Dear God, Plz hlp my Reeces addiction

[mini_me 3]

oh, my...these things are going to be my downfall. i peel the chocolate off and eat the peanutbutter. i love that damned Peanut Butter. you cant get it in a jar like that(thank goodness).

anyone have any reece's Peanut Butter cup eradication ideas?

[Tricia K. 0]

Hi :first:

1) Open garbage can

2) Throw away the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

3) Don't buy anymore

How's that?

:confused:

[mini_me 3]

hmmm, excellent ideology...any suggestions for implementation?

This could be tricky...i mean those damned grocers put them RIGHT in my FACE and then make me stand in line at the checkout for 45 minutes. That is too long to fight for me...

[Paulax 8]

Those damned grocery store displays is right.

We are surrounded by temptation, damned commercials, damned ads in magazines.

But Tricia is right, the first line of defence is keeping a 'clean' house. I have 3 young kids, 11, 8 adn 6. I often feel as though I have to have 'something' in the house, 'for them' But often I am eating more than each of them. So I am starving my kids off sugar. That can only be a good thing, or at least training them that treats are for weekends.

But certainly I feel your pain. I am all for throwing them in the garbage. I had to do that with much of the crap candy from Halloween that my kids had. I didnt' even want them to eat it.

Good luck with this, it is a very difficult thing to do.

hugs

here is a good article I read on Canada.com

Michelle Lang, CanWest News Service; Calgary Herald

Published: Wednesday, May 10, 2006

KANANASKIS, Alta. - With an abundance of cheap, high-calorie food all around us, eating is replacing cigarettes and alcohol as the new "drug of choice,'' says a University of Calgary scientist.

At an Alberta obesity conference on Tuesday, Jaideep Bains argued food may have more addictive properties than many people realize, with both eating and drugs activating the same regions of the brain.

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A molecule called orexin, for instance, is critical to stimulating appetite and also makes the brain more sensitive to the effects of cocaine, noted the neuroscientist and assistant professor at the university.

"It's not drugs and alcohol that are the drug of choice these days it's food,'' Bains said.

"Feeding behaviours are not dissimilar to addictive behaviours.''

The Alberta Obesity Summit is a two-day conference bringing together scientists from across North America to discuss their research into the growing problem of bulging waistlines.

Bains also told the conference that stress appears linked to eating and addiction, triggering both behaviours, particularly binge eating and relapses in recovering substance abusers.

He noted stressed-out university students, for example, may "pig out'' during exams.

"Stress could make cravings (for food and drugs) more profound,'' he said. "There's also some thinking it could relieve stress. That it's a coping mechanism.''

Another presenter at the conference said it's never too early to start tackling weight problems, arguing a predisposition to obesity could even begin in the womb.

Rhonda Bell, a human nutritionist at the University of Alberta, noted a Dutch study of pregnant women who were malnourished when their country was occupied during the Second World War had children with increased obesity rates.

Bell's own research in animals also suggests early eating habits have a profound impact on weight gain later in life.

In one study, Bell introduced fructose, a type of sugar, into the diets of rats between seven- and 12-days old when they would normally be feeding on milk from their mothers.

The rats grew up to be 20 per cent heavier at 12 weeks old than rats who consumed a normal diet in the first weeks of life.

Her research also found rats on high carbohydrate diets passed their weight problems onto their offspring.

``We look at kids and say `they can eat anything. They're so resilient.' But that isn't always true,'' she said.

University of Calgary scientist Keith Sharkey said research presented at the conference suggests obesity is a disorder of the brain that's also strongly influenced by early life experiences.

He said more research needs to be done to understand obesity so scientists can advise policymakers on how best to intervene in the problem.

"We're not in any doubt as to what we have to do,'' said Sharkey, who helped organize the conference. "We're in doubt as to the best way to solve it.''

© CanWest News Service 2006

Oh ya, and love yourself enough.

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[mini_me 3]

thanks for the good info...

[fiveholts714 0]

We all have certain foods that seem almost impossible to give up. For me it is melted cheese on anything. The only thing to do is avoid it altogether. Don't look at it at the grocery store, don't buy it for your kids. Cold Turkey is the only way to go. Good luck.

[CCBSTX 0]

Not to encourage increased Reese's Buttercup addictions!! However, in the aisle where the Protein bars, Slimfast, etc.. I found a lower carb Reese's Buttercup. It isn't exactly like the real deal, but VERY simliar and it has extra Protein.

I allow myself on treat per day. Well, it doesn't always go as planned, but I am doing pretty well.

Good luck. Shawn

[mini_me 3]

WHAT!!???

A diet reece's peanutbutter cup??!! Is it a true reece's?? Or is it a knock off?

Oh, what am i saying, diet only means that i will eat twice as much, feel half as guilty, and lose NO fat.

((sigh)):tired

[Marimaru 7]

Toss the candy in the trash, an then do your grocery shopping online :confused:.

I don't always do my shopping online, but it's convenient, and it makes it easy not to wonder your eyes to much if you have a list.

[Mvpo8961 1]

:horn: I know this isn't a RPBC but I use the milk chocolate Viactiv chews for Calcium and the multi Vitamin one. I pretend they are candy when I eat them. The calcium ones are pretty tasty. M

[mini_me 3]

grocery shopping online?? I bet you drive one of those HOVERCrafts to work too?? I thought Mrs. Jetson was the only one who could GROCERY shop online!! How does this work? Do they deliver, or do they gather, and you pick up? Is there a service charge? OH MY, the poor bag boys are going to be obsolete. Some of them were so darned cute.

[S@ssen@ch 745]

No words of wisdom for ya, I completely understand your pain. I'm addicted to the damn things, too. For the moment, I just don't buy 'em and ya know.......I don't really miss them. Those Reece's Easter eggs were a killer for me. I had to have my husband hide them. I'd say do your best to be satisfied on the little miniature ones, but I myself don't like the mini ones (maybe there's not enought Peanut Butter LOL). I gotta have the whole enchilada, I guess.

Just know that there are other Reece's addict's out there who sympathize and have had to go cold turkey, too.

[LindaV 0]

I don't know about you guts, but those darn things call to me from the trash can. I have to either throw them in with the dog droppings or put them down the disposal where I can't dig them out and open them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm certainly glad to here I am not alone in this addictive vice. :confused:

[Tricia K. 0]

hmmm, excellent ideology...any suggestions for implementation?

This could be tricky...i mean those damned grocers put them RIGHT in my FACE and then make me stand in line at the checkout for 45 minutes. That is too long to fight for me...

The only advice I can give you for implementation is just to have extreme willpower. I know that it's hard, but it's mind over matter. Good luck, :first:!

[mini_me 3]

i tried the miniatures, but they come in these great big bags with about a thousand of 'em. i can't stop until they are gone. the easter egg ones are my most dramatic addiction. i think they have more Peanut Butter and less chocolate. That is just how i like em. The Texas sized "Big Cups are more like the eggs. Only one in a pack, and i peel off the layer of chocolate on the outer top edges, and they are perfect.

Damn the following people who allowed their chocolate to mix with someone elses peanut butter:

the cavemen who were fighting

the flight attendants

who else people? I know there are more people who allowed their chocolate to mix with their Peanut Butter. I just can't remember.

((in my best mocking voice...you got your chocolate in my peanut butter, you got your peanut butter on my chocolate!!))