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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