It has occurred to me that I have a serious problem with self-control, better put, a serious lack of it when certain temptations are placed before me. For instance, a Sonic recently opened about a mile from my house and is conveniently located near Kayleigh's school, making a quick trip during Happy Hour easily accomplished. Not to mention the sum total of the trip is less than three dollars, including the slushies for the kids--doesn't exactly break the bank, but it does add up. So, now I crave Diet Dr. Pepper with lime; whereas, before evil maker of pellet ice moved into town, I hardly thought about the 27 flavors, plus one, topped with a lime and served in a gigantic Styrofoam cup.
Another one of my downfalls is cookies, specifically chocolate chip cookies. Eating just one is not an option, I must have at least four (or more) at a time and wash them down with a cool glass of milk, preferable whole milk, but in the interested of my waist line I settle for 1% most of the time. Therefore, I rarely make cookies in order to avoid the temptation all together, which is depriving my children of that "Ozzie and Harriet homemade cookies after school" experience.
One issue I didn't really understand until recently was my obsession with bread. See, we are making efforts to eat in the Zone and bread, though allowed, is frowned up big time. Apparently it causes your blood sugar to spike which does some stuff I don't quite understand to your hormones, which makes you feel hungrier than you might actually be. Of course now I want bread all the time....I dream about loaves of Herbed Italian bread dipped in yummy olive oil splashed with balsamic vinegar...it's rather sad, I know.
Of course there are other areas in which I lack self-control that have a much bigger impact on life than Sonic drinks, cookies and bread, but there's no need to list them here. Wouldn't want to ruin my image of perfection.
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