Halloween Blues

I feel so bummed out today, and I know it's because I'm jealous that everyone else is going to be eating all kinds of treats tonight, and I won't get to. I know it's childish and stupid. It's already 4:00 PM, and I only have 250 calories left before I exceed my maintenance calories. My husband bought a pint of Ben and Jerry's, so I know I'll be sitting here drooling while watching him enjoy it tonight while I "make due" with some crappy 100 calorie popcorn or something. I'm seriously so sad about this that I started crying earlier. I'm such a big baby. Anyone else going through this? I think maybe my hormones might be out-of-whack today because I'm seriously feeling so sorry for myself that it's ridiculous.

We sorted all the chocolate candy and put it in a bag in the fridge and it's calling my name every time I open it!!!  I remember the days when I could eat half the bag and not feel one bit guilty!  Of course I was 30 pounds heavier too......

Hey!  Couldn't you try just having a little bit?  Maybe one fun-sized bar?  I fit a full size twix into my calories yesterday because I didn't want to feel left out of Halloween.

I feel bummed out today because I gave in yesterday and ate tons of chocolate. It was going to be just one fun-sized bar but that turned into a handful of fun-sized bars.

You're not alone. My husband works really hard all day long, and then he gets to eat a quarter of a brownie pan and still burn 700 calories a day. Sometimes, I get really jealous of him, and I cry, too. But I cry over everything. Then the worst part is, when I cry it makes me want food even more cuz I am an emotional eater. Oh well...

I don't think it's childish to want to enjoy delicious treats. I don't think you are a baby for feeling sorry for yourself. I think you're a woman, and sometimes you just need to cry. Then, you can pick up and keep working at it.

I know that my coworkers will bring in their leftovers.

I figure a funsize snickers here and there won't kill me... and will save me from buying a whole bag for myself.

btw, twix are supposed to be in the 'not all that bad for you' column.

ehh i let myself indulge a little then went home and saw the candy for trick or treaters and kind of went at it.. was alcohol induced though.. whatever it was a holiday were all back on track today right ? :) we deserve to live a little or i'd go nuts..

Halloween is my favest holiday, so I didn't make myself suffer by denying myself in any way. I had what I wanted, however much I wanted, but I made sure I still counted everything. Turned out I ate over 1,000 calories in candy, and that didn't include the ice cream I had later. I ate almost 3,000 in total for the day, but I was kinda surprised to see that I was only about 500 over maintenance. And today I pretty much broke even and made that up without even trying. So I'm back on track to where I was Friday night.

Original Post by dattaplot54321:

Hey!  Couldn't you try just having a little bit?  Maybe one fun-sized bar?  I fit a full size twix into my calories yesterday because I didn't want to feel left out of Halloween.

 I wish I could have just a little bit, but I'm no good at that. Once I have a taste of it, I will not be able to stop.

Original Post by ezzied:

I ate almost 3,000 in total for the day, but I was kinda surprised to see that I was only about 500 over maintenance.

Consider yourself very lucky. Maintenance for me is only 1,500 calories, so I don't have much room for extra treats. :-(

Original Post by smily6184:

You're not alone. My husband works really hard all day long, and then he gets to eat a quarter of a brownie pan and still burn 700 calories a day. Sometimes, I get really jealous of him, and I cry, too. But I cry over everything. Then the worst part is, when I cry it makes me want food even more cuz I am an emotional eater. Oh well...

 Thank you for your kind words. This is what I needed to hear. I guess misery loves company.

Original Post by kelly827:

I remember the days when I could eat half the bag and not feel one bit guilty!

 Ah... the good ol' days. I remember going to my grandma's house after school, and she'd have a whole bag of fun size Snickers in the freezer. I'd eat like 4 or 5 of them without thinking twice about it, and the thought of calories or putting on weight never crossed my mind. How I miss those days!

Original Post by ohyum:

Original Post by dattaplot54321:

Hey!  Couldn't you try just having a little bit?  Maybe one fun-sized bar?  I fit a full size twix into my calories yesterday because I didn't want to feel left out of Halloween.

 I wish I could have just a little bit, but I'm no good at that. Once I have a taste of it, I will not be able to stop.

Me, too, ohyum.  I can relate to that.  A bite or two makes me want more, so I don't eat candy, pie, cookies, candy, most ice creams at all.  Now, I DO keep sugar-free pudding cups, no-sugar-added Fudgsicles, Skinny Cow ice cream bars, 100-calorie popcorn bags on hand.  Perhaps if you did that, you wouldn't feel so deprived when your husband was eating his ice cream.  Just a thought.

As an aside, I went to a Halloween potluck at my old work place on Friday.  Took a crock pot of chili I had made.  I knew how many calories were in a serving, so that's what I ate; that's ALL I ate.  There was soooooo much good food there, but I knew I'd regret it later.  And, I got so many compliments on the 41 pounds I lost since I was laid off in April, that it made the sacrifice worth it.  When I got up yesterday morning and thought back to Friday's lunch, I was happy and proud of myself that I had resisted.  But, it WAS hard to see all that food and not eat some of it.