Choose THIS...not THAT!

Life is about choices, but who wants to choose healthy all the time? Exactly...no one!  Sometimes I feel like a good ole Snicker.  Sometimes I feel like a bacon, bacon, cheeseburger from Jack in the Box (my sister and I actually ate these faithfully in high school).  But more than all of these urges I want to feel and look healthy. (Click here to see why)

So what does one do when a craving comes?  I say choose this...not that:

You crave salty?
Choose peanuts w/sea salt













You crave sweet?
Choose fruit (God’s candy)

Here are my favorite substitutions:

My “Banana Pudding”                                                                     

 

     

Actually graham crackers and a banana

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My “Snickers”

 

Actually dark chocolate with almonds

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My “Sour Patch Kids”

Actually a nectarine

(any fruit will do)

I understand cravings, I really do, but I do not want to pay for them in the gym.  By that point, I’ve forgotten how delicious the cheeseburger was. I often ask myself “Is it worth taking two steps backwards?”  Normally I answer “no,” but to be honest, every now and then I say “what the heck...live a little!”  It’s okay to cheat every now and then, but a “treat” is only a “treat” if it happens rarely.  Be smart.  Choose this...not that.

- B. Landi