So Long, Candy, it's Time to Go

While having a quick visit and conversing with a friend last night, a commercial came on for the new McDonald's dipped ice cream cone.  And I wanted it.  I really really wanted that damn ice cream cone.  So I made the suggestion that I should go and get two of said ice cream cones.  And then my friend Houston, we will call him, crushed my hopes of having this much wanted ice cream cone. 

Now I have always enjoyed ice cream, but can easily go a week or even a month without it.  But Houston, he could eat it every day.  Numerous times during the day.  While talking with another of his friends a few months back while watching a show about morbidly obese people (I think that is how the story went?), he stated how it really is not that difficult to just give something up.  To just not eat it.  So he gave up his beloved ice cream.  Therefore, me being an awesome friend, I did not go and get either one of us an ice cream cone.  But my debate is this: 1. Houston is a guy and a guy can do that so much more easily than a woman with raging hormones that challenge and change on a daily basis! and 2. giving up one thing is not so bad, but giving up numerous things like those morbidly obese people have to do is so much harder.

Regardless, this got me thinking.  Houston has given up ice cream for three months.  Three Months! (He can eat it again June 1st).  I cannot even go a week sometimes when giving something up!  Who am I kidding... I already thought about doing this experiment this morning but then saw the two little miniature dark peanut butter cups on my desk and said 'screw it' and ate the little tempting bastards.  So you can imagine how hard this will be!  Not that it is not hard for Houston, but I still think it is easier for him because he is a guy, it is only one item not numerous items, and, needless to say, there is money involved in this deal.  But I want to prove myself wrong.  I want to use Houston as an example and try to also give up something that I love.  But my reason for doing so is a different kind of reward.  My reward will not be money, but it will be something better.  My reward will be more energy, a smaller waist (I pray!), a possible change in my mood for the better (smart asses-once I past the worst of it!), and a release from a bad addiction.

Yup, for two months I am giving up my beloved candy.  I love cookies, cakes, etc, etc, but candy is my go-to.  Every day.  I love it so much.  I do not eat a lot of it on a daily basis, but I still eat it every day.  I once, not purposely, gave up this horrible sugar and chocolatey addiction and lost a lot of weight, but more importantly, I felt great.  My stomach did not hurt.  I no longer had my headaches, I had so much energy because I was not having my daily sugar crashes.  Excess sugar is bad as we all know, but these past few months I have taken to it like an old lost friend.  They say it takes 28 days to stop a sugar addiction like I have, yet some say it takes 3 months, some say a year!  Now some sugar is good for you, but I eat sugary sour patch kids probably every other day for goodness sake!  Sugar.  I believe it is the culprit of many things in my life. And even though I will try to justify a piece of dark chocolate that is good for your health, I will be forgoing that too because it is still filling that candy void that I need to conquer.

So I am holding myself accountable to all my readers.  I will be crabby, irritated, and often times downright pissed off so beware of those blogs and give me a little bit of a break!  (But not a piece of your kit kat bar).  I WANT to do this for me.  If Houston can go without ice cream then I can go without candy.  I cannot guarantee I will not slip up with a piece of cake at a birthday party because to give it ALL up would be really freaking hard, but I am going to try hard as hell to also avoid cake, cookies, and ice cream during this time.  Just go cold turkey.  It's candy that is my most convenient go-to and biggest enemy.

Side note:  I would like to thank C at work for just asking me if I had any chocolate on hand.  Case in point: T is a candy whore.  This is not good and needs to change!

I can do this.  I can do this.  I CAN DO THIS!

I wish I could just replace the candy with sex.  Oh snap!

Wish me luck ;)

My first official day of candy free will begin tomorrow May 5, 2011 (because I already had my candy today) and will expire on July 5, 2011.  Damn!  Good thing I can still drink for the 3rd and 4th of July!