Don't Pull The Rope

My 14 month old daughter loves the Doodlebops. This is the only show that she will actually watch. I let her watch it at night when she takes her nightly bottle while she winds down and gets ready for bed. If you don't know the Doodlebops, it is a children's band. There are three doodles; Deedee, Rooney, and Moe. In every episode, Moe, pictured above, sees a rope and wants to pull it. The others tell him not to pull the rope "Don't pull the Rope" but he can't help it. Every time he pulls the rope he gets water dumped on his head. Even though he knows this is most likely the result, he still has to do it.

So, what does this have to do with me. I feel like Moe. I know I shouldn't get the ice cream cone at Sonic, or I shouldn't buy a candy bar in line at the grocery store, and I certainly shouldn't have an otter pop late at night. I have this thing with sweets. I know they will only help keep me in this physical state. My weight loss goals are continually undermined by them. BUT, they are so tasty, and when I am down, I must eat them! And when I'm happy, I want to eat them too! Pretty much I have this urge for sweets, and even fatty foods like taco time crisp tacos. I could totally eat one right now!  This is probably my biggest challenge: what I eat. So, this is my new mantra  When I go to eat something I shouldn't, I'm going to yell (well, in my head, not out loud. That would be weird) "Don't pull the rope". Hopefully this will help me correlate getting water dumped on my head when I want to eat something I shouldn't.