Confessions of a Chipaholic
September 14 2012
Hello, my name is Paul and I’m a chipaholic.
For years I have indulged in ½ a bag a day habit. I would sit in front of the TV and crunch my way through a bag of BBQ chips like it was nothing. We’re talking about the big bags here…200g. I often didn’t even realize I was doing it. I’d awake from my TV induced haze to find my chest covered in chip crumbs, an empty bag on the floor next to the couch.
Breaking this habit was hard, I kid you not. The first step was simple yet so tough…don’t buy any chips. As long as they aren’t in the house, I will not eat them. If I know that there’s a bag in here somewhere, I will find it and I will eat it…all of it!
So step one: never buy chips. It’s been hard. I have broken this rule a few times and recently, after about 2 years of only buying and eating chips occasionally, I have found that I no longer can consume a 1/2 bag or more in one sitting. I feel kind of ill after eating just a few. The same goes for pop.
Trust me, I still have those night time cravings but I’ve tried to replace them with other healthier snack foods. We now try to have a container of carrot sticks in our fridge at all times; simple and convenient. We try to make dips such as hummus and red pepper dip. We make kale chips and eat unsalted popcorn instead of potato chips.
