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I was fairly active in the time leading up to Christmas, being in Hawaii, and wasn't eating that many more calories than I normally would. After Christmas, now, that's a whole different story. I have in my apartment now:
*an empty gladware container that used to house the cookies Grandma sent me back to PA with.
*a plastic bag filled with the candy that was in my stocking on Christmas morning
*a chocolate turkey left over from Thanksgiving, given to me by parishioners
*two boxes of chocolates given to me for Christmas by parishioners
At work there are:
*three boxes of chocolate given to the office for Christmas by parishioners
*a tin of Pirouette cookies given to the office for Christmas by parishioners
*a box of chocolate cookies given to the office for Christmas by parishioners
Normally, I keep myself from eating too much fatty/sugary stuff by the simple expedient of not having much of it in the house. This induces in me a feeling of deprivation so I ration it, which is healthier for me and better for my figure and keeps me from eating it instead of healthy stuff when I'm hungry. It's ... a lot harder to be good when I know there's lots of it sitting around waiting to be eaten.
(It did not take me long after arriving at seminary two and a half years ago to determine that people like feeding seminary students. Apparently, they like giving chocolate to pastors.)
*an empty gladware container that used to house the cookies Grandma sent me back to PA with.
*a plastic bag filled with the candy that was in my stocking on Christmas morning
*a chocolate turkey left over from Thanksgiving, given to me by parishioners
*two boxes of chocolates given to me for Christmas by parishioners
At work there are:
*three boxes of chocolate given to the office for Christmas by parishioners
*a tin of Pirouette cookies given to the office for Christmas by parishioners
*a box of chocolate cookies given to the office for Christmas by parishioners
Normally, I keep myself from eating too much fatty/sugary stuff by the simple expedient of not having much of it in the house. This induces in me a feeling of deprivation so I ration it, which is healthier for me and better for my figure and keeps me from eating it instead of healthy stuff when I'm hungry. It's ... a lot harder to be good when I know there's lots of it sitting around waiting to be eaten.
(It did not take me long after arriving at seminary two and a half years ago to determine that people like feeding seminary students. Apparently, they like giving chocolate to pastors.)
