Does anybody else get nauseated, horribly, after cheating? I ate 4 chocolate chip cookies out of aggravation today and puked them right back up. Does this point to an allergy? Is this normal? Have had a headache, too, all afternoon. Aargh!

to answer your questions--yes, yes and yes!

Now forgive yourself completely, learn from the experience, and get right back on track.

I went off-program for a whole month last year, and as I ate the wheat/sugar, the whole time, I kept thinking, "man, this is making me sick. It doesn't even taste that good. Why am I doing this?" I was normal and typical in this. Ahh, the nature of food intolerances/addictions.

Think of this as a gift from your body--you've detoxed it from the junk you've fed it for a lifetime, and now it's giving you clear messages about what is bad for you to eat. I think of it like this...we've abused our bodies for years with sugar. That they are still so kind and forgiving and clear in their messages to our brains is a minor miracle, and something to be grateful for. You may even start having mild cravings you can trust--"hey, I'm dying for egg yolks" or "hmm, a spinach salad sounds like a great snack." Sometimes a craving for chocolate indicates a magnesium deficiency.

Thank you for the response and the advice. I did feel terrible afterward and have been "cheating" to the tune of 3/4 of the same type of cookie. Seems to have been okay at that level, but you're right, it didn't even taste that good.

I'll step up the magnesium, just in case that could be the reason for the chocolate cravings.