Being honest sometimes gets me into trouble,

but moderation really is the key to success and depriving yourself of certain foods is bound to make you irritable and fail.
I have spent most of my life working shifts, I could work earlies, lates and nights all in one week and half the time I didn't know what day it was.
My 2 boys and hubby all left the house at 8.30 am for work and school, and being 10 years between the two boys, plus the hubby around in the morning, then some days they went off and I was still in bed.
I'd have my breakfast at 11am and then think about going to work for the late shift.
The hubby and kids had a dinner at work and school, so I'd bring in fish n chips at 9.30 pm and then go to bed on a full stomach because I couldn't be bothered with cooking at that time of night.
My lifestyle contributed to my previous failures.
I started making headway with the weight problem when I got a transfer that meant I worked 8.30 am to 5pm I could then somehow get more organised especially if I was in the area, I could pop home and make myself a sandwich, but I still had to resist the biscuits, cakes etc etc.
Previously in the hospital dining room, I'd end up having sausage, chips and beans because we didn't have all that much money and whilst the meals were subsidised, the cost mounted up over a month
The weight would steadily creep on, then I'd get more disillusioned and back on the strict yo yo dieting lose it, gain it back, lose it, gain even more back.
When I retired and found myself at home all day long then I really could have ate all day long, it was very easy to slip back into old habits, but by this time, the boys had left home and I had no excuse "¦I was what I ate.!
I stopped buying biscuits altogether, my hubby never ate them anyway, and the boys would moan when they came to visit me"¦"what no biscuits in the house"?
I bought a George Forman when they first came out and we (me & hubby) started to actually sit down and eat a balanced meal together before 7 pm.
I never deprived myself of anything... but did I need that bar of chocolate sat watching the TV, when I had, had a balanced meal at 7pm ?"¦
The answer is no, and this is where self control and breaking the habit comes into the scenario I'd get up and grab an apple instead and slowly but surely the desire for the chocolate wanes away.
I still eat chocolate, but I'd be sick if I ate a bar of the stuff now....just a couple of squares once or twice a week is OK for me.....
Your palate changes in time, you might not believe me, but it does.
I always have had a sweet tooth from being a child....I'd eat the puddings and sod the dinners, and now when we go abroad and the hotel has all these synthetic cream gateau's, trifle and jelly etc....
I can honestly say that they do not interest me anymore and I don't even have to think about it either.
Previously, I'd know I shouldn't have them, but "what the hell" I'm gonna have some.... then go on the guilt trip after I had eaten whatever.
Now, if I really really fancy a bit of trifle, then I have some, I just don't eat it everyday and have a portion that would feed the British Army.
That's where the word "moderation" becomes the key to success.!
HTH's
Sanji x