I've got a proper addictive relationship with cakes and chocolate. If I've not had any for a while I'm not bothered, but as soon as I taste that sweet, sweet confectionary I turn into a red-eyed demon.
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Salty is my preference, but it's like I don't have a normal relationship with sweet things. If I've not had any for ages I wouldn't choose the sweets thing, but if I let myself have one brownie a week I'll be thinking about it all week.
Mrs cort is on a low salt diet so we have very little other than on potatoes. Which means when we go out for a meal, if the dish is even lightly salted, my tastebuds go Zzziiiinnngggg.
When I first moved to Sweden, I saw it as a central pillar of my cultural education to eat a bun pretty much every time I saw one. I kept it up for a surprisingly long time.
God, I do NONE. I suppose life (kids, dog, work) provides quite a bit of daily movement though.
But basically I don’t think I eat as much as it looks like I do - I struggle to have more than coffee for breakfast, eat a good lunch and a good dinner.
I once went for a business meeting at the Rowntrees factory in York. Free chocolate everywhere, in all the meeting rooms, on desks etc. Apparently the staff soon tire of it.
I once had a pal who worked on the advertising account for Imperial Tobacco, and he said it was very much the same at their Bristol
Head Office, only with cigs not chocolate. This was maybe 30 years ago when people still smoked at work.
I used to be the same with peanut butter and ice cream (not together). Thankfully it's not so bad anymore and I can actually have it like a regular person 🤣
I was never that bothered about cakes but I got diagnosed with Coeliac’s at the start of the year and there’s something about knowing that I actually can’t have it that makes me want it.
I stopped eating chocolate in 1992. Now my general sugar intake is also very low due to my OH being diagnosed diabetic. I get pangs for Christmas cake but not really for other sugary stuff.
I was same with candy. Visited my candy cupboard every couple of hrs.
After a month of a no sugar challenge, the addiction was broken. Over three yrs later, I will eat the occasional sweet without going crazy.
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Don’t think I’ve ever said no to a crisp
When I first moved to Sweden, I saw it as a central pillar of my cultural education to eat a bun pretty much every time I saw one. I kept it up for a surprisingly long time.
Mass-market milk chocolate is kind of my weakness (alongside bunz) so I’m pretty strict with myself otherwise it’d be a shitshow.
But basically I don’t think I eat as much as it looks like I do - I struggle to have more than coffee for breakfast, eat a good lunch and a good dinner.
"ok, that was really good, maybe just another..."
"WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE PIECE LEFT, WHERE DO I GET MORE OF THIS HEAVENLY CREATION"
*They sold and operated vending machines, there was always stock available in the warehouse (and hot chocolate from the machines).
Head Office, only with cigs not chocolate. This was maybe 30 years ago when people still smoked at work.
After a month of a no sugar challenge, the addiction was broken. Over three yrs later, I will eat the occasional sweet without going crazy.
Viennese whirls, since you asked. 😎