For the first time I am not obsessed with running to buy half-off easter candy and hiding it from my husband

[NurseGrace 509]

Oh man, there has been a change in me. For the first time since I have been old enough to drive and have my own money I am not obsessed with running to buy clearanced easter candy. This week I was able to eat pretty intuitively (not obsessing over limits) and still lose three pounds.

This is more than I could have ever wished for.

[deedeemuffin 346]

Congratulations Grace! I know that is definitely a wonderful feeling. I know that we have had our differences in the past, but I wanted to reply to this. I have always loved Easter candy the most! The Cadbury Cream eggs & the Cadbury Mini eggs with the Milk chocolate & thin sugar shell were my absolute weaknesses. The day after Easter I would go to the pharmacy & clear out any of those that they had left. I was able to make a huge Easter basket from my boyfriend and hold it together...well mostly.

I know you will LOVE this part. I broke down and bought the mini shell eggs for myself on Friday. When my boyfriend went to bed I took them out to have "a few" while I played a game online. Well, I had them on my lap & had eaten exactly 3 when the bag fell on the hardwood floor! Eggs were rolling everywhere & the cat & dog came running to try to get in on the action. I picked up the bag & there was not even one left inside.

I had to get the broom, sweep them up & throw them all away...lol. A serving size of Cadbury mini eggs is 12 for 190 calories. So, I got 1/4 of a serving and 47.5 calories. I think it was my bodies way of saying, "We didn't lose 76 pounds by eating chocolate! It was a blessing in disguise.

So, A very big congrats to you for not giving in at all!

[gagirl0583 10]

I am still in my pre-op and I was just thinking the same thing! I was so proud that I don't even want candy! Congrats to you!! It really shows the process that this tool of a sleeve is helping! It has changed your mind and your eating habits!! It makes me feel better to know I am not the only one that gets excited about the little steps!!

[VSG_me 184]

I saw big packs of Pecan Logs on sale at the store today....I just passed them on by like it was nothing! AMEN!!!!!!!

Congrats to you and cheers to our sleeves!

[zoogrl 12]

Congratulations Grace! I know that is definitely a wonderful feeling. I know that we have had our differences in the past' date=' but I wanted to reply to this. I have always loved Easter candy the most! The Cadbury Cream eggs & the Cadbury Mini eggs with the Milk chocolate & thin sugar shell were my absolute weaknesses. The day after Easter I would go to the pharmacy & clear out any of those that they had left. I was able to make a huge Easter basket from my boyfriend and hold it together...well mostly.

I know you will LOVE this part. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I broke down and bought the mini shell eggs for myself on Friday. When my boyfriend went to bed I took them out to have "a few" while I played a game online. Well, I had them on my lap & had eaten exactly 3 when the bag fell on the hardwood floor! Eggs were rolling everywhere & the cat & dog came running to try to get in on the action. I picked up the bag & there was not even one left inside.

I had to get the broom, sweep them up & throw them all away...lol. A serving size of Cadbury mini eggs is 12 for 190 calories. So, I got 1/4 of a serving and 47.5 calories. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I think it was my bodies way of saying, "We didn't lose 76 pounds by eating chocolate! It was a blessing in disguise.

So, A very big congrats to you for not giving in at all![/quote']

Thanks for sharing this! Those 2 items are also my fav...and I'm a sneaky candy eater too! The whole story is very relate able and made me giggle

[1happyloser2b 39]

Oh man' date=' there has been a change in me. For the first time since I have been old enough to drive and have my own money I am not obsessed with running to buy clearanced easter candy. This week I was able to eat pretty intuitively (not obsessing over limits) and still lose three pounds.

This is more than I could have ever wished for.[/quote']

You are getting better and better!! Good for you!!!!

[NurseGrace 509]

This is kind of shameful but last easter I ate SO MANY of those little cadbury eggs that they still don't sound appealing, a whole year later.

[amytug 996]

Oh man' date=' there has been a change in me. For the first time since I have been old enough to drive and have my own money I am not obsessed with running to buy clearanced easter candy. This week I was able to eat pretty intuitively (not obsessing over limits) and still lose three pounds.

This is more than I could have ever wished for.[/quote']

Hahaha hiding it. Lol. Man we are all so similar. I too love my sleeve. For this holiday, I've only had 3/4 of a Cadbury egg and 3 whopper eggs. 2 diff days. Holidays were madness before the sleeve. I'd tell myself I wouldnt, but oh man, CADBURY EGGS!! Or my mother in law would make some dessert I just couldn't say no to and I'd eat 1 and then sneak back and get another, and then eat some of the kids easter candy on the way home. And on and on and on. I didn't even have ONE caramel Cadbury egg this year, I just realized. (They are my fave and is generally eat about 15/ season. ).

Isn't this feeling of freedom amazing!!?

[amytug 996]

I don't even KNOW what these tiny Cadbury eggs are that you guys are talkin about!! W a thin candy shell? Cadbury? Hm.

Guess I was too busy suckin all the caramel out of the big ones to notice. Lol

[deedeemuffin 346]

I don't even KNOW what these tiny Cadbury eggs are that you guys are talkin about!! W a thin candy shell? Cadbury? Hm.

Guess I was too busy suckin all the caramel out of the big ones to notice. Lol

Count yourself lucky that you haven't tasted them & if you see them DON'T BUY THEM for heavens sake! It will just be one more food to avoid.

[deedeemuffin 346]

This is kind of shameful but last easter I ate SO MANY of those little cadbury eggs that they still don't sound appealing, a whole year later.

Well, at least they weren't a temptation for you this year. Those silly little eggs are addictive! I honestly don't think that I can say that I ever ate so much of anything that I didn't want to eat it anymore. Probably because I was like a bottomless pit. However, about 10 years ago I was out one night with friends drinking some kind of blue martini. I got SO sick. To this day just seeing a blue drink or even "blue" anything listed as an ingredient in a drink makes my stomach turn. 10 years!

[SMO 193]

This is my first Easter in years without Reese's Peanut Butter eggs. I made my parents an Easter basket and then made one for my mother in law and I wasn't even tempted. I ate a Hershey's kiss a week or so ago and realized that chocolate does not taste the same. Bummer. RIP peanut butter eggs.