The Chocolate Dilemma

The Winter Solstice is almost upon us and the nights have become chilly on the outside and warm and snuggly on the inside. And I'm on to my second flu of the season. But that's not a bad thing. All this  reclining has enabled me to take stock of all things offline and catch up on all things online from underneath the doona. 

I've taken it upon myself to eat better. I say this every time I get sick. 

But this time I really mean it! I also say this after I get sick. 

I've noticed a habit of reaching for chocolate every time I get stressed, which is fine but the last six months have seen me get stressed a lot. That's a lot of chocolate and my pant size is reflecting that. It's become such a habit that even typing the word chocolate makes me want to put down the laptop and go to the pantry. But now I have questions. What exactly is making me reach for the chocolate? What thoughts are in my head? Am I hungry?

Winter is the season of hot yummy things from the kitchen and I'm damned if I'm going to spend the season eating salad. I want a happy medium of eating hot yummy things until I"m elegantly full and treating myself to chocolate when I actually feel like eating chocolate and not because I've had a bad day at work and still be the same pant size by Summer.

So what can I do instead? Well I can think of 100 ideas but the Yolinda in me stamps her foot and demands chocolate. 

I'm going to need Yolinda cancelling headphones.