that took me 4 decades to....
I've mentioned many times that I have a BIG problem overeating cereal once I start and now greatly limit the cereal that I keep in the house, even for my family. I even had to ban Kashi Go Lean from my household for a while, though now it's back, but it's pretty much off limits to me, my youngest daughter is into it though, so I buy it for her.
Luckily my children really, really love Cheerios, which is one cereal I can EASILY have in the house with no problems, I never cared for it much.
While I was out shopping with my youngest daughter she asked if I could please buy a box of Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, so I did.
My middle daughter, 20, said to me this weekend, "Ma, please don't buy the Apple Cinnamon Cheerios anymore. I don't know what it is about them, but for some reason I eat bowl after bowl of them. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the plain Cheerios too and I guess every now and then I go back for another bowl, but not like those Apple Cinnamon ones, it's like I can't stop myself. I can eat practically the whole box at a time, it's terrible. Please don't buy them anymore."
Kinda reminds me of how someone once asked me "Do you subject your family to your way of eating?". You don't know how I wanted to blow at that one. I think I said something like, "Do I subject my family to my healthy eating? You're darn tootin' I do!! I love them and only want the best for them." I really wanted to say something like, "No, only I'm allowed to eat well, I could care less what kind of garbage I pump into them."
I fell into the trap. Here I thought I was doing them a "favor" by buying the sugar-y stuff, but no. Turns out they're a lot smarter than their mom.