Re: I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

[Guest guest]

I did very well considering...I ate two tootsie roll midgets and was done

with the candy....better than three years ago.

Neci

[Guest guest]

Lori mentioned Halloween stickers and pencils too, and I think you are both

brilliant. I am going to see what non-food Halloween items I can scare up

this week and hold for next year. Thanks!

Lucille

In a message dated 11/1/2003 4:14:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Graduate-OSSG writes:

>

>

> All the kids in my neighborhood think that my treat bags are the bomb

> and they don't even have candy in them! I wait until the day after

> Halloween, hit the stores and buy bags and bags of spider rings, mini

> skulls, pencils, et al at 70% off, put 'em away til next year and

> then fill bags with little toy treats and the kids just love 'em. No

> candy in my house ('cept what my 10 year old granddaughter brings in

> her trick or treat bag and she squirrels away what she likes- which

> isn't much and then she gives the rest away to my other grands that

> don't live with us. Works out great.

> Alice

> The Loon

> RNY 12/28/00

>

[Guest guest]

Lucille, I so totally understand about not having the stuff in the

house. Fortunately, there are no trick or treaters around here so I

didn't have to buy stuff. If I did have trick or treaters, I was

actually considering getting stuff like Halloween stickers and/or

pencils. At least that way, I don't have to worry about eating them

before the kids come around.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:33:00 EST DisDog@... writes:

> No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this past

> week

> (??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to Halloween.

> How

> brutal is this " holiday " to get through? Just wrapping up the

> little treat bags

> and smelling the candy is an ordeal. Last year, at about one year

> postop, I

> was still in that " honeymoon " phase where I had little appetite, and

> not much

> taste for sweet things, so surviving Halloween unscathed wasn't a

> problem.

> Well this year, as I approach my 2 year anniversary, things are MUCH

>

> different. So I thought I would be a clever treatster and buy only

> those candies

> that I could resist (and let me tell you, there isn't much that I

> can resist).

> I actually felt GUILTY that I wasn't getting what I considered the

> most

> choice and luscious candies for the kiddies (like Snickers and

> Peanut Butter Cups

> and other decadent stuff). Yes, I felt MEAN, like I was letting

> the team

> down! LOL! Well, I swallowed my guilt (better than swallowing

> Peanut Chews)

> and grabbed another bag of Blow Pops (who eats that stuff

> anyway????) This

> approach worked well for the 3 days the poison sat in my house (just

> my pug

> Chloe sniffed the treat box), and I even survived bagging everything

> without

> dipping in. But last night, at about 2 in the AM (the hour Sugar

> Satan is at

> his most devilish), I woke up to answer nature's call and cracked

> open a

> leftover treat-bag, and took a nip out of a Kit Kat bar (I don't

> even LIKE those

> things! LMAO). So today I think I figured out what wore me down:

> (,

> listen up, you will appreciate this): yesterday, for the first

> time in weeks,

> I ate a Detour bar, with a big bowl of blueberries (my old lunch

> menu).

> This was during a time I was having a real battle with nightime

> eating, which

> has since gotten better. The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the

> Detour bar as

> much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just

> the same.

> Did I take a little detour, because of Detour. Is the name

> prophetic? Or

> was I just finally possessed by the evil spirits eminating from

> those Blow

> Pops?

>

> Next year, I may have to resort to stuffing the bags with items that

>

> literally make me gag: like hard-boiled eggs. At least, if the

> kids decide to take

> their Halloween revenge on me, the cooked eggs can't do much too

> damage when

> hurled at my front door.

>

> How did everyone else survive last night?

>

> Lucille

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I made it VERY easy on myself this year. My daughter and I are both deadly

allergic to peanuts. You guessed it... I bought Reese's stuff to give away. I

did also trade 12 pieces of the Reese's stuff with somebody at work to give to

any kids who might be allergic to peanuts. I gave away almost all of the Reese's

stuff to kids who came to the door and had 8 kids ask for Twizzlers instead of

the peanut candy. I will take the 4 Twizzlers and the remaining Reese's stuff to

work on Monday, let me co-workers over-indulge. LOL

Z

Open RNY 09/17/01

http://www.ziobro.us/

From: DisDog@...

Sent: Sat 11/1/2003 9:33 AM

To: Graduate-OSSG

Subject: I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

<snip>

How did everyone else survive last night?

Lucille

[Guest guest]

>> How did everyone else survive last night?

Well, I took the same approach, since I cannot tolerate bubble gum in any

form, I bought a lot of it, cheap, at the commissary. We still have half of

it -- I now know that hardly anyone trick-or-treats on my street (didn't

live here last year). Kids will finish it off in time, and it doesn't tempt

me in the meantime.

I went to a Hallowe'en party last night (actually Samhain, pronounced

Sow-en, it's a sacred holiday for us pagans) and the menu was Navajo tacos

(taco/bean filling on fried bread). Oh my goodness how I LOVE fried bread!

But it was so filling, I only did have one. Dessert was Bananas . Now

I know from experience that I can dump on banana alone, and when I watched

my friend whip up the caramel & rum sauce with two full cups of sugar in the

frying pan, well, I knew that I couldn't even try a bite, and I didn't.

Wouldn't have been able to drive home!

I am so grateful that my kids are now old enough that they don't

trick-or-treat. Bubble gum in the house I can handle, but if they brought

back bags full of collected goodies, I'd have a hard time.

~~ Lyn G

[Guest guest]

Lucille:

The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the Detour bar as

much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just the

same.

/////////

Lucille,

So you think the Detour bar jump started your craving? I don't care for them

so I'm okay there. I applaud you for having just a " nip " because if I got

started, it would've been the whole darn kit kat, and they aren't even my

fav.

We don't celebrate Halloween. We sometimes get together with other friends

of oursand take the kids bowling. Last night was a quiet night, we got

snuggly and watched a new video. No sugar, for any of us (ages 5, 9, 12 and

me, dh was working).

Several weeks ago I stopped (cold turkey) chocolate/sugar. Today has been

harder, stressed, but I called dh from the dance studio and asked him to

please fire up the grill as I was hungry. Sweetheart that he was he had

lunch ready for all of us when we returned. I haven't caved.

Hugs,

Lori

[Guest guest]

All the kids in my neighborhood think that my treat bags are the bomb

and they don't even have candy in them! I wait until the day after

Halloween, hit the stores and buy bags and bags of spider rings, mini

skulls, pencils, et al at 70% off, put 'em away til next year and

then fill bags with little toy treats and the kids just love 'em. No

candy in my house ('cept what my 10 year old granddaughter brings in

her trick or treat bag and she squirrels away what she likes- which

isn't much and then she gives the rest away to my other grands that

don't live with us. Works out great.

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

.....How did everyone else survive last night?....

>

> Lucille

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, Halloween is almost as bad as Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't have

kids so I went to a party and took a plate of sugar-free cookies so I would

have something to eat. That worked fine, until I had to take the rest of

them home. When I eat 6 or 7 sugar free cookies, I don't exactly dump, but

I wake up feeling like I have a hangover. But, it didn't get my sugar jones

going.

I think probably the reason for yours, is not the detour bar so much, but

the blueberries. Granted blueberries have lots of good things in them, but

about 1/4 cup at a time is sufficient. Much more than that and you may as

well have eaten candy. Sugar is sugar is sugar.

Someone on the list mentioned that they had given something other than

candy. I don't remember what it was, but she said it worked like a charm

and the kids loved it.

Well, you certainly could have done worse. Just think, two more

opportunities this year to do better! :-) .

Barbara Jean

I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

> No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this past week

> (??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to Halloween. How

> brutal is this " holiday " to get through? Just wrapping up the little

treat bags

> and smelling the candy is an ordeal. Last year, at about one year

postop, I

> was still in that " honeymoon " phase where I had little appetite, and not

much

> taste for sweet things, so surviving Halloween unscathed wasn't a problem.

> Well this year, as I approach my 2 year anniversary, things are MUCH

> different. So I thought I would be a clever treatster and buy only those

candies

> that I could resist (and let me tell you, there isn't much that I can

resist).

> I actually felt GUILTY that I wasn't getting what I considered the most

> choice and luscious candies for the kiddies (like Snickers and Peanut

Butter Cups

> and other decadent stuff). Yes, I felt MEAN, like I was letting the

team

> down! LOL! Well, I swallowed my guilt (better than swallowing Peanut

Chews)

> and grabbed another bag of Blow Pops (who eats that stuff anyway????)

This

> approach worked well for the 3 days the poison sat in my house (just my

pug

> Chloe sniffed the treat box), and I even survived bagging everything

without

> dipping in. But last night, at about 2 in the AM (the hour Sugar Satan

is at

> his most devilish), I woke up to answer nature's call and cracked open a

> leftover treat-bag, and took a nip out of a Kit Kat bar (I don't even LIKE

those

> things! LMAO). So today I think I figured out what wore me down:

(,

> listen up, you will appreciate this): yesterday, for the first time in

weeks,

> I ate a Detour bar, with a big bowl of blueberries (my old lunch menu).

> This was during a time I was having a real battle with nightime eating,

which

> has since gotten better. The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the Detour

bar as

> much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just the

same.

> Did I take a little detour, because of Detour. Is the name prophetic?

Or

> was I just finally possessed by the evil spirits eminating from those Blow

> Pops?

>

> Next year, I may have to resort to stuffing the bags with items that

> literally make me gag: like hard-boiled eggs. At least, if the kids

decide to take

> their Halloween revenge on me, the cooked eggs can't do much too damage

when

> hurled at my front door.

>

> How did everyone else survive last night?

>

> Lucille

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm very impressed. I also think it's great to not build a holiday around

candy and sweets to give the kids a good example, and show them you can have

fun without a ton of food.

Barbara Jean

Re: I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

> Lucille:

> The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the Detour bar as

> much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just the

> same.

> /////////

> Lucille,

> So you think the Detour bar jump started your craving? I don't care for

them

> so I'm okay there. I applaud you for having just a " nip " because if I got

> started, it would've been the whole darn kit kat, and they aren't even my

> fav.

>

> We don't celebrate Halloween. We sometimes get together with other friends

> of oursand take the kids bowling. Last night was a quiet night, we got

> snuggly and watched a new video. No sugar, for any of us (ages 5, 9, 12

and

> me, dh was working).

>

> Several weeks ago I stopped (cold turkey) chocolate/sugar. Today has been

> harder, stressed, but I called dh from the dance studio and asked him to

> please fire up the grill as I was hungry. Sweetheart that he was he had

> lunch ready for all of us when we returned. I haven't caved.

>

> Hugs,

> Lori

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

After ending up with a bowl of Candy to help myself last year, I give money

now. The kids loved it. They couldn't believe they are getting money out of

the bowl . I just keep a lot of change at hand. Actually, it didn't cost

me much since number of tricker-treater after Sep 11 has been reduced

drastically in our neighborhood. Anyone else has the same experience.

M.

To: <Graduate-OSSG >

Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 12:42 PM

Subject: Re: I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

> Yes, Halloween is almost as bad as Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't

have

> kids so I went to a party and took a plate of sugar-free cookies so I

would

> have something to eat. That worked fine, until I had to take the rest of

> them home. When I eat 6 or 7 sugar free cookies, I don't exactly dump,

but

> I wake up feeling like I have a hangover. But, it didn't get my sugar

jones

> going.

>

> I think probably the reason for yours, is not the detour bar so much, but

> the blueberries. Granted blueberries have lots of good things in them,

but

> about 1/4 cup at a time is sufficient. Much more than that and you may as

> well have eaten candy. Sugar is sugar is sugar.

>

> Someone on the list mentioned that they had given something other than

> candy. I don't remember what it was, but she said it worked like a charm

> and the kids loved it.

>

> Well, you certainly could have done worse. Just think, two more

> opportunities this year to do better! :-) .

>

> Barbara Jean

> I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

>

>

> > No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this past

week

> > (??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to Halloween.

How

> > brutal is this " holiday " to get through? Just wrapping up the little

> treat bags

> > and smelling the candy is an ordeal. Last year, at about one year

> postop, I

> > was still in that " honeymoon " phase where I had little appetite, and not

> much

> > taste for sweet things, so surviving Halloween unscathed wasn't a

problem.

> > Well this year, as I approach my 2 year anniversary, things are MUCH

> > different. So I thought I would be a clever treatster and buy only

those

> candies

> > that I could resist (and let me tell you, there isn't much that I can

> resist).

> > I actually felt GUILTY that I wasn't getting what I considered the most

> > choice and luscious candies for the kiddies (like Snickers and Peanut

> Butter Cups

> > and other decadent stuff). Yes, I felt MEAN, like I was letting the

> team

> > down! LOL! Well, I swallowed my guilt (better than swallowing

Peanut

> Chews)

> > and grabbed another bag of Blow Pops (who eats that stuff anyway????)

> This

> > approach worked well for the 3 days the poison sat in my house (just my

> pug

> > Chloe sniffed the treat box), and I even survived bagging everything

> without

> > dipping in. But last night, at about 2 in the AM (the hour Sugar Satan

> is at

> > his most devilish), I woke up to answer nature's call and cracked open a

> > leftover treat-bag, and took a nip out of a Kit Kat bar (I don't even

LIKE

> those

> > things! LMAO). So today I think I figured out what wore me down:

> (,

> > listen up, you will appreciate this): yesterday, for the first time in

> weeks,

> > I ate a Detour bar, with a big bowl of blueberries (my old lunch menu).

> > This was during a time I was having a real battle with nightime eating,

> which

> > has since gotten better. The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the Detour

> bar as

> > much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just the

> same.

> > Did I take a little detour, because of Detour. Is the name prophetic?

> Or

> > was I just finally possessed by the evil spirits eminating from those

Blow

> > Pops?

> >

> > Next year, I may have to resort to stuffing the bags with items that

> > literally make me gag: like hard-boiled eggs. At least, if the kids

> decide to take

> > their Halloween revenge on me, the cooked eggs can't do much too damage

> when

> > hurled at my front door.

> >

> > How did everyone else survive last night?

> >

> > Lucille

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Boy do I understand about having stuff in the house. Here is what I did.

And it really helped. I bought a kind of candy that doesn't really appeal to

me all that much. In fact Dear Daughter said it was " yucky " a big bag of

little M & M's. I didn't get many kids so today when I went to her house (she

lives with her dad) I took the bag of candy with me and told her to give it

to her friends when they come over today to read through lines for the play.

Now... will come Thanksgiving but hardest of all will be Christmas. Just

one day at a time I keep telling myself.

I don't know why but I have this terrible craving today for pizza.

Re: I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

> Lucille, I so totally understand about not having the stuff in the

> house. Fortunately, there are no trick or treaters around here so I

> didn't have to buy stuff. If I did have trick or treaters, I was

> actually considering getting stuff like Halloween stickers and/or

> pencils. At least that way, I don't have to worry about eating them

> before the kids come around.

> Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

> SRVG 7/16/01

> Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

>

> On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:33:00 EST DisDog@... writes:

> > No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this past

> > week

> > (??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to Halloween.

> > How

> > brutal is this " holiday " to get through? Just wrapping up the

> > little treat bags

> > and smelling the candy is an ordeal. Last year, at about one year

> > postop, I

> > was still in that " honeymoon " phase where I had little appetite, and

> > not much

> > taste for sweet things, so surviving Halloween unscathed wasn't a

> > problem.

> > Well this year, as I approach my 2 year anniversary, things are MUCH

> >

> > different. So I thought I would be a clever treatster and buy only

> > those candies

> > that I could resist (and let me tell you, there isn't much that I

> > can resist).

> > I actually felt GUILTY that I wasn't getting what I considered the

> > most

> > choice and luscious candies for the kiddies (like Snickers and

> > Peanut Butter Cups

> > and other decadent stuff). Yes, I felt MEAN, like I was letting

> > the team

> > down! LOL! Well, I swallowed my guilt (better than swallowing

> > Peanut Chews)

> > and grabbed another bag of Blow Pops (who eats that stuff

> > anyway????) This

> > approach worked well for the 3 days the poison sat in my house (just

> > my pug

> > Chloe sniffed the treat box), and I even survived bagging everything

> > without

> > dipping in. But last night, at about 2 in the AM (the hour Sugar

> > Satan is at

> > his most devilish), I woke up to answer nature's call and cracked

> > open a

> > leftover treat-bag, and took a nip out of a Kit Kat bar (I don't

> > even LIKE those

> > things! LMAO). So today I think I figured out what wore me down:

> > (,

> > listen up, you will appreciate this): yesterday, for the first

> > time in weeks,

> > I ate a Detour bar, with a big bowl of blueberries (my old lunch

> > menu).

> > This was during a time I was having a real battle with nightime

> > eating, which

> > has since gotten better. The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the

> > Detour bar as

> > much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just

> > the same.

> > Did I take a little detour, because of Detour. Is the name

> > prophetic? Or

> > was I just finally possessed by the evil spirits eminating from

> > those Blow

> > Pops?

> >

> > Next year, I may have to resort to stuffing the bags with items that

> >

> > literally make me gag: like hard-boiled eggs. At least, if the

> > kids decide to take

> > their Halloween revenge on me, the cooked eggs can't do much too

> > damage when

> > hurled at my front door.

> >

> > How did everyone else survive last night?

> >

> > Lucille

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Definitely! My girlfriend's birthday is on Halloween, and a group of

us went into the city (NYC) to see the Halloween parade...what a

trip! But, I left the house around 5 PM, and we used to get all the

little ones with their parents starting around 3 PM, but no one this

year. It was a gorgeous day, too, so it really surprised me.

OK, a confession, I had 1 little Snickers bar, then gave my neighbor

with 2 kids the rest of the bag this morning...had to get it out of

the house. )

in NJ

******************************

> Actually, it didn't cost me much since number of tricker-treater

after Sep 11 has been reduced drastically in our neighborhood.

Anyone else has the same experience.

>

> M.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I had a problem with Detour bars. Sent me in to a dumping and/or blood sugar

problem big time.

I said once before ... if the bars taste good ... they usually aren't good

for me. If they taste like Yuk they are usually okay.

Re: Re: I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

>

> > <<So you think the Detour bar jump started your craving? Lori >>

> >

> > Don't really know, and I was a bit suspicious because of the discussions

> > here about the nutritional claims on Detour possibly being misstated

(more

> > sugar, less protein etc. than claimed etc.) It was the only thing I

had

> > yesterday that was " different " lately ... then again, it could have just

been the

> > inescapable omnipresence of candy at the supermarkets this week. In

any

> > event, I discovered that I don't like them enough to do another

experiment with

> > them. They're taking a big detour outta my house.

> >

> > Lucille

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> Yes, Halloween is almost as bad as Thanksgiving and Christmas.

** for me, valentines through easter is the worst! I love chocolate. still

do. that only left temporarily in the first year or so. its a deadly time

with three birthdays in the house and our anniversary too on top of the

holidays.

sue

" work like you don't need the money,

love like you've never been hurt, and

dance like no one is watching "

[Guest guest]

How did everyone else survive last night?

Lucille

I ate one little bite size Snickers - can you believe I actually traded

a 9 year old a piece of raw broccoli for it? Strange child for sure LOL.

Amber/FL

I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this past

week

(??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to Halloween.

How

brutal is this " holiday " to get through? Just wrapping up the little

treat bags

and smelling the candy is an ordeal. Last year, at about one year

postop, I

was still in that " honeymoon " phase where I had little appetite, and not

much

taste for sweet things, so surviving Halloween unscathed wasn't a

problem.

Well this year, as I approach my 2 year anniversary, things are MUCH

different. So I thought I would be a clever treatster and buy only

those candies

that I could resist (and let me tell you, there isn't much that I can

resist).

I actually felt GUILTY that I wasn't getting what I considered the most

choice and luscious candies for the kiddies (like Snickers and Peanut

Butter Cups

and other decadent stuff). Yes, I felt MEAN, like I was letting the

team

down! LOL! Well, I swallowed my guilt (better than swallowing

Peanut Chews)

and grabbed another bag of Blow Pops (who eats that stuff anyway????)

This

approach worked well for the 3 days the poison sat in my house (just my

pug

Chloe sniffed the treat box), and I even survived bagging everything

without

dipping in. But last night, at about 2 in the AM (the hour Sugar Satan

is at

his most devilish), I woke up to answer nature's call and cracked open a

leftover treat-bag, and took a nip out of a Kit Kat bar (I don't even

LIKE those

things! LMAO). So today I think I figured out what wore me down:

(,

listen up, you will appreciate this): yesterday, for the first time in

weeks,

I ate a Detour bar, with a big bowl of blueberries (my old lunch menu).

This was during a time I was having a real battle with nightime eating,

which

has since gotten better. The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the Detour

bar as

much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just the

same.

Did I take a little detour, because of Detour. Is the name prophetic?

Or

was I just finally possessed by the evil spirits eminating from those

Blow

Pops?

Next year, I may have to resort to stuffing the bags with items that

literally make me gag: like hard-boiled eggs. At least, if the kids

decide to take

their Halloween revenge on me, the cooked eggs can't do much too damage

when

hurled at my front door.

How did everyone else survive last night?

Lucille

[Guest guest]

I confess...this was the WORST experience I have had since WLS 2

years ago. Last year I sailed through Halloween but this year I

started early and didn't stop. Tonight I actually threw up after

eating 3 of the little demons. I hate this blasted disease and I'm

feeling awfully bad about myself too. I'm envious of those of you

who have strength and sense to not bring the tempting treats into

the house. Next year will be different but I'm feeling very

depressed tonight… :-(

in Washington

Lap RNY Sept 2001, Dr. Wittgrove

Minus 203.5 pounds

333.5/130

http://www.wworw.com

> No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this

past week

> (??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to

Halloween. How

> brutal is this " holiday " to get through?

[Guest guest]

, it is not what you do on one day, it is the rest of the days that

matter. This disease we have is devastating if we allow it to continue. It is

time to have someone cleanse the house and detox yourself. All will be well and

for goodness sake, no guilt. When the Carb monster gets a hold, we have to

jump into action. There is a great car commercial with this woman fighting

this monster back into the car engine. That is us.

Fay Bayuk

**300/172

10/23/01

Dr.

Open RNY 150 cm

Click for My Profile

http://obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=Bayuk951061008

Coping with the emotional aspects of craving food, one day at a time.

[Guest guest]

When we did Halloween, that's what I did. Bought all candy that does not

appeal to me. Now, we just leave.

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Re: I may be mean, but I'm gonna stay lean!

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> > Lucille, I so totally understand about not having the stuff in the

> > house. Fortunately, there are no trick or treaters around here so I

> > didn't have to buy stuff. If I did have trick or treaters, I was

> > actually considering getting stuff like Halloween stickers and/or

> > pencils. At least that way, I don't have to worry about eating them

> > before the kids come around.

> > Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

> > SRVG 7/16/01

> > Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

> >

> > On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:33:00 EST DisDog@... writes:

> > > No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this past

> > > week

> > > (??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to Halloween.

> > > How

> > > brutal is this " holiday " to get through? Just wrapping up the

> > > little treat bags

> > > and smelling the candy is an ordeal. Last year, at about one year

> > > postop, I

> > > was still in that " honeymoon " phase where I had little appetite, and

> > > not much

> > > taste for sweet things, so surviving Halloween unscathed wasn't a

> > > problem.

> > > Well this year, as I approach my 2 year anniversary, things are MUCH

> > >

> > > different. So I thought I would be a clever treatster and buy only

> > > those candies

> > > that I could resist (and let me tell you, there isn't much that I

> > > can resist).

> > > I actually felt GUILTY that I wasn't getting what I considered the

> > > most

> > > choice and luscious candies for the kiddies (like Snickers and

> > > Peanut Butter Cups

> > > and other decadent stuff). Yes, I felt MEAN, like I was letting

> > > the team

> > > down! LOL! Well, I swallowed my guilt (better than swallowing

> > > Peanut Chews)

> > > and grabbed another bag of Blow Pops (who eats that stuff

> > > anyway????) This

> > > approach worked well for the 3 days the poison sat in my house (just

> > > my pug

> > > Chloe sniffed the treat box), and I even survived bagging everything

> > > without

> > > dipping in. But last night, at about 2 in the AM (the hour Sugar

> > > Satan is at

> > > his most devilish), I woke up to answer nature's call and cracked

> > > open a

> > > leftover treat-bag, and took a nip out of a Kit Kat bar (I don't

> > > even LIKE those

> > > things! LMAO). So today I think I figured out what wore me down:

> > > (,

> > > listen up, you will appreciate this): yesterday, for the first

> > > time in weeks,

> > > I ate a Detour bar, with a big bowl of blueberries (my old lunch

> > > menu).

> > > This was during a time I was having a real battle with nightime

> > > eating, which

> > > has since gotten better. The funny thing is, I didn't enjoy the

> > > Detour bar as

> > > much as I used to, but I think it got my sugar-jones a cookin' just

> > > the same.

> > > Did I take a little detour, because of Detour. Is the name

> > > prophetic? Or

> > > was I just finally possessed by the evil spirits eminating from

> > > those Blow

> > > Pops?

> > >

> > > Next year, I may have to resort to stuffing the bags with items that

> > >

> > > literally make me gag: like hard-boiled eggs. At least, if the

> > > kids decide to take

> > > their Halloween revenge on me, the cooked eggs can't do much too

> > > damage when

> > > hurled at my front door.

> > >

> > > How did everyone else survive last night?

> > >

> > > Lucille

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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This year I gave mini bags of microwave popcorn (with casper the

friendly ghost on the package). In the past, I found 4 packs of

crayons and those little tiny story books...

I like the popcorn because I will eat the leftovers over the next

several months, but the small bags are perfect WLS size versus the

usual full size bags (which I will graze all the way thru).

Jan

> Lori mentioned Halloween stickers and pencils too, and I think you

are both

> brilliant. I am going to see what non-food Halloween items I can

scare up

> this week and hold for next year. Thanks!

>

> Lucille

>

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I think my favorite idea is the glow sticks that kids can wear around

their necks, heads, wherever. Does anyone know where you can buy

these things?

in NJ

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In a message dated 11/2/2003 11:40:54 AM Central Standard Time,

brzezinski4@... writes:

> No one (that I've noticed) has uttered the dreaded " H " word this past week

> (??? unless I missed something????) I am referring to Halloween. How

> brutal is this " holiday " to get through? Just wrapping up the little treat

> bags

> and smelling the candy is an ordeal.

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I buy no treats and give none out. I turn off all the lights inside and don't

answer the doorbell if I'm at home. Better yet, I take myself out for a nice

decaf at Caribou Coffee and read for 2-3 hours till the li'l goblins have

retreated and gone to bed. I don't feel guilty about that. It's

self-preservation.

Of course, if you've got li'l goblins of your own, it may be harder. But you

can make a pact with a friend or nabor to have them accompany your kids on

their rounds, and when they get home, you can substitute the " bad " treats (throw

them out immediately so you're not tempted) for good ones, either home-made,

or sugar-free, or non-edibles. What kid wouldn't rather have some super-duper

toy than a bag full of candy? It's the collecting part that's the most fun.

Afterwards is anti-climactic. I remember as a kid, it was great just to get to

be

someone OTHER than myself for a few hours.

Carol A

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At 2 years out I choose a similar strategy to yours to make it through

Halloween. I purchased candy sticks in small boxes (used to be called candy

cigarettes until that name became politically incorrect) to give out since I

hate them. Even so, I knew that was only part one of my Halloween

challenges.

Challenge #2 is the candy my daughter brings home after she goes

trick-or-treating. My solution, I stocked up on low-carb candy. They are

not particularly healthy but they do satisfy my craving for sweets with out

triggering out-of control eating. Now instead of raiding her candy bag, I

enjoy a treat from my " stash " .

B.

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In a message dated 11/2/03 1:24:17 PM Central Standard Time,

tuesdynite@... writes:

> It's the collecting part that's the most fun. Afterwards is anti-climactic.

>

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Wow, not for me - the collection of the stash was always exciting, but

never as good as actually HAVING all that candy that belonged to ME. I used

to be almost sick with excitement and anticipation on the afternoon of

Halloween - imagining that bag of candy. I HATED having to go to the doors and

get

it... heaven forbid if it was someone who actually made me TALK to them to get

the candy! Some of those folks who wanted to see my " trick " were especially

irritating. Didn't they know they were getting between me and the candy and

that was a dangerous thing?

Raking through the pile of candy after getting home and gorging on

it... it was a sensuous pleasure. Of course, it's apparent that my food issues

have been with me always!

Beth

Houston, TX

VBG - Dr. Srungaram

05/31/00 - 314 lbs.

11/01/02 - Abdominoplasty

11/29/02 - 160 lbs.

5'10 "

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oriental trading company, you can by them by the gross and they are pretty

cheap.

Trina

> I think my favorite idea is the glow sticks that kids can wear around

> their necks, heads, wherever. Does anyone know where you can buy

> these things?

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> in NJ

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Saw some on e-bay real cheap.

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

> I think my favorite idea is the glow sticks that kids can wear

around

> their necks, heads, wherever. Does anyone know where you can buy

> these things?

>

> in NJ