Lent - My Decision

I have decided to give up candy and chocolate. That is my vice. I get in these moods (been in one for the last week or so) where I just want to eat stuff for no reason other than it is what I want to do...it occurs once every couple of weeks and the thing that I always go to is chocolate. This can meet Reese's buttercups (about two months ago this was my obsession), mini Milky Ways (or Snickers, and this was my obsession about 3 months ago), or chocolate chip cookie dough (my obsession from last week). When I don't have chocolate I will replace it with other candy and sadly, I have probably eaten some form of candy every day for the last few months because my boss has a jar in her office and it is a good distraction when I don't want to work (that will answer why the belly is puffy). I am sure to have another couple of weeks between now and the end of Lent when I will really want something chocolate or resort to other candy so I think that this one will definitely be a challenge for me. I also have not had any today. I know it is pretty cliche and the funny thing is that I do Lent every year but I am not even religious...couldn't tell you the last time I was in a Catholic church other than weddings (or any other church for that matter) but for some reason I like to do Lent.

Things I have given up in the past:
Sprite my freshman year of college...I drank like 2 cans a day that year in the dorm and after Lent I might have had it twice.
Candy my Senior year of high school - for similar reasons as this year.
Alcohol I think in about 2002 - yep got mono that year...I am now convinced that if you are going to go out to nasty bars (and all bars are nasty and I used to go out a lot) then you need the alcohol to kill the germs.
Sweets completely my Junior year (I think) of college - my birthday was during Lent that year too so I gave myself a pass only on my birthday.
Bread in 2006 - This is when I was in Dayton for work and there were only sandwich shops and a pizza/pasta places for lunch...this was HARD.
Cheese - can't remember when but I used to put cheese on everything so this one was hard too.