FullaBella's Journal, 27 Jan 13

On the heels of my 'food is my friend' journal yesterday - I experienced an interesting realization today. I'm sure this too is likely written elsewhere as I rarely have an original thought so here it is: 'time to dissolve old partnerships.'

It began with me being cold and thinking 'mmm... some nice hot chocolate would be good today ...' - I have some Swiss Miss - 25 cal a serving if you can hold it to 6oz only .. my mug holds 24oz.. I compromised at 12. You do the math :-)

Anyway - while the water was heating I found myself thinking 'hmm... what can I have with the hot chocolate? A cookie? Peanut butter sandwich?' Before I knew it I was standing in front of the fridge scanning for ideas.

You get where this is going already, I bet.

I wasn't really hungry - I just wanted hot chocolate (and had thought about hot tea, hot water with lemon, etc - had finally settled on hot chocolate as the thing that would really Hit the Spot.)

So why did I feel the need to partner it with food? Wouldn't the hot chocolate be enough?

Would I even enjoy it if I were adding something else?

I then found myself renegotiating ~ ala ~ "Well, if you do have the tea instead you have 50cals left for a ...(something else)"

And at that wonderful second, I reminded myself to ask: How would a slim healthy person handle this?

When they show a slim woman in the commercial enjoying her International coffee moment, is she holding a cookie in her hand?

Nope. She's enjoying that beverage. Time for me to learn to do the same.

And that's when I decided: Time to start dissolving old partnerships.

Like:

Meat & potatos
Hot chocolate and cookies
Chips & dip
Soup and crackers
Waffles and Syrup (I had a waffle this morning, no syrup, it was great ~ would probably have gone really well with the hot chocolate..whoops!)

As I never claim to be the smoothest spoon in the drawer, I'm sure you too have a few ... would love to hear them.

Happy Sunday,
Bella

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1345 kcal

Fat: 36.28g | Prot: 129.35g | Carbs: 135.96g.   Breakfast: Plain Waffle, Hormel Black Label, Kraft 2% Swiss, Coffee, Egg White, Egg. Lunch: Fat Free Balsamic, Celery, Vlasic Kosher Spears, Mushrooms, Cherry Tomato, Spinach, Schwan Roasted Chicken, Kefir Blueberry. Dinner: Peanut Butter, Celery, Hummus Sabra, Diet Swiss Miss. Snacks/Other: Schwan Triple, Fat Free Cottage Cheese. more...

3372 kcal

Exercise: Desk Work - 4 hours, Sitting - 3 hours, Walking (slow) - 3/kph - 2 hours, Walking (exercise) - 5.5/kph - 30 minutes, Standing - 4 hours, Sleeping - 10 hours and 30 minutes. more...