Last night I wanted Chips and Salsa, I had the salsa and chips were only a brief trip to the store away. But I resisted. I was not hungry, I was not bored, I was a bit stressed from working on my resume but there was no “need” for this snack.

In fact I don’t have any typical snack food in the house, except maybe a piece of fruit there isn’t anything that doesn’t need to be prepared in some way. I know I often have the thought, I will buy these “chips”, “ice cream”, “cookies”, “snack foods” and I will limit myself to one serving if I decide to have them. When everything is on track that can be done. However I know that food is an issue for me, I abuse it when I’m bored, lonely, stressed, and currently I’m stressed and depressed about being layed off.

I have come to realize that I should never buy “snack foods”, truthfully there is no need for them. There are always fruits and veggies in the house and if in fact I’m hungry one of those will sound appealing. If I’ve already had my calories for the day and I’m not hungry there is no need for a snack, even if I’m bored and it sounds good.

How is snacking taking care of myself?

Also because I resisted, I am not retaining any water from all the salty chips I did not eat last night.