So, how is my relationship with Starbucks hot chocolate? Well... there's been a bit of back-sliding. I had sort of thought that I would treat myself to a hot chocolate on the weekends (Saturday AND Sunday)... but it is a Tuesday and here I sit guiltily sipping a hot chocolate. Today's hot chocolate was a free one - an earned reward, but still. I am over my monthly limit.
As for the home-made hot chocolate... they definitely fill the void except... some days I have two of them! I think that I was planning to wean myself off hot chocolate during February and March. Well... I can say, February wasn't much of a weaning month!
I do notice that if I don't have my hot chocolate in the morning, I tend to be a bit cranky and have a headache that starts to develop. Ahhh... the joys of caffeine withdrawal. It reminds me of the days when I drank Coca Cola every day, several times a day. I went off the cola several times but never stayed away for long. Until I finally called it quits in 2009 and went cold turkey. The first year was tough but now I hardly think about it. I think I have finally kicked the cola habit. But... I'm wondering if I am not built for the weaning-method. Maybe I just need to quit the hot chocolate cold-turkey and call it quits for good. Which would mean I would lose my Starbucks time, which I genuinely like on the weekends. A dilemma...
I will see how March plays out... perhaps the trick is to wean myself off the weekday hot chocolates and leave the weekend ones in place. It's kind of annoying to be at the mercy of chocolate and sugar. I am a human being... I should be able to make these choices. Shouldn't I?
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