Hark! The holidays are dead ahead. Can you see them on the horizon? Now is the time to trade your sassy summer clothes in for a festive fall look and crack open those cookbooks, ladies!
This time of year is all about The Food. Am I right? The homemade cookies and pies, the candy in pretty wrappings set out as holiday treats to share, the roasts and stews which make the house smell divine on a blustery Sunday afternoon are all an essential part of the season for me.
But what happens when you can’t fit into your sexy black dress for the parties that begin to fill up your calendar? What about when there is so much going on between volunteering at the kid’s schools, holiday shopping and getting your home ready that you stop working out? It’s usually one of the first things to go during busy times, you know. I’ll tell you what happens, we gain the holiday 5 (at least).
I’m writing about this early on because I think if we stand together, we will find success. What I propose is an early holiday sugar intervention beginning with those bags of sweet perfection that currently line the grocery stores. We, as grown ass women (and men) who would like to wow them in our holiday finery, need to just say no.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ll be passing out Halloween candy this year. I’ll also let my children eat theirs on a rational schedule (after it’s checked for razor blades and cyanide). But you know what? We don’t have to eat it. And that’s just what I’m proposing here today.
I ask that you all join me in a No Candy Promise from now until November 7th (one week after Halloween and also the day I pitch whatever is left of the cavity causing loot). Come on! I cross my heart, you don’t need that mini snickers. You don’t. I know they are cute and tiny and delicious but the cheese on our thighs isn’t. Right?
Are you with me? If so, leave a comment stating your promise to seal the deal and I’ll send you this button for your blog.
Let’s get a head start on cutting the calories this year before they attach themselves to our hips forever! What do you say?
Bloggers Saying No
Kimberly
Ree
Interstellar Lass
Leanne
Jodifur
Nigelmoose
Workout Mommy
Bitsy
Raehan
Indigo
Elena Jane
Ali
PunditMom
Ladybug
Karen Rani
Chris
Shelley
Rusti
Mrs. Jo
Cross-posted for your enjoyment at DC Metro Moms Blog
Well, that wouldn’t be that hard for me to promise since I’m not eating much candy at all. At least not sweet candy. Maybe some salty licorice sometimes, but very seldom. Good luck though :-)
Welcome to our spooktacular blog warming party today - to see what Leanne and I have digged up - if you dare…. *giggles*
Everybody is welcome :-)
This is a trick or treat prank, right?
I’m soooooooooo in.
But that means…gasp…no Special Dark. Doh! But you know what? This falls in line with what I need to do. I sure pick a fine time to get back on the health wagon. Sign me up. I commit to No Candy.
I’m totally in. I don’t like candy anyway, and this is just extra initiative for me to stay on track. Damn butterfingers. :P
Send me the button, chick.
I don’t have a sexy dress, I don’t go to holiday parties, and I don’t work out.
I WILL be picking over the good stuff from the trick or treat bag.
Sorry, I cannot make a No Candy Promise…because I would only break it and then lie to you and tell you that I did not eat candy when in actuality I will have eaten ALL the GOOD candy and left the sweetarts and those generic fruit flavored hard candies and those sort of peanut butter flavored things that are white with black stripes for the kids, and then I would feel guilty for having lied AND feel guilty for having eaten the candy and I just cannot possibly live with such guilt.
Now gimme that snickers.
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iewww you have one of those dam* content harvesters after your stuff, too! BAH!
Hmmm. I WANT to say no to candy, but I am weak…Let me think about it.
Im sorry. I am sitting here with a half empty bowl of frozen chocolate chips. In all good conscious i cannot say i will not eat candy when I plan on buying some Halloween candy for the trick or treaters and some just for me! Even with the just for me stuff you can bet your bottom dollar i will be picking through my boys stuff!
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Monty and I are simpatico. I’ve already eaten a whole bag of Junior Mints. Man, I love those freaking Jr. Mints. They are so good. There is no way in hell I can say no to candy when it’s in my house. My daughter is a consumate trick or treater, she brings home huge volumes of candy and she does not LIKE chocolate. I know! I think it’s horribly strange, but she takes all the fruity candy and her brother and I eat the chocolate.
Luckily I don’t go to holiday parties and don’t wear sexy black anything.
Hey you, update your post with the people who are partaking in the candy-less season so I can link them all too, wouldjya? May as well make it a link love fest and maybe inspire some more people to dump the preservatives.
Great idea! Linking now…
Party Pooper. Without this post I could have gone wild with the candy. Now, I’ve been put on notice and will have to sign a pledge. Shit. Guess there are no Kit-Kat’s in my future.
Do I need to write a post about this? Link? I’m way low-tech.
I pledge to resist tearing the pointy-ended paper and devouring bar after tiny bar of chocolate that little African children were forced into producing. Does everyone know about that issue? Seriously, child labor camps in Africa exist so that fat Americans can eat cheap chocolate. My sweet 12-year old nephew has given up all chocolate for this reason and has asked his family to do the same. I try, but when the PMS grabs me by the ovaries, I consume all chocolate in sight. It’s alright to eat chocolate, just vet where it’s from.
I’ll do it, but I can’t eat candy anyway with my braces, so I’ll add ice-cream and go until Thanksgiving.
Send it all to me, then!
I want a button! I promise there’ll be no candy for me. I purposely purchase candy that I do not like so that I don’t accidentally eat it.
Bitsy,
You don’t have to write a post about this but I’d love to hear more about the child labor camps. One more reason to stay away from the chocolate. Wow.
I need to know which kinds of chocolate are safe to eat. I mean, when this pledge is over…of course.
Raehan takes my candy and raises me ice cream & 2 weeks. She’s tough.
A pregnant woman giving up ice cream? Really…is that even legal?
my post is up!
http://jodifur.blogspot.com/2007/10/no-candy-promise.html
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this is absolutely what i need….a reason!! i’m in….
Does that mean I’m supposed to throw out that bag of Extra Dark Chocolate Lindt Truffles I bought myself this afternoon?! Oh no!
What plugin are you using for your smilies, btw? I love them!
i’m soooooo all over this.
I CAN’T DO IT! I know I can’t. Fortunately, I hate a lot of the Halloween candy, but the Take Five bars are MINE!
We just bought an exercise bike and set it up tonight in our family room. That will be my promise—to get my butt on that thing several times a week.
*pops a SweeTart in mouth*
Nope.
It’s too COLD here for sexy holiday dresses, anyway. I can pig out and lose it again by the time it warms up (June). Ha-ha!
Life is too short.
Now, if you’re over 200 lbs or something YES, you need to do something about your weight. You’re overdue to do something about your weight. You need to do it for your health.
But you and me, Kimberly? Seriously, WHY deprive yourself? I say, limit it to ONE miniature candy a day. Or maybeTWO, if you go for a walk, or THREE if you have really great sex that day, or maybe FOUR…
We live in a gated community. The Association has had a long-standing rule: No Trick or Treating ! EVER!
I am so happy about that. You have no idea. Aside from not having to answer the doorbell 154 times an evening, there will be NO candy in this house. Ever!
Plus, in our township, kids are only allowed to trick or treat if they are under the age of 12, on the designated day (not all trick or treating is done on 10/31 here), and only between the hours of 6 to 8 pm.
It’s all about control. Teens will go to Juvenile Hall if caught trick or treating.
I’m not taking the button though. Wouldn’t be fair. No trick or treaters = no candy. Easy win!
I am SOOO with you, my friend! How did the pants and the jeans become a bit too difficult to snap or button or zip. Damn the candy! Control? Not my strong suit — I need the button!
This is duck soup for me since I don’t eat candy. I’d rather have extra firm tofu (really!). So make my button read:
No Candy
Momma K Swears
Sigh…. I’m in…
I’m trying so hard not to eat junk already that it won’t be that hard normally, but getting me through those evening cravings is difficult. I’ve been eating frozen blueberries or making myself go to bed. I’m SO in!
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I’m gonna neeed LOTS of these. LOTS AND LOTS of grop hugs to get through this.
I’m not all about the Halloween candy..until I see a special dark. Or a midnight milky way. or a Reese’s peanut butter cup.
Okay. I’m doing it.
I’m in. My goal is to be 20 lbs. lighter by Christmas morning and this will help :-D
Your jazzercise instructor/fitness guru is showing.
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I am coming out of “lurkdom” to participate in this! Heaven knows I need incentive to stay out of the candy jar! Great idea!
I’ve already purchased my halloween candy, opened it and mixed it all together in a basket… and I haven’t touched any yet… but I’m not strong enough to make any promises… sorry - I wish y’all the best though!! Good luck!
You know what - screw that. I may not be going to any holiday parties and wearing cocktail dresses, but I’m going on a cruise in February and I could start trying to eat healthier now! So count me in! I’ll do my darndest to not eat candy… what’s the consequences for lapsing though? Just in case… I’m really really really going to try… dang it. I’m going to miss the goodies I just bought for Trick-or-Treaters (and myself)… goodbye Snickers, Payday, KitKat, Peanut M&M’s and Tootsie Roll Midgees… I will miss you…
gimme the button. I’m gonna do it. No Candy. I promise.
Just the fact that I am reading this is amazing….I really want to do it. I will need to be strong…chocolate…Hell candy is my weakness….but i will just have to remember….it all goes straight to my hips….and they could use a slim down…NO candy for me! Count me in!
My husband and I ordered pizza last night, and with it, an Oreo Dessert Pizza… my hubs tried telling me that I couldn’t have any because I gave up candy, which I disagreed with as it was only a few Oreo’s sprinkled on top of the dessert… and Oreo’s aren’t candy - they are cookies!! (right??)
Your thoughts please??
Cookies ARE NOT candy.
Hell No.
Hell no with sugar on top.
Thank you SO much for the validation… you’re FABULOUS!!! Check out my blog in a few… I’m awarding you!!
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I saw the button at Leanne’s and had to see what it was all about. I think I could give up the candy for a few weeks and let me tell you at work they lay out a sweet spread every day! By the look of my hips I have had one too many 3 Musketeers Bars! LOL So I am in this with you gals, and the guys too! No sweets until after November 7th! I give my No Candy Promise!
I was worried about signing up for this until I read your comment that cookies don’t count as candy, having eaten half a packet of cookies this very night! I also ate a freebie bar of Galaxy that came through the door the other day but it was too sweet and milky. I really only like dark chocolate with at least 70% cocoa and I hardly ever buy that either. Do I qualify for a button?
BTW, I just found your blog tonight via Katie at A Byootaful Life and I love your layout
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