If you recall from the old days, I loved pretzel rods. Yet, I couldn't eat just one serving, it was more like half a bag in one sitting. So I gave them up.
Until the fall of 2008.
Wally's makes a brand that is quite tasty and cheap. So I purchased a bag and a jug of Clamato juice.
Several times during the week around 9:00 pm, the 12 Y/O and I would go downstairs and watch television. Sunday night was "The Unit"; Monday night the Christian Slater show that got cancelled, and Thursday was "Life on Mars".
Out came the bag of pretzels and a glass of Clamato juice.
And I had control. I would eat around five pretzel rods which equalled around 200 calories plus an additional 50 calories for the juice.
Since I rarely ate three meals a day, that usually was my dinner.
For three months, I showed a little control. I ate them slowly while sipping on my tomato juice. (Pretzels and tomato/clamato juice are a very nice combination.)
Well joyfulness and giddiness appeared and all of a sudden, a bag that would last me almost two weeks, was gone in two days.
Naturally, my pants started feeling tighter.
So, I had to banish them . . . again.
Dang.
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very curious how much salt there was between the juice and the pretzels - but please do not buy more to find out!!!
Laura just wrote about night time eating too. . . it must be going around this winter.
Can you rediscover the joys of HOT tea? I use tons of lemon in mine.
You will love her post title:
http://www.baconismyenemy.com/home/2009/02/cheater-cheater-junk-food-eater/
have a good day - how did your new resolution to catch up with the 12 y/o go???
MMMM.... love me some pretzel rods - especially when they are covered in chocolate!
I'm the same way with Cheetos and milk (weird I know). Maybe you could just portion out 5 rods and put them in a baggie, then put the rest waaaayyyy up high, so you have to really work to get to them. I find that if I have to exert some effort, it usually gives me time to rethink my decision.
Clamato juice...hmmmm...not sure what I think about that one! :)
If it doesn't involve chocolate or butter, it doesn't bother me too much. Unless it's potato chips.
Rats. Now I'm hungry.
Ooooh...all that salty goodness...makes my mouth water. ;-) THAT's my kind of bad eating. But I'll bet the sodium in both the juice and rods are more to blame for pants-tightness than even the calories. I have really realized lately that sodium affects how my clothes fit...A LOT.
Someone gave daughter a "pretsel" box for Christmas. Lots of flavors and toppings
I loved Christian Slater in the 80's movies!
I buy stuff I tell myself I'll be able to portion out--like ice cream & cookie dough (it's for the kids! yeah, right), and I end up binging. It's so hard to overcome this addiction.
I loved your title. That's one of the best Seinfelds ever.
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