Cleanse Day 4 and the Fair: fighting cravings.

This morning I was working a booth at the fair for my work. I packed my lunch and left trying to mentally prepare for the wonderful smells I would be encountering. I managed to make it thru my shift successful. I ate my fruit for snack, my sandwich for lunch I got a corn on the cob w/o butter from the fair.  In a change of plans my Mom decided to bring my boys and my nieces up to the fair when I got off after all. I had felt bad that they weren't coming so I talked my Mom into it.  The kids did great and we had a great time. However this lead to some unplanned time at the fair. So we were there 3 hours later than normal. 5 hours since my lunch.  I reached the point of being starving cause I am eating way less & more often than normal because of the cleanse.  So 5 hrs with out food is a really long time!! The smells quickly became intoxicating.  From the Elephant Ears, the BBQ, the burgers covered in onions. And then someone walked by with most amazing looking chili cheese fries. AAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!!! Greasy food is my weakness and it keeps on throwing it's self at me!!

My kids were having a sleep over with their cousins tonight so that involved, guess what, more pizza.  More greasy goodness in my house.  With as difficult as this has been I am now to the point where I am thinking this has been way to much work to screw it up now.  I keep on hoping it'll get better and it isn't yet.  The longest I've ever made it on this cleanse is 4 days some tomorrow marks a new record maybe the magic of the lack of cravings will start to happen because so far I am feeling it.

I was thinking about cravings.  When we are pregnant our body can actually crave things because of the nutrition needs of our bodies. But I thought I bet that isn't what it normally means. I mean we use the word all the time. So I looked it up.

craving: noun
              A powerful desire for something

So then I looked up desire

desire: noun
             a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wish for something to happen.

And lets take it one step deeper.

feeling: noun
              An emotional state of reaction

So our cravings 99% of the time have NOTHING to do with what our body actual needs. Do I believe our bodies can crave things because we are lacking something. Yes but 99% of the time a craving for particular food all comes back down to emotion. Our emotions telling our minds what we want. Not about hunger, not about vitamins just what the mind wants.  Somethings are addictive like carbs & chocolate.  However it is addictive because of the way they make us feel. They both cause your body to releases endorphins and they make us happy. So when we think: I am so craving chocolate right now or I am craving something carby like pasta. We are really just craving happiness.