Ice Cream before Bed?
Please Rant or Rave on my views.
"Rant" means you don't agree."Rave" means you agree. Please say why.
I can't believe the dirty little secrets that people keep. But I am one of them. I have been eating Ice Cream as a snack before I go to bed. But, I am not the only one.
I am an anti-carbohydrate person. I have been this way for several years. I do it for the health benefits, but I'm not perfect - I have this one "vice."
How it started:
Wal-mart finally began to carry Carb-smart Breyer's ice cream. First I was extremely happy with this. Although it was just vanilla, it's better than the "nothing" I had before and low in carbs. Then came the sugar-free chocolate syrup. With only 25 calories per 2 TBSP, 2 cups of this stuff on a bowl of low-carb ice cream and I was in heaven. Then I was really happy for while. Until I saw the dark chocolate Hershey's Mini Chips in the baking isle. Now I add them for just a slight bit of crunchiness. Needless to say that I am guilty of indulging in my ice-cream and chocolate cravings nightly for the past 2 months.
So, I tried to break the relationship off. I bought fruit. It didn't work, my craving became so severe after not having ice cream in the house that I sent my husband to Dairy Queen to get me a blizzard. (M&M, large) I would never go myself, someone might see me.
This is something that I don't talk about. It's a "flaw" in my personality that I don't like to broadcast. Until something recently happened, I thought it was a personal struggle which I am the only one in the world coping with and was embarrassed and ashamed.
The other day at work someone who is obviously more comfortable in their own skin than I am said, "Yeah, I've gained about 5 pounds. But if I could just give up that ice cream before bed, I would be ok." OMG!
Another sufferer just like me, only he was male. Did I admit my shameful actions? NO, of course not. But as I was sitting there just listening, nodding, and smiling. Another person said, "Me, too. Butter Pecan is my enemy." What two people other than me? My eyebrows would have raised if they weren't so heavily Botoxed. Then another person said, "Yep, I know what you mean. Chocolate Mint Chip." The blasphemy.
Thank God. I am human. This validation means that I am not alone in my struggles. Throughout the day I continued to think about this, while I was working. Then I wondered, who else? If there were 4 of us, there must be more. We can't be the only ones. Like Jack and Kate on the island, I need to find "the others."
The next day sitting in the lunch room, I decided to find out. There was only one other person there and I started the topic with carbs and pasta. Then I said it, kind of like a fishing expedition. "But I do splurge once in while with ice cream." And I waited. She then said, "Yes, that's one of my weaknesses too. Lately, we've all been eating it every night. I tried to switch to sherbert to help not feel so guilty. " Aha! Validation! It's a disease!
Not really wanting to tell others that I know closely the despicable actions that I perform late at night before bed, I am posing the question to all of you. Are you one of us? The quiet sneaky eating ice cream before bed cult?
Please "Rant" or Rave on my views.
"Rant" means you don't agree. "Rave" means you agree. Please say why.
