Well it was a bank holiday here in Ireland this past weekend. Such a danger time for dieters. There is so much extra on as people really do see it as a mini holiday. I think I did ok, maybe a few points over a few days. I felt like I was eating a lot but it was all healthy stuff, no crap.

Over the weekend we took a trip to a supermarket that is a good bit away from where we live. We only go once every couple of months but it always has great deals and special offers so it is worth the trip money wise. So we get there, hubby brings the kids to a playground to run off some steam and I hit the aisles with my super sized trolley.

However I quickly realised one thing. Bar offers on meat and fish, most of their special offers where on processed foods, chocolate, huge packs of crisps, biscuits etc. Basically all CRAP! Now normally I would have had a field day running up and down the aisles grabbing all these specials and filling the trolley with high fat sugary food. This time however I was half way through the aisles and my trolley was full of fruit, veg, fish and some chicken.  There was practically shelves of food I didnt bother looking at (or rather chose not to in case I went into a feeding frenzy right there and then!!)

I know this is all pretty obvious stuff. Of course supermarkets have all sorts of food , good and bad and obviously if you are dieting you avoid the bad stuff. But what really got me was the push from the supermarkets to sell the crap food. There was a 24 pack of crisp on offer, buy one get one free. It worked out cheaper to get 48 packets of crisps than to get a bag of apples!

Yes the supermarkets are there to meet customer demands but I have a strong feeling they know exactly what they are doing. Push the high fat/sugar foods, get them addicted and have them come back again and again for more. Oh and then we will try and flog some over priced dieting solutions which wont work.

Cynical, Me??

Ok rant over. What have I learnt though? Well I do believe my shopping habits have changed dramatically. There was a millisecond of temptation to get the high fat/sugar special offers, having bought them before I know they USED to taste great. But I have a little chat with myself now when I get those small temptations. I tell myself it is the millions of times I have given in/ told myself just this one etc etc that have me weighing in this heavy and quite frankly its just not worth it!!