Oreo Cookies Are Evil

Yeah, I said it. Evil. And addictive. Seriously addictive. I didn't have this problem before I started having kids. Something in my brain started releasing these sugar-craving hormones. I used to crave things like Doritos or beef jerky. I used to get exercise and not gain weight. Ever since my first pregnancy Oreo cookies have become like crack. And I am apparently a crack whore. I can eat an entire package in an evening. As long as the milk doesn't run out. Just one more. Okay, really just one more. Well, now there's only a few left, I might as well eat them! In the mean time I quit wearing pants with zippers and buttons and move into anything with an elastic waist. Even if it's the wide elastic band of maternity pants I should have put away three months ago.

So here I am. I have finally squeezed my 6 months post-partum rear end into a pair of size 6 jeans. Hold on, now. Don't get too excited. This means my breastfeeding child is 6 months old. For whatever reason my body gets near my ideal weight right about now, then even though I continue to breastfeed past a year, I start putting back on the weight. SO if I can somehow remove my hand from the crack oreo bag right now and work a little I have a fighting chance of staying this size. There are actual studies that show that food like oreo cookies trigger the same addiction chemicals in the brain that things like heroin do. I admire recovering addicts. I can't even put down a snack. So what does this mean for me?? Pass the milk!!!