One month ago, it was three months prior to my only important race of the year. I decided to forego for the next three months my favorite junk food: ice cream. I usually ate a bowl (often with chocolate syrup) before bed, possibly 5 times per week.
Today is 30 days without. I’m going to do it.
The hardest part is serving it to my two daughters for their dessert. I don’t even lick the spoon.
do your daughters a favor…give them fruits instead…good habits can’t start too early…enough stuff around to give them a sweet tooth already.
I’m with ya’ man…
Most every night, my 2 1/2 year old son has an ice cream sundae (If he eats his dinner of course!): Breyer’s Vanilla Ice Cream, Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup, and **two **cherries on top!!
This has been going on for almost a year now. And I’ve been able to faithfully refrain, so far. My secret: when the temptation is really great, I make what I call “The World’s Smallest Ice Cream Sundae” - a single teaspoon of ice cream with a touch of chocoalte syrup drizzled on top. Satisfies the craving everytime!
My wife tells me I have problems…she’s prolly right!! 
do your daughters a favor…give them fruits instead…good habits can’t start too early…enough stuff around to give them a sweet tooth already.
They eat lots of fruit already (last night was canteloupe, not ice cream). They get no candy, with the exception of Easter and Hallowe’en, of course. Even then, the wife and I get most of that!
And if Rachel doesn’t eat her carrots, she doesn’t get dessert.
Just wait until you have kids. It ain’t easy.
my ‘kids’ eat the furntiture sometimes, dirt, poop, tires are also on their menu at times…deal with it!
Moderation
It’s one of the most important words in parenting…and probably in all of life as well…
Out of curiosity, why would you feed something to your children that you, yourself will not eat?
Out of curiosity, why would you feed something to your children that you, yourself will not eat?
One: they are not training for a half Ironman distance triathlon. At least as far as I know.
Two: a 21 month old and an incredibly active and rather thin 7 year old have different nutritional needs than do I (especially the little one, for whom fat intake, within reason, is very important for neurological development).
Three: on June 12 (and June 13, and June 14, …), I will be eating a seriously large amount of ice cream. Assuming that I can walk and lift my arms.
my ‘kids’ eat the furntiture sometimes, dirt, poop, tires are also on their menu at times…deal with it!
My wife’s first dog ate a pair of my Oakleys, plus one each of two pairs of PI cycling gloves. The current dog chewed off a corner of our teak bench on the patio. You should see me cringe when the cat leaps onto the back of our leather sofa, and has to dig in with his claws to hang on…
Ken,
What half are you going to be doing.
Ken,
What half are you going to be doing.
Eagleman. More likely, it’ll be doing me.