It has come to my attention that Quaker 100 Calorie Granola Bars are addicting. Last weekend my husband did a Costco run and picked up the man-sized box of these mean little munchies. There were 60 in the box. Note: "were". Here's your 3rd grade story problem of the day...yep...you got it. 6000 calories.
No, I didn't eat them all myself. Not all of them.
They aren't decadent. They aren't exceptional. I don't love them. They are ok, at best. So, why am I gobbling up like pac-man? I thought at first it was Lie #14, but I now think it was Lie #15: Deprivation is on the horizon. I'm not talking about the fear that I would be deprived of the Quaker Granola Bar, but rather a full-scale deprivation. So, the QGB's represent the Sunday night binge before the Monday morning diet.
I am not starting a diet, but I am looking into a lifestyle change. I have been reading a lot about eating a vegetarian or a vegan diet, with a twist - no caffeine, no sugar, and no processed foods. Ha! Even writing it I'm thinking 'what the hell will I eat'. Obviously I'm not ready to make this change, so I'm exploring it. I'm taunting it. I'm daring it to sound good to me.
Bottom line is the truth. THE TRUTH IS: Today is the day for choice. "At this moment" should be my mantra. The horizon shouldn't dictate my choice. I get one chance in any given moment to make a choice. And if in that moment I make a choice that doesn't meet my needs, I can make a new choice in the new moment.
We should chat. I've been looking at 'clean eating'. I've read very little about it, but it sounds interesting.
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