What?!?! Seriously. We are doing the Advocare 24 Day Challenge. Candy canes are not on the menu. What the heck? It was about 9:30 pm last night. We just got done watching 2 more episodes of Orange is the New Black and were going to bed. He was going to feed the kitties and give Sophie her medicine. And I hear the crinkle of the plastic. Umm. . . nothing in plastic is on the menu.
"What are you eating?" I ask.
He gets defensive and says "It's just a candy cane! It's only a candy cane".
He didn't use cuss words for once if I remember right. I was mad. Should I have been mad? I don't know. We are doing this challenge together. A candy cane didn't temp me but the crinkle of the paper did. It's like during the various times when I'm not drinking soda and I a coworker has a fountain soda . . . I can hear the ice. My mouth starts watering. So the crinkle made me think of chocolate.
And yes I went to bed mad at him. Do I expect perfection on the challenge? I don't know. Maybe. I expect it of myself. I don't even eat my vitamin C and vitamin D vitamins right now cause they are gummies and have a coating of sugar. No artificial sugar in my system! So yes I guess I expect the same from him. But above that I expect that he doesn't eat these things in front of my face. If he isn't committed he can cheat during the 12 hours a day that I'm not home. That's what I expect.
When I invest the money in the challenge (it's not cheap!) I give it my full commitment. I paid for his challenge cause I ordered and my credit card is linked to our Advocare account. I suppose I should have had him pay for his. Then maybe he would realize the expense and be more committed.
I think the other thing that bothered me is that he didn't *need* that candy cane. What?! He was mindlessly eating. Through the challenge you learn how much you mindlessly eat when you want to reach for something you "can't have". It's eye opening.
So yes, my feathers are ruffled over a candy cane. And I don't even know how to talk to him about it.
But I'm rocking the challenge and the scale and I are friends again! I won't post anything about my weight till I'm either a week in or at the end of the 10 day cleanse mark. You never know what the scale will do, but these last 2 days have been *happy dance* moments when I saw the number on the scale.
Congratulations on having a successful start! You should give those candy canes to your horse, then your husband can't have them. ;)
ReplyDeleteI honestly didn't even know we had a candy cane in the house. But that's a genius idea! I have one of those big jumbo candy canes at my barn for my horse. A fellow boarder gave it to us. I really wanted a piece of that last night. That was the ironic part.
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