Oh man, there has been a change in me. For the first time since I have been old enough to drive and have my own money I am not obsessed with running to buy clearanced easter candy. This week I was able to eat pretty intuitively (not obsessing over limits) and still lose three pounds.

This is more than I could have ever wished for.

Congratulations Grace! I know that is definitely a wonderful feeling. I know that we have had our differences in the past, but I wanted to reply to this. I have always loved Easter candy the most! The Cadbury Cream eggs & the Cadbury Mini Eggs with the Milk chocolate & thin sugar shell were my absolute weaknesses. The day after Easter I would go to the pharmacy & clear out any of those that they had left. I was able to make a huge Easter basket from my boyfriend and hold it together...well mostly.

I know you will LOVE this part. I broke down and bought the mini shell eggs for myself on Friday. When my boyfriend went to bed I took them out to have "a few" while I played a game online. Well, I had them on my lap & had eaten exactly 3 when the bag fell on the hardwood floor! Eggs were rolling everywhere & the cat & dog came running to try to get in on the action. I picked up the bag & there was not even one left inside.

I had to get the broom, sweep them up & throw them all away...lol. A serving size of Cadbury mini eggs is 12 for 190 calories. So, I got 1/4 of a serving and 47.5 calories. I think it was my bodies way of saying, "We didn't lose 76 pounds by eating chocolate! It was a blessing in disguise.

So, A very big congrats to you for not giving in at all!

I am still in my pre-op and I was just thinking the same thing! I was so proud that I don't even want candy! Congrats to you!! It really shows the process that this tool of a sleeve is helping! It has changed your mind and your eating habits!! It makes me feel better to know I am not the only one that gets excited about the little steps!!

I saw big packs of Pecan Logs on sale at the store today....I just passed them on by like it was nothing! AMEN!!!!!!!

Congrats to you and cheers to our sleeves!

Congratulations Grace! I know that is definitely a wonderful feeling. I know that we have had our differences in the past' date=' but I wanted to reply to this. I have always loved Easter candy the most! The Cadbury Cream eggs & the Cadbury Mini Eggs with the Milk chocolate & thin sugar shell were my absolute weaknesses. The day after Easter I would go to the pharmacy & clear out any of those that they had left. I was able to make a huge Easter basket from my boyfriend and hold it together...well mostly.

I know you will LOVE this part. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I broke down and bought the mini shell eggs for myself on Friday. When my boyfriend went to bed I took them out to have "a few" while I played a game online. Well, I had them on my lap & had eaten exactly 3 when the bag fell on the hardwood floor! Eggs were rolling everywhere & the cat & dog came running to try to get in on the action. I picked up the bag & there was not even one left inside.

I had to get the broom, sweep them up & throw them all away...lol. A serving size of Cadbury mini eggs is 12 for 190 calories. So, I got 1/4 of a serving and 47.5 calories. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I think it was my bodies way of saying, "We didn't lose 76 pounds by eating chocolate! It was a blessing in disguise.

So, A very big congrats to you for not giving in at all![/quote']

Thanks for sharing this! Those 2 items are also my fav...and I'm a sneaky candy eater too! The whole story is very relate able and made me giggle

Oh man' date=' there has been a change in me. For the first time since I have been old enough to drive and have my own money I am not obsessed with running to buy clearanced easter candy. This week I was able to eat pretty intuitively (not obsessing over limits) and still lose three pounds.

This is more than I could have ever wished for.[/quote']

You are getting better and better!! Good for you!!!!

This is kind of shameful but last easter I ate SO MANY of those little cadbury eggs that they still don't sound appealing, a whole year later.

Oh man' date=' there has been a change in me. For the first time since I have been old enough to drive and have my own money I am not obsessed with running to buy clearanced easter candy. This week I was able to eat pretty intuitively (not obsessing over limits) and still lose three pounds.

This is more than I could have ever wished for.[/quote']

Hahaha hiding it. Lol. Man we are all so similar. I too love my sleeve. For this holiday, I've only had 3/4 of a Cadbury egg and 3 whopper eggs. 2 diff days. Holidays were madness before the sleeve. I'd tell myself I wouldnt, but oh man, CADBURY EGGS!! Or my mother in law would make some dessert I just couldn't say no to and I'd eat 1 and then sneak back and get another, and then eat some of the kids easter candy on the way home. And on and on and on. I didn't even have ONE caramel Cadbury egg this year, I just realized. (They are my fave and is generally eat about 15/ season. ).

Isn't this feeling of freedom amazing!!?

I don't even KNOW what these tiny Cadbury eggs are that you guys are talkin about!! W a thin candy shell? Cadbury? Hm.

Guess I was too busy suckin all the caramel out of the big ones to notice. Lol

I don't even KNOW what these tiny Cadbury eggs are that you guys are talkin about!! W a thin candy shell? Cadbury? Hm.

Guess I was too busy suckin all the caramel out of the big ones to notice. Lol

Count yourself lucky that you haven't tasted them & if you see them DON'T BUY THEM for heavens sake! It will just be one more food to avoid.

This is kind of shameful but last easter I ate SO MANY of those little cadbury eggs that they still don't sound appealing, a whole year later.

Well, at least they weren't a temptation for you this year. Those silly little eggs are addictive! I honestly don't think that I can say that I ever ate so much of anything that I didn't want to eat it anymore. Probably because I was like a bottomless pit. However, about 10 years ago I was out one night with friends drinking some kind of blue martini. I got SO sick. To this day just seeing a blue drink or even "blue" anything listed as an ingredient in a drink makes my stomach turn. 10 years!

This is my first Easter in years without Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs. I made my parents an Easter basket and then made one for my mother in law and I wasn't even tempted. I ate a Hershey's kiss a week or so ago and realized that chocolate does not taste the same. Bummer. RIP peanut butter eggs.