recovering from eating like crap during december

During December 2024, I did not do well concerning what I ate. In fact, I ate a whole ton of garbage until very-early January 2025.

I made a New Year's Resolution to stop eating the garbage, and so far it has been going mostly well.

What garbage did I eat, specifically? Chocolate. Way, way too much chocolate. All the holiday candy was out there, and I just went to town on that stuff. Why? "It's Christmas!", that's why.

Then, of course, the after-holiday sales happened where that same chocolate was selling for 50% off or more.

I didn't eat chocolate every day of December, but it sure felt like it.

In January, a special traditional Polish doughnut goes on sale at local markets called a Pączki (pronounced poonch-kee or pohnch-kee), so of course I had to get some.

After the doughnuts, I said okay, time to get back on the wagon. That was about two weeks ago. Since that point, the only chocolate I've had has been one Peppermint Pattie and nothing else. As for sugar, I only add it to my coffee and that's it, and only in a small amount.

I've gone back to real food for my diet. Eggs, rice, beans, mixed vegetables, chicken, tuna, and so on. My jeans are already starting to fit normally again.

The only "enemy" I have for the near future comes in March. What happens then? Cadbury Creme Eggs, that's what. The ultimate Easter candy. Love those things and always have. I hate Peeps (gross), but give me a Cadbury egg and I'm all sorts of happy.

Yes, I will have some Cadbury eggs in March. That's a given. Only the original kind. Cadbury has other flavors of the Creme Egg and they all suck. Only the original is the good one.

But until then, chocolate as well as all other candy is no-go territory. The only reason I had the Pattie is because it was gifted to me, and I had one of those "I shouldn't have done that" guilty feelings right after eating it. That's how anti-candy I am right now because of all I had in December.

Does that mean I plan to fall off the wagon again come March? Absolutely not. I worked very hard to lose weight, successfully kept it off, and intend to stay that way. Candy is fine to have once in a while, but I'm absolutely not doing a repeat of what I ate in December because that was ridiculous.

Published 2025 Jan 16