Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, I'm Hunting Wabbits

For a few shows in the early 1940's, Elmer Fudd became "a heavy-set, beer-bellied character. However, audiences did not accept a fat Fudd, so ultimately the slimmer version (which was only fat in the head, literally and figuratively) returned for good."*

Wait a minute. They didn't want a FAT CARTOON CHARACTER??? And we wonder why it's difficult to live life as an obese REAL PERSON!!

I was thinking about Elmer Fudd, this Monday before Easter, as I wanted to talk a little bit about Wabbit Trouble. I can write, on and on, about the true meaning of Easter and you will agree, with every fiber of your being, that it has nothing to do with Peter Cottontail
hopping down his ubiquitous bunny trail. BUT, and it's a BIG BUT, that doesn't always help, when he arrives with his bulging basket.

What will help?

1. Pretend the candy is poison and will kill you. (Ok, we can debate this; long term deadly vs short-term but I agree that it's a bit dramatic, so on to number two.)
2. Tell yourself that the candy was all made in third world countries with no quality control standards. (Still a bit over the top.)
3. Give yourself permission to a have a few pieces; count out the calories and log each jelly bean on your daily food journal.
4. Go ahead and have those malted milk balls (can you really stop at a few?) and then go for a hour long walk or hit the gym.
5. Tell yourself it's once a year and eat with wild abandon (till you feel you might throw up) and then wake up, next Monday, with that cat o' nine tails



in your hands; ready to punish yourself (yet again) over your lack of willpower and self control. (Drama, but real-life drama, none-the-less.)
6. Go back to the real meaning of Easter and go to Easter Services - serve Easter Dinner at a homeless shelter - contemplate the cross - ANTHING but digging into that basket.

Easter candy isn't like some rare orchid, that blooms but once a year. It can be found at any store AT ANY TIME, maybe not in rabbit form but c'mon, is it the shape that matters? Don't fool yourself with that justification or with buying it for the kids, grandchildren, husband etc.

Put on your cap, grab a gun and hunt that wascally wabbit down!


*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Fudd
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