just my body wanting to fool me into making the mistake of eating sugar and it will pass.

I have however made it another day, and I am looking forward to the weigh in tomorrow, then hopefully I will have lost some more weight and it will have been worth me not biting down on that cake.

Maybe sometime I will treat myself with something sweet but for now I am focused and ready to start my new life.

@artonmysleeve