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What is it about us as grown adults that makes us want ‘that one’ right now? And not only right now but all of it and more than we should have.
I recognise that baby voice. I hear it a lot. When I go shopping and enter the lolly aisle....mostly, but also when I want take-away, when I want a night on the booze, when I want something for no other reason than I just want it - I may not even be hungry.
I have to admit it does not happen very often these days, and most times my nice new inbuilt program helps me handle things like the biscuit aisle.
As I enter this aisle I say to myself ‘I don't eat these foods.’ Then all the way down the aisle, I do not stop to look or consider the options, I remind myself that I don’t need or want these foods or what they do to me.
The reality is I could easily go the Tim Tams and the Mint Slices but for me, if I have one packet the flood gates open, so I just stay away.
When I made lunch today I saw the soup and thought I wanted something else. Something else meant looking for and cooking something else.
Instead I caught the thought and made myself stop fantasising about a world where I can indulge my whims on a daily and even moment by moment basis.
I am not five. My world will continue and I don’t even have to throw a tanty if I don’t get what I want. I am the grown up and I make decisions that are best for me.
Acknowledge the child in you but learn to control him or her. Realise that you as the adult knows what is best and will make the right decision.
Four years ago I never ate any vegies. Today I sat down to vegetable soup for the fourth day in a row. Sure, I can't have it lumpy and I can't eat vegies in a certain way (can't stand round carrot) but all those years ago I decided to grow up and learn how to eat the right types of foods.
Look after yourself. Give yourself up to the adult within. Take notice of how you feel and how you feed yourself.
Monitor who, out of the child and the adult, gets their way more often. If the balance needs to be redressed then give it a go.
You may be pleasantly surprised at the results.
You can do this. x