Pistachio Day!

I mentioned in my very first post that I have a tendency to overindulge in nuts. Pistachios are the worst. They are like catnip for this Cavegirl. The interesting part is, I never tried pistachios before going Paleo. My husband used to buy them all the time and I always turned my nose up at them. But from the day I cracked open that first salty shell, I was addicted. My husband and I could polish off a 1 lb. bag in a single evening!

In an effort to curb my crazy pistachio problem,  I started dividing the big bag into multiple smaller bags and putting them out of sight. Didn't help. The next step I took was buying the smaller packages. This worked pretty well until the local grocery store near my house started carrying them. Before then, I had to drive across town to Walmart for my fix. They were a bit more expensive at the local store, but I didn't have to drive across town, so in my mind it was worth it. That is until I realized I was buying a bag every time I went in the store, which was every day. I was eating an 8 oz. bag of pistachios every day!

I decided that this was way too much of a good thing. Just because a food falls under the Paleo Guidelines, doesn't mean you can gorge yourself on it. Not to mention how much I was spending on pistachios in a month. (Yikes!) Hence, "Pistachio Day" was born! Pistachio Day is Sunday and Wednesday. I buy a small bag of pistachios, and eat them all without feeling guilty. But only on these days.

This was very difficult at first. It took a few weeks to develop the self-control to not buy them. I'm pretty good about it now. Sometimes I'll be in an "I don't care" mood and buy a bag when it's not Pistachio Day. I let myself feel bad, and then I promise myself to do better next time.

It annoys me when people tell me that there are worse things I could be overeating. That may be true for them, but I don't eat sweets. Ever. I don't want to, so I don't. The box of cookies doesn't tempt me like pistachios. Or grapes. Geez, grapes are a whole other story.

My point is this: If there is a food that you can't help but eat until it's gone, don't keep it in your house. Do Not Buy It! The foods I have this problem with are pistachios and grapes. I have pistachios mostly under control. Grapes are a work in progress.

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