Try as I might, I can’t give up unhealthy food. Since I decided to not eat Japanese processed foods, especially those containing a lot of sugar, I have been bombarded with presents in the form of some of the most delicious unhealthy foods one could hope for. We’re talking delicious caramelised biscuits, chocolate-cream packed buns, apple strudels, chocolates, sweet pastry pies. They come from all directions: visitors to our home, students, colleagues returning from trips away.
Oh, and from the convenience store at lunchtime. Yes, I’ve become addicted to trotting across the road at 1.30pm and buying a pack of 105 yen chocolate-coated peanuts. …which they didn’t have any of today, which is why I bought this box of white-chocolate almonds instead. Eaten in about 5 minutes.
I use the excuse that I’m jogging three times a week and need the energy / deserve it. What a load of rubbish.
As of tomorrow I won’t do it anymore. I managed to give up buying alcohol. I can do the same with chocolate. Given the rate at which it flows into my life by itself anyway there’s really no need for it.
I recently read that mental activity (like say designing a database and learning Access and SQL) stimulates the desire to eat. I’m guessing this might be fueling your chocoholism. A test was done which showed that students engaging in brain intensive tasks consumed more calories than those who did not. Your brain is saying it needs more glucose.
At the rate you’re going, you’re going to be vice free by the end of the year. 🙂
Oh no, don’t tell me that! The perfect excuse…! 🙂