Relax. You're human :)

Your experience with chocolates is either:

1) A profound, compelling, gripping existential commentary on your life as a whole: your sense of self, your willpower, your values, your capacity to be open to the concerns of others, your ability to participate meaningfully in the human community. Comparable to the travails of Job in the Old Testament.

Or:

2) Just something you did, enjoyed momentarily, though feeling crappy at the moment.

I recommend #2. Sugar metabolizes, insulin normalizes. Old Man River? He just keep rolling along.

Just eat like you normally would before you had the chocolate.

Happy Holidays! This is not a disaster--this is a funny anecdote.

Okay, if that seems insensitive I don't mean it that way; I just want to reassure you that next year you'll joke about this. Don't worry about fasting unless it's something you do as part of your normal routine. The normal routine part is what you'll need to settle back into a healthy long-term approach to your diet and life.

If you're not feeling your best, just eat/drink whatever healthy foods you find most comfortable and it'll pass over the next few days.

Even if the worst happens and you wind up gaining a pound or two :O just go back to what you usually do and it'll probably disappear on its own. If it doesn't, a week or two of sensible cut-backs or extra activity will take care of it.

Count me in on the Queen Anne's. My grandpa (who had very little he could afford to give) bought everyone his own box each Christmas every year for as long as he lived. I haven't had one of those eye-poppingly sweet things in years but fight the urge to buy a box every Christmas. I can't speak from experience in this case, but indulging every once in awhile on some comfort food or something that reminds us of a special time in our lives is okay. Don't sweat it. Oftentimes, we find out the food/experience isn't all we thought it was cracked up to be. However, if it's just as great as you remember it, I say good. I might just eat one of those damn cherries this year. I miss my grandpa.

Enjoy the delicious chocolates. Maybe finish the rest of the box, or give them away. When they are all gone, don't buy more chocolates, and eat sensibly. It's not a big deal.

As far as feeling sick goes, well good. That should put you off doing this again for a while. You'll feel better tomorrow. Think of it as a sugar hangover.

Don't beat yourself up. I have little bags of Combos Cheddar Cheese Pretzels waaaay up in our cabinet. They're my "just in case" indulgence. So far they're unopened, but my husband (a non-Paleo) is leaving for a long trip next week and they're my comfort food when I get too wiggy. We all have our tipping point. 😱

Don't fast, just eat lots of low-carb veggies and get lots of water. Go for a walk and LHT. Take the rest of the box, put it in the freezer and give it to someone else tomorrow.

I broke down and bought some leftover Halloween candy the first week of November.Didn't realize it was cross contaminated with barley malt and got "please kill me" sick for a week.I can't even look at a candy bar without getting queasy now.My girlfriend's chocolate covered cherries were safe this year. As far as the holidays go,the chances of you being perfect are slim to none.Most of us are going to eat and/or drink things we shouldn't.Relax,have some baking soda in water,rest up,and remember the lesson for the next holiday.