Day 7: Eating Emotions

David and I went to a wedding last night (Day 7). One of his coworkers got married and they were such a happy and cute couple. It was a Jewish wedding too. I love Jewish weddings. But back to the point. Before going, I knew that they might not have food to accommodate the cleanse. Therefore, I attempted to fill myself up before arriving. That didn't work so well, especially being that I was going to get hungry eventually throughout the night.

After the ceremony, they had cocktail hour. I walked around the tables searching for food I could possibly eat. At the same time, I'm thinking, "I'm glad this is the cooked vegan week of the cleanse". I found some garlic hummus, eggplant, and vegetables. Cool. I can eat this. I happily munch at the vegan food on my small plate.

It's time for the reception dinner. I look at the menu and absolutely nothing was on there that was vegan. In fact the only vegetarian dishes were the soup and salad. They had a butternut squash soup, which I really wanted to eat but resisted. I talked to the waitress and she brought out a salad with no cheese or dressing (they had ranch). They also specially made a penne pasta with veggies and pesto. I'm like cool.

Then the desserts came!! And you know I have a MAJOR sweet tooth. They brought out the wedding cake. I was ok. David ate his slice and my slice. I was cool. BUT THEN, they started bringing out dessert tarts. Every time they brought them out they stood between me and the person to my right. EVERY TIME for about 7 times. Almost each time, David reaches across me to grab a dessert tart and eat it. This seems like it went on forever. I got so angry and emotional by the last dessert tray that I had tears in my eyes and told David I was ready to leave.

This just shows me how much emotions influence our eating. I wasn't hungry at all. I just wanted the desserts. ALL the desserts. But I managed to survive.

Today I'm better. Today (Day 8) begins a new protocol that I have to get used to. We'll see how it goes.