100 lb. Club - The Candy... oh the candy

Well all of the "food dye" candy went to my husbands work on Monday. The chips and chocolate stayed here in his office to dole out to the kids (and him!!!)...

it's almost all gone now and I had been having 2 pieces a day... and yesterday when I had my 2 pieces I realized? That I DON'T LIKE IT!!!!!! That it tastes BAD. That it's just cheap chocolate and not WORTH the 100 calories. This is the first chocolate I've had since last Christmas... and I've lost my taste for it.

YAYYYY!!!!!!!!

Good for you!!!

Yeah there are foods I crave now and then- but am worried I won't like it anymore- so I'd rather hold onto the memory :D

Good for you!!!

Yeah there are foods I crave now and then- but am worried I won't like it anymore- so I'd rather hold onto the memory :D

Oh gosh, it is so lovely to realize you don't like something anymore ;)

It is isen't it???

Jeff and I had onion rings a while ago and I took ONE BITE and nearly puked. The feel of the grease in my mouth made me sick.

That's good!

Now, if I could just lose my taste for ice cream. It's the one HUGE temptation to me.

I CANNOT have ice cream in the house. Period.

Isn't that funny. It still amazes me some of the crap i ate and thought i liked. Turns out most of it realy just tastes like crap. Yay for your "ah ha!" moment.

That's great news... and might I add, I love your new pic. You look amazing!

I agree with KAE, your new avatar pic is beautiful...(much better than your spooky Halloween pic...lol ;)) Love, LOVE, LOVE your new bangs. Cute!

That's fabulous! I find that as long as I don't take the first taste I'm ok. However, if I give into a little I want more. It's great to find out these things on our journey!

OMG...WOW....This is the first post that I've seen your new avatar pic on. You look amazing!!! :D

Thanks ladies!!!! You guys are good for my ego ;) lol! I LOVE my new hair still!!!! I'm gearing up to do a new series of progress shots in about 2 pounds ;) For 160 lbs lost!

I'm not a candy or chocolate person, except for marshmellow bunnies. I don't know what I would do if they were in the house. I can hardly walk by them in the drugstore at Easter without being aware they are there. And talk about crap.

Since I live alone I can totally control what comes into the house so I'm lucky. If I don't see it I don't think about it. It's takes a lot of determination to control the food temptations when you are surrounded by people who can eat it. congratulations to you for your steely determination and keep on inspiring us all.

Seriously... doesn't it shock you that that TINY little piece of cheap chocolate nothing is worth 100 cal?!?!

Yep...same here. Foods I used to love now make me sick or I take a bite and wonder why I ever loved it.

Fast food is really bad -- stomach rolls and nausea. I went to Burger King for the first time in over a year. Not only have the prices gone way up on that stuff but I could only eat about half before I got sick. Indigestion all night, nausea, and wondering what I ever saw in that place.

Chocolate -- those cheap ones are just not worth the calories. If I'm going to have chocolate now I really appreciate a good one (like Godiva). They taste good and are worth the calories if I budget that in once on a holiday or something.

This might not be for everyone, but it seems to be working for me. Every night after dinner I have a tiny piece (66 calories) of that really good, organic, 85% chocolate along with a few almonds...it really hits the chocolate spot, and ...at least so far...it hasn't caused cravings like the other stuff.

Yay for losing that taste! I wish I could, but I am a junkie for dark chocolate. Fortunately I am happy with just a few chips worth of it :)

That is great to know!! I do have the same - that I notice if I eat something that is off what I normally would have I usually end up feeling sick to my stomach.

I cannot tell a lie. I did not have one bit of Hallowe'en candy, not one single bite.

However. Confession time.

I went to an all-day party the Saturday before Hallowe'en and a good friend brought cupcakes. She bakes professionally and sells them. I can't begin to tell you how good they are. There are bakeries in DC that only sell cupcakes, with long long lines out the door every day, people dropping big bucks on gourmet cupcakes--that don't come close to my friend's.

Well, carb-free DC Hound went on a cupcake bender. I didn't count, but I had somewhere between 6-10 cupcakes. O. M. G. they were SO good. I rationalized it out. I knew in advance these cupcakes were going to be there, along with lots of other yummy evil sugary/starchy carbs, but I gave myself a free pass on the cupcakes. She only brings them to this one party a year, so I knew A) I wouldn't have another opportunity to live the Cupcake Experience for 365 days and B) I made myself a vow, in writing, in my journal, that I would white-knuckle through the carb cravings that were sure to ensue. So I let myself go to town on them cupcakes. I enjoyed the HECK out of every single one of those little things.

Then, that night, I went to bed. I had a raging headache. My head was all stopped up and my nose was runny. I had horrendous heartburn. And I was in the restroom for most of the next day--it wasn't fun. Worth it? Totally. Having any sugar between now and next cupcake party? Oh hail no.

Interestingly enough, I think the runny nose/stuffiness proves my theory that I'm allergic to sugar. It's a weird symptom to have. And I was fine the next day, after they were all out of my system.

Oh and, I had carb cravings for 24 hours, and fantasized about birthday cake, but I didn't break down and by the next day, they were all gone.

End confession. :)

THANK YOU for confessing DC... you made a decision. Owned the consequences. And woman'ed up to them. You had a plan and stuck to it. Great job. Honestly!!!