We can (almost) guarantee your brain conjures up images of your favorite candy bar, ice cream or brownie if your a sweets loving kind of gal, or maybe potato or corn chips if you’re more of the “salty” type.
With that in mind, how many times have you said to yourself: – I had a hard day, I deserve a treat! – I’ve worked so hard on my diet, I deserve a treat! – I had a great workout today, I deserve a treat!
While we are all for recognizing a job well done, we were wondering, since when did we start equating the word treat with something food related?
Number 1: Women are so used to restricting themselves, they wind up craving the foods they work so hard to keep out of their diets.
Number 2: We are ingrained since we are little to be rewarded with food (you know, “be a good girl and we’ll get ice cream”). So “treating” with food becomes second nature.
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