So I live with one of my very best friends who I love to pieces. We both enjoy food, we eat a lot together and we tend to be big snackers together, ESPECIALLY at night. Well last night around 8pm (I'd already eaten dinner), I commented that I could eat something else but didn't know what I wanted. He suggested a piece of cake or some toast, but I was undecided so didn't go get anything. An hour later he said "you know, if you're hungry you could go and get the hobnobs from the kitchen". I was about to get up (just out of habit, we eat a lot of biscuits in the evenings) but then I stopped myself and thought about it, and instead of going to get he biscuits I said "you know, I don't actually think I'm hungry, I think I'm just bored". To which he replied "if you're bored we should definitely have hobnobs", but...I DIDN'T GO TO GET THEM.
Way later, around 11:30pm my flatmate went to the kitchen and got the hobnobs (which, fine, I'm not policing what he eats at all) and offered me one. And I was tempted. I was so tempted. I could've sat there at midnight eating an entire packet of hobnobs with him, I really could've. But instead I said "nah I'm good thanks", and even when he waved them at me and offered them again I said "nah I'm going to bed after this episode, I'm good".
Idk I know this is a tiny thing but it felt HUGE to me. Not only did I recognise that I wasn't actually hungry, I was just bored, but I decided not to get food I didn't really want based on that and then turned down food I really enjoy even when it came to me. Additionally we sat in the living room together for another half an hour watching our show and the biscuits were RIGHT THERE BESIDE ME. I could've changed my mind, reached over and taken one at any point. But I didn't! I had stayed within my calorie goal yesterday (1600-1700) so I could theoretically have justified eating one biscuit, BUT it's never one biscuit. One leads to two leads to half the packet, so I refused to put myself in that position entirely. Idk I was just very proud of myself and wasn't sure who to tell so I thought I'd post here
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