relying on out of sight, out of tummy

Yow, I can't believe you can keep m and ms around and not eat more than two. I used to think i could make a lot of money if i could invent a machine that would dispense one single Hershy Kiss or one peanut butter cup at 9pm each night and there was absolutely no way to break into the machine and get any more until the next nights dispense. Because I would be fine with just the one but for the fact that to have one you have to  have a bag of them around and there is the problem. Can't eat just one. So yes, I guess I do try to not keep things around that are "low priority" on my healthy eating guidelines (don't like the good food/bad food nomenclature) because I am tempted by sweets. Though as I sit here I have a number of bars of trader joes sugar free low carb chocolate sitting here that i am not really tempted to go for and yet they are quite good. Guess I am like a recovering alcoholic and i think, well just for today i won't eat that. But I did have a cranky difficult day culminating in a holiday party that i didn't really want to attend and I did eat stuff i wish i hadn't because all this junk was THERE. But still within my daily guidelines so i guess its ok, but still, the fact is, its just better not to have some stuff around or not to be around it. I am fortunate that my husband needs to watch what he eats too and he tries to stick with low carb plan so at least I don't have to keep problematic things around for someone elses benefit. Lately we are into freshly toasted almonds and if you are what you eat, i am going to turn into an almond.  Or some other kind of nut case. D

Human beings are genetically wired to want to eat food that they see. Some of us are just better at dealing with that than others, is my POV. I find that it's easier when I'm not hungry and it's easier when I can distract myself (like being at a party where I can walk away or go socialist or at work where I can go back to my cube).

It's also way easier since I had the VSG. Not having as much of that pesky ghrelin makes a BIG difference in my ability to make good choices!