Halloween Candy Crisis

geishasunshine89
geishasunshine89 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 22 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone else struggling??
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  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    So far I'm pleasantly surprised at my ability to moderate the Halloween candy. We have mini Snickers which are 42 calories and 5 carbs apiece, and I've been eating one every couple of days or so instead of my daily piece of dark chocolate. I haven't touched the Reece's cups even when my husband eats them and I can smell them. They smell soooo good! But I remind myself I don't even like them all that much. I think it's easier to resist because I do have a treat every day.

    We still have a bunch of cheap stuff left from last year - we never know from year to year whether we're going to get twenty kids or two hundred, and last year it was more like twenty. I did eat all the Smarties out of it as after workout blood sugar boosters. A roll of Smarties fits nicely in my tiny little workout pants pocket!
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Nooope... after the Halloween party on the weekend I'm totally over candy. I bought some for the trick-or-treaters tonight, but I'll bring any leftovers into the office first thing in the morning.
  • maura_tasi
    maura_tasi Posts: 196 Member
    I get the struggle. I only struggle with it because I'm sitting outside with a big bowl of candy and I find it hard to not help myself to it throughout trick or treating haha. I'm pretty good at staying away from it in stores, unless I have a very intense craving and in that case I'll buy a single serve candy and make sure it fits in my calorie budget. The last trick or treater to come to my house is usually a lucky one because I end up just dumping the rest of the candy into their bag so I don't have leftovers! My neighborhood is very popular for trick or treat so I usually get a ton of kids throughout the 2 hours and don't have much left at the end anyway
  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    I also struggle because I'm addicted to chocolate lol. I've dove into the fun size snickers twice in the last two days and probably will again tonight. I am in maintenance so it's not as big a deal to me, I simply work harder during workouts on weeks like this to put those extra calories to use building more muscle. But I have found that part of my personal problem is stopping. I can eat 1 little chocolate bar, but want a 2nd. If I eat the 2nd, I want a third. So what I have to make myself do is eat a couple then stop and walk away, get something to drink, and wait a while. I usually don't want them as bad if I do that. That way it's a small treat and not a huge binge of candy lol. Regardless, I wouldn't beat yourself up about it, just practice portion control and have fun.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Nope...we never need to have candy in the house other than what we would normally have because we're always out with the kids trick or treating so not home to pass out candy.
  • JillianRumrill
    JillianRumrill Posts: 335 Member
    I'm worried about it now, but once I've had dinner, I'll be too full to want much. Maybe one or two minis...but that's it.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Really though, buy the candy you don't like.
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Nope...we never need to have candy in the house other than what we would normally have because we're always out with the kids trick or treating so not home to pass out candy.

    My kids get cold/bored pretty fast still (at 9. Weird kids) so only last an hour or so and we always end up having kids showing up too... it's always random though, which sucks, I can run out with one bag in 30 minutes or buy two and have way too much extra. I probably bought too much candy this year but my mom will stay home to give it away.

    We could ignore the kids that come over, but the dog goes crazy anyway and we have the lights on inside, so whatever.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Nope. Meh.

    But Mrs Jruzer roasted pumpkin seeds with cinnamon, sugar, and cumin. THAT I'm having problems avoiding.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Really though, buy the candy you don't like.
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Nope...we never need to have candy in the house other than what we would normally have because we're always out with the kids trick or treating so not home to pass out candy.

    My kids get cold/bored pretty fast still (at 9. Weird kids) so only last an hour or so and we always end up having kids showing up too... it's always random though, which sucks, I can run out with one bag in 30 minutes or buy two and have way too much extra. I probably bought too much candy this year but my mom will stay home to give it away.

    We could ignore the kids that come over, but the dog goes crazy anyway and we have the lights on inside, so whatever.

    We usually go meet up with one of my wife's friends and her little girl and go trick or treating with them...our neighborhood really isn't conducive to trick or treating as there are no sidewalks or street lights so it's really dark and some people like to speed through the neighborhood...a few years ago, my oldest and I were almost run over on halloween and that was the last time we did it in our neighborhood.

    We go to the other neighborhood and walk around for an hour or so and then go back to my wife's friends house to hang out a bit and drink some wine...by the time we get home, it's usually 9 PM and everything is over with.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I've got a big bag of variety Tootsie stuff for the kids, a bag of Hershey's chocolate for just in case, and big bag of Almond Joy for the healthy clean plant based etc.
  • kristen8000
    kristen8000 Posts: 747 Member
    I don't buy or eat candy. I have been known though to buy Luna bars in the flavors of my favorite candies. The coconut ones taste like Almond Joys and I get protein WIN WIN.

    My biggest candy craving is for gummie candy and that's not halloween related, and can get those any time...and typically when I buy 1 bag, it's gone in hours. 3 months without them...but I see that ending soon since they are my favorite airplane treat - and we leave for Cancun in 11 days...Moderation, right?
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    Halloween is the only time I buy candy but it's still a problem because I just can't seem to control myself! The problem is we buy a giant Costco bag meant for both our annual Halloween party (the Saturday before Halloween) and Halloween itself. So most years there are days in between where there is an open bag of pure temptation! I (wrongly) justify it by saying it's just once a year. I think I need to just skip having candy at the party and avoid buying candy until the day before Halloween. I have no problem bringing the leftovers to work so if I truly only eat it ONE day, I could be okay with that!
  • jesspen91
    jesspen91 Posts: 1,383 Member
    Benefits to living in an apartment on a main road. I think I only had one group of trick or treaters last year. I'm out tonight so that's my boyfriend's job.
  • iamthemotherofdogs
    iamthemotherofdogs Posts: 562 Member
    No candy in my office and I plan to avoid it tonight, too. Can't tempt me with what I can't access.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    nope.
  • pocntasha
    pocntasha Posts: 19 Member
    The struggle is so real! I knew today would be an issue, so, I have increased my workouts to twice a day this week and I have also decided to do slimfast for dinner for the rest of the week. This should even me out. I made these changes so I can have a carefree splurge day! To be honest I have not eaten as much as I thought I would.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Our local trick or treat hours are crazy early to avoid darkness so I am never home anyway, so never buy anything.

    I'm also super picky about chocolate which means I'm not tempted by the candy people will bring in tomorrow.
  • amelia66d
    amelia66d Posts: 15 Member
    Today's going surprisingly well- I bought one milky way bar (larger) so I feel satisfied, then had a healthy chicken and roasted vegetable dinner before taking my brother out trick-or-treating. We walked for nearly 1.5 hours so I had a dark chocolate mini milky way. Now I'm just drinking some water. For the next couple days, I built in a small piece of candy each day to preemptively fight back against cravings.
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