[Note:
To any readers unfamiliar with what "erev Pesach" (before
Passover) cleaning entails, read this post's introductiuon: ]
Today I took an early morning stroll to the
post office, to mail some scrumptious-smooth- "sin" (ie, special
Swiss chocolate), as a gift to them for the upcoming Passover holiday. On the
way I passed the bakery.
The cakes on display called out to me how I
should buy them for my husband for Shabbat (the Sabbath). I continued to
the post office, but meanwhile there
ensued a conversation between me and my "Yetzer Hara" (evil
inclination):
Me:
If I buy it, I'll eat it.
YH:
for Shabbat! Buy some on the way home!
Me:
There is cake in the freezer for Shabbat.
YH:
But your dear husband will like this cake even better!
Me:
Too bad. And that is questionable anyway, Mr. YH.
YH:
So buy it for him to eat next week when there will be a lack of normal food….
Me:
He'll get enough. And I can always buy next week if I need. Besides, YH, you
know that YOU want it for yourself, not for DH. Did you forget that you had an
eating plan for today? And that there is a piece of cheesecake waiting for you
for Saturday night? Exactly how much cake did you intend to consume?
YH:
Well, you could have a piece of cake
instead of the salad and Pecans you were going to have.
Me:
Your accounting is lacking…
YH:
OK, and the tangerine as well.
Me:
YEAH?!??? And feel like *(@*^$&% afterwards? Healthy food makes you
feel energetic.
At this point, YH gave up and slithered
away to his cage somewhere in my brain.
But
I held my nose as I passed the bakery on the way home……..
Healthy weight loss and/or maintenance depends
on small everyday victories like this.
Final
note:
Just in case I don't post next week, I wish
all of you an easy and FUN erev Pesach. [AS LONG AS YOU ARE CLEANING,
PUT ON SOME MUSIC AND HAVE FUN.] And a kosher Pesach as well.
I got off a few kilo that had crept back on by "delaying" my morning fruit, until it was forgotten on most days.
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