How to avoid that extra biscuit!
By Fleur
@Fleura (29128)
United Kingdom
March 30, 2023 9:13am CST
I thought I would just share this little trick that I use to avoid eating more treats than I meant to 
Sometimes I fancy a little treat, maybe a square or two of chocolate or a couple of biscuits with my coffee. But some days it’s all too easy to have more than I originally intended. I eat the one or two I planned… and then while I have the packet in my hand I may think ‘Oh I’ll just have one more’ (or two more…)
Then I learned that the way to avoid that temptation is to take what I plan to eat, put it on a plate, and then put the packet away BEFORE I eat anything. Then I take my treats away and eat them and ‘forget’ that I could easily just get any extra ones.
It works for me anyway!
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Sometimes I fancy a little treat, maybe a square or two of chocolate or a couple of biscuits with my coffee. But some days it’s all too easy to have more than I originally intended. I eat the one or two I planned… and then while I have the packet in my hand I may think ‘Oh I’ll just have one more’ (or two more…)
Then I learned that the way to avoid that temptation is to take what I plan to eat, put it on a plate, and then put the packet away BEFORE I eat anything. Then I take my treats away and eat them and ‘forget’ that I could easily just get any extra ones.
It works for me anyway!
All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2023.12 people like this
15 responses
@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar 23
Didn't work for me yesterday at the Spring Tea I attended at the Centre. I gained 5 pounds!
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@BarBaraPrz (45498)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Mar 23
@Fleura I've been holding steady at 130 but this morning was 135.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
31 Mar 23
This is what I do from many years. I get the small piece of chocolate I intend to eat, go downstairs and place the rest in the atomic shelter now converted in our "pantry". The door is so heavy that I know I would not go there again to have another piece.
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I want to be sure, I love chocolate too much, and also the hazelnuts wafers.
@allknowing (130064)
• India
31 Mar 23
A feather in my cap really I do not need to do all that I eat what I have planned to eat and that's it (lol)
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@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
31 Mar 23
I haven't had a scale in my home since I moved.
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@snowy22315 (169976)
• United States
30 Mar 23
I have tried that a few times. It is a good trick, but knowing me, I would still allow myself to go back to get an extra if I wanted it. I like individual serving packs when I can get them and they are not too expensive. Usually, I don't find myself getting another bag of those. I know when it is done, that is it. I really like the 100 calorie serving bags of popcorn for that reason.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
30 Mar 23
That's exactly how I do it... If Pretty hears me open the package or decides she wants something I've got, she takes the rest of the bag and I don't have to worry about letting temptation get the better of me. 
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@Marilynda1225 (79745)
• United States
30 Mar 23
That's a good way to not eat more than you intended. I try to do the same thing but someimes I'm not as successful as other times
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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30 Mar 23
That is a very good plan and l am reading it at the right time, because l had breakfast 2 hours ago and l was about to go for a snack and decided not to.
I don't eat much anyway. On my recent doctor's visit , l weighed 111 lbs (l do not have a scale at home)- she said jokingly that l should eat some more - that might not be a good thing though.
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- and I do think that's the best way too!
But sometimes I will say hey . . . if I eat all of them now, then there will be no more for me to be tempted with 
