It is very hard for me to have one serving of anything sweet...all it does is wet my appetite and then it’s binge time....I do ok with a slice of birthday cake but candy and cookies are trigger foods for me...

valentine's day has never been a problem for me. I don't have kids or any sort of significant other, so I don't have to worry about chocolate being around, unless my sister does like she did last year and picks up a small chocolate something or other. I just tossed it into my freezer and then forgot about it until I finally through it away as it wasn't even good chocolate and wasn't tempting at all!

She tried to give me some of those smarty-hearts things, but I don't like them either, so it was easy to turn them down.

Easter, on the other hand, is a little trickier because dab blame it, I like cadbury eggs! The good news is that they are so rich, its easier to split them in half. Or better yet, if I can find the actual caburry egg mini's that come in a tray. They aren't always easy to find, and I hate the ones that are like malt balls.

We wont go out for valentine's this year as we have my step daughter so that's an easy one. Easter I'm fairly good at, I'll have 1 egg and build it into my allowance.

We barely celebrate Valentine's day most of the time and I cannot remember the last time we bought any candy for Easter. It is different when there are have never been any kids involved I suppose.

When faced with something like this though I always try to figure out how I would plan to celebrate it forever and then work out a strategy. It may or may not go to plan but even if it does not it is one day and hopefully I would learn what I may need to do next time/year.

I think it depends on each person's comfort level on how much they are ready to try. If this is a really special day and it involves a nice dinner out you could bank some calories or just choose to eat maintenance that day. If you are still very new to weight loss or feeling vulnerable at the moment it may be wise to stick with your normal routine for now.

One of my most important rules is that I don't feel deprived. This exists because it is the cause of many past failures. I cannot allow myself to fall back into a trap where losing weight is always the highest priority and speed of loss leaves me feeling left out of things that are important to me. I firmly believe that when I get to the end of the losing phase I am not going to care that I could have gotten there a little sooner.

I am of the opinion that most holidays are just corporate greed days now, it's just an excuse for a lot of companies to make a lot of money, so I try not to buy into it.

I've also tried to move away from the habit of associating food/drink with love.

Easter candy is haunting me. Must resist!

Currently there are three boxes of chocolates and something called Chocolate bread (it's as big as my head) sitting in the breakroom at work.

OMG I saw Hot Tamale Peeps at my local grocery store. If anything can push me over the edge...

I hate peeps....ugh lol....give me the chocolate peanut butter eggs!

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I bought a package of 10 peeps - funny how the chicks are 7 calories less a piece than the bunnies!

Anyway, I've been really good at parceling them out. And I hunted up the mini-cadbury eggs - the ones that come in 12 pack tray like an egg carton that are real cadbury creme eggs and not malt balls - and I've been parceling them out as well. I've been really good so far with sticking to one or 2 chicks and 1 egg and working it into my calorie budget for the day, especially if I can get a walk in or an elliptical session!

The mini eggs, I will be buying them but not for me. Will be sending to my daughter in S Korea it is a candy she cannot get over there, along with the Reeces peanut butter cups, ok eggs at this time of year. I think she said they do have their version of peeps though.

The other thing that is big at this time of the year is the Girl Scout Cookies, and will be sending some of those away as well. Hard to believe but the ones the daughter likes would literally become stale in front of me. She loves the Samoas, the Tagalongs, and is willing to try whatever the new Lemon ones are. And me I would never eat any of those.

I must never buy Thin Mints, because I have control issues with them. You know where I think each sleeve should equal being eaten while reading a good book. Sigh! Some behaviors are so very hard to change.