Tag: pumpkin ice cream

Canadian Thanksgiving ended 4 days ago and so did my cravings for all things ‘pumpkin’ – or did it?

The importance of willpower needs to be revisited – as in “I will NOT have another slice of pie no matter what.  Okay, just one more…it can’t hurt right?”  After all I did manage to lose the extra pounds put on from a trip last Spring.  I do NOT want to gain them back but I don’t want to deny myself another slice.  This is an argument with myself – usually a no-win situation.  It ends with okay..have your pie, enjoy it & deal with it later.  Make yourself run an extra mile. If you didn’t eat it you wouldn’t have to but now you do. 

Research tells us that willpower is a limited resource. Each of us only has so much of it.

Control yourself! We all say it, mostly to ourselves. We say it when we ‘indulge’ in behaviors that cause short-term gain for long-term pain. And guilt (note to self – buy the book ‘toxic guilt’ recommended by a friend). I cite many of the usual suspects: eating the wrong things, being lazy, staying up too late, drinking too much. There are others, of course. Why do we do such things? After all, aren’t we entirely in control of ourselves all of the time?

Yes, and NO we are not!  That makes us human I guess and some humans are so mean they’ll buy a jar of Earnest pumpkin pie ice cream and leave it in your freezer so that when you finish the real pumpkin pie but the cravings haven’t yet ended, you can indulge again!  As I did…with a fork no less (as all the spoons were in the dishwasher) & I couldn’t wait.  Finally..craving satisfied!

I’ll have to run an extra mile or two but now I’m too lazy so I’ll do it tomorrow instead. It’s a tough circle.