When I was 53 and newly divorce, I was prone to get up out of bed at 2 a.m., get dressed, grab my car keys and drive to the nearest 24-hour store (4 miles away) to get a donut!  

Once, I received a huge box of Ghirardelli chocolates as a holiday gift from a co-worker.  I immediately decided to re-gift the beautifully Christmas decorated box of blood-sugar-skyrocketing lusciousness.  Instead, I ended up opening the box and eating a few. Realizing I was on a roll, I locked the box of chocolates inside my car and locked the door to the garage, to keep from eating more of the melt in your mouth, stress-reducing, goodness.

A neighbor used to bake 36 beautiful, soft and delicious chocolate chip cookies (3 dozen!) and only eat one!  She had no inclination to eat more than one…she gave the rest to a neighbor family’s six kids.  Me?  At times, I’d have eaten all 36 cookies before you could say “neighbor family’s six kids”!”

I don’t always lack willpower. I’m not overweight. My personality and self-control are not always that of a grizzly bear.  Just sometimes.

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