I. Love. Chips. Potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, you name it. Salty, crunchy things. I love salt. And while I’m grateful so many of the Epicure products I sell are low sodium, I recognize the irony in the acknowledgment that two of my favorites are salt. (SPG and Herbed Garlic Sea Salt, specifically.) But I digress.
I love chips, and in moderation that isn’t a bad thing. But recently, and again, I realized I wasn’t loving them in moderation. So I worked on eliminating them from my routines. Again. And I started to realize how many triggering events would usually send me to Casey’s for a bag of sour cream & onion or cheddar & sour cream or BBQ or...you get the idea. Tired? Have a snack. Stressed? Have a snack. Long day doing...whatever? Chips!!
I started, again, slowly working them out and redirecting my snacking to other things. I started realizing what the triggers might be and planning ahead, for example by taking a cut up apple on a long drive. I wrote down in a note on my phone every day I did not eat them. Slowly, slowly, I stopped missing the chips. I stopped craving the chips. I realized after some extremely stressful days that I hadn’t made myself feel better with a snack of potato chips. And now? They don’t appeal. Maybe I could do small servings, but I don’t even want those. And I am over one month consistently not having them, which feels fantastic! Honestly? I can’t say I’ve noticed on the scale. What I’ve noticed is how I feel, and I feel really good for having eliminated a habit that wasn’t serving my best interests.
What unhealthy habit would you love to give up? What strategies do you think will help you? Figuring out the triggers was a huge help for me!
Cheers! Here’s to your health!!