The best diet tool you will EVER need

For those of you who know me, and know my love for all things discounted and especially free, you’ll be pleased to know that I accepted to review a little tool the other day for my dear friend through Insta. Not really knowing why I was excited to buy a mini sealer, but having seen one on some advert the day before, I received my mini sealer in the post (next day) and promptly broke it trying to put the batteries in the wrong way round. 

Gutted that I might have to return it and wait for a new one, I changed the batteries over and my little sealer came to life.  I say it came to life, it’s great because it doesn’t heat up to a dangerous temperature and there is no risk of burning at all, because how it works is that the small heating element, heats ever so gently and literally melts the plastic on your bag back together again. The other end of the sealer has a little cutter (no risk of cutting fingers though unless they are paper thin) to reopen the bag should you wish.

Ok so that’s the science over with, now onto the WHY. Well, I thought I might use this to seal the bag of peas in the freezer but to be honest, every time I used peas, I put the clip back on and stuck them in the freezer forgetting my little tool. Maybe I could use it to seal envelopes but this doesn't work on paper, it's got to be plastic because that's how the sealant works. So I was thinking how I could use my new little tool, how I could get the best out of it to give it a good review.  And then that evening, as I was downstairs alone, Molly was laughing at TikTok in her room and Lucy and James were asleep it happened. There was a bag of mini eggs hidden in the cupboard where I hide nice food from other people. I looked around me to check I was alone, I only wanted a couple to satisfy my sugar craving. I opened the packet and took out 4 eggs. Oh those eggs were so enjoyable, so delicious, so tasty, so… so moreish! But No, I can’t have any more, I’m so close to my WW goal and I’m close because I’m doing everything in my power not to over indulge. It's so difficult and probably the reason that I've stayed the same weight all the way through lockdown so far. And so bring in the mini sealer. Literally, 4 eggs later, and telling myself that I was satisfied, I took my sealer, pushed down the heated side for 3 seconds to warm it up and then ran it across the opening of the packet. 1 second later and my packet was sealed again and back in it’s hiding place ready for another day. It was the best thing that I literally have ever done on my diet. Knowing that my mini sealer did indeed work, I could happily hide my chocolate away for another day, knowing that it wasn’t going to spill all over the cupboard or (hardly likely) go off. I’ve since done the same with Doritos and will continue to do so with any other treats I might treat myself to, or do it to the kids food to just annoy them and stop them from eating all their snacks in one go.

This is like just the best tool ever. It’s that final little encouragement to put the rest of the packet away, in the knowledge that it will still be there for you when you want it next. Seal it really well and you could convince others that it was never opened in the first place!