They always strike at six o'clock: Snack Attacks! My work for the day is done, the kids are fed and hosed down, and I can sit on the couch with a nice cup of tea.
But as soon as I sit down it attacks: the urge to eat bags of M and Ms', salty nuts, paprika chips, candy bars and big chunks of cheese. I try to drown my desire with lots of tea, because I know: this desire doesn't stem from hunger, but from restlessness.
Usually I win the battle, and at around eight o'clock the desire for something to eat silently disappears. But yesterday, when I wasn't looking, I suddenly ran into the kitchen and started foraging for something 'good to eat'.
'Don't do it, don't do it,' my better self urged me, wringing her hands in despair. But I pushed her roughly out of my way and saw she'd been trying to hide the Toffifees!
There is was: a big box of Toffifees from the Aldi. Bought, because it might come in handy for unexpected guests. I'm not a big fan of Toffifees, which is why I bought them. I felt they would be safe from any snack attacks.
But my desire for something to eat won out, and I said to myself: 'I'll just try one, and then I'll decide what to do next. I never get any visitors anyway!'
'Hm, not bad,' I tasted, and since the box was now open anyway, I felt it would be alright to have another one. And before I knew it, I'd demolished fifteen Toffifees.
With my stomach protruding like I was sixteen weeks pregnant I went to bed and swore: 'Never again!'
And this morning I fueled my run with Toffifees.
But when I got home I remembered: there are still fifteen Toffifees left...
Running on Toffifees
Nicole Orriëns studeerde psychologie aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Sinds 2001 is ze fulltime blogger en eigenaar van Professional Blogging Services. Ze gebruikt haar achtergrond om praktische informatie voor dagelijks leven te delen. Nicole is getrouwd, moeder van vijf kinderen en woont op het Achterhoekse platteland. Achterhoekse platteland.
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I LOVE those things!!! I haven't seen them in years. (which is a good thing becuase you simply CAN NOT eat just one of them!
My hubby LOVES toffifee's!! I buy them for him all the time. I don't really love them, thank goodness, im a dark chocolate kind of girl!!
I love 'em so much! Toffifees for life! :D
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