Sweets are one of my downfalls. I just cannot be trusted to have good self-control with sweets that aren't carefully pre-portioned.
At the same time, not being allowed any sweets is the path to binging a pint of ice cream without actually enjoying said pint of ice cream. (As opposed to savoring a pint of delicious ice cream, which may be just as many calories but is more emotionally healthy.)
Anyway, so I can usually have just one full-sized chocolate almond biscotti with a hot beverage and that will feel fully satisfying in the sweets department. Mini biscotti lead to "just one more" and then I have eaten half the pack. Sometimes that's okay (there were some maple walnut mini biscotti earlier this fall and I enjoyed every bite - see above difference between binging and savoring), but can still be suboptimal on the calories front.
Today, I needed to pick up a prescription and a few things from the grocery. And the grocery would love it if I would buy a million sweets for the upcoming holidays. And I was prepared to pick up canned pumpkin and spice cake mix to try a recipe I saw online, but there was no spice cake mix to be found so I didn't. But also there were cupcakes stacked for impulse purchases by the cash registers. And I stood there quietly reminding myself that I have delicious satisfying biscotti at home, which I know are actually more delicious and satisfying than the cupcakes. (This is not commentary on cupcakes in general, just those grocery store cupcakes, which tend to be a little dry and not very flavorful.)
I did not purchase a cupcake. I came home without a cupcake.
Now that I'm home, even after writing about my deep love of those chocolate almond biscotti that are literally already in my kitchen? No strong urge to eat one.
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