Another dang candy holiday

#1

I was feeling so proud of myself for losing half a pound overnight, eating so carefully, and then my son visits me with candy. Russian candy. Italian chocolate (so good). And craft beers. OMG.

The damn candy industry is gonna be the death of me.

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(Cindy) #2

Just because he brings them to you doesn’t mean you have to eat them! It’s the thought that counts. Tell him thank you, maybe pick one or two of your favorite pieces, then re-gift them to someone else who doesn’t mind getting diabetes one day.

Don’t blame it on the food industry or your son…eat it if YOU want to eat it, but no one is forcing you to do so. :wink:

#3

Yeah, that’s what I did. I kept the chocolate and picked out 4 of the little candies. And fussed at him for giving me candy, lol.

(hottie turned hag) #4

I second that emotion :slightly_smiling_face:
Unless one has alien hand syndrome the candy shall not be forced into your mouth.

#5

Nope, I take full responsibility for eating them. I’ll parcel them out over the next 24 hours. And I’m only tasting the beer.

(Jay Patten) #6

What is it with holidays and candy?! Lol

I think the only holidays that don’t involve candy/ sweets are maybe Labor Day and Father’s Day. Even Memorial Day and the 4th of July promote cupcakes like crazy.

(John) #7

Because most holidays were created (or promoted and expanded) by business interests trying to sell things to consumers. Hence why there is a “sale” theme for every holiday. We are being intentionally manipulated for the profit of others.

(Randy) #8

People use holidays as an excuse to eat crap, as if they have no freewill…

#9

Sometimes you just wanna eat crap, lol. I’ve been very good lately, I can afford the carbs. It’s a choice. And I’m ok with it.

#10

That’s what I was trying to get at when I mentioned the candy industry. You said it way better than me! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

(Little Miss Scare-All) #11

I was looking for those weird easten European candies with the random lobster on the wrapper. I got those for Halloween one year and was mildly disturbed.

(Libby) #12

Yeah, I used to be all hopeful that we were in a society that could learn to value all of its members but now after many decades of reading newspaper articles and seeing how the world acts, I know the truth. Most of us are cannon fodder for the 1% (or at least the wanna-be 1%'s). Cannon. Fodder.

I now live on a hill in the boonies with an index finger in each ear. :hear_no_evil:

(Jody) #13

I had to remind my teens NO CANDY or Mom will die a slow painful death.

(John) #14

Solid truth here. Your best hope, unless you are bound for 1% land, is to hope you get some of the crumbs and stay out of their way. There is plenty of fairness and decency in the world. It is just not often found in those who run it, or are scrambling up that ladder to the top, whether they make it or not.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #15

Sugar-industry marketing!

#16

Ever since we congregated into civilizations, we’ve always set aside certain days as special occasions for feasting. Having a few days a year where we engorge ourselves in bacchanalian frenzies isn’t necessarily an inherently bad thing - so long as you limit it to those times.

Just pick days that actually mean something. If you aren’t Irish Catholic, maybe you don’t need to booze out on St. Patrick’s Day. If you aren’t Mexican American, maybe you don’t need to eat carby food on Cinco de Mayo. But maybe you do want to eat some candy on Halloween, or stuff yourself like a turkey on Christmas.

Unless you’re a recluse, you can’t escape holidays. And I do think there is something to the psychological factor of letting yourself loose a few days a year. Just learn to live around it.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #17

Feasting, yes, but high sugar consumption is only about 150 years old, with the advent of modern refining methods. Until then, only the rich could afford enough sugar and white flour to give themselves diabetes and gout. Turkey, potatoes, tomatoes, and maize haven’t been in the Western diet all that long, either—only 500 years or so at most.

#18

I know, but my point was more that if someone really wants this stuff, setting aside a few days out of the year to get it out of their system while they’re celebrating isn’t the worst thing. They don’t have to, of course. Halloween is my favorite holiday, but I didn’t eat any candy last year because I had no cravings for it.

But if someone has a craving due to the memory of holiday, I think it’s better for long-term success to make peace with that and have a plan. Christmas seems to be the biggest offender for most people. So rather than going in with the expectation to keep Keto, I think it’s better for those particular people to be honest with themselves and set a parameter: eat your carbage for x many days for the holiday, and just move on. Stop feeling guilty about it.

(Alec) #19

@anon2571578, I am with you. It is the total insulin load that is the most important thing we are focussing on. Unless someone has a trigger dependency (ie they are going to descend into a carb binge for days), then having an occasional treat or carb meal is not going to do much harm.

I often ruminate on the difference in what is happening in me on keto vs my previous diet: it was the CW “great” diet ie lots of fruit and veg, low processed foods, low fat. I don’t know, because I wasn’t measuring, but I am confident my BG is WAY lower, and critically my total insulin load is MUCH lower, and any insulin resistance is slowly being eroded (yay!).

I am also confident that the occasional added an apple or a potato (or even a piece of choccie) every now and then is not going to affect me that much.