No Candy October

missionPossibleIcan
missionPossibleIcan Posts: 99
in Food and Nutrition
I have a major sweet tooth and Candy-CHOCOLATE is something I LOVE! I need a challenge to stay away from the good stuff. After all this is the month when candy is every where you look. I love it but hate it when I am trying to have success in my waist line. Who is with me? No candy.. NONE for a solid Month!
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  • jillm85
    jillm85 Posts: 65 Member
    deal, NO chocolate for me, even weight watchers chocolatey things, untill 1st of november... :)
  • acstansell
    acstansell Posts: 567 Member
    I'm in! This will be challenging and fun!
  • Rowan813
    Rowan813 Posts: 170 Member
    I can do that game on!
  • 12lucky12
    12lucky12 Posts: 31 Member
    i havent eaten chocolate or cakes, biscuits since aug i dont miss it i was a chocolate just decided i didnt want thsat stuff and stop
  • jynxxxed
    jynxxxed Posts: 1,010 Member
    :noway: No candy in October!? I didn't know that was even possible haha
    I might have a reeses or two on halloween.. :blushing:

    Best of luck to those taking part!
  • lizardcave
    lizardcave Posts: 42 Member
    I'm in!

    I've been even thinking about Halloween, and deliberately buying candy I don't like to hand out to the kids (I'm looking at you, Butterfingers) or just handing out glow sticks.
  • Lonewolf1507
    Lonewolf1507 Posts: 507 Member
    @ elcmum wouldn't it fit better on your mind to give the kids fruit rather than candy of any kind? :happy:
  • missionPossibleIcan
    missionPossibleIcan Posts: 99
    Awesome! We should all come up with great ideas for kids besides Candy! Like stickers or pencils!
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    YEP!< THATS EASY!
  • stellyc
    stellyc Posts: 2 Member
    Yes! Totally doing this. I eat too many reeses peanut butter cups.
  • sarahmarc
    sarahmarc Posts: 31 Member
    OK-count me in too! Im goin hard core till my cruise date of November 1st so good timing for me!
  • pg3ibew
    pg3ibew Posts: 1,026 Member
    I am OUT. I love candy. And I will eat ALOT of it leading up to Halloween and after.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Good luck (I've give it up for three weeks before so it can be done!), although I think this is the cruelest month to do that to yourself.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I am OUT. I love candy. And I will eat ALOT of it leading up to Halloween and after.

    Ditto. I'm just gonna roll in a pile of it and it will fly into my mouth, as is the natural way of candy.
  • Wilhelmina07
    Wilhelmina07 Posts: 12
    I'm in!!! No candy for Halloween either.
  • LadyAmy20
    LadyAmy20 Posts: 137
    I'll give this a try :)
  • Mama_Mila
    Mama_Mila Posts: 511 Member
    I'm sorry but this is something that I can not take part of. I love chocolate and candy. All of it. But good luck guys!
  • bearsie84
    bearsie84 Posts: 10 Member
    So in! I think I am worse with Halloween treats than Christmas baking!
  • PaleoRDH
    PaleoRDH Posts: 266
    You're on sista! :drinker: Of course I'm cheating because I hardly touch it anyhow, LOL!!!
  • mom2sons02
    mom2sons02 Posts: 111 Member
    Nope, can't do. I just leave room for it!
  • pg3ibew
    pg3ibew Posts: 1,026 Member
    I am OUT. I love candy. And I will eat ALOT of it leading up to Halloween and after.

    Ditto. I'm just gonna roll in a pile of it and it will fly into my mouth, as is the natural way of candy.

    HAHA. Do you melt the chocolate and peanut butter before you roll in it?
  • starcatcher1975
    starcatcher1975 Posts: 292 Member
    Give some kids fruit, stickers, or pencils on Halloween and you might wake up to plenty of toilet paper in your yard the next morning :laugh:

    No kid ever goes out trick or treating and says "I hope I get a ton of fruit this year!"

    I won't be eating a lot of candy, luckily I've started finding it too sweet, but I know how I am. Once I tell myself it's off limits it will be all I can think about :tongue:
  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    I'm so in on this. Candy is a big weakness for me lately (and it never used to be grr!)
  • mom2sons02
    mom2sons02 Posts: 111 Member
    @ elcmum wouldn't it fit better on your mind to give the kids fruit rather than candy of any kind? :happy:

    As a parent, I wouldn't allow my kids to eat fruit given out by a stranger. razor blades and all that. Besides, giving fruit might just get your house TP'D.
  • GeorgieLove708
    GeorgieLove708 Posts: 442 Member
    Give some kids fruit, stickers, or pencils on Halloween and you might wake up to plenty of toilet paper in your yard the next morning :laugh:

    No kid ever goes out trick or treating and says "I hope I get a ton of fruit this year!"

    I won't be eating a lot of candy, luckily I've started finding it too sweet, but I know how I am. Once I tell myself it's off limits it will be all I can think about :tongue:
    If everyone gave them fruit sure, but where we trick-or-treat there is one house that gives out apples every single year and even the kids who know that they'll only get apples there go back every year. There's another (my husband's great grandma) who gives out cooked hotdogs with condiments and drinks every year as well. She has a small candy bowl for those who don't want hot dogs, but usually she runs out of hot dogs by the end of the night (she buys 200) and she's never run out of candy (she only buys one bag).
  • Rynatat
    Rynatat Posts: 807 Member
    @ elcmum wouldn't it fit better on your mind to give the kids fruit rather than candy of any kind? :happy:

    It would be great if kids would enjoy that stuff without retaliating on my house. My Mum handed out raisin packets years (decades) ago and her front yard (about an acre of all trees when we lived up north) got TP'd. Where I lived a couple years ago I would have got my tires slashed & where we live now I would get my front yard torn up and spray-paint on my house.

    As much as we would all like a perfect world, unless we go back & undo the candy-making industry, we just need to all learn self-control. The one good thing about Halloween is that the kids are WALKING through neighborhoods and getting exercise - sometimes the parents even walk with them! Exercise & family togetherness - in this day & age take what we can get! I'll give each older kid two pieces (snack size) and younger kids one piece.

    With that said, I can't give up my dark chocolate at night - I have 1 or 2 squares of Lindt 70%, but I only buy Halloween candy I'm allergic to so I can't eat it (I have Celiac's so there is a lot I can't have TG!).

    Best of luck to you Nocandytober :flowerforyou:
  • Jkmumma
    Jkmumma Posts: 254
    One of my big dietary changes has been "if I'm going to eat chocolate, it's going to be chocolate worth eating" THAT has made a HUGE impact, as quality chocolates are expensive, so now, it's a rare treat, rather than a candy bar every time I get gas/drinks/make a pharmacy run/go to the grocery store ETC.

    I have also found that with the dramatic cut in sugar, I am MORE than happy with a piece or two rather than a whole lot, but folks, sorry, I can't go the whole month without chocolate. STILL a hefty craving around that time of month, even if its for a taste rather than a bar.
  • squigglypuff
    squigglypuff Posts: 279 Member
    I am OUT. I love candy. And I will eat ALOT of it leading up to Halloween and after.

    Ditto. I'm just gonna roll in a pile of it and it will fly into my mouth, as is the natural way of candy.

    teehee!!

    i feel like depriving myself of candy for an entire month would lead to a candy binge of epic proportions.
  • missionPossibleIcan
    missionPossibleIcan Posts: 99
    I did this last year and it really wasn't all that hard. When I wanted something sweet I ate something sweet....just not candy. I would have sugar free pudding or something like that. Now I barely eat candy but I know this is the time of the year when it becomes available everywhere.
    I also think kids don't care about candy...SURE they want it but when they get home and get something unique and different they normally LOVE it. I use to get a tooth brush from a family every year-LOVED it! I was given dollars and all ....
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I'm out. I gave up alcohol this year. That's enough. All other vices are in effect.

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