I often claim I’m going to “turn over a new leaf” and eat better and then fail terribly at this task. I love salads and soups and asparagus, and I DO eat those things…in addition to whatever else in the world I want. I have zero self discipline.
So today I did some self reflecting (my first time) and decided perhaps my history of childhood snack habits might possibly contribute to why it is I have such a hard time sticking to truly healthy eating habits as an adult.
Top 8 Favorite Snacks According to my Childhood
8. A bag of country time lemonade powder to dip, dip, and redip my fingers into on the bus and at every recess.
7. Lays potato chips and a side of ketchup. (Just LIKE french fries!)
6. Freezer burned strawberry filled Twinkies.
5. Maple syrup and a side of corn bread.
4. Sauce and cheese on tortillas, sauce and cheese on crackers, sauce and cheese on ANYTHING.
3. CANDYYYYYYY.
2. A block of melted cheese. Just me, a plate, and a giant glob of melted cheese. Maybe the sauce wasn’t so necessary after all.
1. Microwaved bologna slices, heated to taste like hot dogs and cut to dip in ketchup. Between the potato chips and bologna I was really all set for my own indoor BBQ picnic.
In short.
It’s not my fault.
Who wants a cupcake?
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I want CAAAANNNNDDDDYYYY!
Always.
My mom would make graham cracker pie crust (crushed crackers, sugar, and melted butter) and hand me the bowl to eat. Heaven!
Oh yum! You can’t go wrong with that combo!
I have no self discipline either. How could you with cheese fries existing in the world??
mmmmm…cheese fries….
Okay – so much I love about you – but not your snack choices. lol
Velveeta grilled cheese sandwiches, pizza bagels, and strawberry quick…tangy taffy, marathon bars (remember those? the chocolate covered caramel goodness looking like one long pretzel), lemonheads, jawbreakers, and my favorite… those big BIG sweet tarts that take days to finish. :) My habits es su habits.
We would get along so well in the kitchen.
My sister once ate a block of cream cheese. She got sick. I used to eat bologna and ketchup sandwiches. Yum! And the only way to eat a Twinkie is frozen! I never had strawberry-filled though. Jealous.
My weakness is salty snacks, like crackers, chips, nachos…you can’t stop at just one!
This is terrifying (says the girl who routinely consumed a full bag of Lays sour cream and onion potato chips after school. No ketchup necessary.)
But don’t feel bad, my cousin once ate a stick of butter. Just peel back paper and enjoy!
A stick of butter…pretty sure that trumps all.
I am such a sugar fiend! But my mom never had treats in our house, so I always thought my sugar overloading was because I didn’t get them as a child. Hmm…I guess I have no one to blame but me!
Most of these snack I can totally get behind but the powdered lemonaide one… um, you are on your own.
Hey, don’t knock it until you try it!
Mmmmm….cheese! I love cheese and refuse to give it up EVER. Sorry models, read it and weep.
Other than candy I don’t think I’ve ever snacked on any of those things in those ways.
Squeeze that pancake syrup goodness right out of the bottle into my mouth and I am a happy mama! (Loved the bologna one, btw!)
Crystal
Homemade french fries are the best!! Along with m&ms mixed into a bowl of popcorn :). Have you seen Candy Wrap by Chris August? His video is on YouTube. “Chris is to kitkats like women are to shoes”. Sooooo funny!!
Sauce and cheese on bagels….I was a sauce and cheese fiend myself. Also, the following:
1. Pie cherries: one bite of cherries, one sip of diet coke.
2. Peanut butter and sugar: just stir and enjoy. See also, peanut butter soup (melt peanut butter and chocolate chips. Grab spoon and enjoy!)
3. Entire boxes of SnackWells chocolate marshmallow cookies. She really tried, my mother.
Ah, the joys of latchkey kid-dom. Just buying the damn bagel bites would’ve saved us all a lot of energy.
Yes please! Love me some cupcakes.
I was a swimmer, and every swimmer had a box of jello mix for finger dipping on meet days. Our fingers were all different colors. It’s amazing the pool didn’t turn colors actually. Probably because some of us just tore the corners off the packets and drank it. Oh, that just gives me the willies now!