The World of Siân

Well, as I start coming into the last stretch of the mammoth task that came before me to give up crisps, I am pleased to say that the cravings for crisps started kicking in, about a week after I began. You might not think this is a long time but for me it is. I have still not eaten a crisp though, which I am very proud of and can't wait for Easter day when I will pig out on them. I have tried substituting crisps for other things, carrot sticks with a nice dip works well and even better salted popcorn. Nothing else works really :0( The difficulty now being what crisps and what flavour should I choose to break the crisp silent in my mouth and stomach? Any ideas? I long for the array of flavours and the crunchy texture as the wonder that is the crisp will cascade down my throat and swim in the delight of my stomach. I long for the tingle, taste bud explosion with mouthwatering sensation that you get from the salt and vinegar flavour. Or the heady dark aroma and taste of the Steak ...

As a personal challenge and part of lent, I have decided to give up crisps. To most people this wouldn’t appear that hard, however with me, crisps are like other people’s addiction and craving for chocolate. I can’t remember a time where I haven’t had crisps and they haven’t been in my life (dear me I am making them sound like a person). When I was in school I used to have up to 4 packets of crisps a day!!!! Since I’ve gotten older I have cut down on that amount. I am surprised I am not really that fat. When I was eating these 4 packets a day I was training about 3-4 times a week in Badminton, so I think I just burned it off. The first day without crisps yesterday went fine. I didn’t crave them at all and I was ok at lunch time as well when I normally have my packet of the day. Today is proving a bit harder. I would like to have a packet but I will say NO. One of the guys in work was ever so cruel and took two packets of crisps and waved them either side of my head, saying I ...