I just realised that I picked up a not-so-great food habit over the years so I want to rant about it.
So earlier today, I was like "I need to go get food" and I stopped and thought about all the food I already had in the pantry, freezer and fridge. I spent fifteen minutes counting it all up and turns out I already have 27,504 calories worth of food in the house - and not just junk. I have frozen Brussels sprouts and spinach, and fresh carrots and a whole thing of still relatively-fresh cabbage that I bought when I was trying to "eat clean" two weeks ago. Powdered miso soup that I had bought and forgotten. Whole wheat pasta. Gift chocolates from a friend where I was like "meeeh I don't like this brand" so I just put it in the pantry. Cheese crackers. Packaged dry lentils. Cans of tomato sauce and beans.
If I just decided to eat what was already in the house at 1500 calories a day, that would give me 18 whole days of meals, without having to purchase another item. If I was smart about when I thawed the frozen stuff, I could have balanced meals every day... and yet, doing that or rather "limiting" myself like that seems utterly terrifying. It's really sad how I've trained myself to be satisfied "NOW" - like I need to go seek out exactly that one food item that I want NOW. Even if it means going and spending more money at the store when I have perfectly good food here already.
Like... I have these gift chocolates at home. I can eat those and be 70% satisfied instead of 100% for once and be completely fine - I'm not going to die if I'm not 100% satisfied. I'm just in awe of how bratty my attitude was. Like how expecting myself to be 100% satisfied all the time had completely become the norm in terms of how I sought out food...
I'm going to try and be better about this, and better about catching these faulty habits that I've built up over the years...
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