Candy Log

Sunday:

Ate some champagne bubble candy before going to bed.  Just felt like I wanted something sweet.  A little treat!

Monday:

11:30am- Jolly Rancher candy.  My mouth was dry. 
3:30pm-Jolly Rancher candy.  My daughter had one and I grabbed one too!
10:30pm- Champagne Bubble candy.  Wanted something sweet!  This was my dessert.

Tuesday:

3:00pm-Life saver wintergreen.  One of my co workers keeps a bowl of them on his desk.  I had sushi for lunch and wintergreen just sounded good!

1. On Monday, eating the Jolly Rancher earlier with the dry mouth definately felt different. It was more to help me with a physical issue of dry mouth. The one with the my daughter was purely a case of because she did it, I did it. Both tasted great though.
   
   I don't try to "fit" candy into my day. It is more if I feel like I want a little sweet to eat then I will eat it.
   
   I actually feel happy after I eat the Champagne Bubble candy. I treated myself a little something after a long day. I think they taste great and are fun to eat. They are small and I don't need to eat a lot and I'm sure they are low in calories and possibly non fat which matters to me. I don't feel that gulity eating them. Physically I feel great after I eat them. No sugar rush or anything like that. I like they way they feel in my mouth.
   
   The candy after the 3 day challenge did not replace anything. I still ate dessert if I wanted some. I really look at my candy as a little treat.
   
   The reason candy is not a regular part of my day is the sugar factor and calories. I try not to eat a lot of sugar. I guess I would rather eat a dessert if I wanted something sweet. I like pies & cakes. I don't think candy will ever be a regular part of my day. Maybe if there was something nutritonally going on that might encourage me. Maybe a candy to help surpress my appetite?? Those would be the only reasons.

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Candyland of your Life

I probably starting eating candy at a very early age.  It was most likely around 2 1/2 years old.  Sugar was not considered the devil in those days so it was common to give kids treats. I have recollections of going to stores and doctor's offices and being offered a lollypop. My parents didn't buy a lot of candy but I don't remember ever being denied a treat.  In those early years I mainly remember lollypops.

As I entered elementary school age, candy became much more important!  Let's not forget Halloween!  It used to be such a fun holiday for me but I also remember having to inspect all of our candy for possible razor blades.  I still don't know how many kids ever found one!  I also remember being told at this age to never accept candy from a stranger.  That could lead to all sorts of horrible things.  So, during these years candy was great but it also had a negative side.

I also remember in the summer time a group of us neighborhood kids would ride our bikes to the local drug store and buy a bunch of candy with a dollar.  It was such a treat!  Some of my favorites were, Jolly Ranchers (cherry was the best), Lemonheads, bubble gum, Good and Plenty, Dots on paper strip, Tootsie Pops and Smarties.  It would last us for a couple of weeks.  I developed a taste for sour candies at this point.  I was a huge lemon lover and would often suck on them raw so I loved sour candies.  Once again, other than the possibility of cavities, candy was always allowed.

Towards my teen years and into college I became aware of calories and my weight.  I wasn't eating as much candy and when I did it was either just to have something to munch on .  It occupied me when I was bored. I still liked sour candies. My favorite candy in college was Skittles.  I had a friend who also loved them and we would joke about how much we loved Skittles!  I had even mailed him Skittles over the summer break.  I'm not sure why we thought this was so funny, but we giggled a lot about Skittles!  We also loved Starbursts!

As a young mother I didn't give my son sugar until he was 18 months old.  I eased him into candy.  He also loved sour candies and as the candy market changed you could find a lot more super sour candies.  Warheads, Sour Skittles, Sour Patch, sour ropes are some the the candies we would share. Actually both of my kids love sour candies!  For special treats, I would go to one of those candy by the pound stores and fill up little bags full of every sour candy I could find. 

In present day, I'm not eating as much candy but still love gummy bears, gum, swedish fish and my new favorite is champagne bubbles.  Champagne Bubbles are a lot harder to find and I have to go to specialty stores to find them and they can be pricey!  But they are soooo good! Every once in a while when I want a little treat or something sweet that is actually low calorie, I will eat one of the above named candies!  I have been known to keep a secret stash in my closet and I will grab a few before I go to bed.  It does satisify me and is better than eating a couple of cookies or ice cream.

I think in the future, I will continue to eat candy in the way I am now. I don't think I will eat more candy than I do now.  Maybe if I'm super bored!  If I felt it was effecting my health then I'm sure I would stop or eat less.

Hi,

My name is Moonie Fishburn and I am a woman in my 50's.  I'm married with two children (22 & 18) and work in business management.  I live in Pacific Palisades, Ca and keep myself pretty busy with work, running the house, kids and family, working out and hanging with my friends.  I love to entertain and be entertained!  We also love to travel and here's a recent picture of us in front of the Taj Mahal in India.

A typical day in my mouth is as follows.

I wake up around 6:50am and get out of bed around 7:05 am!  I make breakfast for both of my kids (yes I still do that!) and after they leave for work and school, I will eat my breakfast while watching the Today show or other morning programs.  I'm a channel surfer !  My breakfast today was Greek yogurt with fresh mixed berries.  I then have a few glasses of water and take a few vitamins like Omega 3 and vitamin D.  I tend to eat protein and fruit in the morning.  I really like it and helps me to feel fuller during the day.

I will then try and workout.  I go either spinning or take a dance class.  I also like to take walks. Today I went spinning!  It was a killer!  I don't understand why it isn't getting easier.  I drink a lot of water during and after I spin.

I then raced home, took a shower and ate another piece of fruit (mandarin orange) and left for work. My office is only 10 mins from my house so my commute is quick!  While at work, I will fill a glass of water at my desk and sip on that throughout the day filling it up as needed.  I would say I drink about 3 glasses at work.

Lunch for me today was going to a place called Freshii in Brentwood.  I often go to Subway and get a turkey or tuna sandwich but I have switched it up a bit lately.  I ordered a lemon grass soup with noodles, carrots, bean sprouts, mushrooms and cilantro.  I then added shrimp to the soup.  I brought my soup back to the office and ate with a few of the girls in the back room.  I also continue to drink my water.  I thought the soup was pretty good but definitely not the best lemongrass soup I have had! I did add extra lemon juice to the soup.  I didn't finish the soup and saved the rest to take home with me.  It was a fairly large amount.

I then went back to my desk and worked a bit more and felt like I wanted a little something more.  I keep a stash of Barbara's natural cheese puffs in my desk drawer.  I whipped about 1 cups worth of those and munched away.  I love them and they seem to satisfy any crunching cravings I have.  Plus they are not that high in calories which is a good thing for me!  I then grabbed a cup of green tea with splenda around 3:00pm.  I'm not a coffee drinker in the morning  but will treat myself to a latte at various points in the day.  Today it was just green tea!

I then left the office which was quite busy today and raced home to throw a little dinner together before we had to leave for a presentation at my daughter's high school that she was speaking on.  It turned out to be a leftovers dinner tonight.  Not much time to cook since she needed to leave in 45 mins.  I reheated a gnocchi baked pasta that we made the night before along with some rotisserie chicken from the night before.  I had a little of the gnocchi (it's rich but yummy) and decided to finish off my soup.  Once again, water was the beverage of choice.

I quickly freshened up my make up and left for my daughter's school.  I got there early because of course my daughter gave me the wrong time!  So I chatted on the phone with a friend and chewed some sugar free gum (Extra Spearmint). I then went in to watch the presentation and was blown away by the program and what an honor it was that my kid was chosen to speak.  She was just great and this deserved a celebration!  My husband didn't come because he didn't think it was a big deal.  Poor guy missed out!  Like most good moms I thought we should go out and get some ice cream to celebrate.  We discussed where to go and decided that we wanted yummy pastries instead.  We headed over to Toscana which is an Italian restaurant and ordered a sampler platter.  It included ricotta cheesecake, chocolate tart, blueberry tart, raspberry tarts and banana tart.  Mind you these are all small slivers but we did manage to almost eat the whole plate!  They also gave us a small sugar cookie.  We both had mint tea and water with our dessert. It was a really wonderful ending to a busy day!  Just hanging with her and eating dessert at 9:30pm!  Fun!

We then got home, checked emails etc..  Filled my husband in on what he missed grabbed my IPAD to read the news of the day and feel fast asleep!  I usually don't go to bed until midnight!  It all starts again tomorrow! :)