Day Two

I know you have heard this one before, but...

Never, never, ever, never go grocery shopping on an empty stomach.

Ever.

You can go in to the store with shopping list in hand, determined to not waver. You can even give yourself a very limited amount of time to be in the store, telling yourself that it will keep you on task and not let you take a turn down the 'wrong' aisle.

But when your stomach is in charge, you might as well just cozy up to the snack section and load up. No use fighting it.

Suddenly everything looks good--especially if chocolate is involved in even the most minute form.

It wouldn't be so bad if you suddenly craved food that is actually good for you. It would be more impressive to say, "I'm starving, let's go raid the produce section!" But no. Go hungry to the grocery store and anything with less than 500 calories per serving is shunned.

And heaven forbid you bring one of your kids with you. You can then tell how insane you are becoming when your kid asks for a snack item, you say "Okay", and they look at you in a very confused way and say "Really?" Looking back at the snack in hand and then back at you and then quickly putting it in the cart as if worried that you will suddenly come to your senses and tell her "You're right, put it back."

And I won't even talk about how much more expensive the bill is when your cart is loaded with more junk food than it should.

Not going to the store hungry probably means one should not put off grocery shopping for so long that there is nothing to eat in the house--thus causing the starving-while-shopping dilemma. That might be something I should remember....

Not a huge insight today for you all, but one that is close to my heart--and stomach...and waist line....and....well, you get the picture.