Kicking the Habit

My sister and I are kicking some habits together this month.
 
She's giving up smoking.  I'm giving up junk food.
 
I figure if she can kick a habit that is so ingrained in her daily life.  I can manage to say no to that cookie in the vending machine.
 
You may think it's funny...but I really think that junk food is just as addictive as smoking.  Sometimes my body is just screaming for that grease, that fat, that salt.  I've known for years that I am an emotional eater.  Not only do I associate eating with celebrations - as many people do.  When I'm sad or lonely, scared or stressed out or just plain bored, I eat. I realized it most blantly a few weeks ago.  I was paying bills and balancing my budget and I realized I wasn't at all where I thought I was.  Just after my stomach dropped in shock...my brain told me I need chips.  CHIPS.  When do we ever NEED chips.  Exactly.  That's when I knew it wasn't my brain...but the stress talking.
 
I've kicked the junk food habit before...and I know I can again.  In fact I really only fell back into it because it became a social thing - my coworkers were into treats and I'd eat the chocolate bar not 'cuz I wanted it...but because it was there, it was something to do and the next thing I knew...I was craving something I had never craved before.  In my fittest days (circa age 26-27) I craved apples...and celery.  I want to crave that again.
 
So as Mel hits the road for a vacation with her husband, we agreed that we'd be like each others psuedo AA sponsor.  When she feels the need for a smoke and doesn't think she can make it...she'll call me.  And when my coworkers are enticing me to join them at the vending machine for that 3:00 pm snack...I'm going to call her instead.
 
One day down for both of us...lots more to go.
 
me.

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