I survived it! I excelled in it! This was my first Halloween on a vegan diet. The success? My sugar tolerance is terribly low. Isn't that great! On Friday night, after "Trunk or Treat" at the church, I ate one piece and called it a day, I just didn't crave it. Saturday night I passed on it altogether. Sunday I fasted then had a real hankering for some chocolate after dinner. I indulged, and yes, it was what the kids got so it was good old non-vegan Snickers and Butterfinger and Butterfinger crisp. Can you believe it? 4 snack size bars were too many. Yes! My hubby guess how I was feeling when he jokingly called after me "No bulimia in this house!" So true, I had wanted to dispose of that last chocolate bar.
It has taken months, and there were times I was sure it hadn't happened at all, I just thought that my decrease of sweets consumption was due to having to cook it and no loving the taste of low-fat tofu brownines and knowing that vegan margarine would make my brownies too expensive. Yet it has come I broke the food seduction. Short of having a desperate need for chocolate about every 4 weeks, even Dr. Barnard grants us women that priviledge, I have won control of my cravings. Yes!
Dr. Barnards's Breaking the Food Seduction
I read something that says it takes about 8 weeks to change your tastes for sugars and fats. Looks like you did it! I haven't gone vegan, but I've definitely cut a lot of sugar from my diet and and I'm always blown away when I try it again. Good for you.
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