Get Thou Behind Me Fudge
ByDuring the days we were away at Christmas time…it appears that I forgot how to eat healthy. I mean…I DID eat a lot of raw veggies and fruit…and I did drink a lot of water.
But.
Whenever there is fudge in the house…that seems to trump all else for me. And my sister-in-law made a lot of fudge. The really yummy kind (um, is there a kind of fudge that isn’t yummy?).
So…I sit here and confess to you that during the week and a half we were away from home…I consumed something like 145 pounds of fudge. All by myself. Okay I’m exaggerating…a little bit. I did share the pan of fudge with all of those around me who were also eating lots of fudge.
By Christmas day my blue eyes were turning brown from eating all the fudge. I was getting fudge colored freckles on my cheeks and I had fudge under my fingernails. I decided that enough was enough. Time to stop eating so much fudge.
And then…what does Matt receive at the Family Gift Exchange on Christmas day?
None other than TEN gigantic chocolate bars. The ones that are like a half pound EACH.
Woe (whoa?) is me.
Now we’re home and I’m SO ready to eat better again. I was inspired (by the sugar) to write a poem:
Ode to Carrots
Oh Carrots…how I need you
Your vegetabley goodness I have missed
My gut rebels at the fudgey overload
And begs for you, Oh Carrots
May you be plentiful at my table
You and your colorful cousins
And also after I eat you may I enjoy many a lengthy bounce on the mini trampoline that so lovingly calls me to come and bask in it’s healthiness so that I can snap my jeans again and sit comfortably at the computer at which I write.
Perhaps poetry writing is not my strong suit. Or maybe all the sugar I consumed is making my poetic brain a bit foggy.
Anyone else over-indulge a little during Christmas and feel a LITTLE bit like they should be hopping back onto a healthy eating train? Bring on the Broccoli!
Oh my word, YES!! After all the family celebrations this past week, I am on white sugar, white flour overload! I went the the store yesterday and bought beans & lentils and vegetables and not much else. Need healthy food! STAT! ;-)
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AMEN, sister. We hung out at my mom’s house for a week, in the presence of many delicious evils (including fudge). The great thing is that all those goodies stayed behind when we came home. I’m off to the grocery store with a huge list of healthy stuff. I’m excited to take control again!
Here’s to a healthy 2009!
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yes! Too much fudge. Too many peanut butter blossom cookies. Too many pieces of chocolate. That huge box of Milk Duds that I ate at the movies yesterday. Need I go on? I’m afraid what my Wii Fit trainer is going to say to me.
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My sister bought me an exercise video I’ve been wanting for Christmas. I used it yesterday. One day down and 499 to go! HA!
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OK, I hate to be the odd one, but I have to say that I did not over eat at Christmas – I didn’t even gain any weight! I ate lots of salad and drank mega cups of water. Please don’t hate me!!!!!
Today is New Year’s Eve though and we have lots of friends coming over and bringing yummy food – including cheesecake, which by the way I do not like!
Laura – we had an email conversation recently about fudge – my sister was going to mail you some fresh made fudge, but I guess that’s out of the question now . . . when you need a fix – let me know and I’ll have it sent!!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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I made some fudge myself. I gave away as much as I could…. and I *still* have fudge left in the house. It’s so delicious, and I can’t resist taking a piece at regular intervals throughout the day.
But yeah… my body isn’t reacting kindly to the constant barrage of yummy-but-definitely-not-healthy chocolate. And I wasn’t even one to truly avoid sugar in the first place, so you *know* it’s bad.
Maybe it will be gone in another couple days. Then I can focus on having healthy snacks again!
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I am like barbara,,, I didn’t really over do anything…maybe a tad too much white flour at others houses… but other than that… i don’t think I gained any weight… (or atleast it hasn’t shown yet…LOL!) BUT I will say, I have been feeling sluggish… time to get back on the CLEAN EATING band wagon, and I think I hear my eliptical calling my name!
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Oh how I wish I was in the group with Denai an Barbara!!! My weakness was the peanut butter balls!!
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Oh my, YES!!!! Too many chocolate caramel pecan candies, cookies, shortbread and the like. It’s time to get back on track. I have all sorts of healthy eats planned for next week.
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I gained weight sure, but I have an excuse, right? It all went to the baby! I did have good incentive though to keep trying to scrounge up the good fruits and veggies, eat heartily of the turkey and mashed potatoes and go light on the chocolaty treats, but it was really hard! I borrowed my mother’s copy of “Licking the Sugar Habit” hoping for some more encouragement, but I think until these Christmas cookies and sugary stocking stuffers are out of the house, it will be almost impossible. :(
Welcome back!
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What I found interesting was that the carrots and bell peppers and other sundry cut up vegetables were really delicious and I ate more of them than I thought I would in the face of things like fudge. However, the fudge was also delicious (if I, the beloved/despised fudge maker, do say so myself). They are just different kinds of delicious I guess. :-)
I bought a ton of fruit at the store yesterday and some quinoa. Thought I’d try my hand at a new grain.
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I need an Ode to Carrots too. I am determined to eat only those things that grow in the dirt for awhile. Just way too much figgy pudding.
Roberta Anne
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LOL! The fresh fruits and veggies have been lacking here lately too! There seems to be an overabundance of cookies, fudge and candy still lingering here too! I put LOTS of it in the freezer so that maybe just maybe we won’t eat it all at once!
Also, just wanted to let you know that there is two blog awards waiting for you over at my blog…http://glimpseofsonshine.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-blog-awards.html
Happy New Year!
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We had a really different Christmas this year. No fudge, no cookies, no cake. My dh & I had a little alone time get-away and got home on Christmas Eve. No time for any baking, but we survived! LOL I wanted to make a Happy Birthday Jesus cake, but it didn’t end up happening. I would have gladly helped you eat some of that fudge! he he he
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I, too, have over-loved my fudge this Christmas season. The good (?) news is that there are only four pieces left so once I eat those I will be free :) Note to self: next time, give most of fudge away.
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It’s comforting to see all these confessions and to admit that we are all in the same boat…although that boat might start sinking soon! Ha ha!
I have been on a bit of a fruit and veggie binge the last two days (we got back from my MIL’s house on the 31st…land of cookies, candy, and too much cheese!!) and it has made me feel so much better to munch on some healthy snacks after all the indulgence!
Thanks for the encouragement!
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