29 3 / 2012

My Fight With The Easter Bunny Not excited at all about having a milk jar FILLED to the brim with my favorite jelly beans… early Easter present from my mother-n-law. Love her but not loving the temptation that these little guys are causing while they stare at me from across the room.  How I’ve decided to handle this ridiculous temptation?  Out of site out of mind… when my husband was off doing something else, I snuck into his office and placed these on his shelf. I never go in there so I’ll let him be tempted instead. If I don’t see them I don’t think about them at all as often.  Don’t avoid too much. It’s okay to cave a little bit… if you try to avoid temptations 100% before you know it the jar will be upside down as the jelly beans just slide into your mouth.  Work for it… if I want 5 jelly beans I have to do 5 burpees or some other awesome total body exercise! Use them in as decoration… oh how I love pintrest! I recently found this Easter decorating idea and now I can follow through. I would never buy bags of jelly beans myself because if I did I would probably snag an extra bag just to eat myself. Don’t want that happening! But now I can do this:  Source: i.imgur.com via Kari on Pinterest

My Fight With The Easter Bunny

Not excited at all about having a milk jar FILLED to the brim with my favorite jelly beans… early Easter present from my mother-n-law. Love her but not loving the temptation that these little guys are causing while they stare at me from across the room. 

How I’ve decided to handle this ridiculous temptation? 

    1. Out of site out of mind… when my husband was off doing something else, I snuck into his office and placed these on his shelf. I never go in there so I’ll let him be tempted instead. If I don’t see them I don’t think about them at all as often. 
    2. Don’t avoid too much. It’s okay to cave a little bit… if you try to avoid temptations 100% before you know it the jar will be upside down as the jelly beans just slide into your mouth. 
    3. Work for it… if I want 5 jelly beans I have to do 5 burpees or some other awesome total body exercise!
    4. Use them in as decoration… oh how I love pintrest! I recently found this Easter decorating idea and now I can follow through. I would never buy bags of jelly beans myself because if I did I would probably snag an extra bag just to eat myself. Don’t want that happening! But now I can do this: 

Source: i.imgur.com via Kari on Pinterest

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