Don't tempt me, Frodo

Every get late night food cravings? Last night I worked out late, came home and ate the delicious moo shoo pork and veggies that my husband made, and was still hungry.

I searched the cupboard and found raw walnuts and almonds, roasted pumpkin seeds and a zone bar. I searched the freezer and found frozen chicken soup. I searched the refrigerator and found veggies, condiments, eggs.... Where were the cookies, chocolate, ice cream and candies? Oh yeah, still at the grocery store. If I wanted something naughty I was going to have to make it from scratch at 9:30PM.

Ultimately I settled on a corn tortilla with a dab fig paste, about 50 calories. Just a morsel with a hint of sweetness, kinda like a fig newton, right? ("That's a stretch!" one of my students told me this morning.) This will not be appearing as "recipe of the week" anytime soon.

Moral of the story: If you don't let yourself be tempted at the grocery store, you won't be tempted at home. If you don't buy the junk food you can't eat it.

When we do our shopping for the week I don't pick up cheat foods to have around the house whenever I feel like it. This helps me stick with my plan of having a special sweet treat day ONCE a week, not every night. It also keeps me from absentmindedly noshing on chips etc. when I get home from work. Keep this in mind next time you go shopping.