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It's Girl Scout cookie season. How do I save myself from wanting to eat all of them at once?
Hi! According to me there are two kinds of people:
- Some folks can eat one cookie, enjoy it, and move on to the next thing. They just aren’t addicted to desserts/sweets. Cookies’ portion control is not an issue for them.
- Other people (like you and me) want more than one cookie after eating the first one. Even when they eat a few cookies and put the box away, they still remember that the box is there in the pantry screaming their name.
It doesn’t mean that these people have less self-control than the first categorie. I know I have a lot of self-discipline when it comes to many things (my workouts, my job).
Sugar has a drug effect on them and changes their physical and mental state. When they eat one cookie, they want another. This leads to internal dialogues like: “Should I have another cookie? Life is short – maybe I should? blah blah blah…”.
People belonging to this categorie have an “all-or-none” mindset. Their best options to save calories and eliminate time-consuming internal dialogues about food are:
- saying no, eating no cookie at all, giving the whole cookie box away
- buying only one small individually wrapped cookie and eating it before or after a workout to decrease sugar’s addictive effect.
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umichrogue said:
Oh, yes I am one of those all or nothing. I can’t even have chocolate in the house. I will know it is there. For GS cookie season, I donated two boxes from my usual seller. Just have to ask yourself, is it really worth it? Is it?
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runningforwine said:
You described that absolutely perfectly! Im definitely one who gets that addiction feeling. My mindset sometimes even goes so far as, “well, we’ve already messed today all up, so indulge and start again tomorrow”. And it’s a never ending cycle.
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thischarmingfan said:
You could always take a couple of cookies and put the box out for your coworkers. They’ll be gone before you have a chance to take another!
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