Sweets, and their control over our brains!

[JSR]

In about 30 seconds, I'm running out the door to go buy me some candy. I buy sweets spontaneously about once a week, and maybe once a week on my grocery raid. I try semi hard to stay healthy and fit, so I get a bit disappointed in myself every time I give in to the temptation, and thus eating feels less satisfactory than it maybe should. I have tried eating carrots, apples, yogurts and other things to stave off my burning desire, but it has a limited effect. Man, what a crazy situation.

And when I do go out on these candy trips, I always feel embarressed dumping nothing but candy on to the pay desk, so I end up buying something extra healthy in addition to the candy, which I might as well throw in the bin when I get home.

Do you have a healthy relationship with candy, or are you too really conflicted? Do you do something else to quench your extreme hunger for sweets?

Images to drive you all crazy:

[toythatkills]

I like sweets more than life itself.

[Mr Ono]

I bought a 1kg bag of Jelly Belly Sours not long ago.

They didn't last long.

[NW2013]

I'm the same as you Alex but I go to the shops more like 3 times a week. I'm trying to cut it out at the moment though to lose a bit of weight.

[Jebus]

Sweets are nice. I like sweets.

[Plough Boy]

I could eat jelly sweets until I am sick.
Infact I have - on more than one occassion.

[EvilBoris]

I've just run to the shop and bought some strawberry laces and Wham sour Raspberry Rip roll. It's all good

[Super Grover]

I do'nt do sweets. Sweets = spoonfulls of sugar. Look at that middle picture, it's rotting your teeth just looking at it!

[toythatkills]

Mmmmmmmm rotting teeth

[Spatial]

I fupping love jelly sweets, but they give me migraines so I can't eat them any more

[MartyG]

This http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/ has to be the most awesome of websites for old school sweets. I'm really not a fan of puddings or sweets anymore, but as a kid I loved Rosey Apples, Acid Drops and Sherbet Fizz Bombs - browsing that site makes not ordering the odd quarter or two a difficult task indeed.

[toythatkills]

Traditional sweet shops are popping up all over the place now. There's one in Kingston where you can get all that sorta stuff

[MartyG]

Retro sweets must be the new black

[dazzling_bubble]

My parents own a sweet shop.

Therefore........I'm addicted to sweets!

[kryss]

In the last 4 months (i.e. 2011 so far) I've eaten 8lb of minieggs. I have another 2lb bag in the cupboard.