Weight Loss Wednesday - The Curse of the Wascally Wabbit

Remember last Halloween when I ate lots and lots of Halloween candy and made myself sick and then finally dumped the rest of the whopping bowl into the garbage? 

Some people learn from their experiences. 

I learn from some of my experiences. 

I apparently did not learn from that experience.

I really don't like my kids eating candy.  When it comes to the Easter or the Halloween stuff, I allow them a very small amount over the course of the following few days, and that's about all.  It is not that I don't allow candy at all, or sweets, because I do.  In moderation.  Five, maybe ten m&m's after dinner the night after Easter are reasonable for a four year old and one year old who want to get into their baskets.  Candy is a treat.  It provides no nutritional value, is nothing but extra calories that they don't need, and it makes them hyper.

But then the big problem?  Is that my children are the only grandchildren on both sides of the family.  So from grandparents, aunts and uncles, they are showered with enough candy for twenty children, and then my guilt complex kicks in.  These people who love my children and want to make them happy spent their hard earned coin on this stuff, so how can I throw it away?  Someone has to eat it!  Someone has to walk around with it on their ass!  As stupid as it sounds, these thoughts really torture me when the shit is in the house.

This year I tried to prepare for what was coming.  I bought only one small bag of candy from the Easter Bunny at our house, enough to fill eight plastic eggs, and then I filled baskets with other healthy snacks.  I even bought the cheap chocolate that I knew I would not go near (because, pffft, I'm like that).  Just enough chocolate for show. 

Then my husband pulled this out on Easter morning,

and I made him eat most of it.

And as expected, when the visits were done that Easter night, we seriously had an overwhelming amount of sweets.  We had four giant chocolate rabbits, a good three or four pounds of m&m's of all varieties, gobs of foil-wrapped chocolates, Smarties, jelly beans, you name it. 

MASSIVE AMOUNTS.

The thing is, I really do not want my children to ever struggle with their weight the way I do.  I am trying to teach them from a young age about how to eat. 

So what happened with the most of the candy?  You guessed it.

Kevin and I enjoyed candy-fest on Saturday night, and by the end we were both ready to puke.  And then I dumped whatever was left.

I am sorry, family, that I wasted your money. 

More than that, I am sorry that I gained four tenths of a pound this week.  Apparently even five out of seven days of a hard core diet, coupled with muscle-murdering exercise, is not enough to make up for the sins of the Easter Bunny.

Better luck next week.

Comments

[CPA Mom]

I feel your pain. A client brought in a hu-mongious bowl of candy as a Tax Season reward. I'd rather have cash. So why then am I munching on Tootsie Rolls?

[Stacey]

Mmm. My kids' chocolate. Oh, how I understand!

[Rachel]

I know exactly how you feel. I am not really a candy person. I am, however, addicted to M&Ms (that's why I don't buy them). Kaylie was never really a sweets type of kid either...until we moved in with my husband.

He will give them (them being Kaylie and Haley, not the little one, yet) candy any freakin time. Kaylie asks me every day if she can have a piece of candy when she gets home. My mother-in-law is worse. On Sunday, after dinner, they had cotton candy that my FIL had bought them and then she gave them angelfood cake with strawberries and whipped cream on top!!! WTF! May I add, that my husband's family struggles with weight problems. But their eating habits just facilitate it and I am tired of it being passed on to my kids! I am trying to teach them to eat healthy and I seem to be the only one doing that. I lose the battle every time.

[Rachel]

Also, Kaylie had her 1st (hopefully, last) cavity EVER back in January. Gee, couldn't be from the increase in the amount of sugar she's getting, could it?

[Silly Hily]

Four tenths of a pound? The week after Easter? DUDE, that's TOTALLY a success in my book. Seriously, because I'm STILL eating Easter candy. As a matter of fact, I do believe one of my chat messages earlier today on gmail was "Damn you Easter candy."
And also four tenths of a pound, it was totally for the kids. You did it for the kids. I did it for the kids. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

[Frema]

Good for you for sticking to your guns and not letting KJ and Jack pig out on candy. You couldn't have given a better explanation, and I'm sure the families will understand.

Also, I'm with Hilary: four-tenths of a pound the week after Easter is totally a success.

[Dana]

Could've been a lot worse... I went BACK to the store and bought even more candy because IT WAS ON SALE. And I cannot resist a sale. The only thing better than easter candy is 75% off easter candy!

4/10 of a pound... I wish.

[SJ]

I think you did well after the candy fest if you only gained four tenths of a pound! Don't be so hard on yourself.....

But I know the feeling, I can't handle having sweets around because I have to scarf them all down, like pronto. We too have a massive amounts of Easter candy in the house. Just thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach!

Keep up the good work, you are doing great my dear!

[Bethany]

I purposely got the kids candy that I hate. So why did I gain Easter Candy Weight?

My mother. And the bajillion pound bags of Kissables she gave the kids. I love Kissables. They call to me. They love me and I love them. We cannot be apart. Together we can rule the world. Me and my Kissables.

4/10 of a pound? Bah, my left elbow gained 4/10 of a pound.

[mom]

You forget that you've also been going to the gym ALOT!!! you're getting rid of the fat, but building muscle. Muscle weighs more. It'll even out!

[Amy W]

It's the same for us, the amount of candy was INSANE. And really, does a 15 month old really need candy? I saved a few pieces to use later as bribes, and tossed the rest.