I went out to eat yesterday with some friends and decided to stray away from my diet. I hadn't eaten all day and was quite stressed due to a bad substitute teaching experience I had early in the day. Because of this I was ready to stuff my face with carbs and feel the rising serotonin levels in my brain. I desperately needed to feel better so I wasn't concerned about the damaging effects to my body. My blood sugar was quite high this morning so I guess my body wasn't quite used to that bolus of wheat flour and sugar I had the night before.
I'm not sure how long the damaging effects of a meal like this last in your body. It might last months, maybe even years, but I think that the worst parts of it are over in a few days and your body returns to the fat burning state you were before. If you don't feel like drawing attention to your "restricting" diet with your friends I don't think it hurts a whole lot to let go a bit. Personally, I have a problem stopping myself at a certain point when I indulge so I eat until I am completely stuffed. I had this pattern of eating when I was younger so it is pretty ingrained in me. I'll just learn how to live with it rather than fighting it.
I have a similar relationship with alcohol as I do with high carbohydrate food. I can abstain from it for a long time and not even think about it or miss it but when I have one drink I want another. The more I think about it, the more similar alcohol and sugar seem to me. They are both damaging to my body and I have some level of addiction for both of them. I can't ignore this fact.
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