EverydayQB Challenge: Week Six Update-The Seduction Of Smell

This week in the EverydayQB Challenge was pretty good. Unfortunately, I’m still hovering at 268lbs. Which is currently on 3lbs below where I should be at this stage in the game, but its getting harder to lose weight. The workout regimen picked up the last few days and that got me back down to where I’ve been.

The issue has been my eating. I’m eating great during the day, eating about every three hours while I’m out and about getting things done. But at the end of the day, when I’m tired and relaxing, the seduction of smell takes over my will power.

Smell is one of the most powerful triggers for desire, yet it lays often just below our conscious awareness. But I became full aware of just how powerful smell is to my desire to eat last night at a friend’s house. We were watching the season finale of Lost and, like most of the other days this week, I had eaten very well. But then, it came, the smell of double fudge, peanut butter, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate brownies baking in the oven. They smelled fantastic.
The next thing I knew, I had a plate of brownies in my hand and I was eating, eating a lot. They tasted even better then they smelled and my mouth and heart melted at the creation of this delicious dessert. The problem was, I couldn’t stop, and I didn’t care.

It all started with smelling those brownies, a latent desire that produced a disastrous (yet oh so tasty) end to my day of healthy eating. I can almost hear the brownies taunting me from inside my stomach.

Hopefully, now that I’m aware of the power of smelling food and the negative effects it can have on my goals, I’ll eat better this week. We are heading to Boise to visit my brother and see his afl2 team, the Boise Burn, play a game. He’s excited to show us all of his favorite restaurants, so it’ll be a good test of will power. Here’s hoping I can stay strong. Maybe I’ll bring nose plugs.