How lame can this be, I don’t know, but today I got the opportunity to practice regarding temptations, and see if the good (almost “perfect”) behavior I’ve had regarding food since the past Sunday could hold. I had to walk to the village hall to retrieve some papers, and the only way to go there passes in front of a drugstore (well, alright, I can avoid the drugstore, if I take a road that makes an extra 2 km; good for the days I have the time to do so, but today, I’m performing a certain amount of computers installation–one of them being currently in the disk formatting process–so, nope, no wandering in circles for me).
The drugstore is very, very tempting. Sure, the prices are way higher than at the supermarkets in the nearby town, yet not high enough to discourage me if really I get the munchies (and have cash/my Visa card to retrieve it) with me. Yes, I’m twisted like that. This afternoon, I really, really felt the call of the salty bretzels and various packs of cookies lined up on the front shelves. I went as far as to sit and count what I had in my wallet to check whether I could go and buy some…
…That’s when I noticed that the smallest money amount I had was the 50 euros banknote planned for tomorrow’s groceries shopping, and that it’d be pretty stupid to use it to buy such trivial stuff. I have this thing for not “using up” banknotes if it’s not for something worth it, and 3-4 bucks out of a 50 note is… definitely not worth it.
So now I feel lame for having let myself be influenced again by my old habits from the times when I was even more broke as I am now, but I’m also proud of myself for not having given in and bought junk food when I wasn’t even hungry on top of it.
Whatever works…
Tags: food | temptations | weight loss
October 27th, 2005 at 18:47
You just gotta do the best you can.
October 28th, 2005 at 13:57
Hehee, indeed!