I am forced to admit now that I have a problem. I’m a grab and go girl; I like the grab and get the heck out of dodge. Most of my clothes look exactly the same because I want to grab a shirt and a pair of jeans and not worry if it matches. I only wear white socks for this reason. My shoes (all running shoes, some variation of black, silver and white) and my keys are by the door so I can grab them on the way out.

And this seems to be the case with food. I’m all about convenience. If I have to cook at any point between Monday and Friday, then I won’t be eating. I don’t have the time, patience or will to stand there cook something in the small allotment of free time I have after I get off work and before I go to bed. I want to walk into the kitchen and grab something and eat it. No hassle and fuss. I’m a snacker; usually nibbling on something every couple of hours or so. So I shop this way, buying crackers and cereal and bagged salad and grilling chicken on the weekend so that it’s cooked for the entire week and canned fruit because it last longer. 

But then I also bought popcorn and candy and I made a batch of cookies. I should have known better, but they were all on sale! And all totally grab and go. And then this freaky thing started happening; I’m sitting on the floor reading some assigned chapters and I look over and there are like five empty candy wrappers right next to me. I don’t remember eating them. I don’t even remember getting up to go to the kitchen to get them, but there they were. I’m ashamed to say that my second thought; after I realized I had ate them, was maybe there is a Milky Way loving ghost in my apartment.

But then the cookies in the cookie bowl—because I’m too cool (read: cheap) for a jar—started depleting and I had melted chocolate on my fingers. And I found an empty box of popcorn in the cabinet. That’s when I had to admit it: I’m starting to just pick up food and not even notice that I’m eating it. Of course those calories are flying under the radar. No wonder why I’m stuck on this darn plateau.