A second cookie is never as good as the first
A few months ago while at a work event I finally gave in to eating one of the snicker-doodles that had been calling my name for hours (snicker-doodles are the best cookie by far, dont @ me). Honestly, it was amazing and I had no regrets. It fit into my kcal budget (barely) and I had been doing a good job at staying away from sweets for a while. But just minutes after finishing it I found myself standing over the box of cookies, contemplating grabbing another one (if I'm being honest with myself I was probably going to grab two).
Then this thought hit me "this second cookie isn't going to be as good as the first" and I immediately turned away from the food table. It was almost like a visceral reaction.
This first thought really got me thinking...I always hear people say that sugar is as addictive as cocaine, and for the first time that actually made sense to me. Just like cocaine, sugar gives me this undeniable "high" and I continue to eat and eat, looking for that first high, but never finding it.
Remembering this has been such a big help for me. I feel like I've cut my sugar intake in half since then, simply by remembering that a second cookie truly wont make me happy or fill any void within me, it will just leave me wanting more.
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