Hi everyone.

I don't know about you - but this is probably the second most difficult to-avoid high fat / high sugar foods holiday for me (right after Holloween) .

I know I will be ambushed by candy when I get home - I accept that . I will allow myself 2 pieces of my favorite candy only - and be done.

What I didn't count on is a WHOLE TABLE full of cookies, brownies, pretzels, conversation hearts and other goodies - why? . It's in the main hallway - seperating me from the rest of the world.

I've passed it like 12 times so far today - and I managed not to take a single piece of anything ! Home is home - but at least at work I have an iron will!

How about you? Any V-day NSVs to share?

Yes - this is a hard holiday for me too because my favorite candy - Reese's is in heart shapes so that makes them bigger with more peanut butter !

The other problem is my mother in law made us not one but TWO "sock it to me" cakes! What was she thinking!!!

My husband asked me to have one slice with him tonight so I am going to have a thin slice and give the rest of the cake to family and co-workers.

They had a chocolate potluck at work today!! And of course I was offered about a billion things. Thankfully, I did not give into that chocolate temptation. <sigh> But I soooooo wanted to!!

I just let them eat and eat. Maybe if they all get fat, I'll look skinny. hee hee

Good job guys for not giving in!!

I had a frappacino from starbucks and more then a little chocolate but ran three miles instead of my usual one.

Well I was good all day and the only thing at work was a batch of flowers one of the guys received from his girlfriend. My hubby and I got some exercise together tonight, so that was my Vday....

Well, I had a bad two day run. For starters, on Sunday we went to DH's parent's house for a birthday party for his sister. I had a very small piece of cake with some sugar-free ice cream- and then went back for a bigger piece of a homemade cake everyone was raving about. I only ate about 1/3 of the slice before I felt ill though, and pitched the rest of it. Then on Monday night, my parents brought over Valentine's stuff for my kids- AND a BIG bakery box of chocolate and shortbread cookies, and a heart-shaped box of chocolates for us! My husband had V-day off of work, so we stayed up late Monday night watching movies- and eating out of that box. I had about 5 different types of cookies and a couple pieces of candy.
I haven't had that kind of stuff in awhile, so I was (again) so sick the next morning. As a result I was extra-good yesterday, and finally saw a move past my plateau- I stepped on the scale this morning and saw that I actually dropped a lb! So, despite my super-badness, Valentine's Day was actually pretty good to me.

well, i think i was good as far as the holiday foods went. I only had a herseys kiss and one peice of chocolate out of a very small heart shaped box...it only had 4 peices in it. a left over from buying them for the girls teachers. and i not only did my usual 1 mile walk at lunch with a co-worker, but i added 8 more laps to it and jogged 4 of them. then that night after work, i went to the gym and did 18 minutes on the elliptical and did some weights. so i think i did pretty good. even if i did have pizza for dinner.

I think I probably had that same box of candy lumifan had but I ate 3 instead of one! But I did pretty good other wise. O.k. my husband bought me a gift basket that had peanut brittle in it and I ate a few pieces of that, and I had hot wings for dinner ! But I had a salad for lunch and fat free soup for breakfast, and grapes for a snack. I think I evened out my calorie intake pretty good!

Post Valentines follow-up.

I did fairly well at home - 1 Reese's pb cup, 1 carmel, 1 Lindt mint-chocolate ball and 1 very small piece of Laffy-Taffy.

Looking over everything put before me, I consider myself off lucky.

I usually make some big extravagant dessert that we end up eating for a week. Instead, I made sf ff cheesecake pudding and dyed it pink with a dollop of cool whip free on top.

Well, I actually have to say that I didn't do so wonderfully. My husband bought me a heart shaped box with 4 chocolates inside and I ate all four peices. But, I haven't had chocolate since Christmas, so I thought it would be okay. But, that wasn't the worst of it. My husband took me and his mother out for a Chinese food buffet and I did eat my fill. Oh well, it's a new day, right?

I made it through without so much a sniffing a piece of chocolate.

My husband was extremely respectful and said he was at the store and thought about buying one of those hearts filled with chocolates, then he had visions of me on the old ski machine and decided to give me a kiss on the cheek and a "Happy Valentine's Day" instead.

I'm so glad too. I feel so vulnerable all the time and have to fight the urge to cheat with an iron fist. I also have a sugar addiction. Especially where chocolate is involved.

I bought the Little Debbie's Rice Krispy treats and they were dyed in pink and red coloring. They were 2 points a piece and I allowed myself one. It really hit the spot and I didn't miss the chocolate!

I hate a whole cadbury bar that my fiance brought home for me

I was almost safe too, he said he bought one for me the day before but ate it himself He was nice though and 'replaced' it. It put me about 800 calories over my range, but I also worked out that night and resisted temptation to get a soda with dinner. I spoiled myself with some diet Mountain Dew instead.