Beware Easter will be hear sooner than you think!
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i havent received Easter candy since i lived at home and was in high school LOL
When i was Catholic, it was about celebrating the resurrection
i do a small gift and a small goodie bag of candy for the kids but thats about as far as it goes. It certainly doesn't affect what i eat. LOLOL0 -
I'm not really about the candy at all...I do like a good ham dinner though. I good 4-6 ounces of ham with a side of roasted potatoes and some veg is going to clock in right around where any other meal would.
Kids better hide their boiled eggs too...I love those things.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »Original_Sinner wrote: »I don't understand all this fear mongering....
Food is necessary to life, I categorically refuse to be scared of food for the rest of my life because it's become a celebratory thing for one little day every so often[/b].
That is fine, but for too many people the celebratory thing ends up being more than one little day every so often. Christmas treats and potlucks for weeks before Christmas, happy hour every Friday, stocking up on Easter candy because it won't be sold after Easter, treats for everyone's birthday at work, etc, etc.
Well, this may be the problem. As far as history (and even to an extent, archaeology) can ascertain, occasions were always - or as often as possible - celebrated with food, and lots of it, economic and seasonal variations permitting. Yet there doesn't seem to have been a weight issue related to such "celebrations" until after the mid-20th century (at least on a large, notable scale).
The issue isn't holidays that include lots of food, IMO. The issue (again, IMO) is that we have to "celebrate" SOMETHING with food every single day. Just having done a good morning's work is cause for "dessert" with lunch. It sort of nullifies the excitement of actual special-occasion foods so we're required to up the ante (and overall amount) and extend the length of time in order to make the actually-special and actually-occasional stand out.
That's so soap-boxey, and I'm sorry for that, but I definitely feel that between the time of my childhood and now (for reference, I'm 47), we've gone from serious pig-out free-for-alls on actual holidays or celebrations, to "dessert" with everything, snacks between every meal (and they'd darned well be hyper-palatable snacks) and so on, and therefore, in order to make an "impact," insane, obscene gorging on actual holidays. Even when we used to have a great number of choices on a holiday table, we'd just take a little of each, for example - not because we were being austere or attempting to control ourselves or our weight or anything like that, but because two or three bites of that wonderful pie (or a small slice - not a quarter of the damned pie) WAS special. A few bites of this, a few bites of that, after a few bites of six or eight foods and a larger helping of the one or two you really loved, and by God but you were stuffed, and you felt you had done some seriously table-celebrating.
Two or three bites of some sort of "super-fun squeezable crunchable multi-colored ohhhhhhhhhhhness Whee!!!!" food is, today, simply upper-mid-morning snack to tide Little Savvanaugh over between 10:00 snack and lunchtime.
(Heaven forbid she suffer a low blood sugar episode from two or more hours without some sort of foodage going down her gut.) And we feel the same way about ourselves as adults. Got to "keep our metabolisms up" and prevent a hospital visit-worthy hypoglycemic episode, don't'cha know.
I know, I know, I'm Dana Carvey's Grumpy Old Man in female form, LOL. "When *I* was a kid..."
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I'm not really about the candy at all...I do like a good ham dinner though. I good 4-6 ounces of ham with a side of roasted potatoes and some veg is going to clock in right around where any other meal would.
Kids better hide their boiled eggs too...I love those things.
This is for me as well. Love some good baked ham... mmmm0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »I'm not really about the candy at all...I do like a good ham dinner though. I good 4-6 ounces of ham with a side of roasted potatoes and some veg is going to clock in right around where any other meal would.
Kids better hide their boiled eggs too...I love those things.
Just hope they don't hide them too well because then they'll start to stink...0 -
I'm looking forward to Easter. I'm pretty sure that one day of unbridled eating won't do TOO much harm.
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I honestly didn't realize the celebration of Easter was such a big event...it's pretty low on my holiday totem pole really and have never concerned myself with it in the way I would Christmas or Thanksgiving or something...I mean those are feast days...Easter seems like it's more a fun thing to do with the kids...do some egg hiding and hunting, have some candy, etc. We usually do some kind of Sunday dinner anyway so having a ham and whatnot on a random Sunday in the spring really isn't a big deal...
I don't know...I'm not really religious so maybe I just don't get it...but I celebrate the crap out of Christmas...love Christmas...but maybe that's just because I like having an excuse to bring a big *kitten* tree into my living room and decking it out as tacky as humanly possible.0 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »When i was Catholic, it was about celebrating the resurrection
I don't get this "if one is religious it's not about food ever" thing.
I am Catholic and I do Lent and go to Easter Vigil every year (as stated above), and somehow my actual church has a big party after Easter Vigil at which there is lots of food, especially devilled eggs (weird at 11 pm, but eh) and chocolate and of course booze, because people are excited to have what they gave up for Lent. And plus it's a party. It's kind of like getting to say alleluia at Easter Mass or having all the lights go on.
Also, having an Easter meal (with lamb in my family tradition, but some do ham and make it more brunch-y) is pretty traditional, as well as the chocolate and baskets for kids.
I do spring themed food, because it's a spring holiday.
I also love holiday celebrations, both religious and secular, so may be biased.
(Hate St. Patrick's Day, though.)
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I just celebrated my 3rd anniversary on MFP yesterday. My first "eating" holiday was Easter, and I was concerned about eating too much. I was very careful and stayed within my calorie allotment. Over the years, and holidays I have come to learn that, "it is just one day", but I do make the effort to pay attention to portion size and moderation. It has worked for me. I have been on maintenance for 16 months now. Overindulging for one day or event, has to become a rare thing in order for me to maintain my weight loss. If it happens, I just do better the very next day in order for me to not begin to slide on the slippery slope that got me to obesity, pre-MFP, when I told myself, "I will start over again tomorrow". Unfortunately, tomorrow did not come for me for years and years. My "tomorrow" finally came 3-12-12.
My best advice is, celebrate your occasions doing what will work for you. If you do eat more than you wish you would have, try to do better the next day, and not let one day discourage you. One day will not make a huge difference, as long as you do not give up. Just pick up where you left off and continue towards your goals. Life happens.0 -
I don't care about Easter. We don't do anything special, except baskets for the kids... There's plenty of chocolate at home all year long so it's not going to make any difference for me, but I'll let the kids gorge on chocolate if it's what they want.0
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Since it's just going to be my mom and me this year, it'll probably just be a small ham and potatoes for the two of us. We don't usually go all out (I think last year I kept to my deficit), plus I work extremely early on Sundays so by dinnertime I'll be exhausted.
Oh, and all the Reese's Eggs/Whopper Eggs, too.0 -
The only easter candy I had to have was a cadbury egg. I lost my taste for them a few years ago though. I know there was some controversy this year about changing the recipe, but I really thought it was also changed a few years ago because it got more sweet with less actual flavor. Maybe just my tastes changed.
I do like jelly beans but I can get those anytime. We don't do a big dinner on Easter or Christmas. The only time I go all out cooking massive food is Thanksgiving and then we eat leftovers for the next week.
Honestly I don't even know when Easter is this year LOL....I know it's soon because the stores are a sea of plastic decor and cheap low-grade chocolate bunnies, etc.0 -
christinev297 wrote: »Are kinder surprises banned in America? ?
Sadly they are. The toys are considered a choking hazard.
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I honestly didn't realize the celebration of Easter was such a big event...it's pretty low on my holiday totem pole really and have never concerned myself with it in the way I would Christmas or Thanksgiving or something...I mean those are feast days...Easter seems like it's more a fun thing to do with the kids...do some egg hiding and hunting, have some candy, etc. We usually do some kind of Sunday dinner anyway so having a ham and whatnot on a random Sunday in the spring really isn't a big deal...
I don't know...I'm not really religious so maybe I just don't get it...but I celebrate the crap out of Christmas...love Christmas...but maybe that's just because I like having an excuse to bring a big *kitten* tree into my living room and decking it out as tacky as humanly possible.
ditto to all of that except we dont do big dinners EXCEPT on (the actual) holidays. and by holidays i pretty much mean xmas and thanksgiving LOLOL0 -
I learned something shockingly sad in this thread... Millions upon millions of American kiddies have never had a Kinder Surprise. Generations have grown up not knowing what it is.
My heart weeps for you. I will console it with Kinder chocolate
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They do know its the chocolate they're supposed to eat, don't they?christinev297 wrote: »Are kinder surprises banned in America? ?
Sadly they are. The toys are considered a choking hazard.
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Special occasions = gloves off ... just don't treat everyday like a special occasion.
Honestly, just enjoy the day... have some ham, hard-boiled eggs and chocolate and then get right back to it the next day. If you can fit it all into your calorie goal, great. If not, it's not the end of the world.0 -
They do know its the chocolate they're supposed to eat, don't they?christinev297 wrote: »Are kinder surprises banned in America? ?
Sadly they are. The toys are considered a choking hazard.
LOL I know right!! It does say in big writing on the wrapper " may contain choking hazard". It's up to the parents to keep an eye on their kids, and know whether or not their kids are the type to eat plastic. I never had to worry about that with my kids, and you obviously don't give these treats to toddlers/babies :huh:
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Packerjohn wrote: »Original_Sinner wrote: »I don't understand all this fear mongering....
Food is necessary to life, I categorically refuse to be scared of food for the rest of my life because it's become a celebratory thing for one little day every so often[/b].
That is fine, but for too many people the celebratory thing ends up being more than one little day every so often. Christmas treats and potlucks for weeks before Christmas, happy hour every Friday, stocking up on Easter candy because it won't be sold after Easter, treats for everyone's birthday at work, etc, etc.
Well, this may be the problem. As far as history (and even to an extent, archaeology) can ascertain, occasions were always - or as often as possible - celebrated with food, and lots of it, economic and seasonal variations permitting. Yet there doesn't seem to have been a weight issue related to such "celebrations" until after the mid-20th century (at least on a large, notable scale).
The issue isn't holidays that include lots of food, IMO. The issue (again, IMO) is that we have to "celebrate" SOMETHING with food every single day. Just having done a good morning's work is cause for "dessert" with lunch. It sort of nullifies the excitement of actual special-occasion foods so we're required to up the ante (and overall amount) and extend the length of time in order to make the actually-special and actually-occasional stand out.
That's so soap-boxey, and I'm sorry for that, but I definitely feel that between the time of my childhood and now (for reference, I'm 47), we've gone from serious pig-out free-for-alls on actual holidays or celebrations, to "dessert" with everything, snacks between every meal (and they'd darned well be hyper-palatable snacks) and so on, and therefore, in order to make an "impact," insane, obscene gorging on actual holidays. Even when we used to have a great number of choices on a holiday table, we'd just take a little of each, for example - not because we were being austere or attempting to control ourselves or our weight or anything like that, but because two or three bites of that wonderful pie (or a small slice - not a quarter of the damned pie) WAS special. A few bites of this, a few bites of that, after a few bites of six or eight foods and a larger helping of the one or two you really loved, and by God but you were stuffed, and you felt you had done some seriously table-celebrating.
Two or three bites of some sort of "super-fun squeezable crunchable multi-colored ohhhhhhhhhhhness Whee!!!!" food is, today, simply upper-mid-morning snack to tide Little Savvanaugh over between 10:00 snack and lunchtime. (Heaven forbid she suffer a low blood sugar episode from two or more hours without some sort of foodage going down her gut.) And we feel the same way about ourselves as adults. Got to "keep our metabolisms up" and prevent a hospital visit-worthy hypoglycemic episode, don't'cha know.
I know, I know, I'm Dana Carvey's Grumpy Old Man in female form, LOL. "When *I* was a kid..."
May I climb on your soap box with you?
Feasting is an ancient tradition to celebrate holidays and victories and weddings and whatever. In my father's family even funerals were an occasion for feasting. I have no issue with food orgies at these events. But you are right about us decadently expecting that every day is deserving of such a celebration.
I remember, as a child, that ice cream was only eaten on birthdays and chocolates at Christmas and Easter. (But I also think that was due to our relative poverty.). To this day I only rarely have dessert and then only at a celebratory meal.
All that said....those Cadbury Creme Eggs get me every spring. And I feel no guilt whatsoever.
But y'all can keep those nasty peeps.
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Same here!Wiseandcurious wrote: »I have Eastern orthodox upbringing so for me Easter has nothing to do with chocolate. It's traditionally rather a protein feast actually - lamb roast, lots of (hand-coloured) boiled eggs Yes, it will be high calorie and high fat. Yes, I will thoroughly enjoy it, I plan to eat at maintenance for a couple of days (until we finish the lamb roast).
Real eggs, cottege cheese paskha and kulich
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I gather it's the same in America, no red meat on Easter Friday?0
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Wiseandcurious wrote: »I learned something shockingly sad in this thread... Millions upon millions of American kiddies have never had a Kinder Surprise. Generations have grown up not knowing what it is.
My heart weeps for you. I will console it with Kinder chocolate
This is true. We buy them in ethnic stores and every time we share them with new kids they are amazed and want to know where do they come from 0 -
christinev297 wrote: »I gather it's the same in America, no red meat on Easter Friday?
My husband is catholic. We fast on Good Friday, and we don't eat any meat (well, except fish).
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christinev297 wrote: »I gather it's the same in America, no red meat on Easter Friday?
I'm not sure all Catholics here in the U.S. still do this, but in the 70s and 80s they did. At least where I lived (northeast).
However, Catholics (at that time at least - or maybe it was also regional) didn't eat meat on any Friday - not just Good Friday. That's why the school lunches on Friday were either cheese pizza or pasta with just red sauce or butter.
Kind of ironic, since the whole point was supposed to be that you were doing without something in respect for all the sacrifices Jesus had made - I hardly classify a pizza orgy as doing without!
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christinev297 wrote: »I gather it's the same in America, no red meat on Easter Friday?
I'm not sure all Catholics here in the U.S. still do this, but in the 70s and 80s they did. At least where I lived (northeast).
However, Catholics (at that time at least - or maybe it was also regional) didn't eat meat on any Friday - not just Good Friday. That's why the school lunches on Friday were either cheese pizza or pasta with just red sauce or butter.
Kind of ironic, since the whole point was supposed to be that you were doing without something in respect for all the sacrifices Jesus had made - I hardly classify a pizza orgy as doing without!I
Yes indeedy! Kinda like Lent where people give up the internet or chocolate or whatever. Isn't it supposed to be a bit deeper than that?
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If you want chocolate, plan for it and eat it. If you have a traditional meal, eat it but try to make good decisions in terms of portions and healthier options. Plus "bank" some extra calories by working out more than usual in the days leading up to the holiday. I recommend recording everything you eat, even the "treats" that you decide to have, just so you have a good understanding of where you stand calorie wise. Don't stress out too much about one day -- make a plan and enjoy the day.0
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On Good Friday I will fast, so will eat nothing. I am worried about wanting to have chocolate on Easter Sunday, since I have been doing low carb / keto and have had few carbs and no sugar for weeks, and I know I will be knocked out of my weight loss trend if I eat starch and sugar. But Easter for us is not just chocolate, it is a ham dinner with scalloped potatoes, garlic sausage, paska ( Easter bread) and deviled eggs, asparagus and salads etc, as part of a big family dinner, a bigger dinner in our family than Thanksgiving would be for Americans. I won't succumb to all the treats in the stores for weeks before Easter, but will likely have a taste on Easter. I'm just hoping I won't be tempted to go overboard. I'm hoping I'll get right back on track again afterwards. I am planning to fast on Easter Monday as a way to help buffer the effects of the big dinner on Easter. I think I look more forward to Easter dinner than Christmas dinner.0
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christinev297 wrote: »I gather it's the same in America, no red meat on Easter Friday?
My husband is Catholic and doesn't eat meat on ANY Friday. I'm not sure if it's because his family is "old school" and he's the first American born generation in his family. My father in law is from a tiny village in Portugal and my mother in law is from Rio de Janeiro.0 -
Easter, Christmas, Birthdays etc - all excuses to break with the Covenant you made with yourself to lose weight and be a better version of yourself. Decide which is most important for you and go with that.0
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