Day 18 and 19

Yesterday I accidentally ate some pseudo-chocolate. I picked up what I thought was a 100-calorie bag of cheese nips from the pantry here at work and bit in to find that it was actually 100-calorie chips ahoy. Luckily I think those are just dark spots and not actually chocolate. Today I ate pizza and oatmeal so far but nothing chocolate. I have an orange on my desk for when my sweet tooth kicks in this afternoon. I am doing so much better at this than I thought I would be! I am now at a point where I am getting a little cranky about my lack of chocolate but I have learned so much I am willing to deal with that. I am starting to realize that a huge part of why our nation is so heavy is the constant presence of sweets and fats. I knew that we had a lot of candy and fast food in our country but I had no idea how pervasive it is in our society. I have yet to go more than 2 days without being offered/having access to free chocolate by someone, whether it is chocolate cake in the break room or free samples at the grocery store. It is a low level hum in my day to day life that I am absolutely surrounded by almost at all times and only when I actively fight against it do I even notice that it is there. I'm suprised I am not about 100 lbs heavier than I am, quite frankly.