It’s a tough world out there.
There is temptation everywhere you turn. whether it’s fast food, cakes, takeaways, beer… whatever you desire is usually just a stone’s throw away.
I took the ultimate challenge today. Henry and I went to Cadbury World!
3 chocolate bars on entry. Molten chocolate as we were going around. Fast food scheduled for lunch.
How did I get on? – not too bad to be fair!
Preparation
It definately helped that I had been before so I knew what to expect. being surrounded by all those smells and chocolate you are litterally a kid in a candy shop!
The last time we went I ate all the chocolate bars while I was going around, I have to say I didn’t feel particularly great! This time, mentally, I think I was prepared. It helped that this time the treats were all in a friend’s bag so I probably felt a little embarrassed to show my inner sugar addict! That being said though, after the first one I wasn’t too bothered. As it was pretty close to lunch, I wanted to see what we had in store.
Lunch out can be pretty bad. in my mind it was either going to be a McDonald’s or some other form of fast food so I didn’t really want to over do it this time around.
It turns out that lunch wasn’t too bad in the end. I ended up going for a prepacked sandwich and a bag of crisps (easy to count the calories). The boys shared a pizza and chips which, if i’m honest i was half expecting to get a slice off them… I ended up with two and didn’t feel too guilty eating it.
By all accounts I was pretty restrained. I’ve been on my bike, worked off 800 cals for the day and had a decent paella which I must jot the recipe down for to share on here.
Know your triggers
In my mind, today could have gone one of two ways. It went the better way, for sure.
I do have quite an addictive personality. If there is something that set my brain buzzing, usually sugar or booze, I do find it very difficult to stop.
Over the years I’ve worked out what these triggers are and I understand and have come to terms with the fact that if i star,t it will be difficult to stop.
Being mindful about these feelings is key. I choose to eat sugar or have a drink knowing that I proabably won’t stop at one. If i dont want to go down that hole then I simply dont start. If I do, I have a very good get out plan if i need it.