The theory is, if you don't have it in the house, you don't eat it! Somehow I had managed to have a bar of plain organic chocolate in the cupboard for 2 weeks without eating it. Until last night.
I was reaching for the peppermint teabags. A nice, refreshing, 'anti-hunger', devisive cup of peppermint tea. The slim green packet caught my eye in a millisecond. That's all it takes. A short sharp glimpse in the corner of the eye transforms into a lifetime of bikini weigh-ins and post-Chrimbo 'detox' programmes. I forgot I had that bar! It's not open yet though Claire. Hang on, wait there, its talking to me. Whining smoothly, seductively.....Claire, you need me. Just two squares. Go on go on go go on. You only need two squares to satisfy your sweet craving. I'm rich, far too rich to eat more than 2 squares. You're vegetarian, you need to keep up your sugar levels otherwise you will develop diabetes in later years (I had a boyfriend tell me that last year, 4 weeks and 8lb heavier I still believed him!). At least 8 squares later, I had that wonderful guilty satisfied feeling, like watching Celebrity Big Brother live feed.
Together with the large glass of house red at my late lunch in Wagamama made this a bad diet day, but a flippin good day off. How many calories does a trek up the South Downs and sex burn off?
