Can someone explain to me why it is that my mind always wants to choose the junk foods??? Like Hawkins Cheezies, chocolate bars, etc... Even though I know that I should be eating "healthy" stuff, like apples and other fruit, and veggie sticks, I usually end up craving the other things! And there is a pecking order in the junk food category. If there are Cheezies, they go first. Once they are gone, then it's the chocolate. Once that's gone, it's the chocolate baking chips. Once those are gone, it's the granola bars. Once those are gone, it's the tortilla chips. Once those are gone, it's the almonds. And at that point, I guess it gets vaguely healthy. But fruit... too much trouble! You have to wash it, cut it up, peel it, core it... Much easier to rip open a bag of something crunchy or a packet of something sweet. Which is one reason why I don't like to have junk food in the house! I figure if it's an effort for me (i.e. need to go out to the corner store and buy it), I'll be less likely to indulge it.
I know what's good for me. I know that I should drink more water. I know that I should eat more fruit and veggies. And yet I don't. I'm not sure what's up with that... I know that I have good self-discipline... perhaps it is my committment that is lacking? Perhaps I haven't yet made the committment to eat healthy? Or I just procrastinate on it. "I'll start tomorrow, next week, next month, next year." Or is it simply, that in each moment I need to choose the greater good. And tomorrow I'll need to choose again. Perhaps there should be a "Junk Food Anonymous" group! To my credit, it has been 4 months since I gave up my major vice of Coca Cola. I'm still holding firm to that! So, perhaps there is hope for me yet.
The other problem that creeps in is this... I am shopping in Superstore or Safeway or Sobey's or Save-on-Foods (why do they all start with an "S"??) and I'll buy bags of pears and plums and peaches and bananas, knowing that they are the healthy choice. I'll put them in the fridge and there they sit... and sit and sit... until the bananas turn black (ick) and hte pears turn brown (ick) and the plums and peaches get all mushy (ick)... What a waste!!!
So, here I go... today I am giving up junk food and I am choosing the healthy alternatives! Carrots instead of cheezies (orange and crunchy!). Granola bars instead of chocolate bars. Fruit and veggies instead of chips and tortilla chips. That is my committment made here on this blog! (Gulp!) And, silly me, I have a road trip coming up, which is always an excuse for junk food. Wish me luck!!!
2 comments:
There is just something about junk food that is always a draw for us...especially salty crunchy stuff like Cheezies! Yum! Comfort food or happy food does just that, comforts or makes happy. And they are easy access - little or no prep required. Diet is one of the most difficult lifestyle changes to make, exercise being another. You're doing great without the coca cola. You will eventually get into a routine of having fruits and veggies prepped and ready to eat. Substitute the crunch of cheezies with crackers and cheese! Just keep on choosing every day!
I've actually done not too badly with the junk food (today is Nov 10 - so 1 week!)... a tiny bag of cheezies... a few chocolate covered almonds... and that's it. I even had an apple the other day!
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