Learning the hard way

Ok, so I failed yesterday. I guess I need to learn it the hard way. While getting the groceries I came across a new flavor of crisps. I’m a sucker for testing new things, so I had to buy it. My grown-up side told me that it would most probably result in breaking my own rule and failing, but the child side came up with all kinds of excuses and I gave in and bought it.

We got home after 21.00h, so trying the stuff out would certainly break the rule, but I couldn’t resist. I filled a bowl (rather than just eat from the bag) and discovered that I really do prefer my favorite. What a waste! I broke my own rule and didn’t even enjoy it.

Today I decided that I needed to get rid of the bag, to prevent myself from breaking the rule again tonight. So I used it for lunch. Being brought up that good (as in still editable) food shouldn’t be thrown out, I couldn’t get myself to put the bag in the trash can. Hmm, I probably need to redefine my idea of good and include a notion of healthy.

Anyway, here’s the log. I’m including the weight loss now as an extra push for the better. I don’t think losing 1.1kg can be contributed to three days of trying to lose weight, but it’s nice to put it up anyway. The goal is to lose 5kg or more.

Failure: 1
Partial success: 2
Success: 0
Days into the habit: 3

Total weight loss: 1.1kg