Sugar cravings are retreating
They are definitely diminishing. I am actually so very excited about the re-adjustment of my taste-buds to find that pumpkin is sweet enough! I don’t want sugary chocolate bars. The natural sweetness in red and yellow capsicums (peppers) are even starting to taste ‘very sweet’!
I am definitely still wanting the joy of sitting down to a ‘treat’ on an afternoon, with a cup of tea and a slice of home made <insert-variety-of-baked-sugary-goodness-here>. Yet, taste-wise, my sweet tooth is diminishing.
Yay.
However, that is not helping to address what feels like mind-numbingly boring options of food. I mean, meat, eggs, vegetables. We are loving what we can eat, yes…. there are so many creative recipes. However as stated above, it really doesn’t come close to replicating that afternoon treat.
Steve and I both found ourselves roaming the supermarket aisles last week, realising that 95% of what was in there was not on our OK list. So after grabbing our Whole30 approved staples of meat, veggies, eggs and the odd extra like nuts and seeds, we found ourselves hovering for such a very very long time at ….
The tea aisle.
Yes, a whole aisle… of tea.
(Fair enough we were in the hippie organic supermarket … which is pretty big).
Anyhow.
I felt like my eyes lit up.
There is cinnamon tea. Licorice tea. Orange/Mandarin tea. Berry tea. Tomato tea!!!!! There’s tea to balance your doshas. Teas to make you sleep. Teas to enegise you. Teas that turn you on. Not to mention all the standard favourites … chamomile, mint, ginger…). Ok ok, there weren’t any teas to turn you on, but if I looked long and hard enough I probably would have found one…..
And then, behold, there on the yogi tea shelf, right below the green tea.. was ……
CHOCOLATE TEA!!!
Yes folks, you saw that straight. Chocolate tea.
The light was shining from behind the box, the angels were singing, and a smile crept over my face at the joy of contemplation.
Now after the initial fleeting euphoria I was rather sceptical.
My overriding thought was, ‘you are just trying to re-create the un-re-creatable’.
By this stage, Steve had joined me with equal pleasure at the wide display of variety, bright colour, and flavour sensations on offer.
My taste buds were tingling.
We had a long negotiation in the aisle. “We can’t buy ten boxes of tea. They are like three euros a packet. That’s ludicrous.” “But babe, it’s worth it to feel we have some exciting choices while we are on this thing. It’s good for you”. “We’re saving money by not eating out”…
We ended up deciding we could each pick three.
So,…. I thought WTF. This chocolate tea could well be the revelation that changes everything. I’ll give it a shot.
Steve grabbed his tomato tea. Yes tomato tea.
Well folks, you well be so very glad to know, that the chocolate tea actually lived up to its expectations!!
With my reduced sweet cravings. Waving that hot cup of chocolatey goodness under my nose gives me the divine experience of consuming chocolate, without any dairy or sugar, AND it’s not too sweet!! It feels good! Just enough to keep a very happy me when the need for a little treat arises.
Praise the tea.
Whole30 Emotional Adventure 