How I’m Breaking a Bad Food Habit

Turns out all those little indulgences add up.

AM Costanzo
mindfully yours
Published in
5 min readApr 10, 2021

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There are very few things I love more than a salty and crunchy potato chip — and I’m talking about the old-school potato chip, none of this artisanal or kettle-cooked nonsense.

Old reliable — Lays.

I confess that a part of me loved having parties for the sole purpose of being able to freely purchase potato chips because let’s be honest, you can’t buy potato chips on a weekly basis, heavens no.

People like us don’t do that — or when we do we make sure they’re buried underneath everything in the cart just in case we run into someone we know at the grocery store — we don’t need them finding out about our dirty little obsession!

(And don’t tell me you’ve never done that before. I’ve had people look in my cart — I’m a trainer, they’re curious, I get it. Word to the wise — do as I say, not as I do!)

Ok, back to having parties so I could buy potato chips… within the last year that little potato chip loophole vanished along with my restraint. I’ve now far surpassed my yearly quota and I need to get a handle on things.

Because I do. I know I do, and when you know you do and you still don’t do it… you’re swirling around in a cesspool of your own making and it reeks of…

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AM Costanzo
mindfully yours

Accountant turned Graphic Designer turned Personal Trainer turned Writer. I write about wellness, mindfulness, fitness and doing that thing that lights you up!