Store Avoidances

Yesterday I had to run into Walmart. While I was there I thought I should check to see if they had my favorite flavors of Crystal Light Liquid. I had to go down the candy aisle to get to it. I passed a chunky woman that grabbed a bag of Doves and put it into her cart. I thought to myself, "Don't do it! You may end up like me!"

Candy has always been my soft spot. This was my first time in a candy aisle since beginning my journey this past July.  To my surprise I wasn't the least bit bothered or intimidated by the candy aisle demons. Are there any aisles that you purposely avoid when shopping?

I have a hard time going into pizza places. We still go but sometimes I feel like one of my hounds slobbering all over the table. I tried pizza once my pouch was in agony. So I learned a lesson. 

I avoided the bakery aisle.

The bakery isle is the worst! I actually enjoy looking at food I shouldn't eat for some strange reason. One look at the nutrition facts, and I always put it back on the shelf. I think I get personal satisfaction from being able to walk away or something.

I totally get your desire to tell the woman not to buy the chocolates. Whenever I go to the yogurt isle, I always want to tell the people buying regular Yoplait to buy a better yogurt. I mean there are so many better choices, and they probably think they are being healthy!

In the beginning just the smell of passing a fast restaurant like McDonalds or Wendy's would make me want to stop so bad.  But now I could care less.  I haven't had any of that for 7 years now and I barely notice.  It's not even appetizing to me now.  I'm not saying I don't have a burger...but I will make one at home.  I just don't want to go back to that person that ate that stuff almost everyday.  

As far as aisles go.  I don't avoid anything anymore.  In the beginning I avoided the ice cream and cookie sections.  

The bakery aisle ..... not for cakes or donuts, but for bagels and breads.  Carbs are evil. 

Mary

I refuse to step foot in the chip aisle and I avoid any check-outs with chips in them.

Ahh the call of the cookie aisle. There were times I'd look & see all these new flavors & think well I can just eat a serving & put the bag away. Then the 1 serving became several servings thru out the day. Protein be damned! I want a real cookie, not a cookie crisp, or low fat, or the kind that's the size of a quarter. So yeah I try to avoid the cookie aisle., or at least rush down the aisle & not look!  lol

Cookies...oh those delicious creatures. I had a little battle with some shortbread this weekend shaped liked Scottie dogs. Something about biting off their little heads was so soothing.

My son can have Oreos if he leaves them in his room. 

The smell of baking bread just about does me in, but I still go down the aisle to get to other things.