I was in Tesco the other day.
Lot of blogs about Tesco recently.
I should get some commission 😉
Jamie, my middle son, was hungry.
And asked for a snack.
I said no.
I happily buy the kids snacks if they’ve completed their last meal and it’s still a while till their next.
Or if it’s unusually long between meals (a late tea, for example).
But, if they’ve chosen to leave some of a meal and are complaining an hour later about being hungry?
No chance.
He decided to change tact by prostrating himself on the floor and pleading for some crisps.
“Jamie” I said “How old are you?”
“Six” he replied.
“And in 6 years have I ever bought you any crisps?”
“No” came the reply.
“What makes you think anything is going to change now?”
He begrudgingly got up and we walked off.
And I heard a lady nearby say to her child “That poor boy. His Daddy’s never bought him any crisps.”
Now Jamie is hardly likely to develop “crisp deficiency”.
He gets them most weekends at assorted parties and other social engagements he seems to have.
Same with lots of other less good food that I don’t give him.
He has more than enough pizza, chips, cake, etc, etc without me getting involved.
And, much as I like his school, there seems to be plenty of ‘less good’ stuff on the menu there.
And ‘Cake Days’ on days ending in Y (a slight exaggeration).
So if about a third of his meals already aren’t going to be great, why feel the need to increase that?
It’s the same with our own meals.
I get that we have situations where it’s hard to eat well.
We’ll be at a works ‘thing’.
Or friends / family are providing a meal.
And the options aren’t great, in terms of impact on our waistline, at least.
What do we do?
Just enjoy it.
Have a great time.
If there is any choice, make the ‘best’ one, sure.
But don’t worry about it.
Can’t be helped.
But if we’re then doing the same in our own time?
If we’re also choosing to eat crap when there’s no ‘need’ to do so?
If we’re making the less good meals the majority rather than an occasional, unavoidable minority?
Then we’re pretty much planning on gaining weight, no?
If you can help what you’re eating, make good choices.
That might mean planning ahead so a good choice is available rather than just waiting til Hungry O Clock.
If you can’t help it, don’t worry about it 🙂
Much love,
Jon ‘Seriously Nik – some kind of Tesco commission, yeah?’ Hall and Matt ‘Salt and Vinegar’ Nicholson
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