Candy Addiction, Anyone Else Here Want to Eat a Lot of Candy Every Day?

AustriaBargain on 07/08/2021 - 03:15
Last edited 07/08/2021 - 11:07 by 1 other user

I know addiction to sugar is really common, go into supermarket and half of everything is packed with sugar, some shops sell only sugar and sweets. And it makes sense to be addicted to candy because it tastes great and makes you feel good for a little while. And if it didn't make you fat I wouldn't have an issue with it at all, I'd eat a kilogram of sweets every day.

Anyway that Darrell Lea Australia Post deal just got me thinking. All I could think about for days after seeing it was buying and eating that candy. When I was a teenager maybe that was normal, you see teenagers who aren't fat in the shops buying armfuls of candy. But are adults meant to not eat candy at all, or buy just the little 50 gram packets at a time instead of multiple big bags of it? If you started dating someone and saw they ate loads of candy every day would that be a deal breaker?

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  • Zachary on 07/08/2021 - 03:32
    +1

    Watchout, dont be that 50 year old dude who had been living off candy and lolis his entire life…. He died, by the way, from it.

  • sobes on 07/08/2021 - 03:41
    +1

    I think it doesn't really matter so long as you maintain your health. If it gets to the point where you're physically paying the toll then I'd consider it problematic. I doubt anyone would call off a relationship solely over that though.

    • [Deactivated] on 07/08/2021 - 09:29

      I agree, as a kid I ate heaps and heaps of sugar, like every morning. Was, and still am, physically fit and healthy. Now I still do, not as much but sometimes I'll eat a lot, sometimes I'll go for a while without it, just depends how I'm feeling. Hardly addicted. I also wouldn't call off a relationship over it, sounds fun actually. Probably much worse to date a health addict.

  • PensionerXXL on 07/08/2021 - 05:27
    +1

    food for thought

    will that unhealthy relationship with food be passed onto the kids (if or when you have them)
    if your partner is eating super unhealthy and is in good shape, there is nothing to say they won't get hit with diabetes tomorrow or 10 years from now and how will that situation play out. are you really looking to burden yourself with the care of that person because of their choices? it's not as if its a bolt from beyond and they've had a stroke out of the blue

    it does not even have to be as bad as diabetes, they can get smashed with inflammation and that causes a host of problems ie arthritis etc
    i'd also look at it like a choice much like smoking or drinking - and taking into consideration who ends up paying for it all. I mean if the breadwinner is making poor choices it all comes out of their pocket. but if you are paying for some slobs addiction who does not contribute to the household you double fk yourself by having to pay for all that with time effort money down the line

    and in closing, i think it would be a fate worse than death if the person was a whinger. imagine if someone created their own hell and then sits around crying about the consequences their choices had "ohhh my poor arthritis and diabetes life is so unfair poor me" and if kids are involved trying not to let them use the whinger as a moral compass or role model

    :)

    • AustriaBargain on 07/08/2021 - 22:06

      I don't have kids and probably never will. Might adopt later in life if I have spare money, but to avoid stress I might adopt adult children and skip over the terrible twos-teens period altogether. Though I wouldn't want to end up being stuck at home while partner works on their 50s because all my hands and feet were amputated because of diabetes.

  • oO0Dam0Oo on 07/08/2021 - 07:17
    +37

    Its Australia we call them Lollies!

    • Muzeeb on 07/08/2021 - 08:00
      +6

      It's *

      • oO0Dam0Oo on 07/08/2021 - 08:09
        +1

        Well noted 👍🏻

    • wekimekigugudan on 07/08/2021 - 08:07
      -1

      Its Australia

      but his Austrian?

      • Pecan on 07/08/2021 - 08:14
        +5

        *he’s

      • Quantumcat on 07/08/2021 - 10:13

        Why are you on ozbargain if you aren't Aussie

    • SF3 on 07/08/2021 - 12:53
      +3

      In Australia we play “Lolly Crush” :D

  • SF3 on 07/08/2021 - 09:20
    +6

    I'd eat a kilogram of sweets every day.

    Holy sweet Jesus 😲

  • Nugs on 07/08/2021 - 09:37
    +1

    as Iggy said
    https://youtu.be/6bLOjmY--TA?t=60
    .

  • shaybisc on 07/08/2021 - 09:39
    +3

    Candy - is that what your average younger Australian calls it now? I wonder why. I've been exposed to American culture since day dot but candy sounds foreign to me. The first thing that comes into my head when I see the word candy is the Luke Davies novel, Heath Ledger film by that name. Or the Bow Wow Wow song.

    • TruthNuke on 07/08/2021 - 10:23

      All the neighbour's kids under the age of 10 who live around me all speak with a slight American accent and mostly use words from American-English, despite having white Australian parents who were born and raised here.

      I think Australian-English and the Queen's English don't have long left, unfortunately.

  • ihbh on 07/08/2021 - 09:44
    +2

    Life is a long game, unless you want to shorten it.

    If you want to maximise your healthspan, avoid added sugar as much as possible. After a while, fruits etc taste very sweet and the real sweets are too sweet to bear.

  • pepitovfr on 07/08/2021 - 10:29

    What is "candy" ?

  • Muzeeb on 07/08/2021 - 10:35

    Troll post for sure

    Edit: just read OPs forum history. Not a troll post.

  • tallkid123 on 07/08/2021 - 10:48
    +1

    I'm over 30 and admittedly have a sweettooth.

    However, after getting a root canal and some fillings years back due partially to a love of those Willa Wonka runts and other hard confectionary, I've severely cut back.

  • Melencir on 07/08/2021 - 11:09

    I thought of this video at the mention of 1kg a day
    https://youtu.be/qg76qIZ4BQ8

  • sardines on 07/08/2021 - 13:34
    +1

    I would if i could but if you just read about sugar and inflammation after about the age of 25 you start to take more notice of what you eat as food and sleep effects you more. I no longer buy the allen/natural company lollies that seem to be on special every week but I still eat chocolate but Try to limit my intake and really only buy when on special (like the whittakers chocolate special posted not long ago) Also on weekends if i eat a little too much sugar i will drink more water and exercise a little longer. Its a fine balance of just existing and fun existence!

  • CrispyChrispy on 07/08/2021 - 13:55

    I eat lollies here and there, but I don't feel a craving for them. I had 4 squares of chocolate yesterday and I felt like it was too much after eating it.

  • johninmelb on 07/08/2021 - 15:16
    +2

    Someone beat me too it.

    Americans eat candy and Brits eat sweets.

    We Aussies eat lollies. Can we please stop this continual degrading of our Aussie identity by using American words and language.

    I suspect eating a kilo of sugar along with artificial colours and flavours is a recipe for a major health disaster down the track.

  • LyndonBBear on 07/08/2021 - 15:29
    -1

    Go back to America

  • the Unforgiven on 07/08/2021 - 17:44

    I never ate lollies until I was 55, I am 63 now and I don't give a stuff about what people saywhat I should be eating. It is my body and I have done what they have said for 6 decades, now it is me time. Anyway, my hands have to do something as I gave up the smokes 3 years ago and when it gets dark here in Tassie, I play my FPS games.
    I would eat fewer lollies, but they don't make my favourite chewy anymore, and the others on the market are crap; I prefer my PK blue. My favourite lollies are hard-boiled ones as they last the longest, I try anyway before I just crunch them. I have all my own teeth minus two and the dentist said it is OK for me to eat lollies all day (I don't by the way) as I brush my teeth for fifteen minutes before bed.
    I buy my lollies on eBay, and I found a good seller ATM. I spent $113 the other day, that should last me five to six weeks I reckon; but he only had one kilo of boiled lollies, so I will have to buy more the next pension, and then I will be right for five to six months :p
    If you are old, just eat what you what, unless the doctor says it will kill you; I go to the doctor every week or two and have done so for a few years. If you are you young, you are what you eat; garbage in garbage out, eg. if you eat a lot of fatty food with sugary drinks, you WILL get fat. You watch the Olympics, what sort of food do you think they eat?

  • koplik8 on 09/08/2021 - 13:39

    My thing years ago was the Coke and Mars bar deal at the servo

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