The pantry purge: fix your nutrition, today

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I was sitting in the office on Wednesday.
Busy day. 
I was the last one there. 

As I was cleaning up and getting ready to leave, I saw the enemy out of the corner of my eye. 

Across the room, parked on the kitchen table, was a box of Nilla Wafers. 

And the note next to them said, “Please eat so the owner doesn’t grow love handles.”

So I took it upon myself to help the mission. 
No love handles around here. 
But I’m not about to grow my own love handles so you don’t grow love handles. 

There’s always a 10X option. 
One that solves the problem swiftly and aggressively.
And this time was no different. 

If the goal is to not grow love handles, the solution is to not eat the Wafers. 
The best way to make sure you don’t eat the Wafers? 

Throw them away. 
So that’s what I did. 

A box of perfectly “good” (they’re not good; they’re evil) Nilla Wafers,
In the trash. 

I was talking about this issue with a friend the other day. 

He’s got poison in the pantry, but is worried about causing a tiff with his wife if he purges the evil fake food from their lives. 

Let’s take a minute and think about this, though:

What would you do if there was some other agent in your home that gave you heart disease, diabetes, and reproductive issues? 

We swat flies and trap mice. 
And all this processed food is far more harmful for your health then these critters.

Why do you let it in your home? 

If you think the government ought to keep these chemical creations from hitting grocery store shelves, I’m with you. 

But that’s not the world we live in. 

And if you don’t take responsibility for your own nutrition, you’re going to end up like the average American: plagued by a chronic disease at age 66.1. 

I’m notorious for throwing out “food”. 
People think I’m a crazy person for this one. 

Those homemade brownies left over from a party? 
In the trash. 

Cookies made with a cup of sugar? 
In the trash. 

The leftover half pint of ice cream?
Your metabolic health will thank you for throwing it out. 

Now, I understand why you don’t want to throw it out.
It’s an admission that you were wrong.
That you made a bad judgment call. 

Most people hate being wrong. 

But the healthiest, wealthiest, and most successful people I know all love to be wrong. 

Because it means they’re learning and growing. 

Most people will do the following: stay the course, keep the Wafers around, eat them slowly and feel guilty as their love handles grow. 

Then you don’t have to confront the truth that either a) you bought something you know isn’t healthy or b) you didn’t know it wasn’t healthy. 

Honestly, I don’t think either reason is sufficiently compelling to keep poison in your pantry. 

We’re all out here learning. 

If you made a blunder, no worries. 

I enjoy an occasional cookie or other “sinful” snack.
I’ll never say no to my mom’s apple bars. 
But I cap it to a single occasion.

Athe leftovers find their way out of our home faster than you can say “chronic disease”.

Here’s a question: Is making sure you consume the $10-$15 poison food worth the withdrawal against your health? 

If you bought it, no shame.
We’ve all been there.
But you’ve got to get rid of it.
For your health, for your family’s health. 

If you’re still with me, here’s why this aggressive strategy works. 

Throwing out your pantry poison will do a few things: 

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