Candy Inbox
I didn’t know that craving candy corn was only the beginning. My husband had mentioned that candy had invaded his office early this October, and I was dismissive of how hard it was to resist it.
Well, I dismiss no more. The Halloween Candy Fairy has visited my office, and now I need to dodge it everywhere I turn.
The funny thing is, my resistance muscle used to be exercised much more regularly. When I lost most of my 112 lbs, we had a LOT more junk food in the office. For some reason, I was better able to not see it.
Why is it so much harder now? Is it because I’m not so actively following the plan? (I don’t want to say dieting, because I hate the entire concept of dieting as a temporary change in your eating habits).
I’m working on not seeing it… I pass by it as little as possible, and I repeat to myself that I don’t really want it. After all, I can really have it any time I want. Just having it handy doesn’t really change its relative availability; it’s not like I’d ever have to go far to get any kind of candy I could want. I see candy all the time; at the gas station, in line at the grocery store.
And it’s free! But buying exactly what I want/when I want it is so incredibly cheap-what, a buck?-that it may as well be free.
Is it because it is “fun” sized? Fun sized means it doesn’t count? But who ever stopped at one fun sized anything? Plus, once you’ve tasted the fun peanut butter cup, there’s a fun Snickers and fun Milky Way that feel lonely. Shoot, if you really want fun sized, get the M&Ms in the 2 lb bag. Especially the peanut butter ones.
No, just having one isn’t a solution, because there is no such thing as just one in my world. I just have to keep going la la la in my head and not thinking about it. Maybe I can even get to the point of not thinking about not thinking about it.
How about you? How do you resist the candy demons?
