It is time to break a compulsion in order to reach a goal.
While my specific goal is to run faster (as opposed to losing weight), research shows that the less you weigh, the faster you run (duh).
One week in March, I counted how many Altoids I ate (362).
What had started off as a “once in a while” habit for a “pick me up” during meetings has turned into a “can’t get through an hour at the desk” or “can’t drive ten miles” or “can’t sit through a two-hour meeting” without them kind of thing.
1,205 extra calories in a week:
This “pick me up” is “weighing me down.”
Time for a new plan.
Goodbye, Altoids.
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I guess those calories do add up. I love them too.
Wow! I hadn't even thought of altoids as having calories.
Holy Altoid habit! Better then others I say!
Sneaky little calories!
Now you know the teacher in me says….I could make something with those empty tins. Just google it and see just how many cute things can be made with empty altoid tins.
Still better than a crack habit, but dang, that's a whole bunch of calories! Who knew?!
Holy smokes Paula! Those are a lot of Altoids. I used to eat those like candy before too so I understand how easy it is to get carried away with them. I just recently quit drinking Coke a couple weeks ago. Talk about massive amounts of unnecessary calories!
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Altoids are easy to get carried away with, aren't they? I never thought of them adding up calorie-wise!
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Very cute post.
Altoids are quite addicting.