It was 3am the other night, and I was sitting in the parking lot of Wawa, after having just ordered and downed 90% of a family size mac and cheese. I then marched right back into the store and bought the super-jumbo-king pack of Reese's peanut butter cups, and a king size bag of peanut M&Ms and ate them sitting in the parking lot.
So the question is, what kind of foods put me on the road to this kind of downward spiral?
The answer is fairly straightforward: it's processed sugar, and flour. It feels like if I stay away from these, I'm in a pretty safe and serene territory.
These foods include:
1) Chocolate bars
2) Bread and butter
3) Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
4) Pasta and noodles
5) Candy
6) Pancakes and French Toast
7) Bagels
8) Brownies and cakes
9) Ice cream
10) Cookies
11) Gatorade
12) Sweetened yogurt
13) Chocolate chips
14) Candied berries or fruit in syrup
15) Diet Soda
16) Meatballs from local Wawa cooked with an excruciating amount of sugar.
17) Fast food burger and fries.
The reading I've been doing recently indicate that it might just be better to abstain entirely from stuff like this. There's still a lot of room left for richness. Tonight I had chicken noodle soup (my stomach has been off, the noodles are marginal, but it was satisfying -- I needed the hydration, and a container of pre-cut watermelon. I felt full, and I didn't feel like eating 100% more of the same in the same sitting. This is telling, because with trigger foods there is literally no bottom.
