Tonight was an example of why is it a bad idea for me to eat before going grocery shopping (wired backwards). I had a meal from Boston Market and went to Safeway on a full stomach. I was there to get ice cream and whatever else I could that I would eat. The sale I was expecting was over and I wasn’t interested enough to work out what flavor I would want with the other ice cream on sale. After wandering around the store, I found nothing enticing and I didn’t want any of it. I could come up with arguments against everything I know I have bought in the past and liked. I had no interest in any food.
If I shop when I am hungry, then I buy food I will probably eat when I need to eat.
I have the same problem. I’ve gone into the store and left with, like, one box of cereal because that’s all I could find that looked like food.
Fortunately these days I shop for two people and have assignments to buy food I would never eat because it is for someone else and that someone else is an obsessive list keeper so I just buy what is on the list. Trust the list. Believe the list. The list is good.
And yes, the list is a must.
I’ve done this before – went out to buy food for the week, and came back with hardly any at all. They always say not to go grocery shopping when you’re hungry, but hey, at least you’ll eat what you buy eventually. I do think your version is a better idea.