Baggies to the rescue...

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overlandflyer

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it's Thanksgiving... it's Christmas... it's New Year's Day, ... i think i deserve a little treat.

but i know how that used to go. after i finish it off, i look at the back of the empty bag and see, "Servings per Container 3.5" ... *sigh*. so this time i decided to do a bit more work and snack smartly.

i picked out some dark chocolate covered espresso and raspberry almonds & some sesame sticks. 3.5 + 3.5 + 5 servings; <5gm sugar/serving (combined total). i could do better than that so i laid out a 3 x 5 grid of baggies and started doling out the goodies. a bit anal?... ok, maybe so, but it took a few minutes at the most (no snacking allowed! ... i''d only be cheating myself). i merely eyeballed the stix and there is was, 15 days of goodies even better as a mixture. i didn't even bother to calculate the kcals, but at a glance, it wasn't ridiculous and now even less with the expansion.

taking my poor memory into account i also stored them out of sight, and believe me, i'm so bad that often works!

i hope i can save a bag for 2019!
cheers...gary
 
Very smart idea, Gary. I think we are much better off "allowing" ourselves a little of something that we love & measuring them out into reasonable portions & then making self-imposed rules is a good thing. It does help. I do something similar.
 
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