Mainly, the voices in my head keep me from enjoying sweets.
I love chocolate. Chocolate chip cookies, chocolate cake and frosting, candy, milkshakes, ice cream, brownies ….
Not that I’m supposed to eat any of them anyway. Having been diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic, such things are not allowed in my diet. I have to keep my blood sugars under control so I can lower the all-important A1C score.
I’m not supposed to eat any of them but I refer back to my statement about loving chocolate. I eat a small amount every day. Like ‘one square of a Hershey’s bar’ small amount. Or one chocolate chip cookie.
But there are times when you just have to go over the limit. We celebrated a friend’s birthday yesterday. He’s a chocoholic like me, but he doesn’t have diabetes. I made a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and had two pieces while were playing games. They were most tasty.
Except for the voices in my head. When I eat chocolate, whether two pieces of cake or a small square of a candy bar, the voices in my head start squawking.
“You shouldn’t eat that.”
“That’s bad for you!”
“You’ll end up dead much sooner if you eat that.”
They keep going on like that in an endless loop.
Whereas I might enjoy the taste of the chocolate, I can’t truly enjoy it. Having to beat all the voices into submission with a figurative baseball bat just takes all the enjoyment out of eating it.
I’m being disciplined, trying to control my intake. To paraphrase Socrates, “Life without chocolate is not worth living”. I’m not going to give up chocolate, no matter how much my doctor might fuss at me about it.
I wonder though, if the voices would shut up, and let me enjoy the chocolate, if it would make me better at keeping the cravings under control? If I found the experience more satisfying, instead of getting a bit of pleasure but no satisfaction as I currently do, would I be able to ‘walk away’ from my daily fix without wanting another ‘hit’?
You know how when you finish a really good book or movie, or a fantastic meal, or have really great sex, you’re satiated and you don’t need more right away? Kind of like that.
I don’t know what the solution is. I’d just be happy to get the voices to go silent. I guess the better solution would to be work on the cravings and try to eliminate them.
We’ll see how things go.
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Something that the voices in your head should consider: if you immediately cease all chocolate consumption, will you then live forever?
Why would you want to live forever if you can’t have chocolate?
Maybe the voices in your head aren’t as smart as they think they are.
Of course, this is not a recommendation for any specific action. Just some things to think about.
(Translation: if you lose control and binge on chocolate next week, it’s still your fault and not mine.)
If I do binge on lots of chocolate next week, yes, it will be my own fault, but I’ll find some way to blame it on you.
That’s the American way! Always find someone else to blame!
As Tony Stark said “That’s how Dad did it, that’s how America does it, and its worked out pretty well so far.”