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Originally Posted by Moving Forward
Taryl--May I say that you are so smart? I agree with Mimsyborogoves that Oreos are totally delicious, but you are right that they are not good food. Where were you at lunch time as I was fighting off my crazy craving for the golden arches? The Greek salad won, but it would have helped for you to have broken it down in plan English for me.
I've had those moments, they can be tough. I do my best just telling myself the truth - I'm picky! If I'm going to eat something that is pure pleasure and not nutrition, it is going to be GOOD. Like, if it isn't a 9 or 10 on my personal yum scale, it hasn't earned the privilege of being consumed by me! An artisan dark chocolate qualifies. Some cakes and pies made by certain people on holidays qualify. Sugar in a balsamic reduction over crispy duck? Heck yes!
Greasy snack food that makes me sick on every level, including cellular? NOT worth it. When I take the snob tactic with myself and remind myself that my goals worth more than a cheap food thrill, the desire is defused big time.
Lauren - if Oreos are that 9 or 10 for you, then go for it! But as much as I'd love to eat them, they just don't make the grade. Thus, I'm good passing them up in favor of losing more and eating better. And WHEN I come across those 9 or 10 foods, when I'm in labor (I don't impose dietary restrictions on myself while giving birth or in the day postpartum) or closer to maintenance, I will have a slow, decadent sliver of them. But before that? I've got bigger fish to fry and more important priorities on my personal list