I'm a native of West Michigan (snow belt), now I currently live in North Carolina where it is a big event when snow is expected. This week, we were getting prepared for @6 inches of snow to fall overnight last night (which would have just been a normal night back home). One thing I love about living in the South is the way snow is an event. Nearly everything closes, people stock up on emergency supplies and stay home.
So the radio station was having people call in yesterday with what they planned on doing for the snow days and if they had stocked up any special supplies. Overwhelmingly people had stocked up on alchohol and junk food/treats to munch on as they stayed in.
Now, eating because it snowed has never been part of my life and I'm pretty disciplined about what I do eat and yet by the end of the day, I had the urge to head to the store for treats. For me, that meant cookies, which I don't think I've eaten at all since April as this is a food for me that I don't eat a reasonable serving.
When I got to the store, I talked myself into pop tarts instead as a much smaller box then any of the cookies I was checking out and figured it would be me similar taste. I also did not eat them all, threw out the rest of the box after 720 calories consumed (so much for yesterday's calorie deficit), but was still suprised that this event even happened. I had mental plans in place for handling most eating situations, but treats for a snow day had no plan. It really shows me how my mental rehearsals for eating events has helped me in this process.
Anyone else encounter an eating trigger they were not prepared for?