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Writer's pictureNicola Murray

“Feverish”

I ate 5 Tunnocks Tea Cakes in a row the other day🙈

That’s a lot of sugar!

I felt more than a bit jittery afterwards .

They were / are just delicious and I love them BUT my feverish devouring of these little beauties was somewhat compulsive and out of control.

My brain knows that 5 Tunnocks Tea Cakes is not a good idea , not good for me , not healthy and not the way to loose the extra pounds I put on over Christmas!

So what was going on?

A few things I think:


😴Tiredness (I reach for sugar when I’m tired)

😩Stress / busyness (I reach for sugar when I’m stressed/busy)

🛣️ Being on ‘Autopilot’………


I’m not sure how much of the Tunnock Tea Cake eating experience I was actually ‘present’ for…..

Beyond the initial first bite / first tea cake and rush of tastebud ecstasy, I’m not sure I really even registered the next 4 tea cakes. I was definitely on autopilot - my mind was completely elsewhere in ‘planning’ mode.

So what to do……

⛔️Not buy any more Tunnocks Tea Cakes for a while?!

😴 Get to bed earlier ?

🍎Make sure that I am more organised and have healthier snacks close to hand?

♻️Endeavour to reduce the stress and busyness in my life?

How do I do that?????

Perhaps practice what I preach a little more?

🍴Eat more mindfully.

🧘‍♀️Make sure I continue to do formal Mindfulness Practice to reduce feelings of ‘stress’

And I KNOW this works - I feel it every time I practice.

But sometimes I relinquish this act of self care in exchange for completing tasks on my ‘to do’ list.

So this week I am going to kick this habit. The habit of ‘giving up’ the thing that I know helps me in exchange for the completion of things that (in the grand scheme of things) are not all that important.

Who is with me?


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