Anyone planning on throwing their kids' Easter candy out? (Read 912 times)

Our son got an Easter egg made of sugar, which he didn't eat too much of, but it made him hyper nonetheless. Other than that, we didn't get much else for candies. Easter brunch was good enough.

I put ours in a zip bag and put it in the outside deep freezer. I have to have a real craving to go through the process of digging it out and it's just too embarrassing to go back and double dip when my family is listening to me rustle around like a desperate squirrel. ( Stash is vital to have - one never knows when a chocolate attack may happen)

We do this too! You can almost forget it's there! When it's frozen, it takes longer to eat so you really only get through one or two pieces before the craving stops. It has really helped us! Currently, our freezer has more candy in it than food!

I brought in a large bowl of his candy to work, and last night I threw out the leftover chocolate cake I made for Easter dinner, with the excuse that the frosting had melted and it was no good anymore. No, frosting doesn't melt. But it was a good excuse, and my 5 year old totally agreed with me on tossing it out. He still has a basket full of chocolate, thanks to 2 sets of grandparents & a couple of aunts. But we've hidden it, just like we hid the Valentines day candy (and we still have leftovers from that, too!!). Yeah, I'm mean.

Another thing... An issue of Runners world around X-mas time had a little trick in dealing with sweets. Apparently if one binges and decides to cut themselves off cold turkey they are destined to failure because your body will immediately start craving the high sugar snacks, making you more likely to binge again and repeat the cycle. To beat this vicious cycle, after a "binge", you're supposed to eat a lot of fruit the next morning and throughout the day, which will apparently balance your blood sugar levels so you don't crash and overconsume more junk in response!

We had a brilliant solution when I was growing up. We (kids) were allowed candy or sweets only after one meal per week - Sunday lunch which was the main meal of the day. We were allowed to pretty much pig out, but when we left the table, it was no more candy, sweets, desserts of any kind until the following Sunday after lunch. Special occasions excepted (birthdays, guests, etc). This meant no browsing, no between-meal appetite spoiling, you knew not to even ask or beg. It worked quite well as a throttle - we didn't feel deprived, and had something to look forward to. I need to institute something like that for my kids now. Seems like the year is one nonstop series of sweets-related holidays, special occasions, and exceptions to any kind of rule we can put in place. Currently the only major rule in place is Halloween - they get 1 day to play in their pile of candy and then it goes in the trash. They have the option of dumping it themselves or having it disappear.

You have any M&Ms? or Butterfinger eggs? Man, I should of gone to Albertosans on Monday.

I swear, I think if I would bleed pastel colors if I got a paper cut or something. I have eaten sooooo many speckled eggs it isn't funny!! Oh, and lets not talk about chocolates. A family friend made and gave us a whole bunch of dark chocolate eggs stuffed with fresh soft coconut - they are amazing!!! I've actually hidden a bunch from the rest of the family, how's that for being a mean mom! Of course the jokes on me since I think I've gained a couple of pounds in the past week!