When I'm thinking about having something I hadn't planned to eat I ask myself why? Am I bored? Am I stressed? Has someone brought in an unexpected real treat?

I get bored easily at teacher meetings - so much discussion that really doesn't need to happen. So I plan to have a snack that will keep me entertained and so I don't eat the crap that's placed at our tables - unless it's peanut butter cups!

If it's stress, I'm craving sugar and I work to not give in to it.

If it's a what I think of as a real treat - we have a teacher who makes amazing cakes - I'll eat some. Most of the time I look at the stuff that is around for us to eat and decide it's just not worth the calories.

Calories are kind of like money, I have an allowance of so much per day and I want to spend them wisely. But I don't actually count my calories. I just sort of evaluate my choices.

Veronica