I was wandering around Tesco's earlier and saw some new low-calorie crisps on offer, called Velvet Crunch or some such thing. They were £2 for 2 multipacks and I thought 'Ohhh, they look good' so had two packs in my hands before I could stop myself.
But then I thought no, this isn't just about me losing weight, it's about me being able to maintain any weight loss by teaching myself better eating habits. Surely crisps should be an occasional treat and not something I should use to bulk up my allotted number of calories...which in my mind equates to mindless eating, whereas I want mindful eating to be the way forward. I don't even usually eat crisps on a regular basis, but it was the low calorie tag that caught my vulnerable eye...surely I should be seeking out the natural whole foods, and leaving the processed refined foods for that occasional weekly/fortnightly/monthly treat? So they went back onto the shelf and I walked away.
It's such a big business, low calorie processed foods, and is there any benefit to them in an obese nation (as the news keeps telling us we are at the mo)? Or are they something people can grab hold of as an easy option while the manufacturers are rubbing their hands in glee at our misplaced spending habits?
What do you think?