Yesterday I went into a grocery store to buy lettuce. The only thing I needed for supper was lettuce. Period. In and out with lettuce in my bag was the plan. I walked through the front doors and staring me right in the face was my biggest craving! My favorite sugar cereals on sale for .99c a box! AHHH! I grabbed 4 boxes and went through the register feeling overwhelming guilt the entire time. Problem is, I dont just eat one portion of cereal, I will eat many huge bowls a day if no one is looking!
So, I went through the register with my lettuce and my four boxes of cereal. After paying, I saw a Food bank donation bin right in front of me. After a halarious 2 minute internal struggle, a put my 2 bags of cereal in the donation bin and walked away feeling really proud of myself.
When I got home I bragged about it to my husband because I was so darn proud that I was able to walk away from it. Heres what he said.
"Why did you buy it then?! That was a waste of money!"
Blah.
A simple "Congratulations! Im so proud of you!" Would have gone a long way.
It's not never slipping that makes us succeed, it's being able to change your choice midstride, instead of seeing it all the way through, just because.
erin - Oh sugar cereal, one of my all time favorites. Its actually nice to find out that someone else struggles with this too! I don't even eat it by the bowlful. It's that big, endless box of sweet sugary crunchiness that I so enjoy. Handful after handful I can mindlessly gorge away, right out of the box. Fruit Loops, Captin Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Frosted Flakes -- truly, one of my hardest habits to overcome. I basically just stopped buying them. My kids are weird, they don't eat cereal. Geesh, I used to have a bowl of cereal as a home-from-school snack when I was a kid! No matter how many times I'd tell myself 'its for the kids' (like I somehow thought 'if I buy it, they will eat it'), I always ended up eating the whole bloody box! Now, I buy multigrain cherrios, shredded wheat and total.
Kudos for you for donating them. I probably wouldn't have thought of that. Oh, and I HATE it when the stores pile up the junk right in front of you as you walk in. Bleh on them and their 'wall of savings'! Congrats on the great decision.
I can so relate to this as cereal is without a doubt one of my all time worst "binge foods". Therefore I have had to set some strict rules on the stuff. I simply can not do cereal - moderately. Something about the stuff wants to make me go back to that box again - and again - and again.
At this point the only cereal I can safely eat is Fiber One. When I began my journey I switched to Kashi Go Lean and I was okay with that for a bunch of months - and then I kept hitting the box. Soooo, I had to stop buying Kashi Go Lean. Kashi Go Lean, I mean can you imagine?
I do have other cereals in my home now - for the rest of the family, but I tell myself that it it not intended for me. It's not "mine". It is 100% meant ONLY for my family.
Oh and - congratulations, I am incredibly, incredibly proud of you.
And for the record, my hubby never would have understood it either - but I sure as heck do.
The funny part is just hearing you guys describe your love for sugar cereal makes me want to run to the kitchen and get some! (If I had any to eat!)
mmmm....Captain Crunch....
I dont even care that it hurts the top of your mouth, its so darn good!
Somehow I convince myself that its healthy. I think...cereal...breakfast...breakfast is important....vanilla soymilk....soymilk is great for you.....
But then I want to eat it 5 times a day.
I can convince myself that anything is healthy though!
Sugar Cereal Obsession! wanting to share
, but you know you did good!
