first person accounts of food, body, or weight incidentsIt's 2:00 pm on a Saturday at the local COSTCO store, a "large wholesale box store" that sells enormous packages from diapers to wines. It's only been a little over a week since I started my weight loss journey, so I went there to stock up on healthy food.
I loaded my metallic cart with hearty veggies and fruits -- green asparagus stalks, jumbo button mushrooms, and a plastic container filled with a dozen sweet smelling Fuji apples. But, as I walked through the store, my senses were overloaded with visions of foodstuff from my "No, No list."At the back of the store, I saw pumpkin pies, yummy sheet cakes, and scrumptious pastries. I even overheard a nearby shopper comment to her preoccupied husband, "Come look at this! We don't have to cook at home anymore," as she grabbed his shirt sleeve and him tugged him toward the bakery.
The isles were lined with sample tables of ladies peddling free chicken-and-apple sausage, orange juice, and pizza bites. I felt myself longing to take a piece, but somehow I was able to keep control of my hands and just observe with my eyes.
The piesta resistance was one hocker, a twenty-something Pilipino lady, who shouted as I passed in a very loud voice, "Delicious jelly beans, only $14 a jar -- free samples!" I barely peaked at her as I kept walking. I then laughed to myself "as if I'm going to buy a jar of jelly beans at this point."
After this trip to the COSTCO store, I can see more clearly the retail temptations that lent to my getting fat in the first place.
After this trip to the COSTCO store, I can see more clearly the retail temptations that lent to my getting fat in the first place.
1 comment:
I love Suzan's approach about weight loss. I know I usually look at it from a one dimensional viewpoint instead of looking at it in terms of the mind, the body, past experiences and emotions all working together. Weight gain and weight loss is much more complicated. But I believe Suzan is right. In order to keep the weight off, one must look at the root cause of the gain in the first place. Once that is understood clearly, it is kind of freeing, and perhaps a sure method of keeping it off. I look forward to reading more on this blog.
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