Crash and Burn.

I have been doing fabulous sticking to plan, my daughter had a check up today, she really wanted to go out for breakfast as she was not allowed to eat prior to her appointment, so we headed over to village inn which happens to be next door to the doctor’s office.
I ordered a egg, bacon, cheese omelet, made with egg beaters, pretty Atkins friendly, then decided heck it has been so long that I was going to try their new cinnamon toast pancakes, and have an orange juice.
I ate the pancakes without syrup, they were made with cinnamon and had a light dusting of cinnamon sugar on top, but seemed to sweet, finished up breakfast, then we headed over to target to pick up some puppy chow, my daughter wanted a candy bar, and well I have done so great I figured one Reese’s wouldn’t hurt, neither would a sugar free iced vanilla latte.
I get to the car, taking a bite of one of the Reese’s cups and cringed a bit, it overwhelmed me, it was so sweet, I couldn' even finish it,My coffee seemed too sweet to be sugar free, I had my daughter test it, it certainly didn’t seem “sugar free" to me, but by the gagging she did I assumed it was infact sugar free.
After returning home, we did the typical clean up, load of laundry nothing out of the usual, but around 1 I needed a nap. I need a nap bad, I could feel myself getting crabby, headache coming on, so I laid down, for 2 hours, it was a struggle to get up after those 2 hours, I felt as if I had not sleep in days, my body felt so heavy and sluggish, my head pounding.
It’s funny I have tried “carb control yogurt” before, when I was “dieting” it was so nasty I couldn’t bring myself to even eat it, same with diet soda, now however, I can’t believe how creamy and sweet the yogurt is, or how diet soda can just be too sweet, even some crystal light flavors must be “watered” down they are too sweet.

The Truth Is.
I crashed hard, I wouldn’t call it a binge, as I really didn’t go overboard, I ate normal portions, did I slip off the diet, yes a tad bit, but still 27 days going strong on no soda [and sorry I mean the “real” hard core soda I was addicted too, not my occasional diet soda when we go out to a restaurant] but the best thing about falling off the wagon so to speak is..
I finally realized I CAN live without those foods, I don’t NEED them, and they really didn’t help me cope, I have been “coping” threw a difficult month without them, just fine. I am learning that eating healthier not only is working for me, it makes me feel more energetic and I am thrilled!