It's 3:21pm and I've just passed through the dark tunnel of cravings that happens every single weekday, around the 3pm mark. Usually, I just go with it, get a coffee and a dessert (a piece of chocolate cake comes to mind, as it was the last chocolate thing I had before this challenge - a chocolate layer cake from the cafe downstairs from my office)... So at around 3pm, I walked downstairs. There was a huge line, which never happens, as this cafe has been suffering since another cafe opened two buildings down. I waited for two minutes, smelling the blueberry cake and staring at the various pastries in the baked-goods display... and then I decided to walk a bit to get away from it all. It was raining and cold, but I walked a few blocks to forget the pastries, and got a coffee with soy milk. When I got back to the office, I sank my teeth into an apple. I feel good. However, the cravings definitely put me on edge today. I was sitting in a meeting, completely enthralled in a daydream of spiced carrot cake and thick, sweet cream cheese frosting.
I tried to get my business partner to join me on this challenge today. He respectfully declined. I said, "why not? Wouldn't it be wonderful to cleanse your body of all the animal product and reclaim your tastebuds?". Again, he wasn't swayed. I think he may have bought a piece of cake and ate it quickly, while I was faxing something. I appreciate his thoughtfulness.
